The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-09


day she was insured; loaned her tie
money 10 pay the first rent at Wise's;
after she went to Wise's did not see her
again until she came to Cottonwood
street; she remained with me until her
death; was very i'll when she came; she
had hard chill on Wednesday; on
Friday she seemed very sick, and sent
for DIR. Jacobs, / think on Friday; the
doctor left quiDine and think some
Dover's powders; occupied the east
room up stairs, and she the west; recol
lect giving her medicine only once; the
reason did not attend TO her myself
was because l was very lame; Laura
Stevens was staying there; Ed and
Oscar were there also; 1 think
Doctor Jacobs only called once; she
missed her chill on Saturday, and l
wished her to take the quinine TO keep
of the chill: only took part of it; had
chill on Sunday; on Monday morning
DIR. Wetmore came; she said she did
not wish DIR. Jacobs, but to call DIR. Wet
more; on Monday l thought she seemed
a little better; DIR. Wetmore left some
medicine; she objected to taking qni-
nine; DR.. WetmoTe came back Tuesday.
Mrs. Keiger seemed very melancholy;
doctor left her medicine to make her
sleep. If she took any medicine on
Tuesday don't recollect who gave it to
her; never made the statements to Oscar
which he swore l made. I carried up
the Cruel a part of the way TO her room
and then gave it TO Oscar. This was be-
tween perhaps 10 and O'Clock. Think
the the dinner was about ready. She
died on this day. While at dinner
thought l heard a noise; sent the boy
up; he came back and said she had fit.
l went up stairs-part of the wsy-and
saw had spasm. Immediately sent
Laura for help to Mrs. Gregory; sent for
DR.. Wetmore Immediately after by Lau-
"a. When Mrs. Gregory came in thiGk
she was just dead or dying; 1 know of
her vomiting; 1 don't recollect say
ing anything to the child, but
I Knight have said so. 1
had dog I valued very much and 1
might have told him to keep 1t away
from the dog. The stuff looked very
bad. Two ladies from Union hotel and
Laura preparedzthe corpse; l was not
up stairs; her clothes were, l think,
taken off and thrown into the yard; l
was under guard at this time. A pack
age was found in her clothing, think
it was discovered Thursday. When l
first saw the powder Laura had it; l
told her to take care of 1t and show ii
to Mr.. Romaine; she laid it on u chair (;
she soon after gave it to Romano. l
have never seen the powder since. After
Mrs. Keiger came to Emporia, on Sunday
evening, prior to her death she said to
Susan, her daughter, come up stairs :
Susan refused; her mother then said, if
you do not you may never see me again +;
Susan said she did not care. have
often heard Mrs. Keiger say she had
nothing to live for and wished she was
dead; never gave her any drug to
cause her death; I
NEVER ENTERED INTO a CONSPIRACY
with my son to take her lite; had no
such intention in insurance; Mr.. Nc
Intire, the agent of the company,
wished me to help along the CON-
pany with my friends; asked Nc
Intire what premium he would allow me
if got policies for it; he said he would
allow me something. Never said to Os-
car that if he did not say a certain thing
would kill him; YVES not aware that
the little boy would be called On to
swear when Mr.. Kremer came for hi m
in the afternoon l said to Oscar, don't
be frightened, but be sure and tell the
truth. saw the drugs laid out here
yesterday that-the coroner took out of
the trunks; some of it was salts of lem
on, and another contained a cosmetic;
the other was sugar of lead, which got
to use as wash heard some letters read
here; when asked Laura in the letter
to see Susan and spoke about money
meant some that expected coming to
me; had an insurance of 5000 made
returnable to me at As; when said the
money would amount to nothing if
was convicted l meant this insurance
of $4,000, which would be forfeited;
Ed. was in Strong City when Mrs. Kei-
ger died; he left Tuesday morning and
got back Tuesday night.
Cross examined: 1 had this $4,000
insurance in the Charter Oak; Isuppose
the policy is among my papers which
you have; when say in the letter, "we
will have the money if we get out, but
not otherwise" it had reference to the
$4,000; when say Susan might haYe
the use of the money if we got out, but
that she could not get it otherwise, as
the insurance was in Eds name, do
not mean the other policy; when I said
to Mr.. Scott, the attorney, that had no
money, 1 meant none at present. When
the woman died had between $500
and 5000; ! don't know what my sons
means were, but think he had money ;
/ got our lives insured about week or
two after coming; 1 had had a good
deal 10 do with former assurances
there are policies on each of my sons for
So, 900; Eds was payable to me; it would
surprise me to learn that Ed and Mrs.
Keiger had any agreement about life in
surance unknown to me; l understood
that Susan had sued my son and wish
ed Laura to find out how Susan felt to-
ward him; after l understood she had
entered suit wished her to feel toward
me as we'll as possible; wished that the
feeling of should be discovered before
the letter was read 10 her, for if she did
not feel kindly there would be no good
giving her the letter; in the letter had
no reference to the insurance but to the
suit; not wish Susan to tell what was not
true; Mrs. Keiger came to live with me
on the same day l moved into house on
Cottonwood street.
Court adjourned until o a. m. Friday.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Cross examination of Mrs. Martin
continued:
have more than one policy in Char
ter Oak; only have one for $4,000 on
my own life; took it out about 10 or
IL years ago; kept up premiums; / see
this policy was payable November last F.;
I paid premium last year; made mis-
take in age, will be As next month +;
have not seen other policy; no one was
in the house while guards there, except
guards and Annie Sanders. After DR..
Jacobs was there Mrs. Keiger was very
sick next day; did not give her anything
but quinine pills; she did not re-
monstrate against giving her large
doses; think she took some of DR..
Wntrnnre,s medicine not certain. he