The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1872-08-02
Correspondence Of the EAGLE.
FROM COWLEY COUNTY.

WINFIELD, July 9th, 1872.
Enron OF EAGLE: AS an admircr |
of your bird, which scars and screams
to the discontinue of the crows and
buzzards of Southwestern Kansas, l
will "gush" puff Of Walnut Valley
air upon its wings. Many good words
of cheer and compliment have been
said about the EAGLE, all of them well
endorsed. Who would have thought
ten years ago that the curly haired
youth who had just escaped from
case i'm the Tribune Office to start the
Usage Chronicle would now be pub
fishing the leading paper of South
western Kansas, in the leading town of
the promised land, upon the banks OF
the Arkansas
The district court has been in ses-
sion at Winfield for the week just
closed. The most important business
thus far was the criminal docket.
Doss, who stole a horse from man
named -, in the south edge of
Sedgwick county, a few weeks since,
and brought it to this place and sold
it, and who was apprehcndcd here
few DAYS after, was arraigned before
the court and plead guilty and was
sentenced to two years in the penitcn-
tiary. All who knew him recommended
him to the mercy of the court or his
term would probably have been lon
ger.
Crane. a resident of the southeast
corner of this county shot and killed
John Waymirc some months since
while Waymire was in the act of leav-
ing the county with Cranes wife.
After hunting all night for his wife
Crane found her in wagon with Way
mire eating breakfast on the open
prairie where they had camped to-
gcthcr all night. Then and there lie
was killed. Much interest was mani
tested in the case, especially when 1t
became known that Mrs. Crane was
going to voluntarily testify against her
husband. The jury were out from o p.
NJ to9 A. NJ. and could not agree
: about one half being for acquittal and
: the remainder for murder in the fourth
degree. The jury being discharged,
Crane plead guilty to the charge OF
manslaughter in the fourth degree, and
the prosecuting attorney recommended
l that the Imprisonment in the peinten'
I tiary be for the shortest period. and
: thus the sentence of the court was 1oi
: six months.
e McNett. who accompanied Crane II
e the scrape and urged Crane to shoo'
h Waymirc the second time. the mrs
i shot not having proved fatal. is before
9 the court on the charge of murder, ant
Z will have his trial next Monday, thu
Is soth II NAV not 90 rs well with him
b Can't, Dcrmott, of this county, ant
o Hon. w. p. Hackney, of sumner coun
# ty. were Cranes counsel, and eacl
IS made pleas before the jury which wer
If of high order. and some Of their mos
If intimate friends were taken by sur
m prise.
d Judge Campbell has materially i'm
10 proved in his manner and practice upo
rs the bench since his last term Of cour
n in this district and in his life as
y, judge.
10 THE BAR MEETING.
=, The meeting of the 18th judicial di,
r. trict bar called to meet at Winfield o
q. the 25th inst was not fully attended
q. There were thirty-fivc members of tn
he bar present in person or by authorit,
he In counting noses Judge Lilly. of +,
rs. rcka had fourteen votes: Eugen
IS. Akin, of Augusta, twelve votes Judg
Of Campbell. Of Eldorado, seven vote
* and Judge Moore, Of Howard, fe'
n votes. Only two members of the la
of of Howard were present, and as the
ed had no authority to cast the vote {
,ss Howard county bar they declined
he participate. No one was present frol
by Sedgwick, although the suggestion fl
cs. a meeting Of the kind first came frol
zee members Of the Wichita bar. OWN
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