The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-07
The eieha Daily EAGLE adtednday 9Horuine Aueust
hear the evidence but they were dis

hear the evidence but they were dis
appointed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wentz were present to
give testimony against Mr.. Pulliam
but they did not have an opportunity to
tell their story.
Mrs. Wentz is a nice little woman
with black hair and coal black eyes.
She wore a black dress and black kid
gloves and a cute little black hat
Her language is that pecuiiar 10 east
ern Pennsylvania. She is modest lit
tie woman who did not relish being
gaZeed at by curious crowd. but when
she talked of the wrong that had been
done her her black eyes flashed ven-
gence
She was seated in County Attorney
Davis private Office when a reporter
for the Eagle entered and when she
ascertained who the reporter was she
said:
Il read Mr.. Pulliam's story in the
Eagle and il was very well for him. I
never went into a room Of his house that
day but the kitchen.
I'VE came here from Adams county
Illinois last spring and l became ac-
quainted with Mrs. Puliam, who is a
very good woman.
II had borrowed some yeast of her
and that Saturday I went to take il
home.
II knocked at the kitchen door and
Mr.. Puliiam came and invited me in.
l asked for his wife and he told me that
she had gone to Wichita.
81 had taken a chair in the kitchen
before l found that Mrs. Pulliam was
not there I told him. would go and
said rest little first.
There was a table cloth lying on
the table and he took from under IL an
oil Mic nd ha
He had been fixing an old cupboard
in the kitchen and said he had con-
Guided to fix IL while his wife was not
there to give him rats and looked queer
at me. / did not like his looks and got
up to go.
81 had been there about twenty min
utes and when / opened the screen
door to go he caught me around the
waist and held me and kissed me twice
Il struck him over the head with my
hand and when I got out l said l shall
tell my husband and your wife.
He replied that he ought not to be
blamed for kissing pretty woman like
me. l told my husband and we con-
cluded to let the matter drop for 1
dreaded any talk.
Mr.. Pulliam came over to our place
the next Sunday. as he said. The
horses came up for water and my hus-
/ band went out to pump it for them.
my husband had gotten out OF the
| house when I handed Mr.. Pullfam his
hat and instead of taking the hat he
reached over and caught my hand and
squeezed it. told him to go out or
would hit him with the poker.
The next Tuesday he came over to
Mr.. Carroll's and they told him that
Mr.. Carroll and my husband had gone
to Wichita
He came IN to our house and knock
ed on the screen. I was sewing and
told him that he could come In.
supposed that he had gone but he came
around and opened the back door and
walked in.
Il abused him for it when he apolo1
giZed and he went away.
The next day ! got my husband 10
hitch up and drive over TO Pullmans
+ and called Mrs. Pulliam out and told
her what he had done.
''She put her apron to her eyes and
cried and said this is not the first time
I have had trouble and l can not stand
it.
Then Mr.. Pulliam came out and
J abused me. He called me a liar and
made his wife stand back and he did
the talking. He wanted to come out in
J the road to talk but l said no your wife
| shall hear all
ION my way home Mr.. Corrcll said
we ought 10 put him through that this
was not his first offense.
! The next day Mr.. Corral came up 10
our home and said he could not sleep
! after he had advised us TO sue Pullian1
! He did not like to have trouble among
| neighbors and that Mr.. Pulliam
wanted to come over and fix it up.
told him to bring them on.
| 1.-The next day they did come over
When I saw them coming / got re
] volver and met them outside the door
! and said now Mr.. Pulliam you have
/ insulted me and cursed me on your
/ own premises. Do your talking quick
and one disrespectful word and l will
/ shoot you through.
You would not have done that?"
| II certainly should and if ever he in
suits me again :! will"
The reporter held up his hand warn
| ingly and she stopped with the half
| flushed sentence.
well. he apologized and agreed "a
say nothing about il and never come
about our place when my husband was
away.
I'VE did ask him for the loan of a
COW for its feed but that was when we
first came here and long before this
took place. He told that 10 make people
think we were trying to get money
from HIM
Neither myself or husband ever
wanted any of his money. When /
commenced this suit Mr.. Davis, the
county attorney. told me 20 let this
case go and sue him for damages. but
/ told him we did not want any OF his
money. that money would not remedy