The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-12
was held in their sleeping room up.
THE nEAurY's uEAnrLr.ssEss.

1 THE REAuTx's HEARTLEssNEss.
The doctors cut him TO pieces, remov.
ed his liver. heart, stomach. and in fac
nearly everything else. Tue bed was II
. frightful condition. the remains yer,
scattered about the room Ia vessels, anC
the air was horrible; and yet within q
hour after the body had been taken dowr
stairs the widow went to this room, still
uncleaned. locked herself in aud pro-
ceeded to u1dress herself as calmly as q
there were no CHASTITY evidences of death
within hundred miles OF her.
Then when the neighbors offered q
sit up with her the night her husband'E
dead body was in thouse. she very calm.
ly declared II made no difference to her,
IS she would Just as soon stay In the
house alone as have any one with her.
People who knew these facts were no;
surprised that she could OUTAGE cross
examiner " lose questions would have
been like < aft : arus : 10 a :. nsitive ma.
ture.
When the young bride came from New
Orleans she com plain. d that the northern
Fpe8aie were far more spsring in their
praises of hrr beauty than those with
whom she had ben accustomed to live.
When Wslkup was dead, aud the PEG
pie focked to her honRe by the hundr, DIS
abe sat with folded arms and exhibited
her charms unnindf0l of the remsrks
made nv asror .rarc aod MT l,i-dIx- AZ.
posed ones, tither. When the trial was
on, she eyed the interested crowds with
complaceEcy, and received her numerous
callers with welcome, aud every men
ton made OF her IN the newspapers was
perused with unfeigned pleasure. After
1t was all over, aud score or more of
her friends were congratulating her at
the informal reception held at jays the
night of the acquittal. she said TO news
paper man who remarked that he was
probably makiug his last professional
call on her, "Oh, hope the newspapers
are not going 10 drop me 80 soon as all
that"
1t lie stated that. not confetti with an
informal ami private expression of their
Joy, the girl and her mother are - be
given q great "bloRour' at jays home
In the near future, and that they will
delay their departure on that account.
Jay was very anxious 10 secure the brass
band on the evening of the acquIttal, and
it is said ne now proposes 10 gather in
her friends, have music and dancing,
and celebrate the verdict with ell the
demonstration possible;
The girl is ia constant receipt of let
ters and kilograms from all over the
country, and from persons whom, in
the main, she never heard of before.
Each mail brings half dozen or more
letters, and each day sees numerous tele-
grams to her. The people from whom
these messages are received are actuated
by various motives. Colonel Feighan
speaks OF them as thu moths who fiutter
about the candle OF her beauty-two Of
whom, WalkuD and Jay, have had their
wings singed.
Some comment was caused by the fact
that the Instructions of Judge Graves
were published ia half the newspapers
of the country before they were read by
the court. II was the result of an enter
prising newspaper man connected with
q morning newspaper of Emporia HIS
zeal was not appreciated bp his employer
however, and his effort cost him his off,
cIal head. the proprietor holding that he
was working against the interests OF his
own paper by "scoopiDg" it 10 such
style.
A great many peculiar things have
been developed in connection with this
famous case, and the people of Emporia
anG of the country at large as we'll will
End in the trial a fruitful source of
talk for weeks to come