The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-05-19

Mrs. Cobb was bound over to the district
court by Judge Babb yesterday in the sum
| of $3.50, which bond she has not yet given.
and is in charge of an officer.
The court room was crowded by q Curl
Gus multitude who desired TO see the
''veiled woman" in the case. about whom
SO much has been said. That mysterious
aud unfortunate individual did not show
mp, however. and the crowd was disap-
pointed. 1t WAS said that she was locked
up in the chiefs Office until she would be
REQUIRED to testify. but at the noon
adjournment of court when the office was
opened and she was not seen then, the
crowd left and many Of them did not come
back In the afternoon.
County Attorney Boone aud X l..
Holmes prosecuted the case while Bentley
& Hatfield defended.
Mrs. Cobb was the main witness in the
case, about whom the most interest CEN
tered. She testified that the ''yeiled
woman" came to her house on February 10
and remained there till April 10. A baby
was born to her on April s For her SER
vices in the Case she received $3.50 and con-
sidered that "A very moderate sum. She re-
lated how she secured home for the child
in the Hamilton family aud all the suisse
Quent proceedings
She WAS put under a rigid cross exam
ination by County Attorney Boone, and
the energy with which Police Officer
Joseph Slower shook his head when she
answered questions was An indication Of
the veracity of her statement. MIR. Boone
demanded to see the books which contained
the records of her business, aud she yield
ed them after some obj -ctions which We're
overruled. Mr.. Boone perused TIE books
with all the interest that is aroused by a
dime novel. and when he had surveyed the
last page he sighed audibly and looked
sad. He handed the book to Judge Babb
who also examined the pages carefully.
He too, looked sad. Outside of these two
gentlemen no one saw the book according
to the request Of the attorneys for Mrs.
Cobb. 1t evidently contained material
out of which several dark romances could
be woven.
The next most interesting witness was
John Hamilton, whom Mrs Cobb had
selected rs the foster father of the baby
He testified to being a railroad man, but
on cross-examinatiOn, he said he had not
done any railrOading for nine years
His theory was. once rail-
road man, always one. Daring
past two years he has been fisherman
and in that time brought several tons of
fish to Wichita, He said that in two years
he had not been idle more than a month.
When asked in cross examination whether
he was not a recipient of charity he said
not. Tut admitted TO getting a sack of
flour from Commissioner Dickson out of
the police charity fund. He admitted also
that he WAS in the penitentiary where he
served three years out OF n term OF six i'm
posed upon him in 1876 By Judge Camp
bell for horse stealing. He was pardoned
out. He said he was not guilty of horse
stealing but plead guilty for the purpose
of saving friend.
Mrs. Hamilton. his blind wife, was the
next one to testify. She said that she first
objected to taking the baby but finally
consented to keep it for a few days. Later
she became jealous of her husband because
he told her the baby had crooked ears and
thus resembled her own children who had
crooked ears also.
After the examination of DR.. Cobb and
several other les, important witnesses the
court said the evidence had established
grounds for believing that the offensc had
been committed and bound her over as
stated.
Mrs. Cobb dresses well but is not pre-
possessing otherwise.