The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-07

room. Mr.. Nuttall and his partnel
were appalled, at the damage, which
even from a none ary standpoint, could
not be computed at less than $500, al
| though some of the losses could be re
placed at once with money.
She listened attentively to this testi-
mony and heard disinterested witnesses
tell that they had seen her try the doors
of the mill on Sunday afternoon, and
she heard the police tell of the finding OF
a key in her possession which locked
and unlocked one of the mill doors.
Moreover, she heard Jonas INITIAL, one
of the partners and her stoutest ac-
cuser of the crime, tell how, although a
| married man with wife and children in
England, he and she had lived together
for years in this country as man and
wife Threats Of bodily harm which
the fair but sobbing prisoner had made
against him he also narrated, and final
~ wound Up by telling the magistrate
that in August, 1884, they had ceased TO
be intimate and separated by mutual
| agreement.
Sternly the magistrate addressed the
fair Juliette and said: What have
you TO say about all this?"
| Raising her head for the first time,
she answered in a French accent: 81
am not guilty Of this charge. I will
swear to that" as she placed her trembl
| ing right hand on the Bible.
JuIiette,s story, which followed, caus-
ed even those who had stood grinning in
! the audience to lean forward with inter-
| ested faces and listen with deep inter-
| est. She had gone 10 the mill, she said,
on Sunday afternoon, to look 70 Mr.. Nut
~,T1 i a. I
! II locked, she had then gone over TO
| Norris Square to wait awhile, hoping
he would come to the mill Later on,
about 8 O'Clock p. m, she had again
gone to the mil, and, finding the door
| open, had walked In. The place was
| filed with smoke, she said, and she
went down 70 the fire hole, where she
saw the books and papers smouldering
| in ashes. She made a tour through the
mill. ever foot of which she knew, be-
| cause Of her frequent visits there with
Mr.. Nuttall on former occasions, but at
that time Sunday she noticed no van
| daliSm. The key found in her posses
| sion, she said. was the one to her own
door at home. and If ii would unlock the
mill door she did not know il.
To The magistrates questions she ans
wered: Il did many times make threats
against him. and 1 blackenef his eyes,
and he took it like a man. 1t was my
temper that caused me to do those
things; but 1 was always sorry after
wards, and we made up
Turning partly around In her chair,
so as to look straight at Mr., Nuttan,
who stood near, she said< although
appearances are against me, l declare
before God I am innocent of these
charges. did not do any damage in the
mill" Then with a voice. almost cho}1-
ed with emotion, she said: Mr.. Nut
tail has other enemies who may have
done this thing, well knowing it would
be all blamed on me.
The magistrate could do nothing less
he said, than hold her in $1,000 bail for
court, on a charge of tresDass and an
attempt TO commit malicious mischief.
AT this announcement Juliette scream
ed and sobbed out that she had not one
friend in this country 10 go bail for
her. When Sergeant Taylor and Spec
iaI Policeman Spearel laid hands on her
shoulders and sald> you will have to
so back 10 a cell" she walled in des-
pairing protest
Mr. Nuttau and his partner, Mr..
Brown, began 10 grow nervous They
left the hearing room two or three times
only to return, and finally the junior
partner, Mr. Brown. addressed himself
20 the magistrate: Judge, 1 couldn't
sleep for a year" he said, 81 that wo-
man was sent to Jail She may be in
nOcent and il might kill her"
Yes; that's true, chimed in Mr.. Nut
tail The loss, he added, he had figur-
ed down to 5000, and he thought the less
said about the matter the better for all
concerned
The magistrate suggested that the
only way 70 keep the woman out Of jail
was 10 go her bail, and his suggestion
being approved by NutJau & Brown,
the partners promptly went bail for
Miss Coelst, who was released and de-
parted James Nuttall is an English
man Of middle age. He has wife and
three children living in mis- native land.
When came to this country some years
age he brought his Wife With him. but
America was not TO Mrs. NutalTs Tx
ing, and she soon returned TO England
NuttaH was lonely and looked about
MN Tor q companion Of the gentler sex.
Then his fancy lit upon Miss Coelst. a
girl from Belgium. This was in lSSS
and the pair started housekeeping in
New York City. From thence they
Travelled - various cities in the eastern
states. and finally settled down in Phil
adelphia. Here life was not all SIM
shine. as has already been stated. and
they separated. but subsequently, met
each other occasionally. as they did on
Saturday last, when the latest threats
We're made.