The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-11-13
THE DEFENSE
Progress OF tho Trial or lGra J. n.
Walkup.
Ths Fair Dssrna.ss rssls I1er sssry Z. :
crswaca Court Rssn-Inssruesls.s
% the Jsry-Arxum<nss Com
meseed-

/ % the Jury-Arguments Com
mcaeed-
| the eighth Gay Of the walkup trial was
mainly taken up b. the defense in examln-
/ ING witnesses - 70 tho physical condition
/ o. J. X walkup and o. his frequent a.
| lacks Of illness previous . Ii lAss mar
| riagel
NIath nay.
ENroRIA. October e2.-Courf opened a
| nine o'clock and Mira Wa.kup her mother
| and Mrs Mary Jay came in and took their
I respective places
I The nrst witness. declared that between
July and 10 Mr. walknp in his ofdoe took
: dose Of white powder. saying 70 him that
u was arsenic.
Dr. IL w. Slower testified 70 having
treated Walkup twice for private disease.
once last May and over Two years before.
). IL Moore = painter, Of EmporiA
painted Mr. Waikup's house last june. and
saw him sick on his perch lie said he was
taking medicine that would Kill dog
Dr. : A. Ianphear. Of Kansas City. was
called ~ Al expert lie said ar~cnic
taken - tonic kept the body more nour-
ished and increased the sexual powers
The symptoms Of chronic arsenicai poison
Ing and Of acute gasiritis would be similar.
lie gave an elaborate statement Of the e.
feet Of arsenic upon the system He next
explained the blood disease In It's stages
and declared that the last assumed The
symptoms Of almost every disease
the human system was liable
TO- A man OF good frame and active v no
had the disease would D. well n0urished IL
he took arsenic rs tonic Arsenic could
BE- enyeioped in the mucus az the stomach
and eventually become ency<fed there 10 70
main an indefinite time Cases were cited.
III. Lanphear's examination was con
tinued during the afternoon He said that
. man was in collapse when the hearts &C
ton was feeble. the pulse almost imper-
ceptbie. the features pinched. the expires
sion indicating fear Of imminent peril
The witness described a. great length the
condition Of patient in various stages Of
collapse. what arsenic Is and is eject upon
the system and what the books say abou.
Il His croSsexamination continued until
Court adjourned
Tenth Day.
ExroErA. KAN. October S0.-In the
Walkup poisoning case yesterday. II.
Tibbals. Of Emroria. was called ard gave
testimony Of little importance.
Mrs Wallace. mother Of The defendant
was next sworn She said she had lived
twenty years in New Orleans. tina. i,er
daughter was born there and would Be
seventeen years old on tie coming January
H. She was educated ~ the ST. Louis IN
stiiufe- She then gave in detail the history
OF the meeting Of Walkup and her dznxh-
ter: that Nalkup was smisten with Minnie
and very anxious 70 marry her She also
gave history OF the marriage and why |
celebrated AZ Covington- rigid cross
examination failed TO shake her testimony.
The defendant herself was then called |
and sworn. and under Mr.. Fenlonfs exam
ination proceeded 20 rapidiy and more freely |
state substantially what her mother had
done about the acquaintance. court<hip and |
marriage with Mr. waikun She said that
Lsbbie ohsd favored the marriage and |
everything Vas happy between herself |
and husband He had used her VERY kindly
In every way. He had sent for her cousin. 1
Willie Willis. because she was lonely away
from her own family. and nothing had oc-
CURED 70 mar her married happ'r->x CON-
Ing along 70 Mr.. Walkup's sickness Tie fair /
prisoner said that he came home % sick
from Topeka on Saturday morning. Angus. l
IS. that she had 70 take on his boots and Il
clothes and rub him. He complained Of |,
having been vfry sick and Of vomiting On Il
The cars, Of pain in his head and especially l
In bis hips and legs. with : drawing feeling 1
In them lie would NOT let her ~end for I 1
physician She did all she could for him Il
After the noon recess Mrs WaIkup took
the stand once more. She said that when Il
visiting her aunt near Ci-.c.zrsti, her cousin Il
gave her some snowflake for the complex
Ion and she put Il into paper with another Il
paper in which she had caiomel. bought in Il
New OrieanS She mt both side By side |
and wrapped them in : third paper and put Il
them IN her satchei. and when she came % II
use the cziomei In Topeka could not tell i
them apart and took them % drug store %
ind out which WAS which She purchased II
some strychnlne II Bates drug store in the
afternoon about August IL She did not ~
member whether Waikup Vas ~ home or
not that day. She wanted The strychnine
20 make . preparation of strychnine and \
wine 70 take stains out Of . dress She
sent Mary Moss sunday morning. August
10. Tor some more strychnine. giving her
note 70 Mr. BateS- She never told Mary l
Moss 70 say she was going down for butter
Mrs Waikup said she had got arsenic \
twice. once on Sunday II Keilys about four Il
O'Clock She wanted % use il for her skin
% remove some blotche& On going into
kelly's store she asked for twenty-five
cents worth Of arsenic and received and
signed the record stating that Il was 20 IL
used for the complexion After leaving the
store she went 70 see Mrs GiichrisL and
after staying fifteen or twenty minutes u,
went home and prepared supper and then
went up stairs and took the arsenic out Of
her satchel and was preparing 70 empty II
into box when Mr.. walkup came In and
she empfied Il into siop pail 70 prevent
him from seeing IL Afferwsrd. on
Thursday, she told Mr.. waikup about
her complexion which was suffering from
erupticns. and he gave her -. the only
money he ever RIVE her. to buy arsenic for
T. a. she told him that was what . lady
friend I'm New Orleans took. and 20 get pop
for him. Mrs Walknp then explained the
dry goods affair and the up<eifinx Of the
arsenic box. /,
The witness was subjected 70 Z rigid
cross-examinaticn. and Vas On the stand
wien Court adjourned
Eleventh D.y.
EMroEIA. KAN. October 3f--As Nrx
Walkup was 10 take the witness ssard II