People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-04-11
GRAY'S DOOM SEALED.

H'e ~ ~ II VI llC Ctlt-
Orated Sumner county hypnotic case
was decided by the supreme court to-
day and Anderson Gray, the man
who planned the murder of Thomas
Patton, was convicted OF murder.
On May 5 last, Thomas Patton was
shot and killed near his home in Sum-
ner county by man named Thomas
Mcdonald. On the trial of the case
1t was shown that the murder was
planned by man named Anderson
Gray, who, by Influence" he held oy-
er McDondald, persuaded him to kill
Patton. The supreme court now ac-
quits Mcdonald, the man who did the
shooting and convicts Anderson Gray.
who planned the murder.
The news came to Wellington
Saturday evening that the supreme
court had atiimed the judgment of the
district court cOndemning Anderson
Gray TO be hung Tor the killing of
Thomas Patton by Thomas Mcdonald.
The details Of the tragedy and the
sensational trials of Gray and McDon-
aid are too fresh in the minds of our
readers to need recOunting at this
time.
Considerable curiosity was exhibit.
ed as to how Gray took the news. II
was generally known that he had
repeatedly said that be would never
20 to the penitentiary alive and that
II IL became necessary to kill himself
ne would take Others with him. But
the first news from Gray's cell was
that he said he didn't care anything
about the final result of the trial
that he was not the first innocent
man who had gone to the peniten.
tiary.
In addition to this, Sheriff S. S.
WOodcCck had heard some rumor.
that made him suspicious that all
was not right in the Jail. He has the
jail searched regularly once a week
and when the search yesterday morn
ing revealed nothing unusual, Mr.
WoOdcock was not satisfied anC
caused the cells to be searched agair
last night.
There is ventilat0r in the top Of
the east cell, right over Gray's bed
Up in this ventilatOr, Deputy Sheriff
Ed Coates found two long 3S-calibrt
revOlyers fully loaded. They were
wrapped up in handkerchiefs and tieC
up there with strings.
1t is not known how he obtained
these firearms, but his wife anC
daughter, Miss Ida Gray. have visited
him in jail frequently, the Latter
almost daily. They have not beer
searched upon being admitted. n
course, suspicion naturally rests upor
them, but at present there is NJ
evidence whatever of their compile
ity in the matter.
When the county commissioner,
met Monday morning, Deputy COUNTY
Attorney j, G. Woods requested then
to make on order for the removal OF
Gray to the Sedgwick county Jail fol
safe keeping until such time as tn,
order OF the supreme court for hi,
removal to the penitentiary is re
ceived.
The attorneys for Anderson Graz
filed motion in the supreme court
today for rehearing Of his case anG
at the same time filed an application
for an extension Of the order for hin
to be kept in the Sumner county jai
until the case is finally disposed Of
In the regular course of procedure
this motion would be argued in MAY
and decided upon by the supreme
court the first Saturday in June
]. T. Herrick Was in Topeka Saturdac
and read the decision Of the supreme
court and Gray's attorneys have hopes
OF convincing the supreme court that
the decision they rendered on Satur-
day was wrong. Our prophecy is that
the court will not reverse itself.
1t has developed that.the discovery
OF the two reyolyers in Anderson
Gray's cell last night was due to Jim
Talbot, the man who is on trial to-
day in the district court. Knowing
that Gray had the revolvers, Talbot
wrote letter which he addressed to
his brother who is in the city. but
delivered it to Ed Coats and told him
to read it. In this letter Talbot in
formed the sheriff that there was
something exceedingly dangerous in
the jail and urging him to get after
1t at once. When the first search
proved fruitless, Sherman went to
where the revolvers were and assisted
the officers in securing them.
The State vs.. Jim Talbot.
MONDAY.
The noted state case against James
ID. Sherman, alias Jim Talbot. was