The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-01-16

Bishop was called by the State ard placed
on the witness stand. He was pale, rather
haggard, neatly attired, AID wore blue
temperance badge in his buttonhole He
testified -
an one of the parties indicted for the
murder OF Charles II. Cobb, Jr.; I know I
an moi Obliged 10 testify and incrilninate
myself; no inducements or hopes for mercy
have been held out 10 me, but | intend to
tell-my story
He began to give his reasons for making
the revelation, but the defense objected and
it was not permitted. | first became &C.
qusinted with
KATE N. COBB
thirteen years ago; was lot married at
that time; was married thirteen years ego
coming February 10 Miss Harriet T. Wet
more; my wife is dead died February 4,
1873: became more intimate with her in
lS..-1S than ever before; in 1876, a.
driver OF q grocers team ard solicitor Of
orders, asked Charles ii Cobb, Jr, for
his trade; he said he bought and carried
his goods home generally, but would re-
member me; gave me his trade in MAY or
June, 1877; Mr.. Cobb and wife and myself
and wife had attended in company the
Grand Army masquerade ball, December,
1876; in the winter and spring of 1877 we
attended FIVE dances, Mrs. Cobb being al
ways with her husband, excepting once,
when she was with me and my wife
| PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS.
Four days in the wssk my business called
me to Mrs. Cobb's district, ard previous to
going there for orders used 10 see her at
the window and door when delivering
goods in tie other part of the hoU.e; first
stopped aud talked with her about dances
We had attended until began to receive
orders, and then went once or twice daily,
aud from that time 10 1873 my calls in
creased to three times daily, the maximum
reaching five or six times daily; did rot
always receive orders or deliver goods, bur
Wet; TO converse with her; the summer a
1877 we made
EXCURSIONS TO NEWPORT,
Martha's Vineyard and London Navy
Yard together; July IS, 1877, gave her a
hand mirror, when l called at her house,
as token of friendship; told her my
motives were good and told her | would
send letter explaining my feelings; she
accepted it and thanked me; l gave her the
letter, which she destroyed after residing:
about the l.t of August received reply,
which, after reading, | burned at Mrs.
eobb's. 1t contained this poetry (reading)
Since I have known his love was mine
How bright the stars above me shine!
Alter this should think fifty letters
passed between Us, al, of which have been
destroyed; in August, 1877, | gave her q
pearl handled, goId-tipped pencil ten DAYS
before she went to Troy, \. Y; her hus-
band did not know OF these presents; she
said she should tell him she bought them
at Troy; wrote me from Troy she should
tell Charley she found the pencil on the
boat; l correspondsd with her while she
WAS in Troy, unknown 10 her u,band;
three letters each week; received watch
charm from Mrs. Cobb while she was in
Troy she got home Sunday and l saw Ler
that day.
| CARTS AND KISSES.
Monday morning I met her at the house,
and she kissed me and returned the salu-
tation she learned to play cards because
it helped US to be together, and then the
families attended card parties in NoveIG-
Der, 1877, she gave me silk handkerchief
at her mothers house gave her nice
box Of stationery about thst time in Octo-
Der, 1877, l was with her alone in her
house for the first time while her husband
was attending an 80 ID. l." meeting
went there when her husband was away to
the Grand Army, Masonic and o. d. J.
meetings and remained an hour and hall
each time (; i was brother Mason we con-
versed, kissed and embraced she sat in my
lap and in hers in November, 1877. !
was with her once of twice a week without
her husbands knowledge at her home, in
the latter part Of October, 1877, / asked
her: -
COMBINING MURDER AND MARRIAGE
"Do you ever expect to Be sline?'
''She replied, "Yes, do
asked, when
She said, 81 do not know"
l asked, SLOW can it be brought about ?"
reminding her that We were both married.
She replied, Il do not really know, but it
will come out right somehow
She spoke Of an elopenent, ii it we're not
for her children l told her that wa i'm
possible could not support her without
work, nor as well a. she had lived | sug-
gested divorce.
KATE REPLIED.
You might get one but | could not, for
l have no ground for it l do not think he
would leave me under any circums;. noes,
let me do what ever would"
In a few minutes Kate said, 81 know Of
but one way to become free, and that is to
bury the one | now live with"
] said, skate do you want to do that ~
81 don't know" she replied Il will
think Of it and tell you tomorrow night"
saw her when l called for orders the
next day asked if she was ready to an
swer the question; she said, 81 promised to
answer tonight / will at that time :" kiss
renee / went to the house that night and
she said, while sitting in my lap, 81 will
do it, provided you will he'll me We dis
cussed the different poisons; she asked me
what was the best my mind ran on NOR
phine, strycSnine AMI aconite; | told Der
morphine, and strychnine were better; she
asked if she could use it in tea; I replied,
yes"
ARRANGED TO POISON PAPA's TEA.
1t was settled that night thai she was to
free herself BY poisoning her husband, and
i
wife: through November We continued Sc
cret meetings at her house; about the mid
die Of December, 1877, Kate toll me
Charles was going to have cousin mar
ried in Troy, " Y, and wanted her TO 60
go, but advised him to take his fat CT
with him, and told me We could then spend
our evenings together.
A week before Christmas, 1877, when at
her house with her alone, said, Kate,
when are We to be married ?"
She replied, when you are thirty-three
years of age" which would have been De-
cember %, 1873.
The last OF December, 1877, got her the
morphine; from October had been con-
Quoting myself 30 a. to force my wife to
get divorce from me by showing her no
attention and refusing 10 cohsbit with her;
broached the subject twice and she wept
bitterly and asked me what had caused the
estrangement: told Kate OF this.
BIsHoP ANXIOUS TO EXPERIMENT or
CHARLES
asked Kate when she should begin to
poison her husband she said. Not until
he gets home from Troy, as she felt some
thing would happen to save her from the
trouble before he got back; she said /
might get the morphine: that she might
have 1t resdy when Charley got back; 1
bought it and gave it to her at the house;
about December %, 1877, Kate gave me
match safe at the Sunday morning temper
ance meeting as q birthday present; Christ
mas
SIZE GAVE ME CIGAR CASE;