Osage County KS Archives News.....Lavey, Patrick Quits His Job 1900
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The Topeka Daily Capital Fri Jul 20, 1900 Pg 8 1900

        LAVEY QUITS HIS JOB
Not Satisfield as a "Pen" Guard, He 
        Leaves for China
   Patrick Lavey, an Osage county boy, was in
the First United States cavalry in Cuba. 
Private Secretary Henry Allen met the First
Cavalry as it charged up San Juan hill, and
recognized Lavey. After the fighting was over
Allen hunted Lavey up and found that his time
had expired, and that he was about to enlist.
   "Why don't you leave the army and go back
to Kansas?" asked Allen.
   "Get me a job and I will." Lavey replied.
    "I'll do it." Said Allen
   So they came back to Kansas together, and
when the Republican administration went into
effect Allen landed Lavey in a position as
guard at the penitentiary. 
   Lavey was reputed to be a good soldier, 
believed in strict discipline and thought 
everybody else shoud. He soon discovered
that the penitentiary was not run to suit
him, and began to quarrel with the officers.
When the war broke out in China he said he
guessed he would rather fight for the flag
than guard convicts in the penitentiary, so
he resigned and re-enlisted in the army. He
is now in San Francisco and will shortly
sail for the Orient.

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