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


nine to DIR. Eaton; found q package
marked poison in Mrs. Martins trunk.
Din. T. ]. EATON, of Kansas City
Testified he had practiced analytical
for years; found strychnine
in stomach, given me by Dawson, in
quantity sufficient to produce death; I
received paper from Dawson which
I found contained strychAIne.
B. F. RoAIAINE-Was guard at Mrs.
Reiger's; received there and found a
package; one contained candy and su-
gar; the other crystals; took package
to DR.. Trueworthy; took it home,
then gave it to coroner.
Mrs. GREeoRY-Was q neighbor
OF Mrs. Martins; Mrs. Martin
sent for me; found Mrs. Keiger drawing
last breath; saw vessel Mrs. Keiger
had been splitting IN, Mrs. Martin told
boy to take vessel down and be careful
where he emptied it, for if dog got at it
IL would kill him.
Amer VIM. Gill had been examined
court adjourned till o O'Clock this morn
ing.
DIR. EAToN-On being recalled said
he thought package marked 'Doison"
contained sugar of lead, which is sell
dom used in taking life.
THURSDAY MORNING.
After court convened Susan Keiger
was recalled and testified that she had
given birth 10 twins whose father is Ed
ward Mosely.
MRS. THos. BEERs-wite of jailor,
testified that she had held conversation
with Mrs. Martin while the latter was
In custody; witness said Mrs. Martin
had told her she had given her son, Ed.
Mosely, money to get the insurance pol
icy and was therefore to blame for shape
matters had taken; witness said Mrs.
Martin had not told her that. she knew
Mrs. Keiger had been poisoned.
OSCAR ToMKINs,-a boy eleven years
old who has lived with Mrs. Martin,
was called. He had difficulty in remem-
bering circumstances and what he had
testified to at the preliminary examina-
ton, but upon being questioned from
time to time, it was elected from him
that on the day of Mrs. Keiger's death
he went up to her room with Mrs. NJ;
he carrying cruel and Mrs. Martin tea;
Mrs. Keiger took some of the cruel, but
did not think she took any tea; Oscar
made both tea and Cruel; he
come down stairs, Mrs. Martin remain
ing few minutes; he and Mrs. Martin
and Laura Stevens ate dinner together,
and during the meal Mrs. Keiger hal
looed, whereupon he and Laura Steph-
ems went up stairs, Mrs. Martin going as
far as the head of the stairs. Afterwards
Mrs. Martin told him to take a vessel
out and be careful where he emptied it
as it would kill the dog if he got to it.
He said that previous to preliminary
examination Mrs. Martin had told him
to say in his testimony that
Mrs. Keiger had put a powder in
the liquid and stirred it with
her finger and that if he did not say so
she would kill him. The lads testi-
moDy at the preliminary examination
was admitted as evidence.
LAURA WnHIrE-Testified that Mrs.
Martin asked her to mail three letters;
promised she would; told Mr.. Beers,
the jailor, that Mrs. Martin had given
her the letters to put in the post Office /;
she went to Mr.. Beers with the letters,
which were given to her and delivered
them to him.
THos. BEERS, the jailor, testified that
Laura White had given him the three
letters which were in court and
he told Laura never to de-
liver any messages of any kind
till she had first shown them to him.
The letters were read in court as evil
dence; two were addressed to Laura
Stevens, one to Susan Keiger, and all
were signed N. J. NJ. They contained
words Of caution. spoke of the unpleas-
ant situation in which she wss placed,
and said possibly the insurance money
might not be secured and possibly 1t
would be.
J. D. Dawson was recalled upon que s.
ton of date after which the prosecution
rested and court adjourned until
AFTERNOON.
At half past one O'Clock court again
resumed the trial and the defense intro
duced as its first witness:
HENRY Jun, OF Strong City, said Mrs.
Keiger had been subject to colicky spells
when she lived at his house.
Mrs. Martin, one of the defendants
was then called and was still upon the
stand at o'clock.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Martin, the defendant, is sworn
and examined: My name is Isabella /;
my age is forty-three; came from Strong
City; had been living there four
months; kept the Santa Fe house there /;
my son was helping me; knew of Mrs.
Keiger at Strong City; she came to my
house from Council Grove; did not
come there at my request; after leaving
my house several times she came back
and remained with me until l left
Strong City; left her enough furniture
to furnish q room; / came to Emporia
and settled near DIR. Stover's; / had
beer there about two weeks when I fell
down and hurt my leg; was confined to
my bed; required help, and Susan
Kieger came during the day to help me;
it was With great difficulty 1 could get
about my house; before was injured /
took out an insurance policy of 5000
for both myself and my son; I told Nc
Intire, the agent, If he would accept my
son 1 would see him paid; Mrs. Keiger
heard about my insurance; said she
had been thinking Of insuring in q
Topeka company, but had no money;
said she would be very thankful
If I could advance her the mon
eY; when my son came asked
him to advance the money; he refused /;
I said then l would; Mary Keig-
or said she expectedl money from her
mother and would pay; the doctor ex-
amined Mrs. Keiger; Ed. advanced the
money; thought she would be more
careful to pay il back TO him than to
me; the policy was taken in my sons
name, because he held it as collateral
for the repayment Of the premium; DIR.