Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-05-20
THE STATE VS.. MRS. BRIscoE.
The Prisoner Held to Answer the
Charge of Assault with Intent
to Kill. in the District Court

The Prisoner Held to Answer the
Charge of Assault with Intent
to Kill. in the District Court.
The preliminary trial of Mrs. Meta May
Briscoe, charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, with intent to kill Alexander
/ Blakemore about two weeks ago, was
heard by Justice Thomas yesterday. The
/ prisoner was held IN the sum of $500 to
answer the charge at the next tern of the
district court. +. r Stone and W. w.
Blackwell were the two main witnesses Mr.
Stone testified that on the morning in ques-
ton boy came to him and said that
colored man across the railroad wanted to
see him. When he got TO the house Briscoe
came in and said to Blakemore that it was
damn strange that Stone got around there
so early, and that he charged Blakemore
with having told Stone that they were 60
ing away without paying the rent They
kept on guarrelling aud Blakemore kept
his hand at his hip pocket but did not
show any weapon. Briscoe said, damn
your gun, I'll fix you" He then went away
and soon returned with a revolver, saving
he was ready for him. They kept on
quarrelling and he, Stone-left tho house
and soon after heard the shot. Mr. Black
wells testimony threw more light on the
whole matter than all the rest He deals in
secondhand furniture, and knew the Bris-
coe woman in Pueblo, Col, where he bought
stock of furniture from her She had sent
for him 10 so and see the furniture they had
in Mr.. Stones house. He went down and
bought it, then came up town for a dray
to haul it. When he returned
Mrs. Briscoe told him that Mr.. Stone re-
fused to let the furniture go until they paid
him the amount due for rent which she said
Was too much. Mr.. Blackwell advised her
to pay the rent. 1t was then agreed that
Blackwell would pay the rent out of the
price of the furniture, which he did. Bris-
coe was not present at that time and when
he came in he was mad when he found the
rent had been paid. He told substantially
the same story about the quarrel that en-
sued between Briscoe and the barber as did
Mr.. Stone up to the time the parties got to
the back room. Both witnesses testified
that the woman tried to make peace between
the men. When Briscoe came in with the
gun Mr.. Blackwell went out back of the
house and looking in he saw Briscoe hav-
ing the pistol in his hand and, the two men
quarrelling, Briscoe and his wife moving
towards the kitchen, followed by the barber
Briscoe handed the revolver to his wife and
by this time they had got into the kitchen.
The barber grabbed the woman by the arm
and tried TO wrench the weapon from her,
then the woman called TO her husband to get
out Of the way because the barb was tax
ing the pistol from her. They got out of
Mr.. Blackwell's sight about this time and
soon after he heard the report of pistol. |
AS soon as Briscoe saw what was done he |
ran off but she helped Mr.. Blackwell to load |
some of the furniture, then she ran away
toe. The county attorney conducted the |
prosecution and Frank Dale defended the |
priso ner. Mr.. Dale asked to have the bond |
made as low as possible as he expected to |
get bail. The county attorney said he |
would prefer charge of assault against |
Briscoe. They were both remanded to iail. |