The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-22

wasn't as that there is a God in heaven.
be did not even'suspect trouble. If he
had he would have told me about it the
first thing. He did not even know of
the girls demand until her father con-
fronted US in the street that evening.
'We had been at our Office after court
and were going home on our bicycles
about six o'clock and when we came to
the hedge over there, (pointing to a
hedge near the house) a team came
along and we dismOunted to let it pass.
When the team had passed Osbon was
standing in the road with his gun calling
on US to halt He had been walking
up and down the side street
for two hours, the neighbors say, but they
had no IGea what he WAS waiting for. He
had told down town where he got the
gun that he wanted it to kill dog with.
We had not yet remounted our wheels
when he commanded as to stop and ac-
cused Charley of having ruined his
daughter.
II was few feet in the rear, but while
Charley was saying that he had not and
would go anywhere to prove it, adj
vanced as hest l could and finally stepped
between the two Osbon was too far
away to grab and as he had the gun
trained on US we hardly dared make a
move, anyway. He told me with an
oath to get out of the way or he would
kill me. Hoping to keep up the
parley until things should turn our way.
l stepped back and forth several times
nearer each time. OsbOn then told
Charley to march down town ahead of
the gun, but Charley said that he had
done nothing to compel that and that he
would walk with O5bon like gentleman
but would not be driven like dog"
Fired Both Barrels.
"Then die, you said OsbOn
and fired both barrels of the shot gun
into Charley's breast. Charley let loose
of his wheel and sank to the ground. /
was petrified with horror for the
moment and stood still. Osbon then
turned the gun on me and
not hear it. but half a dozen witnesses
say he snapped the gun again. He had
probably intended to use the other barrel
on me, but for what reason l do not
know. l ran to Charley and found him
already dead. Osbon walked down town
and gave himself up to the deputy sher-
if.
"There was nothing political in the
case. 1t was just scheme of the. girls
OWL"
Opinions differ on this point, how
ever, and the reporter was informed sew
eral times that it had been limited rather
strongly that while murder was evil
IDENTITY never thought of, there peO-
pie who have urged the girl and her
father to force their demands in the
hope of running the young mans busi-
ment of their own.
Osbon was in the law Office of Rafter
& Robinson several times during the day
of the murder and tried to begin legal
proceedings but both members of the
firm advised him that he had no case on
that evidence and even limited that the
girl probably lying to him. RAfter
81 Robinson are now very sorry that
they did not say something to the
Ham bles about the impending trouble.
III II
after the murdered man constantly. She
forced herself into their office saying
that. she was constantly looking for a
stenographic position and that it would
give her prestige to be known as their
stenographer. She was never paid any
salary but received money for court
work when it was necessary to be done.
The Case Comes Up in November.
The case will come up for trial
at Holton in November. The de-
Tense will endeavor to prove that
the shooting was done in JUS
tification of the ruin of girl, and insan-
ity, either permanent or temporary, will
probably be used as a shield for the act.
1t is said on good authority, though the
story is not ready for publication yet,
that Osborn killed another man twenty
years ago and was released on the plea
of temporary insanity. 1t is certain that
the man is desperate, for during quar-
rel once he shot three times at his broth
er-in-Iaw. This happened over two years
ago at Holton, but as none of the shots
we're fatal he was released. 1t is said,
too, that he has been a bootlegger. He
seems to have little standing a good
citizen The prosecution will endeavor
to prove that the murdered man was
never guilty of the charges named.
4 An important witness is a we'll known
and truthful resident of the county who
says that Estella Osbon told him startling
stories of her past life, how she had been
a variety actress in New Orleans. This
witness talked to the reporter without
reserve and said that he would give this
testimony at the trial. For the present,
however; he demands that his name be
withheld
There is a disposition on the part of
the Osbon side of the case to keep what
evidence they have a secret until the
time of the trial, and to that end they
refuse to talk with reporters at all.
NEVER MIND THE WOMEN.