The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-07-02

1925. Nv relations with Winner i'm
mediaaely prior and on the day pre-
cceding the 25,h had not been pleasant.
Winner had not been agreeable. The
names OF the two men that ! saw on
the morning of the 25th at the foot of
the stairs was Fletcher and Yates;
had no acquaintance with them, except
knew their names. They were reputed
TO be ihree-card monte men. but knew
nothing of them positively myself.
BY three-card monte men ] mean they
were gamblers and dead beats, or
something of that kind. had seen
Winner with these men and talking
to them in Kansas City. | saw Win
ner talking TO them OH the oath Of De-
cembcr in front of Albaugh's black
smith shop on Main street. l think |
threw that envelope on the floor when
took the money out of and after
had paid Winner the $l5. Winner
went Out Immediately, and l didn't
see him again up till about l O'Clock
next morning. got off the train OF
cars at Harlan, and Walked from there
to Missouri City Along Oh the track
think il was about twenty miles.
was at Harlan about o'clock, and did
not reach Missouri City until nearly
next morning-the morning of the Goth.
New Garden is about eighteen miles
from Missouri City estimate. Istop-
ped at farm house and got my break
fast, and in about half an hour went on
till dinner, at another farm house.
stayed at farm house all night. One
famer's name was Blackmore. l re-
member now another by the name of
Older.
The reason that left Wichita was
because of the circumstances that &C.
Cured that day and night which led
me to believe that job was being put
up OH me to secure that insurance
money. II had been at least ten days
before that since | had received let
ter from Mrs. McNutt, and had been
writing regularly to her twice a week.
And tina: fact also aroused suspicious
in my mind; and the fact that Winner
had coaxed me to get my life insured
was another fact that led me to fear.
| went very regular TO the postofiice
to inquire for letters from my wife,
and sometimes Winner went. Seeing
Winner in conversation with fletcher
and Yates affected my mind. | was
impressed by Winners conduct, by
the way he stunned me and kept away
from me, that something was wrong,
especially on the oath and about that
time. Until Winner and Sewer came
into the room that night, l had no idea
that Sewer was coming. After | was
aroused connected Winner, these two
men and my wife in the conspiracy,
from the fact of these men being with
Winner and the further fact that my
wife did not write. went away to
conceal my whereabouts from these
parties. After left here next saw
Mrs. McNutt in Wichita, about the
18th of February had not seen her
or received any letter from her after
my leaving and up to that time. The
how received those letters found up
on my person were from the sister of
my wife, to whom she had written.
Her name is |. E. Thomas, and she
lives at Liberty, in Missouri. The first
heard of the trouble and difficulty in
with which my name was con-
nectcd, was when l was arrested, ex-
cept something | had saw i'm the pa
pcrs. The first intimation had that |
was charged with the crime was when
was arrested. Between the first and
tenth of February seen paper Civ
ing an account of the burning. and be-
fore had written that letter 10 Barnes.
was afraid of my wife knowing where
was as much as that either of the
others should know. afterwards be-
came satisfied that my suspicious with
regard TO her were unfounded. There
is one other point would like to state.
and tina. is in regard to that whisky
hat bought nj Browns drug store.
Mr. Brown said | called for cheap
" hisky. lie misunderstood me, or
was mistaken went behind the pre-
scription case and told him didn't
want a ''chcap article
Cross examined by III. &. Sluss:
lam twenty-five years old; was born
IN Novia Scotia, II part of Canada.
iad lived in Kansas City about eli ght
before that had been in Texas.
That is my wife. | was married to
Icr last fall some time, short time
before | came to Wichita. | might
nave been married to her only the day
before | started to Wichita. Winner
,amc down with me to Wichita. Had
made our contract as how we would
work down here before we left Kan
as City. Winner had had some cxpe- |
fence, but only little, and was not a |
ign painter. In day or two we |
opened up shop; put out a sign above |
nd below. Our shop was 70 Main
frnnt nncfo;,c lead a,n ,,o,t G.,
hop, and one for bed room; had a gem
raj assortment of painters materials
II the back room. The stove was in
he back room. The building was
either plastercd or ceiled upstairs.
! bed was in the southwest corner
: the front room. The door was in
he centre of the partition. Besides
he bed, there was n trunk, valise.
oXcs and several little articles of cloth
~ i'll the front room. In the back
pom was table and some boxes and 1
chair or two. We first stopped ut
he Douglas Avenue Honse when we
inc TO the city. From there we went
1
, the Southern Hotel. | was about ,
ne town every day from that on till |
'c oath of December. got acquaimt- I
| with many citizens of the town. and ,
armed TO know others by sight. I
light have known VIM. Smith. the $
an who arrested me, but don't think
did. formed a good opinion of the :
'ople of the town. The people COM
'red favorably with any people with f
HON had ever become acquainted. /
think knew Mike Meagher and Dan. y
'rks by sight. lmadc a deposit with d
oft about O'Clock on the oath of {
ecember. had had that package \
'out two months. II was in the same n