The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-19

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clean all the cinders out the CRATE alld
get Things ready for night Any en-
ghleer VIII tell you that this Is all
man can do IN that lengdh Of time, and
| the work is there TO show that did oht
| work
| about 1915 I went TO the night clerk
and told him / had everything In good
condition for the night, and If he would
| give me my key TO room No. Al, Ton
| 1.-THE fourth floor of the a1oteD l would 60
| ito bed, as / was extremely tired. We
| stood talking for some time, when the
room began filling with people, who
| had been out at church or at the con-
cert, and when / went to the elevator
| found 1t filled with ladies and / SAT-
down in the room and waate1 for some
time until the rush was over. and tfler,
| went TO my room and went to sleep and
slept the sleep Of the innocent, little
thinking that a She devil in another
part Of the CITY, whose location I did
not know or even care 10 know, was
la1ching up a murderous scheme, and
forcing my own son into a, plot 10 muir
der a man, that she might gain his
money, and be benefited by the death
or "a man, who has granted her many
faVorS l did not even know where
IreGaa lived, and don't think she ex-
pected to make such a, botch of them muir
DER, and 90 ring me in was am after
cap entirely. / think she intended 10
XIII tine poor old man, who was / un-
ue'r5oand, very feeble and place the
ioody in the ALLEY as though he had been
killed by a fodtpad, but she was sur
prGsed at tthe remarkable strength
shown by Leonard, and Thus made such
a botch of DIT that she concluded no ring
me into IL, but / can prove a clear
what you call St?-dhalt 1 was some
place else. There are the two assistant
engineers, the two night clerks, the beli
boy, THE PORTER at the Carey, who found
me IN bed sound asleep this morning at
O'Clock, and the cook and walters,
wtf1o saw me about the house until after
5 O'Clock. 1 could not get out of the
mouse without being missed. What I
have told you is as true as the gospel,
and 1T is just what viii swear, as will
also all the men l have mentioned To
make me guilty of the crime would be
tan 1GnposS5bflBty, even if 1 should have
desired to stain my hands with the old
mans blood"
CORONER GIVES HIS VIEWS.
Coroner McCollfster when seen stated
that he dhd not summon a jury immedi-
ately upon finding the body, but had
fhe body removed TO Dunbar's under
taking establishment. and busted him
self obtaining all the evidence possible
possible TO the general public that a
before letting it be known as little as
tragedy had occurred. He was ably
assisted in his efforts in this line by
Chief of Police Charles Burrows and
Sheriff Royse. When sufficient evil
dence had been secured upon his COM
pIahnt 1.-THE three parties before men,
ltIoned, viz: the Williamsons. were plac-
ed under arrest and taken to the colRfty
Jail. He then summoned the jury who
Went down and viewed the premises
where plhe body was found; the alley
Through which the body was dragged,
and the entire premises of AIS South
Lawrence avenue, including the shed
where the body must have lain for a
short time. Mr.. McCollister also stat
ed that ut appeared that he was killed
IN the Kitchen of the house and THAT it
must have been in the early pant of the
night as me had his hat shoes, coat
oveTcoa't, and IN fact had all his usual
clothing on when found. He found the
hatchett which had been washed thor
oushly in the kitchen He also exhibit
ed TO irhe reporter besides the ha tcihet
which Is The usual pattern and weight
used about most houses all the clothes
which We're taken off the deceased. The
shoes showed plainly the marks where
Ithe feet had dragged along in the alley.
Thase marks could hardly have been
made otherwise. The shirt was quite
bloody from THE wound on the neck.
The evercoat had a cut in the back
about AN inch long which might have
been made by "a knife thrust However,
no wound appeared in ithe back The
hat was cut ON THE LETT side from front
TO rear, as IF struck while on the head
wsah some blunt instrument. The hat
was very bloody inside also. The ISdy
appeared as if struck an oblique blow
just in the rear OF THE left temple The
pene of the hatcket fit this wound, as
1t did similar bTIlase ON the left side
II THE neck, APPARENTLY delivered in a
more direct manner.
The pockets In the clothing were all
turned inside out but an empty pocket
book was found in one that was not
turned enough to let it fall out.
The prisoners were brought down
from The jail to THE undertaken estap-
Hshment ITO view 1.-THE body. The wo-
man cried quite convulsively but the
other two showed no signs whatever
that the cor'oner could see The woman
stated TO THE coroner THAT 4the decea sei
was killed in bed by her former nus
band, Williamson, but beyond this said
little Coroner McCOlhSrer further
stated that ne felt satisfied THAT he had
in hand plentiful supply of evidence
to convict the parties now under arrest.
He regarded as absurd the story OF the
woman that the murder was committ-
ed while the deceased was in bed, as ne
had all his clothes on just If he had
come in from the street.
HIS ONLY son TALKS.
Last night Samuel Leonard, the only
son OF the murdered man, was seen
at his room in the Bayless block, where
he is staying with his step-sisters
He is young man of twenty-eigflt,
and an industrious and hard working
man in response TO the reporters
introduction ne said that he had lust
arrived from Belle PLANE, where he
has been living for some time past.
Il received a telegram this morning"
ne said, Announcing my fathers deaf
Naturally l was much surprised and
shocked, for my father had not said
that he was sick and ne would surely
have written me l Immediately star
ted for here. and on my arrival learned
that he had been murdered
Il cannot give any reason for the
deed, and don't know anything about
IT except what have been told. did
not have the heart 10 go down TO the
place not knowing anyone there.
We came to Kansas from Lake coun-
", Illinois. about eighteen years ago
and went TO Western Kansas, where
l lived until about four years ago.
Since then l have lived at Belle PLANE.
Il am here staying with my sisters.
VINO work in the city. Their mother
IS over in Missouri and has been tel
egraphed to come. Some Of my S.
ters live down near Oatvillta and tha,-