Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-16

went TO New York; thence 70 Newark, \.
J., where she has relatives: from there she
returned TO Chicago; soon after went 20 Mi
waukee, WHERE she also has relatives. From
Milwaukee she went 10 Waukesha, Wis.
where sne orguized an opera troop. Dur
ing all this time she corresponded with
BotEe,nly, and about June 9Th, 1888, in an
swer to letter from him, she left Wiscon-
sin TO accompany him to Texas. She came
70 Wichita, thence TO Valley Center. where
she was met by Mr.. Bothemly Valley
/ Center they went in his buggy to his ranch,
where they remained, passing As brother and
sister in the eyes of his employees frou June
until August %, when they set out
for Texas with 2,2I5 sheep, two yoke
of oxen hauling a sort Of car. Bothemly
rode horse and she also rode a horse; q
man named Dobson rode pony and at
tended to the sheep; boy named Wesley
Vettor drove the oxen and car. This car
was sort of buss, in which was bed and Il
cot, stove cooking utensils and Nellie's
| trunk.
When the outfit reached Mount Hope
size states that Bothamly got sick and that
| they left him there and weut on with the
sheep; that lie remained at Mornt Hope
about three weeks, when she came for
him and they left together. During all this
time she passed as his sister. They proceeded
on their way towards Texas until
October It'll, 1853, when they reached a
point in the Indian Territory. about one
hundred miles south Of Caldwell, when they
camped for the night.
The man Dodson and the boy were short
distance from the car. with the sheep and
Bothenlly and Mrs Bailey, alone occupied
the car. About midnight Bothemly WIS
shot III the head, from which injury he al
most instantly died; whether the shot was
fred By his Own hand or not, We have no
means of knowing. Mrs. Bailey says that
when she heard the shot she was lying
upon tie cot near where he lay
on the bed and that when She
heard the shot She jumped up frightened,
and ran to where the boys were keeping the
sheep. and said that something awful had
happened in the car; that Dodson went to
the car ard found Bo:hernly dead. The de-
ceased was buried next day at a place called
skeleton ranch. IL a day or two after Mrs.
Bailey was arrested, brought to this city and
had an examination before United States
| Commissioner Shearman, when she
was held 70 appear before the
grand jury. She was indicted
for murder in the first degree at the last
term Of the United States district court in
this city, since which time she has been con-
| fined in the Scdgwick county jail.
Clement L. Bothemly, the deceased was
an Engli5hman Of considerable means, own
ing al the time Of his death ranch of 40
| acres ahou; one and Il half miles from Seds-
wick City. He was generally supposed to
have considerable money and other
property. He had 10 family in this country,
bu. Mrs. Bailey says he told her he had a
wife and family in England, that after they
had go: 10 Texas he intended to get divorce
and that then b. would marry her. 1t Is
also said that while she was in the opera bus
ine>s ia Wisconsin, Mrs.. Bailey secretly mar
ried wealthy man named Robert Eiece.
The case will probably be Il long one and
,.ill be watched with great interest.