The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-24


to the jury to which the defense object
| ed. 1t being near noon court adjourned
until o'clock, during which time Judge
Dale said he would consider the mat
| ter.
AFTERNOON SESSION
When Bailiff Furnish announced that
the honorable district court Of Sedg-
wick county was now in session, in the
afternoon, the crowd was larger than in
the morning and It took a few minutes
to bring il to order
The first thing done was the intro
duction of Henry Leonard's accident
policy, made out in behalf of the defen-
dant, in evidence. The defense OBJ
jected 10 it but the court overruled the
objection and Mr.. Davis read the ac-
cident policy, which according TO the
theory OF the state, furnished the mo-
tive for the murder. This done Chief
OF Police Burrows was recalled TO the
stand to give testimony as to confess
ions made by Mrs. Leonard, to him
and Mr.. Sutton The defense objected
to this testimony on the ground that
the confession was obtained through
intimidation or inducements and that
the nigh courts and the authorities
held that confessions obtained in that
for the consideration of the jury.
The jury was then sent to their room
and Mr.. Burrows and Mr.. Sutton were
both examined concerning the confess
ion and how they obtained it. Mr..
Amidon by series of questions repea-
ted over and over again, planted and
replanted in the witnesses minds, made
them finally half say that they told
Mrs. Leonard that it would be better
for her. If she told the truth. They
did not say outright that they did. but
that they may have said IL. but Ami
don drew the stenOgraphers papers US
ed at the preliminary trial and read
statements purporting to have been
their evidence Chief Burrows denied
saying some OF the things purporting
to be in the stenographers report and
intimated that a, Inidon was reading the
evidence he gave with reference to the
confession Of Norville Williamson. Am
idOn, however, handled the stenogra-
pliers reports pretty cleverly-decidedly
clever, smoothly clever-and then called
upon the stenographeTs J. E.
Bactel and z. a. GOerZ to identify GER
tain questions and answers IN the pa
per. They did 50 but when asked
where the original notes were they both
after the most diligent search failed
to find them. AmidOn then, without
losing any time followed up the point
he had made and convinced the count
that Burrows and Sutton actually said
that they had told Mrs. Leonard to
confess and that it would be better
for her TO tell the truth He quoted
authorities to prove that the remark he
alleged that Burrows and Sutton made
to Mrs, Williamson, was an induce
ment for her TO make the confession and
hence it should not be allowed TO go 10
the jury. The court saw the point as
Amidon said he saw 1t and ruled out
the confession made by Mrs. Leonard
to Burrows and Sutton
Mr.. Amidon was not SO successful in
throwing out concessions made by Mrs,
Leonard to c. H. States, William Hays
and ex%Shcrif RoYse.
When Mr.. States went on the stand
to testify to a confession made IN his
presence, both to him and Uuder Sheriff
Hays, by Mrs. Leonard, the same Ques-
lions were raised that were raised in
the case Of Burrows and Sutton and the
jurors were sent to their room again
pending examination Of the witnesses
and the legality of the evidence they
We're expected to give.
Mr. States testified that on the day
after the murder he went TO the jail to
identify Mrs. Leonard as the woman
he saw In the city suburbs the Sunday
evening OF the murder with her former
husband, one Of the parties accused
of the murder He said that she said
to him n tho jail that she was not on
the West side Of the river on the day
before the night of the murder, that
William Hays then said 10 her you
can't fool us any longer and 1 want
you to tell the truth She then said
that she had been on the West Side OF
the river. that she met her ex-husband
at the bridge, that she got into the bug
gy with him and that they drove out
into the country where they were read
ing the accident policy Of S., 900 on Leon
ards life when States drove past them.
This was also the testimony of ex-U1-
der Sheriff Hays except that he stared
positively that he did not use the ex-
preston you can't fool US any longer
or words to that effect
Mr.. Arnidon insisted that the express
ion used by William Hays was threat
to obtain the confession from Mrs. Leon
ard. Judge DaAe thought differe1Ely
and overruled Amjdon's objection II
threat or inducement might have been
made by Sheriff Royse and he was sum
moned TO testify. The evidence of Ben
Roy:Se looked pretty rocky for the state
for a few minutes. He admitted that
he told Mrs. Leonard that * would be
better for her to tell the whole true
story. This is exactly what disquaIi-
fed Burrows and Sutton and Amidoa
and Comfy were smiling broadly, but
all at once by some accident it was
brought out that Mr.. Royse made the
above remarks after Mrs. Leonard had
said that she would tell ali that she
was innocent and did not want to stay
in Jail. This took away the inducements
and intimidation of Mr. Royse's re-
marks.
Judge Dale decided that the evil
dence Of States. Hays and Royse, con-
corning the confession, should go to the
jury.
Inc confession Mrs. Leonard made TO
AIr. States and Mr.. Hays was, in sub
stance, that she and her eX-husband.
her alleged associate in the crime Of
rode out into the country the
afternoon preceding the night Of the
crime, that she carried with her the &C
cident insurance policy on her hus-
bands life and which was made out in
her favor.
The confession that she made %
Royse was that Marion Williamson.
her ex-husband. murdered Leonard and
that she tried 10 prevent it.
George Chateau, a mail carrier. tsSti-
fed that he went 20 Irena LeoRard's
house. where the murder was COM
nitted. three or four days before the
crime. 10 ascertain who was getting
mail matter there, and that she aid noc
give the name OF her husband, Henry
Leonard.
Mrs. Baker testified that she saw Mrs.
Leonard and Mr.. Williamson. her eX-
husband, together a few days before the