Wichita eagle., 1888-07-11
Mrs. Norton Refuses to Return to
Her Late Husband, Giving
as Reasons
That He Threatened to Kill Her and
Has Always Treated Her More
Than Brutality,
The Hearing Set for O'clock This
Morning-An Abilene Man Runs
Away With His Two
Children.
WEATHER BULLETINS.

10-I1ne temperatures herein gwen are
those of thermometers in the shade and
free from the influences of any radiated,
reflected or conducted heat. THE highest
temperature was So; the lowest Co +,
mean, 10.
Clear weather, gentle northeasterly
winds, and high barometer.
Maximum velocity of wind northeast
six miles per hour at 1870 a. N.
Mean humidity o. per cent.
FRED L. JOHNSON,
Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, d. c.
July 10-The indications for twenty-four
hours, commencing Wednesday, July IL,
at Z a. m. are as follows:
For Missouri and Kansas: Warmer
fair weather, southerly winds.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 10.-Judge Laugh
lin, attorney for Mr.. Norton, and Mrs.
Caswell, an intimate friend of Mrs. Nor
ton, arrived from st. Louis by the noon
train and went directly to the Copeland
hotel where Mrs. Caswell, after some
strong and bitter words to Mr. Moore,
made an earnest appeal to Mrs. Norton to
return to st. Louis. She said: "lf you will
20 back to st. Loais with me you can re-
turn to your home and Mr.. Norton will re-
ceive you with open arms. If you don't
want to live with him you can have the
old home and Mr.. Norton will stay at the
hotel"
At this Mrs. Norton broke into tears, and
between her sobs declared that she would
not return. ''Ge will kill me if / go back"
she said. ''He threatened to take my life,
and dare not 60 back. No, will not go
back; will stay with him whom l love"
Mrs. Caswell then threw her arms around
Mrs. Norton and again pleaded with her to
return, but she declared positively that
she would not, and Mrs. Caswell then left
her. Mrs. Norton received three kilograms
from friends in Baltimore today Offering
her any assistance in their power to give
While Moore was out Of the hotel this
morning in charge of an officer, Mrs. Nor
ton talked quite freely to a Post-Dispatch
reporter. and said some things which
have caused much surprise and given rise
tomuch doubt among many of Mr.. Norton's
friends. The madam is reported to have
said, Il would never have left ST. Louis
with Mr.. Moore had not my husband
threatened to take my life When l went
to my home on Friday they said that
Norton would kill me, and it was in fear
of my life that l left. No other
woman but myself could have
lived with him ten years, and i fairly
worshipped him, but his treatment of me
was that of brute. He cursed me and
dragged me about like dog, and yet |
lived with him because | loved him and
because thought his heart would change.
I ri nnt hall fht.rp ig in ic
who has the unbearable and uncontrolla-
bic temper that Norton mas. At
times he is like mailman.
He meyer had cause to think
of me as other than loving
and dItiful wife, for WAS most devoted
was sick ] never left his bedside but
watched him day after day and night after
night until / was almost wasted away.
Those statements that Mr. Moore had
been visiting our house daily are the most
malicious lies. Why, he has not
during the three months we lived
there set foot within my house. Then
the stories that we have stolen Norton's
money are just simply awful. / have not
one cent of Norton's money and he knows
it. He knows have never had his money.
| have about $500 of my own money,
which is all have got, and our arrest on
the charge of grand larceny in stealing
S-O.UJU Is pTepOSUerouS.
Would you object to return to ST.
LOUISE was asked Of Mrs Norton.
Il don't want to 90 back if | can help it,
for am afraid of Norton, but if the off
GERS say so, we will of course 60"
What will your friends there think Of
this escapade;"
Il don't care much what they think of
me. A great many OF them have turned
against me anyway. am not living for
the world now, but for my own happiness
| am sorry we are in this trouble, but it
will come out all right"
The Moore Norton elopement continues
10 be the great sensation of the day in this |
city. The couple slept under the watchful
eye of an officer last night The st. Louis |
officer who went 10 Jefferson City for a !
requisition for Moore did not arrive until
o'clock this evening. Governor Martin
was called To AtchisCn today, so nothing
can be dcne until his return in this direc- |
ton. Norton refuses to prosecute his
wife, who will probably be released from
custody tomorrCY morning. Moore and |
Mrs. Norton We're taken before Judge
Guthrie this evening on writ of habeas |
corpus. AT the request of Colonel Nc |
laughlin affairs were left in statu quo |
until o'clock tomorrow morning, when a |
hearing on the preliminary writ will be |
had Meantime they are remanded to the |
Gus tody of City Marshal Carter and are |
confined in their room at the Copeland |
hotel