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

ting back from HOW'LL tooh aoo"t
ten drops of laudanum. after which
| went into the front room aud laid
down Winner had Hoi been in since
8 o'clock went partially TO sleep. but
couldn't go To sleep. 1t was probably
10 O'Clock when | went 10 bed. | be-
lieve took another drink Of whisky.
Laid down on the bed with my coat OF.
Nothing further happened until late
at night, when Winner came upstairs.
Ii was one or half past one O'Clock when
he came up. He was accompanied by
another man whom took for Sewer.
Winner tumbled in bed over me to the
back side, when got up and went into
the back room, got my overcoat and
went down stairs said nothing to
him when went away, nor to Sewer.
Sewer said '.here he is" Had two
suits Of clothes, one blue suit, rib
bed, black pair Of pants and figured
vest, and one Overcoat had OH the
dyed pants. black. After l got to the
foot of the stairs started for the side
walk and the depot. These men were
standing two or three feet from the
bottom of the stairs; saw them by the
light Of the lamp in our room. 1t was
train time, and the bus was going to The
depot. Looked around the train was
standing there; bought ticket for
Atchison, paving $l2.05 for it. and
then got Oh the train and took a seat
in the rear car. went to sleep in the
seat. Got breakfast at Emporia got
into Atchison near l O'Clock. Then
took bus to the Otis House, where
bought ticket; then went across the
river to the Council Bluffs depot,
where staid half an hour waiting for
a train bought my ticket for Harlem
or Kansas City; got to Harlan about
4 o'clock in the evening; got off the
train there, and took the North Mis-
souri, road afoot; went afoot because
there was no train, and SO struck right
out; went to Harlem because wanted
to get away from Wichita, and did not
go to Kansas City because wanted to
get away from my wife; wanted to
get among the farmers, After leaving
Harlem, went to Missouri City, which
may be twenty-five miles, more or less;
walked all the way. Ny object was to
get away from Wichita and from these
parties Staid at farmers near Mis-
souri, City three or four hours, where
| got breakfast and rested. Along in
the forenoon started out OH the Rich
mond and Liberty road few miles,
and got my dinner and staid all after
noon and all night. The mans name
was Blackmore. Talked with him :;
told him was from Canada, that my
name was VIM. Lahead, and that |
wanted job of work. Left there next
morning, and Travelled to New Garden,
where stopped at Isley's store, and
asked him for something to do. A Mr..
Monfort was there, and got job of
him. Mr.. Monfort lives about three
fourths of q mile from New Garden.
New Garden contains six or eight
houses. My wife's sister lives at Lib
crty, about eighteen miles from New
Garden. Her father lives in the neigh
bOrhood Of Liberty. / had been at
Liberty before that. The town is on
a railroad-the Cameron branch. (Here
he drew map of the country as he un-
dcrstood it, showing relative positions
of the towns and roads about which
he had been testifying.) suspicioncd
that job was put up on me, and the
first thing that occurred that aroused
my suspicious was Winners actions
and manner after he got back from
Kansas City, and his talking with the
threc-card monte men. saw them
consulting with him for as much as
five minutes one day. Winner was a
lively sort of chap. The talk that
dav created for the first time suspi-
cion that something was being put up
on me. Fletcher was low, heavy set
man, with sandy complexion, and with
light clothes on. 1t was not belief,
but an impression that something was
wrong. Afterwards asked Winner
what those men were doing there or
talking about. | did think that any
thing was wrong with my wife or that
she was in a conspiracy with these
men until after got on the cars. The
next time | thought there was some
thing wrong was when | saw these
men at the foot of the stairs. and then
again when Winner and Sewer came
upstairs. | then thought they were
going to take my life tor the sake of
the insurance policy. | didn't know
but they could collect the money if
they killed me, because Winner had
taken such an interest in getting out
the policy. The reason made up nv
mind so soon that something was |
wrong was from the circumstances al |
ready detailed they made no threats
openly of any sort-their actions alone
:aused my uneasiness. When Winner
md Sewer came upstairs they both
oiled over behind me in bed at the
'ame time. saw Sewer frequently in
Kansas City. Sewer was bad man.
lie had had woman scrape. believe
he was addicted to whisky. When |
rot up that morning and took down
ny coat, the first thing | had in my
mind was to go TO the Southern Hotel
wanted 10 get out of there. ASH
vent out one of the fellows at the bot
ON of the stairs said, 'was that Nc
'utt!" The other one said, NO; he'll
e down presently" They were stand
ne there-still not doing anything.
When got on the street changed nv
lind about going to the Southern Ho-
Ell, and thought had better get away
'om Wichita; that would take the
rain and go TO Atchison. | went on
p among those farmers TO be out of
ne way of these people aud save my
IF and life. ! colored my hair in
.tchison so as TO disguise myself, and /
, that nobody could find me out until 1
could hear Of the circumst ances and ,
nd out. | wrote to Mrs. Thomas TO !
now if she had heard from Mrs. Nc !,
att, where she was aud what she was i
ping, and if she had heard anything /
ON Wichita Did not know whether y
Is. McNutt was in Kansas city or !,
II. didn't write to nv wife because h