The Osceola times., 1885-09-05
THE WALkUp CASE.

The Myatery still Un.olved, and NJ sr
dence Conclusive OF Mira waIk.u's c.n.
Yet Adduced-The Deceased Hsa nsa
Subject to Similar Attack, - A w."
From New Orleans.
EMPoRIA, KAs., August PIT.
Walkup case has become more ot
mystery than ever. Mrs. walkup wa,
called before the Coroner's Jury yests,
day at the Courthouse, where the q,
quest Is being held. She was cor
posed and easy in her manner. tbon.h
serious and careworn In countenancs
Her counsel, w. w. Scott, stated The,
while she was herself ready TO test,t,
he took upon himself the respopsIbIL
ity OF prohibiting her from testify,p,
before the jury at this time. She then
retired In company with a DEPUTY
Sheriff.
ID. S. Bell, who was Mr.. walkup,.
partner In the coal business, testified
that on Friday, the 2lst, when Mr.. Walk.
up WAS first spoken to about poison he.
Ing the suspected cause OF his sickness.
he said that his wife had informed him.
week or ten days before, that she had
purchased strychnine to take the stain,
out OF her clothing.
DIR. J. w. Fikins testified that he had
treated Mr.. Walkup In the summer of
1888 for sickness similar In its symptoms
to his late fatal illness, and had been in
formed by Mr.. Walkup that be was sub
ject to such spells OF sickness.
Mr.. J. r. Graham testified that he saw
Mr.. Walkup sick with severe stomach
and bowel complaint In the summer Of
1884.
Information outside the inquest SO far
but reliable, is that Mr.. Baldwin, a well.
known farmer near Lawrence, stated 70
Sheriff White and Mr.. l.. s. Every, In
Emporia, on the day Of Mr.. Walkup's
funeral, tnat In December, 1884, on Mr..
walkup's first visit to New Orleans.
that gentleman, with Mr.. Baldwin,
the two Mr.. Haichs, nephew and
son, OF Des Moines, Ia, and a Mr..
Green, Of Jacksonville, H., all went
from St. Louis to New Orleans on the
steamer Baton Rouge, and during the
passage Mr.. Walkup became seriously
III Just as he seemed in his recent fatal
illness in Emporia, and DR.. Neal, of Ne.
braska, who was on the boat, prescribed
for him, saying to him that he could not
have many more such attacks without q
fatal result. When Mr.. Walkup became
sick on that occasion he entrust-
ed his money, $500 or $500,
to Mr.. Baldwin, and the latter said on
the day Walkup's funeral that 1t looked
to him now as II he might have been ar.
rested for poisoning Mr.. Walkup, had
the latter did on the boat In December
Mr.. walkup had not then seen his wife or
any other member OF the Wallace family,
this being his FIRST visit to New Orleans.
| The following telegram was received 10
this city yesterday;
NEw ORLEANS, La, August IS
judge w. r. Houston, Hmporia:
discovered that sub nitrate OF bis nuth con.
| tains arsenic unless carefully made. Have
| that prescribed analyzed see ravlor on
Posons, page 4s7; Woods Therapeutics,
Vol / Stiles Dispensatory, page 80.
&c. T.. WHITNEY"
1t is understood that none OF The pow.
ders prescribed for Mr.. Walkup. and moi
administered to him, have been pre-
served The druggist from whom the
powders were obtained says bis supply
OF the drug in question is chem
icallv pure and tree OF arsenic.
The testimony YESTERDAY, and the New
Orleans dispatch, is regarded as ray oi
linht out OF the darkness which has
enveloped Mrs. walkup. and she fel,
encouraged last night The Kansas City
Medical College analysis OF the remains,
begun last Tuesday, has not yet been
heard from.
NEw ORLEANS, La, August 29.-The
walkup poisoning case at Emporia
Kan, has naturally excited great inter
est in this city, where Mrs. walkup II
well known. Few believe the wifi
guilty, and testimony of the attendan
physicians yesterday is reported BY ply
sicians here as clearing up the who'll
case. They say sub nitrate OF bismuth
which was given Mr.. walkup, has oftel
resulted fatally, and quote authorities t,
prove their statement National an'
United States Dispensary official,
say that the drug frequently contains ar
senic, and should be used with grea
care. Prof. Roberts, OF Philadelphia
makes the same statement regardin.
bismuth of commerce, and says practi
TONERS should be very careful In its u.s.
unless they are assured OF its absolute
purity. In Taylor, in poisol
case reported, where the sub
stance was taken In doses OF tw,
drachms, caused the death OF an adult II
nine days. The symptoms were burnin!
In the throat, vomiting, GOODNESS OF tn
surface, with spasms In the limbs, In
famed larynx and Inflammation OF tn
| stomach These symptoms tally almos
exactly with the Waltuo case. 1t is tn
belief OF many doc or here that Mr.
Walkup was poisoned ny his physicians