, 1885-08-25
SEEMS SIMPLE.
A Child-wife Arrested for
Poisoning Her Husband
1t Looks Like a Rural and
Ridiculous Sensation.
Two Cattlemen Murdered in
the Indian Territory.

A Sensation in Emporia, Kans.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 24.-Nothing
for a long time has created so much *
element here as the news of the arrest in
Emporia, Kan, OF Mrs. Minnie Wallace
Walkup for poisoning her husband. The
marriage took place just a month to a day
before the death of her husband. Mr..
Walkup had been a familiar figure on the
streets Of New Orleans. He was a Nir-
ginian, and a handsome, energetic man of
considerable wealth and ability. He was
about As years of age, and a widower
with two daughters, the youngest a year
older than this wife he recently married.
Minnie Wallace Walkup is II years old.
Her father is Jas. +. Wallace, a lawyer,
and formerly United States commissioner.
Every one who ever saw her noticed her
beauty of face and form and ladylike de
pertinent. Walkup had met Minnie
when a child and watched her bloom into
~womanhood. The wedding took place at
Covington, Ky. July ODD and was a bril-
liant affair.
From her letters Mrs. Walkup seemed
to be living a happy life, with wants all
provided. Her last letter received five
days ago said Mr.. Walkup was'going on a
short trip on business, aud that she was
to go along. Willie Willis was eleven
months older than Minnie. He was a son
of John d. Willis, who died in Florida
several years ago. His mother was a
niece of Mrs. Walkup's mother. Mrs.
Willis died when her boy was 3 years old
and left him to the care of Mrs. Wallace.
with whom he has lived ever since. Willie
and Minnie were raised together. Willie
was a delicate boy of slender build. He
was as much attached to his cousin as a
brother. Mr.. Walkup asked the boy TO
gooes. as his protege, and intended to
assist him to a successful career. Her
friend says the purchase by Mrs. Walkup
of arsenic may be accounted for by the
fact that she was addicted to the use of the
drug for the sake of her complexion.
EMPoRIA, Kas., Aug. 24.-Hon. j. II.
Walkup's funeral took place at > o'clock
this afternoon withan immense attendance
filling the Methodist Episcopal church
and adjacent streets, many people
coming from the surrounding coun-
try. The interest manifested in the
case surpasses all precedent here. Mrs.
Walkup retains her easy, cool and self
possessed bearing, and the attendance at
The house yesterday might be called a
levee for her. She continues to assert her
entire innocence. She did not attend the
funeral at the church, as her presence
might have given rise to great excitement.
The coroner's jury met again this fore
noon and took the testimony OF DIR. l.. ID.
Jacobs, the physician who attended Mr..
Walkup. 1t developed nothing new or
startling; the analysis by DIR. Gardener,
of the stomach and other parts of Mr..
Walkup's body, did not determine the
presence of arsenic or other poison, and
he has taken the parts to Kansas City for
a more complete and exhaustive analysis.
The coroner jury has adjourned to Tues
day morning. Reports from New Or
leans as to the standing of the Wallace
family there are conflicting. Mrs. Wal
kup remains at her residence in care of
the sheriff, and has been treated with en-
tire respect. The mystery of the case