The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-11-06
THE WALKUP TRIAL
Progress OF the Hmporia POISONING
Case.
AFTER Oeeupying six Days = Exsmlnlng
Witnesses the Proseeutaoa Rests
Hrs. Walksp's Attornsys lGsking
Vigorous Dslsnss.


Seventh Day-Ths De6snss.
EMroRIA, KAN, October ST. When the
Walkup case opened yesterday morning
the State announced that Il he'd no further
evidences ready and gave way for the defense.
Mr.. Scott then addressed the jury In ex-
PLANTATION Of tho defense which his client
was prepared to make. He spoke for over
an hour, during which he said he deprecated
any criticism OF the dead, but the prosecu-
to exhibit Walkup's private character and
habits - they really had been His address
made q marked impression.
witness called BY the defense. He related
how he went with Walkup last December
to visit the New Orleans Exposition. Walk
up bought medicine In . St Louis drug
store. Witness did not know what It was.
Walkup became sick with vomiting and
cramping pains In the stomach on the boat,
below Memphis. and Was sick two days and
did not eat His condition on the second
day was considerably worse than on the
first He was in bed during his sickness.
Witness attended Walkup during his III
ness. There was . physician On the boat
but he was not called In, - Walkup said
be knew himself what WAS the matter, and
that he would ''pull through" Tho wit
ness said he did not n0tice cramping or
rigidity Of the limb@ Walkup recovered
before the boat arrived Ut New Orleans
The witness related how the party went to
MrA Wallace's house and made the &C.
Quaintance Of the family. the daughter
Dora and Minnie, and the boy Willie Willis
J. II. Harrison, clerk In the Santa Fe
depot at Emporia, deposed to . converse
ton between himself and Mr.. Walkup on
Saturday. August Is, in regard to the lat
ter's condition.
Eighth Nay.
EMPoRIA, KAN, October 2a-Befors the
opening of the court room yesterday there
was an unprecedented rush TO obtain ad-
mission and secure seata
The first witness called was Dr. Charles
w. Scott, of Kansas City, who testified
substantially IN accordance with his story
of last September about MIR. Walkup, in
company with another man, coming to his
Office In December last and Walkup relat.
ing symptoms of ill-health and how he had
been and was using arsenical and mercurial
preparations as tOnics and vital stimuants.
The next witness Was Nathaniel B. Nor.
ton, an elderly and sickly looking man,
who claimed to reside at Vidalia. La, as
editor of the Vidalia Sentinel. He was
the man identified by DR.. Scott as being
with J. r. Walkup, and he testified to the
interview in the Office substantially As re-
lated BY DR.. Scott The witness went on
to relate alleged debaucheries carried on by
himself and j. Il. Walkup at Kansas City
and elsewhere at various times, In 1884.
II. Parkham, of EmpOria, farmer. tes-
titled to seeing Mr.. Walkup at the latter's
house on Saturday, August Is, and that the
latter told him he was very sick; that he
had been 80 sick with vomiting, purging
and pains on his way down from Topeka
that he Thought to God" he would die be-
fore reaching Emp0ria; that he was very
sick In the carriage. When he got home
his wife exhausted herself In rubbing and
trying to get him well.
Gideon E. Miller, of Hutchinson, formerly
of Cottonwood Falls, testified that on the
cars last June MIR. Walkup told him he was
not well and had been sick the previous
winter; took arsenic then and It nearly got
away with him; was still taking it
DIR. w. Filkins testified to having seen
Mr.. Walkup I'm his Office Saturday after
moor and when he said he was sick, IS he
had been when the doctor treated him two
years before. He said he felt "devilish
bad" and very sick. Two years ago when
the doctor had treated him the symptoms
manifested by Walkup were vomiting, purg-
ing, pains in the stomach and dizziness.
Harry Schmedburg and w. J. Riggs testi
fed to having heard Mr.. Walkup say at the
depot on the arrival of the train Saturday
morning, August Is, that he had come
home sick. Mr.. Riggs memory was other
wise very deficient
Mr.. Fleetwort q colored barber of Atchi-
son, formerly Of Topeka, dep0sed to having
taken Mr.. Walkup, three years ago, in To
peka, to room of cOl0red prostitutes at his
request and once in AtchisOn. Ee had
never seen Walkup use arsenic or other
medicine.
DR.. w. c. Hamilton, of Topeka testified
that on August IL Mr.. Walkup came to his
Office and asked for treatment for blood
disease. He said he was using arsenic, end
the doctor ordered him to Quit
Ninth lay.
EMroRIA. October 29.-Court opened at
nine o'clock and Mrs. Walkup, her mother
and Mrs. Mary Jay came in and took their
places.
William Jay, guardian Of Mrs. Walkup.
the first witness, declared that between
July and 10 Mr.. Walkup in his Office took
q dose Of white powder, saying to him that
It was arsenic. On his cross examination
by Mr.. Sterry the witness said he had not
remembered the incident until after the
C0rOner's inquest, or spoken Of It before
the trial except to the counsel for the de-
Tense.
B. Graham, associate editor Of the Daily
Republican, deposed that he saw Mr.. Walk
up the morning before he died and had
Conversation with him. He saw him sitting
on his porch IN the summer Of 1884. He
said then that he had no appetite and had
pains In his stomach and bowels.
DR.. II. w. Slower testified to having
treated Walkup twice for private disease
once last May and over two years before.
J. B. Moore. painter, Of Emporia,