The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-10-22
IN HER DEFENSE.
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IWALKUP TRIAL
A BRILLIANT OPENING FOR THE
PROSECUTION.
DENSE CROWD ATTENDING.
Examination of Witnesses Begun.
INTERESTING TESTIMONY.
Every Inch of Ground Contested by
the Defense.
DENSE CROWD ATTENDING
Examination of Witnesses Begun
INTERESTING TESTIMONY.
The Second Day.

From Tuesdsy-s Dairy.
AT 8; 40 the doors Of the court room
were opened and large crowd which
had been waiting for half an hour TO
obtain admission filed in aud took seats.
Quite q number OF ladies' occupied
places in the gallery, and the room was
well filled by nine o'clock, the hour ap
pointed for opening court on the second
DAY OF Mrs. Walkup's trial, Attorneys
Scott and Fen1on were on the ground
early and were closely followed by the
counsel tor the State. Court was called
to order promptly on time, and County
Attorney FeiGhan asked to make the
addition of MIR. Murphy to the names of
witnesses filed with the information.
Mr.. Scott objected to this, but was
overruled by the court and Mr.. Murphy's
name was added.
The twelve jurors all answered Hpres-
ent" to the roll call, and Mr..
FeIghan proceeded to announce the
case Of the State. He said
The state expected to show that in the
early part of January ]. r. Walkup
visited New Orleans aud procured
rooms at the house of Mrs. Wallace,
mother of the defendant; that Mrs.
Walkup was then girl of about 16
years of age; that Walkup was a man OF
40. full of vigor; that during or subse-
quent to that visit he proposed matri-
monV and was accepted. Some time af-
ter, in the early summer, Mrs. Wallace
and her daughter visised EmporIa for
the purpose OF ascertsining his wealth
and social standing. They then went to
Covington, Kentucky, and were met by
Mr.. Wslkup and they were mar
RED there July 22d. 1885.
The evidence for the state after this
point will be manly clIcumstantial, but
the state expected to show concIusIvely
that Mrs. Walkup purchased strych-
nine In Cincinnati before starting for
this city. After their arrival here, Mrs.
Walkup, as q part OF conspiracy, be-
gan the purchase of large amounts of
dry goods, at the store OF G. w. New
man s. Co. The state also expects to
prove that on the 14th or 18th OF August
she brought a small white powder to a
druggist in this city to have examined
in order to ascertain whether 1t was
strychnine or calomel. On the same
day or the next she went 20 IrwIn,s drug
store and asked for poison, but
being asked to sign the record
She objected to this and left the store
without procuring the poison. She then
went TO Riders drug store with the same
result, but procured the article at Mr..
Bates after signing the record without
stating the purpose for which it was to
be used. Ga the evening of August 14th
j. X. Walkup returned from a trIp to
Topeka, in good health. This was after
the purchase of poison by Mrs. Walkup.
That on Sunday, August 10Th, Mrs.
Wslkup sent cOlored girl to Mr..
Bates for more poison, telling her to tell
the folks 1t home she was going after
butter. That on that same aft, moon she
went to Mr.. Kelly's drug store and pur-
chased some arsenic, signing the record
for cosmetic Ga this trip down she met
the Rev. Mr.. Snodgrass and told him she
had something on her mind which
she wished to speak to him about and
asked that he call al the Walkup resi-
dence. That on Monday Mr.. Wslkup
was taken violently i'll with all the
symptoms of arsenIcsl poisoning, but
owing TO the treatment of the physicians
he was better on Tuesday evening and
worse again on Friday. and that he died
Saturday forenoon, August %, with all
the symptoms of arsenIcal poisoning.
The state will also show that the tender
passions exhibited in the courtship and
marriage was ali on the side of Mr..
Walkup, and that Mrs Walkup believed
up to the time of has death that she had
married a wealthy man. At the con.
clusion of the speech TO the jury Mr..
Feighan called the roll of witnesses for
the state and hAd them sworn as fellows
Lizzie Walkup. Mary Moss, Dwight
Bill, L Severy, DIR. l.. D. JACOBS, DR.
j 81 Page, DR. Chas Gardiner. DR. DF
Longnecker, DR. ] F Foncannon, VIM
Jones, DR. Geo w Frost Moses Bates, B
Wheldon, w R IRWIN, DR. D 81 Harrison,
r B DelleV, HRS Julie Sommers, Mrs.
Sallie Mckinney, Frank Mccullough
b B Brown, A B ireland, DIR W w
Hibben, Mrs Henry Hood, Mrs Roberts,
Peter Hughes. L NJ Carter, Rev Snod
grass, John Thatcher, A D Wharton,
Waldo Wooster, 1 z Lambert, Will
Wslkup, Dr. J A Moore, s B Warren,
DR. R r McCandlIss, Chas Ryder, A G
Lakin, Jno SamCelson. Alice Evans,
Alice Carter, VIM Born Mrs Fannie
VickerY, J A BIddle Ed Colland, Mag
gle Evans. Eben Baldwin, Miss Foster,
G W Newman, Miss. Eunice Bartlett,
Joe Murphy.
The counsel for the defense objected
10 any witnesses being examined under
the information as stated. claiming it
did not show cause for action. Over.
ruled by the court.
Mr. Eben BALDWIN was the first Wit
ness called to the stand. The substance
of his testimony is: Direct examina.
toni am q resident of Lawrence. Kas
known Walknp for years; went 10
New Orleans with him about Chris.
mas; stopped al the house OF Mrs
Wallace; introduced Mr.. Walknn u
10 Miss Minnie Wallace in the sitting
room OF her residence. Cross examina
tion-On the trip to New Orleans LET
81 Lous on the steamer City of Bator
Rouge. December l7th; was ten DAYS OF
the road Knew nothing of the Wal
lace boarding house before arriving i.
New Orleans.
At this juncIure Mr.. Scott aske,
the witness as to Mr Walkup's beahl
on the journey. This question was o.
Jected 70 by the prosecution, and
lengthy argument taken part N by eac
OF the counsel on both sides. The OF
lection was sustained by IN
court Mr.. Scott then changed his tao
K tics and began a series of questions. a
le OF which were objected TO by the stat
n and the objection sustained by thecour
Exceptions to these rulings were ente
Is ed in each instance.
rs Miss Euniee Bartlett was next caIle
D. Resides in Emporia: clerk in G VINE,
n man & Cos store; acauainted vii
ID hrs. Walkup; had a talk with dafenda
be about August 10Th in Mr.. Newman
d store in relation to the purchase
goods. Mrs Walkup asked the pri