The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-03


Friend.
Yesterday A. c. Wyman and Miss Min
ME Kinberland, both OF ElDorado, were
married in the probate court by Rev. n.
E. Harmon, Of the board OF county COM
missioners..
Usually tie bride leaves the marriage
alt4f with a emile of joy and happiness.
Not ~ with Mrs cumberland, who was
sad and perhaps. sorry.
The poor girl" said everybody about
the court house who saw her walking
away on the arm OF her husband,
young man OF 81
II may have been that he wanted
something to give him nerve for the
ordeal; il may have been that he was
sick; itmay have been that he was just
naturally '-ornary." Az any rate, ac-
.ording TO the statement of those about
The court house, ne was not as sober as
n7an ought TO De in taking such an i'm
partant step in life as getting married.
With Mr.. Wyman came a young friend
who subsequently gave his name as
Charles Lamb at the police station
This young Lamb was lion in sleeps
clothing, according TO later develop
meats. He was 10 have been Wyman's
test man.
\ strange thing prevented the two APP
pearing a the matrimonial altar to-
getlier IL E-2s this: The day was cold
and they had c1iy one evercoat between
them While Lamb was wearing the
oyercoat 10 keep warm Wyman was tax
lr.-s something Else 10 keep warm and,
perhaps, that Is why he was in such
condition when he was married.
=, fr;vz ~.
man wore the oyercoat and, OF course.
In ms absence, Lamb had to keep warm
while he was thus shorn: That. perhaps.
Is what caused him 10 get badly intoxi-
Gated
While the triliaI pair had been at the
court house Mr. Lamb visited SchnitZ-
lers and w1,jle there got something in
his eye that panied him.
Ia the fr..rt of Mr.. Schnitzier's build
ing there is a barber VINO bears the
name Of Oliver Cromwell Jackson, a
combination. everybody viii admit, that
means fighting qualities.
Can you lake this out of my eye?"
said Lamb, opening up the lips of his
optic until he revealed a chunk of coal
y can, sir" said Oliver Cromwell
Jackson.
well. DO it them" said Mr. Lamb.
Mr.. Jackson begged the pardon Of the
man Ee bad in the chair. telling him that
he case OF Mr.. Lamb was urgent.
He g.: Mr.. Lambs eye down under
the faucit of the water tank and gave
him d shower bath which washed out
the coal dust.
How much do I owe you?" asked
Lam.
Ten cents" was the reply.
''Iiui suppose / wouldn't pay you?"
ION. l don't fear that, said Mr.. Jack
SIN 1T isn't a supposable case, sir
well. I guess 1 won't pay you till to-
morrow" said Lamb, pulling out for the
Goor.
Oliver Cromwell jackson caught him
by the sleeve.
''Leok here you dog gone niger"
said Lamb, what do you mean by plac-
Ing your hand on me? i am liable tc
kill You. / kill couple of men every
day. anyway. and don't believe / have
helped out the grave digger any today,
yet" With that he pulled a revolver
from his southwest pocket and the mo
1llent Oliver Cromwell Jackson got his
eye or it ile reached for the poker.
There was liull sickening thud and
the FL Dorado man was rolling on the
floor Mir. Jackson threw himself on
hin, and wr5lched the revolver out of his
hand
1t was afterwards ascertained that
there was no cylinder in the revolver
ard hence il was harmless.
sir. Lamb bed like a stuck hog and
left a trail of blood from there to the pn-
lice station where he had TO put up $50
To a G3ctor for embroidering three or
four inches Of his scalp. That done, Po-
Ice Clerk John Martin tucked him away
nicely IN bunk in one OF the cells of the
police station, where he remained until
the nine o'clock train went 10 FL Dorado
He left his revelve- at the station to pay
for the cnursesies shown him.
During the afternoon the married cou-
pie spent most Of their honeymoon COM
fortipg their stricken groomsman in the
city jail.