The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-19
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NnHn I.
Leonard's life insurance She said:
On, yes, his life was insured for S.
900 in the Red Mems association. He
came home one day and handed me the
policy. The insurance is made payable
ait his death ITO his wife, Irena Leonard.
/ took the insurance policy and put 1t
In my iuIunk- / guess it is there yet IN
less THE officers have got It,"
When asked about her trunk, as 20
whether IL was locked or not she SAID:
mo, lit is not locked, 1t is just where
It can be found, and If the coroner
or the officers have not taken II away 1t
Is there now. Right ait dhe top part OF
the trunk.
As ITO the blood found upon her apron
and dress, and the attempt TO remove
the blood stains she Saad:
THE blood on the apron and on the
dress is not Leonard's blood at all. L
know the officers found this, but this
has nothing 10 do with Leonard at adj.
U IS also said that we had a FIRE and
had also scrubbed UP the floor and mad
burned the rags, but this IS not true.
All the cleaning UP that was done, II
amy was done, was done by W1lbamSon
You see he, Williamson, wanted me 10
come back and be his wife and so he
wanted TO get away with Leonard
Williamson is a bad man, and by ms
temper has got US into this trouble
When asked concerning the date Of
her marriage she said:
Il can't tell the date of the marriage,
but l know it was at Marion. Some peo-
pie say the marriage was not legal be-
cause we were married too soon after
gstuing a divorce, but if L don't inherit
the property and the store and the life
insurance is in my name and Leonard
said that was all right and he wanted
me TO keep it, and said so when he
handed it 10 me-
Continuing she said: az am almost
crazy. L can not explain why it was
pfrait NorviIle or myself did not call for
help, nor did not go in hunt of the body
this morning. l tell you, we We're so
scared we did not know what to do.
am sick and feel very bad but our, that
is Norville and myself, made all the
trouble by keeping quiet for fear We
would inplicate ourselves. If there
WAS any scrubbing done, or the ma Ubing
was wet 1t was because water had been
spilled on the zinc. Oh, it pretty near
killed me when L saw the man at the
underuaker's today. L broke out and
cried, and 1 will never forget the
scene
In a cell at the city building was
found Norvine Williamson, who is ar
rested on the charge of killing II. II.
Leonard He is confined in a cell in
the female department and is kept by
himself. To all appearance he is not
a day younger than is years of age,
but when questioned he said ne was on
ty IA years old, while his mother said
he was Is. He would not look the re-
porter in the We while talking but stood
with his head resting on a shelf which
is placed in the cell door for the pur-
pose OF placing food upon for the use of
the person confined in the cell officer
Sutton addressed the boy by name and
informed him of the reporters mission.
In a droll heSitating manner he said
"Oh, can't tell anything about it.
Well the old man came home drunk
and went to bed. He was drunk and
m 1ther didn't sleep with him and sleep
with me. We went to bed early about
9 clock. Marion came in with a gas
pipe about two feet long in his hand;
he wanted to know where old Leonard
was and mother told him me was in the
other room, but not TO hurt him She
said that Leonard was drunk and was
not able to fight. 1 mean by Marion my
father, but he. is no father of mine, he
is a murderer. Well Marion went into
the room where Leonard was and beat
him a, hundred times with the iron pipe.
went into the room and caught hold
of him and begged that he would let
up but ne was crazy with rage. He
beat him on the head and all over the
body. When he had killed Leonard he
rolled him off on the floor and took
mothers apron and wrapped 1t around
Leonard's head to take up the blood.
He then picked him up and carried him
out into the yard He then came back
and made mother help to scrub UP the
blood stains and told us he would kin
us if we told anybody. + can't tell
any more than this, that Marion Will
hanson killed him with a gas pipe
WILLIAMSON TELLS HIS STORY.
f. NJ. Williamson was seen at the
county jail and gave tine following con-
corning the case:
II don't know as I should say any
thEng. In fact l have been instructed
by my attorney to say nothing about
the case. but l am as innocent as you
aHse of this great crime, which has been
commiuued. This is a new place TO me,
as I never was arrested before in my
life I would not say anything now but
understand that the old woman,
mean my divorced wife, has told a story
Aayling the whole thing ON me, and for
iulshS reason l want You to state in the
Eagle that l have lived in Wichita for
number Of years, and have many
fr}endS and don't want them to believe
for a moment that l would be guilty Of
such a crime. L had no motive
could gain nothing by mis- death I had
no snlernIty aga inst TJlle poor man. When
my wife sued for a divorce 1 gave my
willing consent TO the separation. This
you can see by my acknowled cement
Of the service of the summons and my
failure % file a cross bill. We could not
get along rogsther. and I was glad
was separated from her. as Il was i'm
possible for me to live with her in
peace l am now engaged as engineer
at THE Carey and MAMMA titan hotels !
There are three of us employed at the
lSotels as engineers. In the day time
stay ait THE Manhattan, and have an
assistant to help me. a colored man. I
who is learning to fire. Charley Adj |
ANS is the day man at the Carey. At /
night / stay at the Carey and fire the |
engine until after 10 O'Clock. or if il Is /
cold longer. Last might 1 came TO the /
Carey from the Manhattan about Z /
O'Clock and remained there at work IN /
til about SIS when / went % the Man. /
haitian TO see il the water in the boiler I
Was all right and Instruct my helper 4
about banking the fire, etc. This help !
ar has all the cleaning up TO do, and I /
am responsible for the work. l stayed +
at the Manhattan about twenty MN /
utes and then went to the Carey. I /