The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-11-05
Tenth nar

EMPoRIA, KAN, October s0.-In the
Waikup poisoning case yesterday, 81.
Tibbals, Of Emporia, was called and gave
testimony Of little importance.
Mrs. Wallace. mother of the defendant
was next sworn. She said she had lived
twenty-fonr years in New Orleans; that her
daughter was born there and would be
seventeen ears old on the coming January
IA. She was educated at the St. Louis In
stitute. She then gave in detail the history
OF the meeting of Walkup and her daugh-
ter; that Walkup VISA smitten with Minnie
and very anxious to marry her. She also
gave history of the marriage and why
celebrated at COvington. A rigid cross
examination failed to shake her testimony.
The defendant herself was then called
and sworn, aud under Mr.. Fenlon's exam
ination proceeded to rapidly and more freely
state substantially what her mother had
done about the acquaintance, eourtship and
marriage with Mr.. Walkup. She said that
Libbie had favored the marriage and had
always treated her very kindly, and that
on the July visit Mrs. BOod had called and
invited her to go out and visit at the farm.
Everything was happy between herself
and husband. He had used her very kindly
in every way. He had sent for her cousin,
Willie Willis, because she was lonely away
from her own family, and nothing had oc-
CURED to mar her married happiness. Com
ing along to Mr.. Walkup's sickness the fair
prisoner said that he came home so sick
from Topeka on Saturday morning, August
Is, that she had to take off his boots and
clothes and rub him. He complained of
having been very sick and of vomiting on
the cars, of pain In his head and especially
in his hips and legs, with drawing feeling
in them. He would not let her send for a
physician. She did all she could for him.
In the morning Walkup felt some better
and went down town and came back several
times though complaining of great weak
ness. That night he had a worse attack
but he said he knew what the matter was
He had been sick that way before and
would come out all right. She insisted on
getting a doctor, and having heard Dr..
Jacobs well spoken of she telephoned for
him.
After the noon recess, Mrs. Walkup took
the stand once more. She said that when
visiting her aunt near Cincinnati, her cousin
gave her some snowflake for the complex
ion and she put it into paper with another
paper in which she had calomel. bought in
New Orleans. She put both side by side
them in her satchel, and when she came to
use the calomei in Topeka, could not tell
them apart and took them to drug store to
find out which was which. She purchased
some strychnine at Bates drug store in the
afternoon about August Is. She did not re-
member whether Walkup was at home or
not that day. She wanted the strychnine
to make a preparation of strychnine and
wine to take stains out of a dress. She
signed the book which was handed to her.
She did not tell Mr. Bates she did not want
TO tell what 1t was for. On getting home
she found that the strychnine had gotten
out of her hand satchel, where it had been
placed. She never found out how it had
been lost. Witness had no further use for
it whatever than the reason mentioned. She
sent Mary Moss Sunday morning, August
16, for some more strychnine, giving her q
note to Mr.. Bates. She never told Mary
Moss to say she was going down for butter.
Mrs. Walkup said she had got arsenic
twice, once on Sunday at Kelly's about four
o'clock. She wanted to use it for her skin
TO remove some blOtches. On going into
Kely's store she asked for twenty-five
cents worth of arsenic and received and
signed the record, stating that it was to be
used for the complexion. After leaving the
store she went to see Mrs. Gichrist, and
after staying fifteen or twenty minutes
went home and prepared supper and then
went up stairs and took the arsenic out of
her satchel and was preparing to empty it
into box when Mr.. Walkup came i'll and
she emptied it into a slop pail to prevent
him from seeing it. Afterward, on
Thursday, she told Mr.. WaIkup about
her complexion which was suffering from
eruptions, and he gave her 81. the only
money he ever gave her, to buy arsenic for
it, as she told him that was what lady
friend in New Orleans took, and to get pop
for him. On returning to her house, she
found Walkup lying on the cot as she had
left him and took the arsenic and put it in
box and placed it in a bureau drawer
near Walkup's cot. Walkup drank two
bottles of pop and Immediately commenced
to vomit violently. Mrs. Walkup then ex-
planned the dry goods affair and the upset
ting of the arsenic box.
The witness was subjected to a rigid
cross-examinatiOn, and was on the stand
when Court adjourned.