The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-11-13
An Exciting Trial.

| NaES1S, cildIScu Will Jo'o''''i"s
her husband. has created Il Wl'l'
Spread interest especially in l-ouisi
ana. he trial just CLOSED res III
ell in verdict Of acGuittal. The
| subjcine,l very comprehensive his
tory ofthi> ease, published during
the progress eff the trial, we cl:l
from the editorial columns OF the
Natchi,Oclles Reri@tc:
The Exposition last winter
brought to New Orleans great
crowd OF tourists. who filed the
hotels and rverhowel into the
private boarding houses. Among
these tourists, intent OH seeing the
wonders of the great show aud
eager to view all the wonders of
the Crescent City, was one J. Il.
Wa'kup, an cX-mayor OF Emporla,
Kansas, and q man who stood high
in the community. 1t so happen
ed that this man, nearly 80 years
of age, bctook himself to the house
of Mrs. Wallace, ODD Canal street,
where furnished rooms could he
had. Aud it so happened that this
Yrs. Wallace had very beauti.
full young daughter, Minnie, just
blooming into sweet and perfect
womanhood ; and within the short
space OF twenty-four hours after
his arrival Mr.. Walkup began to
talk love to the pretty girl. She
said she had not been loved before,
hardly knew how it felt to be i'll
love doubtless one of loves sweet
perjuries) an! that she must ''see
mother" THIS was done, and
mother was obduralr, HARD and
cruel; size wou,dAt ll~'cn to it.
left, and, mothers refilSa,
to the contrary, Minnie co. respond.
ed with him. lie visited New Or
leans again within a month, and to
show his household leauties
brought with him charming
Miss Lib5ie. They re-
NAMED some time, and during his |
stay Mr.. Walkup being a business
man and therefore with an eye to
business, offered Mrs. Wallace a
check for 81 900 in exchange for her
daughters hand. Whether this was
does not appear from the
record, but short time after we see
the Wallaces going to Emporia to
INSPECT Mr.. Walkup's temporal af-
fairs AMI to determine whether the |
sash balance" would be on MINES
>ile in case the ''manacled state Of |
should be tie outcome.
They were satisfied. and Walkup, !
the many slips between
The conrtship preliminary and tie
marital inality, insisted on having
tue ceremony performed then and
here. This Minnie objected to, de-
,laring hat her set-possibly a
'chewing gum" set-;n New Ole.
ms would insist that she had gone
o Emporia on a husband hunt.
But it was agreed that Mrs. Walk.
Up and the bride elect should go to
cincinnati. and Mr.. Walkup should
eport there shortly after. Thishe
iii, and it was found that tue dread
ul Ohio law vas in the way, and
hat the free State Of Kentucky
'as near by tojoin the heart of six.
een and the heart of fifty. They
7ere married, and returned 10 EN-
oria. Arrangements were made
y Walkup to give employment to
he Wallace kith and kin, and one
e!ative did during the brief mouth
f married life reach EmporiA to
egin life's battle on the capital
f his relative by marriage.
To make long story short,
died with symptoms Of
rsenical poisoning a month after
is marriage, and the child wife is
harged with the crime Of having :
oisoned him. The trial is now in
rogress. The evidence against =,
ne fair prisoner goes to show that
ne bought Arsenic at local drug
ores on three several days. CO.
lciding with the days of the most