The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-03

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more than ten minutes after
M Walkup started until
MIS- Waikup started down town.
AaEs' Walkup and her husband were SIT
ang on the porch before he started : he
seemed to have the headache and che vas
rubbing his head; should think Mrs.
Waikup Yves home about an hour before
her husbands return; I first learned
that Dir. Walkup was i'll through nv
servant giEl, who learned it from their
servant; after my daughter Mary started
70 Sunday school I called her back and
sent her over to Mr.. Walkup's to INQUIRE
after his health; Mrs. Walkup sent word
that he was little better; could tell
that he was feeling badly even after he
got into the buggy for & ride"
DWIGHT BILL
was then recalled AID said: 81 went IN
the house about noon on the Friday be-
fore he died for the purpose of telling
DIR. Walkup what our suspicious were:
L went there to see that If it was a fact
that he might have no
more poison given HIM; Mn.
Walkup met me at the door of the hall.
way. told her that I would like 70
see him on business. She SAID: What
do you think Is the matter with him %
said; I think it is a case of peritonetus,'
She said: DO You think the doctors
think so? I said that did not know
but that that was my i'm.
preston. She said: Don't thew
die very suddenly of per1tonetus !" |
she said: you want to tell him then |
what Is the matter with him. I passed |
upstairs. Miss Walkup was with hun
l asked her to go out as wanted to talk |
with her father. closed the door and
said to Mr. Walkup that I had something
to say to him that did not want to hurt |
hissfeelings, but that must talk plainly
he said you can say anything TO me that |
on wish; 1 then said to him that the
doctor and some of the rest of Us had /
strong suspicious that he was poisoned;
said fuEther that we mistrust your |
wife; he spoke mp and said 4 have mis-
trusted her, too;' asked him
why he mistrusted her; he
SAID, because she told me
q week or ten days ago that she bought
to take stains from her dress
said you were getting better on Thurs
day, he said, yes ; he answered: sYes,
thought would be well enough to
come to council meeting this morning. |
said: You had a very bad night last
night, didn'tyouP He said, yes. said
Your wife bought 25 cents worth
of arsenic of Ben Wheldon yesterday
sfternoon;' he said, NY God, is that go
Let us have her arrested I said, No,
we do not want her arrested until we
find something further, but we want, if
possible, to save your life and 1 want to /
send Mr.. Thatcher and some one with
him to take care of you; we do not want
you TO take any more medicine
from her, He said he would
take no more medicine or even water
from her. He promised me he would
not tell her anything about 1t. He then
asked: is that what DIR. Jacobs tried to
procure some of my urine and vomit
for When said we want to save his
life he said I want to live.' AS went
down stairs the hallway door was open
and Mrs. Walkup said: Mr.. Bill you did
not tell him what the matter was.'
Mrs. Walkup, when we spoke to her of
poison, talked quiet and showed she felt
the shock, but declared her innocence.
DIR. ]. w. FILKINs
was next called and in his testimony
said that Mr.. Walkup had told him that
be had been taken sick at Topeka, but
had not INDUCED in indiscretions.
The inquest has adjourned till to-
morrow at 8 a. m, when it is expected
hat the chemical analysis at Kansas
City will be heard from.