The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-09


stairs in the east room, under an old tick
on an old bed. I started to The place with
him and got out there and found the
money. Took it ND in room SO. ami we
opened the big package first, marked 5. 800;
took all the wrapper OFT It and piled it
up on the bed Then there was three
small packages of envelopes We opened
them: one of them had some silver in:
don't remember the exact amount; the
Others had bills in And Jack Beck took
n Sl0.bill. aud John the cook also took u
SO bill; aud took these envelopes and all
this paper that come off tbs big package
and laid them in a little Pile on the bsd,
and Jack was to put item Ia TIE stove ana
burn them up Before he done that took
the money and wrapped it up in my coat
and took it down stairs, threw my coat
over il and " ent down stairs and carried
the money up TO my room, No. 10, 2o4 n.
Main street. on the third floor. was to
put it in the stovepips hole. got up on
wash stand and took out the flo plate
that is over the hole and looked IN there.
but there wasn't room TO put it In, so got
newspaper and wrapped it up aud
put it under my tick and got IN bed and
tried 10 sleep Could not sleep
Laid there until after daylight. As soon
as il go; daylight l got up and went down
to the hotel (the Occidental) and got Il
pack Of cigarettes, and Jack asked me
where the money was. told him up In
nv room, but l hadn't hid it yet. He says:
You better bring it back over here and
give it to The cook" So went back to
my room and got the money, threw my
coat over it and carried it back to the
hotel, and stood in the dining room door
while Jack went in little side room, there
where the water tank Is, TO get his coat.
and stepped into the dining room l
handed him the money. lie threw his
~ od - hs.
kitchen. turned around and closed the
doer, and bought an EAGLE
of boy there and sat down
ia front of the hotel and read an
account of the robbery, and lit cigarette.
and got up and went to my room. Mo
North Main street and went TO bed aud
went to sleep.
don't remember just when got up,
along about noon though think. Let's
see it seems % me l went to the park that
afternoon, Sunday afternoon; don't re-
member now Guess it WAS the Sunday
after that went TO the park. believe l
got up for dinner and went to the Occi-
dental hotel aud ate dinner with Hancher.
Sitting at the table, l asked him how
things were He said. all right; said every
thing WAS working all right; wanted to
know what done with the money. ltoid
him. We talked along through dinner;
NtOu iCtAEuloGkp bhco6hS "A~S s-S 49,
versation was or what we SAID.
| can't think what l did that
afternoon; don't remember what l did. l
know of going around on East Douglas
and sitting on a dry goods box awhile be-
tween Market and Main. Then l went
down to the Manhattan hotel and got
package of cigarettes. l. seems to me
| went to dinner with AL Clark that day
instead of Hancher | believe | went to
dinner with Al Clark at the Packer hotel.
if amt mistaken; wouldn't say positive
though which place | did go TO dinner
that day, because don't remember. Kind
OF excited; don't know where did 60.
think slept with Hancher that night
in mis- room, No 80 at the Occidental hotel,
and we talked the matter over, the rob-
berry. joked about it, l asked him if
Jones was pretty badly frightened. He
said yes. | asked how many men Jones
three. Then Hancher said in kind
of laughing way: Jones thought
every object he seen was a
man. l asked him if he had
had any idea that Jones knew who the
robbers were He said, No, Jones hadn't
any suspicion" We talked in whispers
most of the time. He was afraid there
might be some one in the next room there
to us. Hancner told me he had il good
place to hide the money; didn't tell me
where it was. We didn't talk much
about it.
And then on Monday, Monday noon. ii
remember right, is when Hancher quit, on
account, he said. that they were going to
charge him up with the revolver that ne
lost; said he quit, aud told me that
hadn't better stay around tue hotel there
much more. So left the Occidental then.
and didn't sleep with him any more there;
| Il l,,- Keen there
once or twice since; went in there 10 get a
drink of water once or twice. Been sleep.
| ing with Hancher siuce last Wednesday,
| think, in his room at 254 North Maiu
| street. He has a front room there III the
same building where | had Il room. He
| hasn't talked to me Il great deal since, be-
| cause we haven't been together very much.
! But in the afternoons he always comes up
| there, generally after dinner, and takes a
nap | have been for the last few days
| sleeping pretty near all day. Aud he was
| instructing me how, II l was arrested, Tor
me to turn states evidence after | got
! into court, and told me to tell them what
| done, bat be careful not TO connect him
! with il any way; said he would have John
! Levic, / think it was, said that be bad
him posted so he could swear that-let's
see now how he did fix that
don't remember just what he did
saw he had John posted to do,
but wanted me to XIII Billy Beckmeyer.
| First he wanted ME to tell him that
| knew where he had the money hid away
out here in the woods; told me to go And
talk with Billy and get him to go out
! there and to get him to 20 IN swimming
! if could, and when got him in the water
to drown him if | could. | told him
| didn't want to be guilty of any murder;
! bad enough to be mixed up i'll the rob
berry. Then he wanted TO know II Doc wa.
getting excited or anything about 1t, and
wanted to know if | was afraid he would
squeal, and said he was afraid Billy Beck
meyer would squeal on us, aud wanted t.
| know If knew where the money was, so
/ could give Billy enough to leave town on
/ | told him | didn't know where the money
was: hadn't seen it since gave il TO Jach
/ Beck in the Occidental | asked him IL
he thought the Niger ran away with th'
money; he said he didn't know; Ii,
guessed he had ] kind of suspicionef
then that he knew more about where
the money WAS than he pretended to
! Then he wanted TO know or me II / wouit
/ leave town, and wanted 10 know II hac
/ money enough to leave on. l told him
! hadn't Then he said something abou
going to give him that ten dollars that ht
had to give to Doc for Doc TO get out o
/ town on. | asked him where DOC wa:
going He told me he was going down t
the territory some place Of course thl'
is 10. all we said; can't remember near al
we talked about Aud yesterday morning
be came up 20 my roon-he always get
up about o'cIock-between and q
and comes back to the room gen
orally after breakfast: guess h'
goes to the Office before breakfast
come 40 yesterday morning and wautef
me to get up and go on the wagon witt
Billy Beckmeyer and ride around wit
HIM aud talk with him and tell him not Il
get scared at anything: there wasn't aul
danger Of being arrested 1 d!da'J wan
to get up because was sleepy. Finally h'
f,ersuaded ms to get I'D. got np ant
come down Douglas aud weGs d0wa her,