The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1874-01-15

burning building. whicc he gave to 9
policeman. |, had some accounts and
rent rcceips in it and one letter ad
dressed to McNutt. The letters and
receipts were scattered around.
Upon examination OF the pocket
book afterwards receipt for the pay
ment of the premium of q 5000 liz,
insurance was fouadl
Scott Of the Southern hotel testified
that he was acquainted with McNuit
and Winner: saw both Of the partie.
on the oath at the Southern; Mr. Nc
Mutt gave him a package OF money
about 10 O'Clock which he put in his
safe; the money was in his custody un'
til about Z O'Clock iiLthc evening when
he handed il 10 McNutt, in the pres
ence of a nephew and other parties and
of also Mr.. winner. Mr.. McNutt put
the money in his pocket. THE coroner
here exhibited an envelope which Mr.
Scott recognized as the envelope which
contained the money he thought lie
thought that Winner, Post and McNutt
left the house to gcther but would not
be certain. Winner, in joking way,
said that he was going 10 have some
OF that money 10 open Christmas, TO
! "a, IN
have get il now" Mr.. McNutt was in
the habit of spending the most of his
evenings at the hotel, though not all of
( them. and ,vas a very circumspect man
and not given TO intemperancc. Win
ncr was boarding at the Planters, and
there Was no difficulty between them
that he knew OF.
Smith Hobbs testified that he stop
ped with Hobbs Il West. When he
heard the cry of fire he saw a man rum
ing acsoss the street in his shirt sleeves
in the direction Of the New York store
from near the front of Hobbs 4 West ;
saw something like the appearance Of
blood upon him, though it might have
been red flannel shirt under a torn
white one, noticed nothing further,
the fire at that time was fully under
head way; the first CRY he herd
sounded like one in distress.
Mrs. DR.. Gray testified that at two or
half hast two n man walked slowly up
the street then turned and walked back
and tried the door gently. he continu-
ed to walk back and forth. She at last
went TO the door and ordered Kim of,
he having stopped before the window
several times, when ordered off lie with
an oath said that he would not go away
until he made fire; before that she
heard him striking matches on the
door: lie appeared rational enough.
Mrs. Gray keeps millionery shop;
this was about one hour before the fire
probably not so long; she was slightly
acquainted with the deceased McNutt.
Mrs. Albaugh testified that she lived
fifty feet from the fire; she got home
about 8 O'Clock short time after
which her attention was attracted by
the steps Of a man walking slowly up
and down the street, stopping every
few steps: was considerably frighten-
cd ; heard him striking matches on the
buildings; called TO her ncighbor he
passed down the last time in the direc-
ton OF the catastrophe it was prob
ably half All hour after this when she
heard the cry of fire.
Susan b. Johnson (colorcd) was up
till after O'Clock. Some one came to
her door and wanted TO come in at the
door, then tried the window; next
heard some one CRYING in distress. She
went out and discovered the fire; the
moaning is what awakened her. "Oh
Lord" is the cry heard the moaning
was in the building that was afire.
Mrs. Johnson (white, but colored
mans wife,) testified that she heard
a man groaning and crying in distress;
husband aud Clark jumped up and run;
saw the FIRE: Clark and her husband
got out eff bed at the same time Mrs.
.Johson. her ncighbor, told her she had
heard The screams and groans for half
an hour before.
Johnson (coloicd), re-cXaminei, tes-
tificd to exactly the same thing as be-
fore, and. in addition, that the deceased
or Winner lad put in broken glass
for Mrs. johnson; also to Ratchet
which had been brought into conrt.
Geo. W. Armstrong, who keeps the
Oyster Bay, testified that he had a con-
versation with Winner on the morning
of the fire II understood him to say
he Jumped out of tho window on the
back stairs. after he had been struck
the last time. Winner said the first he
heard, when lie awoke, was men in the
room. Iaskcd him il he was hurt bad
He said he was. he was wounded in
the head and in the side. He spoke to
McNutt before he got up and they
struck him on the head. lie then
Jumped out of bed when he was struck
again, and as he was going from one
room to the ether, a negro cut him
in the side. when he jumped out
of the window and fell Oh the
stairs and that was the last he remcm-
bcrcd. | had n conversation with one
of the ladies' that morning. who occu-
pied the lower rooms. She said the
first she heard of il was some one who
ratified on the stove-pipe and said
Girls. get up, the house is on fire -
just then some one came up to where
was talking with this lady and says
There is body in the flames" she
asker me to go over and see and went,
returned and told her Mr.. McNutt |
was burned. The man Brown, who |
keeps the Globe saloon, and lady |
heard this conversation. DIR. Medlin |
in the mean time was skipping be-
tween the lounge and the bed. scared. !
and that Winner was bleeding intern
ally: that he was not drunk"
Miss Fardy. rc-examiued. Il heard |
no ont CRY of look oat joe | heard !
no loud noise. do not remember of
telling Armstrong that the first alarm
| heard was a rafting upoa the stove
pipe"
Jos. Z. Allen testified that he knew