Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-10-29
EMPORIA'S SENSATION.
Trial Of Mrs. Walkup, Charged
With Poisoning Her Husband.

A Jury of Old Kesfdents-Testimony In
troduced by the State to Prove the
Purchase Of Poison-Experts
on the Stand.
EMroRrA, KAN, October 20.-Ths trial
of Mrs. Minnie Wallace Walkup, for the
alleged poisoning of her husband August
"a, was taken up in the District Court yes
terday. Both the State and defense signi-
fed their readiness for trial and Judge
Graves ordered the defendant brought into
court The following jurors were accepted
and sworn:
j. c. Cooley, farmer, 60 years old;
Charles j. johnson, Swede, farmer, 40
years old, naturalized; o. C. Cassler, farm
er, AZ yeats old; D. K. Peterman, So years
Old; H. c. Adams farmer, IS years old;
II. T. Holmes. farmer. A years old: j. S.
| Cook, farmer, As years old; Michael Myers,
farmer, 43 years old; G. S. Clark, farmer,
IS years old; j. NJ. Hem, farmer, "A years
| DID, A. w. Bugbee, farmer, SO years old;
w. A. Boyaysinger, farmer, 4s years old.
Second Day.
EMPoRIA, KAN, October 21.-The Walk
up case was resumed at nine o'clock yes
terday morning with full court room.
County Attorney Feighan, on behalf of the
State, explained to the jury the theory of
poisoning alleged against the defendant,
and what the State expected to prove.
The first witness examined was Ebenezer
Baldwin, of Lawrence. He testified TO
Acquaintance with Mr.. Walkup; that the
latter was large, powerfully built man.
over six feet high, broad shOuldered and of
cheerful disposition. He and Mr.. Walkup
went to the New Orleans Exposition last
December and lodged at Mrs. Wallace's
house and became acquainted with tho
family, including the defendant.
Miss Lizzie Walkup, daughter of J. r.
Walkup, testified that she went to Color
ado five days after her father returned home
with hts new wife; that she returned on the
18th of August, and next day could not
find her sisters mantle and her own plush
cloak and jersey wrap; that she accused
Mrs. Walkup of sending them away in q
box; Mrs Walkup had the box brought
from the express Office to the house and
asked Lizzie to see it opened. Lizzie did
not respond at once, and when she did the
box was open and only sheet and cup and
saucer were in it. A few hours afterward
Mrs. Walkup told her the servant girl, Mary
Moss, had found the wraps in closet; they
were then on her Uizzie's) bed. She &C
cused Mrs. Walkup of sending her mother
a silk dress; Mrs. Walkup denied this.
L. w. Carter testified that Mrs. Walkup
told him that previous to marriage she
thought Waikup we'll off, but after his
death she discovered all his property was
mortgaged. George w. Newman testi-
fled as 10 goods sold defendant
on her husbands account DIR. Mort
testified to examining powder de-
ceased had, which was quinine. His
clerk testified to examining the same
powder at the request of the defendant. 1t
was quinine. lSeveral druggists were put on
the stand and testified that defendant ap-
piled at their drug stores for arsenic and
strychnine, representing that she wanted it
for preparation. DR.. Jacobs testified to.
Walkup's illness and death, and Court .ad-
journed.
Third Day.
EMPoRIA, KAN, October 22-The Walk
up trial was resumed at nine o'clock yes
terday morning with packed court room.
Mrs. Vickery. a neighbor, testified that
just prior to and after Walkup's death, she
had conversations with Mrs. Walkup, in
which she claimed to be eInocent; that she
did not know how people could believe the
old would have had more sense than to
have bought poison as openly as she did if
it was to be used to poison anybody.
Mrs. Julia Sommers. living next door to
Walkup's house, testified to having begun
conversation about dreams with Mrs.
Walkup the Sunday evening before MIR.
Walkup's death, when Mrs. Walkup re-
lated dream she had of Lizzie Waikup,
dressed III Grape and singing Rock of Ages"
while playing tho piano. Mrs. WaIkup
went down town the Thursday before
Walkup died and got the oysters and pop
he insisted OH having.
Mr.. Bates druggist produced his poison
record book. He said he had frequently
filled out the blanks to show the object of |
use. He did not fill out that of Mrs. Walk !
ups purchase because she had said she |
would and had not told him the purpose
The book showed a dozen such untitled |
blanks.
Mr.. Bill detailed the conversations of |
Thursday and Friday preceding Mr.. Walk |
ups death, in which Mrs. Walkup accused |
him of having been very cruel in telling Mr..
Waikup she had poisoned him. She as
serted her innocence; said she, had no OBJ |
ject; he was the best friend she had on |
earth. She admitted the purchase of |
strychnine and arsenic, as related by the |
druggist and said she wanted the strych- |
nine to take the stains out of clothing and |
the arsenic as q cosmetic.
him by Mrs. Walkup the day before Mr. |
Walkup died as to purchasing strychnine |
to take stains out Of her clothing, and ar
senic for her complexion. She told of an |
attempt of MIR. Walkup about ten days be- |
fore to shoot himself in the head in conse-
quence of dependency of mind. caused by |
a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Harry |
Hood, severely rebuking him for marrying |
Minnie Wallace. Mr.. Walkup the same /
day told Mr.. Severy that the revolver went |
off accidentally and nearly shot him in the |
head. Witness described the hole in the !
wall made by the revolver shot and the
revealed that the hole |
could have been made by Mr.. Walkup's |
up to shoot himself in the head, if
he stood where he had intimated or by his
sitting down on the bed to shoot himself
through the head. The angle of the hole
could not have come by the accidental dis
charge of the revolver, either standing OF
sitting, if the ball passed near his head.
D. B. Kelly and Ben Wheldon, druggists.
testified respectively to selling Mrs. Walkup
arsenic, the first on Sunday, August 16, and
the latter on Thursday, August 20.
Miss Lizzie Walkup testified Is to Mira
Walkup's distress OH Friday at being
charged with poisoning and her denial of
It MI. Walkup told her be did not say she
was guilty but the evidence looked that
way very much. Witness picked up the
hox of ARSENIC dronned hv Mrs Walkun On |