The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-02

+ when Peavey appeared and commenced
circulating scandalOUs yarns through
the neigllbOrhood about Mrs. Bishop
and her daughter. We Gid not believe
him in the face Of Mrs. Bishops denials.
! ''On Christmas day 1 took Mrs. Bish-
: OF in buggy and started 10 Leaven-
+ worth where she said there were plenty
1 OF people who would testify 10 her good
/ character. Peavey followed US. We
I got afidavits + IN y. Z. Van Fryl. who
was her lawyer there, DR.. a L. Johnson
/ and DR.. 0. Nj. Meats. who attended her
when she was i'll, and all the farmers
! where she had lived.
Mrs. Bishop and her family left our
place the middle OF February last and
moved 10 Omaha. Since then l have
not seen any Of them. Grace and I were
( engaged to 'be married. She would hard
/ ~ mention theiy troubles further than
! TO say 7 never could know all, and that
| she expected 10 be killed any time by
/ the gang. When they left she wanted %
know if I could wait two years for her
and not believe any stories N s-lt hear.
/ I promised TO DO it. Her flirht with
I StUngfeilJw is something cannot un-
GerStand unless she VS. kidnapped
Doubts are entertained here about
1 Mrs. Bishop having been poisoned.
/ Three doctors who attended her dis
/ agree as 20 the cause OF death. one dec
/ tor SAYS the symptoms were Of arseni-
cal poisoning: another says the com
plant was Of long standing. and the
third attributes death TO chronic stC7n-
ach trouble. she was III nearly a week.
Thomas Hosts and wiz. living next
door - them on Davis street. South OF
! tIuWa, attended Mrs. bishop. and they
think she was poisoned. To Mrs.
/ Hobbs she related her fears OF the dcs-
perate gang and said they were doing
the work \ few evenings befcre Grace
left she rushed into the house from milk
ing the COW greatly excited and exclaim-
ed: "OUr time has come. I just saw
two Of those men who have been follow
ing us out IN the alley"
TIE family came across from Omaha
% this city by wagon and Mrs. Bishop
told the police authorities here they
We're followed all the way by three men.
When StringfellOw disappeared she felt
certain he had been acting for them.
Mr.. NelVlck says Mrs. Bishop repre-
scented 20 his family THAI she was the
heir 10 500 90 Of an estate IN Scotland.
but that Sw0 brothers We're trying 20
beat her out of IL lie states that IL
Grace stiU cares for and VIII marry him
he VIII make a fight 10 ger that money.
: The personal effects left by AIRS. Bishop
have been app-ai SD AZ $40 she was a
woman Of education and refined tastes.
LIT and Mrs. HOBBS are caring for the
tTo small children.
The only thing Nrs Bishop ever O.
vulged here Of John Sylvester Harper
was that he was her FIRST husband. Her
maiden name was Ind q J. NfcGorrisou.
although IN the decree OF divorce she
had AIc-dCrris0n stricken out and Bizh-
OF inserted. a letjer from her mother
az Lena, H.. bears the name Mrs. l. y.
fw0tsc6s-,. rlauCh
E5s1y' and a letter 90 Lfrs. Bishop
from 2 fr.e1d advising her Of her moth
ers death Is addressed 10 'drs. Jean
Strange Eas1y. however. we tie
name OF her second husband
NcIvick says when Mrs. Bishop was
called IN the poisoning case % Maud
Vest at Omaha 90 Identify TIC writing ~
Harper as that % 1a- former husband
she SID that fer name was waters.
Wten asked why she id this her rz-qiy
vas she feared beng E8ieI- il aeeVns
the woman vas 81 &. state q terror 7i]
the time. and d. johnson - LeaveH-
worth testified that he- sickness there
vas the cause q worry and mental fear