The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-05
LOCKED In A ROOM
W0MAE's EXPERIENCE WITH A SUP.
POSED MAD MAN.

band for the Qualification OF Knowing
How She Would Look as a widow-He
Threatened to Kill Her in the Room
and Insisted that She had Poisoned Six
Men she Prayed and Immediately
Escaped Her Peril.
A well known Wichita lady was for
over an hour yesterday locked in
room with man who was, temporarily
at least, a raving maniac.
1t is probable that all the facts Will
be brought out today and that sufficient
public record viii be made Of it to give
details and names.
There are two well known men in this
city doing business in partnership. one
of them has a handsome and attractive
little wife while the other is an old
bachelor who sleeps and cooks IN his
Office.
At s o'clock yesterday evening the
little woman ran into the office Of an
aSothecary, almost fainting, and was
tardly able 10 ask for medicine for a
evere nervous fit.
The little woman was shaking from
head to foot, the color had completely
deserted her lips, beads Of prespera-
fion stood on her face and her hands
were as cold as ice. She could not
stand any longer but fell into a chair.
When the gentleman gave her medi-
cine and she felt better she told a most
thrilling story of her afternoon expert
epce.
Early in the Afternoon she was passing
her husbands place of business, on d
shopping trip. The partner was stand
ing in front. 4 want TO see you mo-
ment in the Office he said. She had
gone there many times 10 sign papers
and she thought nothing Of the matter.
Once in the Office he locked the door,
put the key in his pocket, ordered the
lady TO take a chair, then drew his own
chair so that it faced her and with
blazing eyes said:
How much poison did you put in
that jelly you sent Ine?'
why, what do you mean?" said the
startled woman.
You know what I mean, Lucretea
Borgie. You know what I mean-you
know what j mean-you know what I
mean,' and his eyes blazed, his lips
turned blue and his frame trembled
from head to foot.
Last year when the little woman
made jelly she sent three glasse of it
by her husband to the man. The hus-
band also took a bottle of cider with
him.
You don't mean TO say" she said
with great alarm, that 1 put poison
in that jelly l sent you?"
Il do mean TO say it, he said as he
arose and paced the floor like mad
man. Il do mean to say it; for didn't
I give one glass of it to Miss so and so
and II killed her. You, madam, you are
her murderess,"
THAT is no So" the little woman re-
Piled; that young woman died of con-
sumption"
This made the man terrific and turn
mig his fiery red eyes full upon her he
said
eff you say that you did not put arse
out in this ROOM
'Come," he said with a start, "I have |
my revolver in this trunk and the jelly |
too"
The lady was about TO swoon but |
knowing that her only safety depended F.
in humoring the man she. by terrible /
will power, kept up her courage.
The man walked to the trunk, opened |
1t and then commanded the woman to 1
look into it. There was a large revol- /
yer there and beside it stood the two /
sundry other articles.
She stood transfixed over the trunk |
while he. with blazing eyes and trembI-
ing hand, fingered the various packages
nervoUSIy. She expected every min
ute his hand would move toward the
revolver; that he would pick it up and
kill her, and she determined that if he
clutched il she would throw herself |
headlong through the window glass |
-. .
Picking up the bottle of cider and |
holding 1t before her face he laughed |
wildly and said:
And so your husband wanted to |
poison me, tOo?"
He then laid the bottle down and |
turning around upon her with a wild |
Jerk said:
30 you remember the time you sat 1
at that table signing a certain paper?" |
Il do
do You remember that your hus-
band stepped out in the hall a few !
minutes?"
u DO"
We'll" he said. 81 wanted to kiss
you then, but I was afraid he would
see me and then there would be kill /
ing"
She started at him.
Il often wanted to kill your husband /
yes, often wanted TO kill him" and .
taking little note book out of his poe
ket he cody gave the details of twelve /
times that he had almost an uncontrol- !
able desire to shoot him
What did you have against him?" 4
she asked, laying her trembling hand on /
his without knowing what she had /
done in her terrible excitement
At the touch Of her hand he trembled /
end shook like a leaf. green fire shot /
out of his eyes while his lips turned /
as blue as indigo
ct have nothing against him" he /
said. hut I have had A desire 10 see |
how you would look IN windows mourn /
ing"
You are" he said. "the wickedest wo |
man living. You have caught a dozen
men or moro in your net and killed six /
Of them. You have killed 'em-SiX OF /
them. and you are more wicked than
Lucrelia Borgia or Jack the Ripper, /
because You kill by the slow poison Of /
your terrible art
Never say again that you have not /
attempted 10 poison me. Do you re-
iheinoer the day I went in to where you
guy your groceries. Don't deny il now.
l Sd" you peeping out from behind a /
boN "inking and ro6ding at the gro
ceTEInan- He was long time getting
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