The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-27

knowing anything OF importance o0o0f
the case was excused without tesslfYfng.
WILLIAM D. WILLIS
was sworn; he said his residence here
was 157 Merchants Street, his occupation
was hauling coal, said he knew Mrs.
j, r. Walkup, bad known her IS years,
is q second cousin. on his mothers side.
my mother and her mother were first
cousin; my mothers name before maxri-
age was Miss Woodruff; Mrs. Walkup's
mothers maiden name was Miss Hig-
gins; Mrs.. J R. Wslkup's name before
her marriage was Miss Minnie
wallace; she resided ct
New Orleans before her marriage; I
had lived with her previous to her mar
rage; had lived with her since I was
az years old at 222 Canal street. New
Orleans; had lived in that house think
about two or three years; previous 70
that we had lived ct 81 Bourbon street;
had lived there about I'VE or SIX years;
Miss Wallace lived with her mother I'M
til she went to the st. Louis In.
ssitute. from which she graduated
about two years ago; she was
there six months or year, cannot tell
which; the institute is Catholic insti-
tuition. and teaches French and English !;
l think Mrs. Wslkup belonged to the
Presbyterian church; my father and
mother are both dead; my mother has
been dead about fourteen years; do not
remember my mother; my father, I
think, died In 1879; do not know wheth-
er my father married again after my
mothers death or not; he died at Pa
latks, Florida; I came TO Emporia about
three weeks ago from New Orleans /;
since came here have resided at 157
Merchants street; came here alone, At
the request of Mr.. Waikup; he request
ed me TO come, through my aunt, Mrs.
Wallace, to whom he furnished the
money for my fare; Mr.. Walkup said he
first took sick at Atchison,
Saturday night. and came home
Friday or Saturday night, do not
know which; was not In the room at
any time when he took his medicine;
have purchased no medicine or drugs
for either Mr.. or Mrs. Walkup since /
have been here; did not purchase any
cove oysters or pop or any canned goods
or fruits; remember gong home one
day to dinner and seeing can of oysters
there, the servant girl opened them and
poured them in a dish for Mr.. Walkup /;
do not know whether she gave him all
or part of them. did not see him eat
the oysters. This was about 10 or half
past 10 O'Clock. came home in the ev-
ening and was told that he had thrown
the oysters up; do not remember who
told me. never told them that the oys.
tiers had poison in them, but told them
that they were no good. saw Andrew
Forsyth eat some one night and he was
nearly dead the next morning"
Mr.. Feighan asked: "Did you say to
1. E. Lambert and J. NJ. Griffith that
after this the old man and Minnie will
learn to listen to me; told Mr.. Walkup
that If he ate those oysters they would
kill him p"
"I did not" said the boy. Il told
Minnie that the canned oysters would
make anybody sick, that had heard Of
many cases of persons being poisoned by
eating canned oysters; l told her they
were no good; I told her when she
bought the oysters at Davis 6 Hughes
grocery that canned oysters were of nc
account"
Colonel Feighan here asked
the witness if he had stated
to the sheriff on the day of Mr.. Wal
kup's death, that the oysters Mr.. Wal
kup ate had "done him up" and that il
he told Mr.. Wslkup and Minnie before
they ate them that they would poison
them. and that Mr.. Walkup had beer
poisoned by eating them.
To which questions the boy said: 81
dill not; 1 saw Mr. White, who wa
pointed out to me by one of the prison
ers, and asked him if the note sen
Mrs. Walkup, asking Mr.. Bill to com
down, had been delivered. He toll
me il had not, but that he had told N
Bill himself to come down and that Il
note had not been delivered; Mr.. B,
came down that evening and I ask I
him why had been arrested; he Sc :
that as soon as the corOner's inquest d
over he would try and get me out"
81 do not know that anybody else a
any oysters; I first saw Mr.. Waikiki }
New Orleans last winter; slept IN Il
dining room Tuesday and Wednes Ids
nights; Thursday night slept up stall
as Mr.. Walkup was not able to
brought up stairs; never SLEPT on u
porch all night. was o.
in the chair part of one night, restlI
on the porch; was there until bout
O'Clock; then went inside to ny be
I went to the porch because it vas CO
out there and it was warm on thu insld
I do not remember about Miss ' TalkuI
bed being sf1re; she told Mr.. FalkuI
mother and showed her the gu ut; tn
was the first knew OF 1t: do OF knc
when it occurred; Mrs. Walkup did q
say how it occurred; Miss Walk up ga
there was match on the bed; be "a
the match caught afire sometime IN q
night, she did not know how; Mr.. Wal
up took me out to the farm on 81 INDIA
I think it was little after o'cl0 * Y
returned little before dark; Mr.. Wal
up got out of the buggy at the hon, Y al
l took the b 1rse to Mr.. Adds 81 ebl
the horse was brought to the b on
by one of Mr.. Adds ue
Mr.. Walkup ordered it; Mr.. Wal kU
went to the farm to see how q 70
clover which he had sown was getI u
along. He got out and walked abb u
the field; Mr. Wslkup did not meet an :
body at the farm; We did not go 70 Ii
house as the doors were all closed;
got few apples and brought theI
home with him; he told Mrs. Waikiki
he was going out to thu
farm; I think she told him
be had better not go as he was not strong
enough; he said he thought he was
strong enough AID theu we started"
The jury then adjourned until to-mor.
row morning at O'Clock, when the In
quest will be continued. at the inquest
tomorrow the result OF the post morton
examination will be taken into consider.
alton and the three physicians who con.
Quoted it, will be placed on the witness
stand.
THE CHEMICAL Analysis.
The portions sent to Kansas City yes
terdsY to be analysed have been placed
BY DIR. Harrison in the hands of an
analytical chemist, who telegraphs TO-
day to the coroner, DR. g. W. Frost, that
be desires at least three days to make
the examination. DR.. Harrison returns
this afternoon, and it Is probable that
nothing conclusive upon this point will