The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-27

sick was sitting out in the hammock
Mrs. Summers servant, who was sitting |
on the fence when heard the shot; / /
do not know who was 10 the house; |
Mrs. Walkup said she was on |
the porch; Mr. Walkup said he was up
stars and dropped the revolver; he did
not tell me this, but Mrs. Walkup did |
the shot was fired up stairs in the front ]
room when went to bed on the night |
of the fire Willie was sitting in chair !
on the porch; saw him next morning
in the kitchen; he generally made the
fire; did not see his bed that morning;
on the night OF the fire Mr.. and Mrs. |
Walkup were down stairs when went
to bed when they came up they walked
over my bed and went into their room
l know nothing OF a bottle
of strychnine being in Miss Wal
kup's room before her fathers death
I know where the child's bureau Is In
Miss Walkup's room; had not moved
the bureau or table since Mr.. WalkuE,
was there; there was only one bed in
that room when went there; the table
was sitting in the northeast corner of the
room; moved it and put it where it is
now, putting bed in its place. At that
time there was no kind of bottle about;
never saw any strYchnine bottle about
the house, or other poison, or heard any
thing about either.
MRS. CARRIE ROBERTS
was next sworn and said: My age is 80
years; residence, No. 1876 Merchants
street, nearly opposite the residence OF
the late ]. r. Walkup; saw Mr.. and
Mrs. Walkup on Sunday, the 10th, prior
to the time he went out riding. Alter
which Mrs. Walkup Immediately went
upstairs. should judge she came down
In five minutes. She was gone long
enough to change her dress. When Mr..
Walkup left the house she wore white
Mother Hubbard. She came down
dressed in street attire aud walked very
hurriedlv, her natural gait, to Mrs.
McKinney's gate and began talking to
Mrs. Mckinney. After short CONVEX
sation she walked down the street;
next saw her on the porch of her own
house about the time Mr.. Walkup re-
turned from his drive; he was on the
porch with her; she was dressed in the
same wrapper that she wore when Mr.
Walkup went away l heard no conVer.
sation between them prior to the time
Mr.. Walkup went away.
After hearing the testimony OF Mrs.
Roberts the coroner's jury adjourned TO
meet at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
FROM CONVICTION, KENTUCKY.
The Daily Commonwealth of Coying.
ton, Kentucky, where the Walkup mar
rage took place, has the following in
its issue Of August "a:
The readers of the Commonwealth
will perhaps remember the account al
the marriage of James r. Wslkup anc
Minnie III. 81. Wallace, which took placs
at the Arlington house, July %, 1885
Rev. Bid we'll Lane being the officiating
clergyman. The couple lett immediate
| ~ for their home, " here the groom wa!
q prominent and well to-dO citizen. Or
the 22d of August he dled-just one
month from the day of his marriage
and his young bride is under arres
/ charged with his murder; a younJ
eousin Is also held on suspicion. 1
seems that shortly after they reached
Emporis Mr.. Waikup was taken sicl
and was attended by his wife, who, 9
| couple of days before his death, pur
chased some arsenic from q druggist II
J EmpoEIa, hesltatIng at the time TO sigI
the register which is required by law
The Geographic acc Ounts OF the tragedy
gave the brides name as Minnie Wal,
lace. A call at the county clerks offict
by the Commonwealth dIscloses the fol
lowing as the license record in the case
THE MARRIAGE LICENSE.
James r. Wslkup. Emporis, Kansas
Age, A. Date of issue, July %. Farmer
Birthplace, Ohio. Name and birthplace
of father. Samuel Walkup, Virgins
Name and birthplace of mother, MAJ
garet Smith, OHIO, Married, Covington
KY. Name and birthplace of bride, Min
ME NJ. II. Wallace. Residence, New
Orleans. Name and birthplace OF father
James e. Wallace, New York. Name
and birthplace of mother, Eliza Higgins
Newport, KY. Mother OF BRIDE present
Second marriage of groom.
MIR. Ed REM, Deputy County Clerk
says: issued the liscenss in the case
Wslkup came for it alone first. I told
him the bride beng under age, he must
have the consent of her parents or guar
| dian. He then came back with her moth
er and some old gentleman. about IS
years old. and who seemed 70 take a
great deal of interest in the matter The
bride stayed outside in the hack. l
think there was q child with her. There
was something about the whole thing
did not like, but the mother consented
and had nothing to do but issue the IL
cense. think the old gentleman said
he was in the fruit business In Cincin.
natl he kept telling me all the time how
many people he knew in Covington. At
ter the license was issued Walkup took
it and got into the hack. The old man
and mother went into the back Office and
whispered for fully ten minutes. Final
ly Walkup came In for them and they
walked out slowly, whispering all the
time. The mother was q very forbid
ding looking woman.
Mayor Athey-"Some time ago I re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Wallace. from
New Orleans, stating that he had seen
IN some newspaper an account of the
marriage of the parties He asked me
TO inform him If it was fact. He said
he had been divorced from his wife for
several years, and that she was . women
to stop at nothing. The young
lady was his daughter. wrote
to him that the license had been issued.
but no return had been made of the PER.
tormance OF the marriage"
WHAT THE MINISTER SAYS:
Rev. Bidwsll Lane-'fI married the
parties at the Arlington House, and re-
member ihcm very we'll. They had
come from Cincinnati with = clergyman
TO perform the ceremonies. but as be had /
no license In Kentucky was sent for.
Taere was an old gentleman with the /
party whose name think is Moore. |
The groom impressed me sc q solid, sub /
stantial man, plain and uBassuming. but /
still of worth. The bride YVES q young /
looking, apparently guileiess woman OF Il
no particular force of character. / was
all the time that she was de- i
cidedly getting the best of the bargain.
The mother did not strike me 81 all
There was dropping Of the
eyes, and fuTtive, forbIdding LOOK
nd not like.
Major Sam Dobyns-"Yes, remem-
1rr them, of course 1 do. ! dIdt like
he whole thing or any part Of IL =
bit. said at the time we would hear
lbout Il. I've seen . heap Of weddings,
Jut never saw so much indifference on
he part of the bride in my lie. There
Vas too much constrafnt about II; and
II the time Of the ceremony the mother
nd Ire old man were whispering to-
.esaeT over the back Of the sofa. Capt
ehenoWith opened the door for them,
M hs says when the young woman got
tis u the hack she hesftased. and the
Id s.,-e Gays: $50 on up tbsFeP' and the
oums woman still not Saving. the