The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-11-04
THAT MYSTERY.
A Few Additional! Facts Regard.
ing 1t.
Another, Woman Taken for Ssira
Blackwell.
The Body 10 be Taken Up To-day
and Examined.
THAT MYSTERY.

and il is his intention OF having the body
exhumed to-day and examined by medical
The following, taken from the
Kansas City Times, throws some additional
light upon the subject:
The unfortunate woman left Wamego
alone on the 9TH of October.
SHE TRAVELLED ALONE
the entire distance, and occupied seat
alone in the car between Lawrence and
Leavenworih. The report that she ar
rived in I.eavenworth on the nIght train on
lie Missouri Pacific, Is reiuied by the TACT
that her name WIS registered BY Mr.. Lam
Der. at the Planters during the afternoon OF
the same day OF her departure from Wa
weyo. The story told By Officer Cunning
nam respecting the arrival OF strange
woman accom- panied by large sized man
is satisfactorily explained.
TWAS NOT THE SAME WOMAN,
nor was it the time stated by Officer Cum
ningham. The reporter traced this woman
from the L anters' to Fannie Mattingly''
bsgnio, and identified her as Mrs. Bailey,
arrested in Kansas City soon afterward. fol
stealing a trunk on the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad. This was The woman
spoken Of by Mccall, the hackman, and
who was COMPOUNDED with Miss Blackwell
In company with Judge Farrell, the-coron
er. and Mccall, the hackman, the reporter
visited the house where ioui play had beer
suspected The proprietIess OF the hous'
produced her book OF record, in which tn,
arrivals and departures are kept
She also summoned all OF the in
mates of the hoase and submitted Il
THOROUGH INyEsTIGArICN,
| which clearly exonerates the house, ant
shows conc!usiyely that Miss Maria Black
well did not go TO the house as stated b.
The policeman and hackman in their firs
statement
On the 9th Of August a woman arrivet
a. the house and gave her name as Minnie
Blackwell, and stated that she was iron
Quincy, Ills She afterwards gave he
name as Mrs. Bailey, and exhibited tn
pictures of two small childrnn. of whicl
She claimed TO be the mother. She was
woman OF 1T least thirty-fve yea:s of age
and was visited BY man named Brown
hill, an engineer on the c. Il. l. d L. X. j
Sac remained four days and departed o.
foot August 3lst. This woman was identi
fed by Chief Of Police Hook as the woma
arrested in Kansas City for stealing truni
and sent from Kansas City to Trenton fo
trial. This is the woman the papers contour
ded with Marie Blackwell, who was neve
seen in any OF the Leavenworth bagnois.
ON THE EIGHT TRIAL.
Having become satisfied that the woma
seen by officer Cunningham to alight iron
the midnight train ON the MISC III Pacific
and the woman taken in a h; OK by Nd
Call. were not Miss Blackwell, the rePorte
: took I'D the only clue left him and sue
cee ded in partially satisfying himself {
lie time and place OF the murder. Nh
blackwell was undoubtedly dubbed &c
death and thrown into the river not 1:
from the Union Depot. The time is SUI
posed to have been between midnight an
i o'clock on October Sth. On the nigf
me Itioned the people residing on the co
ner OF Main and Cherokee streets heard
A WOMAN BEGGING FOR MERCY
E down towards the river bank. Miss Ma
e tingly states that after series OF hear
D rending shrieks all was still. \ colore
man named Davis went in the direction
; the screaming, bat the noise suddenly cea
ed, and as he was unarIned he did not L
r yestigate further. Other colored Peep
residing in that vicinity heard the noise
question. No other explanation OF the
mysterious noises can be given than tn
Miss Blackwell died then and there.
THE LAST SEEN OF HER IN LIFE
/. was about 3 O'Clock in the afternoon, {
,he Sth of October. At that time WON;
> answering to her description was seen
d, the EspIanade, just south OF the city, !
: curing Tor work. III that was Miss lilac
II well, where was she in the inte.yenil
J. time between 3 o'clock in The afterno
/. and he time of The mysterious screamin
:, Where did she eat supper and atterwar
Is pass the evening? An examination OF b
a effects shows no love letters, and not t
= least indication that she was in correspt
J. dence with any gentleman.
# NOT A SUICIDE.
T, Everything discovered by the reporter
!, his Investigations goes TO show that NJ
2 Blackwell did not destroy herself She !
e. her brother-in-law's house at Louisvi
&c Kansas, in good spirits. she informed hi
|. that she was going TO Leavenworth a
s, would write to him. When she applied
Mr. Madden, the proprietor OF the Mansi
House. she appeared TO be in the best
soirits. She was not in waut of shell
for Mr.. Madden rendered her home III
she could procure work. She returned
e the Mansion House after calling upon
I'd sewing machine offices and Abernai
IS Brothers, and deposited in her satchel
is card of directions given her by Mr.. Madd
ee She appeared to be cheerful al each OF
If places she called at TO seek work, and
II, no letter or note for her friends stating
of intention TO destroy herself.
rs. There Is existing evidence Of Miss Bla
Ii well being
~ FOLLOWED FROM KANSAS
= by a worthless fellow who arrived from
town near Miss Blackwel's home ab
the time of her disappearance He is knt
20 the police as an agent Tor notori
den of infamy in Leavenworth. He
arrested by the police on suspici
th but was released as nothing but
re cumslantial evidence could be
tanned against him. The pc
h are watching him very closely and h
A., some hope OF making further import
pr. discoveries. IL this fellow followed J
he Blackwell from Pottawatomie county
ed must have endeavored TO induce her TO
IN ter one of those dens of vice for which
ir, was an agent. She may have been emit
xn into this den, and, on her refusal TO rem
To- may have been put out OF the way, and
ST fenced, and thrown into the river. The
IN porter devoted some time TO this suspe
tie person but could discover nothing saii:
re- tor;ly.
, MURDER WILL OUT.
There is small hope at present Of br
ing the guilty party or parties to jus
nm but the veil will some day be lifted
this mystery.
ess in Justice to Mr.. f. L. Dong, the GU
The ticket agent, whose name was mentione
est. connection with the murder, it is st
that nothing was found in the corresp
ence of Miss Blackwell which in any
lth connects him with the fate of the unft
ose nate girl. He was in Quincy on the d.
'on, her arrival at Leavenworth, and for se'
days afterwards.
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