The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-14

gram as May" had know White for
about a year; saw him On the street;
never saw him at Mays or Nina's place.
Art Ingram worked in a foundry Wit
ness visited Nina about twice a week
generally in the afternoon; some times
ne went over from Nina's 10 Mays
house
What did you go there for?" de-
manded Tie county attorney.
The witness hesitated. when the ques-
ton was again Numbered at him.
The large audience stood on tip-roes,
almost holding its breath and stretching
giraf-an necks
Ill went there TO get a drink OF
water" answered the witness.
Then the audience broke out in a roar
OF laughter, which was checked by Wig
orous rapping by Judge Jones.
1t was drawn out Of witness that May
would sometimes come over to Nina's 10
drink beer, but she didn't get drunk that
witness ever noticed. On the day in aues-
ton witness and Nina had been out hav-
ing Jolly time. Art sometimes visited
Chinese laundry 10 smoke opium, but
witness did not think he had "hit the
pipe that day
Fran: Siattery, a clerk at the Missouri
Pacific freight depot, testified that 2 wo-
on toe east track Of the switch yardE.
James Hughes saw White that evening
and talked with him. He was under the
influence CT liquor but not drunk. Ii
was tia first time witness ever saw him
thus and he naturally noticed it more
particularly.
Frank Mccain testified that he saw Art
Ingram reXt morning after the tragedy
and he said this mar was kicking in mis-
door. He threw a poker at the man but
didn't think he had hurt him so badly.
Witness knew Nina. Never saw White
the deceased, until he saw him lying on
the side-track in the Missouri Pacific
yards. Witness did not hear all the con-
versation that morning between Ingram
and Charley Simmons; remembered dis
tinctly Of hearing Ingram say that the
man kicked in MS door.
Or. Shuts was recalled.
The panel Of the door was put in ev;-
dence. Witness again described shoe
nail marks. Said the wounds in the face
were sufficient to make a man lie down.
and hence a poker must have been
thrust into Whites head by the momen-
tum of throw.
H. T. Murphy was a good descriptive
witness and showed how the body of Mr..
White lay with the poker in his head;
described the rickety fence and other fea-
lures of the locality.
Houston L. Taylor, who was doing spe-
cial duty as reporter for the Eagle, and
who wrote UP the tragedy, testified that
he saw Ingram and his wife on the
eventfui night. In the judgment Of wit
ness Ingram was not sober when taken
to the jail This was at 9 O'Clock; was
quite sure Mrs. Ingram was drinking.
Ingram told me White came TO his back
door and broke It in. and he threw the
poker. Art asked witness to look for the
rock with which White had hit him in
the breast. Mrs. Ingram wanted wills
ky and asked witness to get it for her.
She gave him the key to her house and
told him 10 blow out the light and let the
cat out of the house The panel was out
Of the door. and the cat could have gone
cut through the hole, but the cat stayed
With the premises. l was too busy to
look for any rock, as Ingram requested.
Ingram said he threw a poker at the
man who had kicked his door in. VIZ,
ness was there simply as a newspaper
reporter
Nina Raymond.-Witness was viva
cious little woman and told her story in
straightforward way, without the least
agitation. She had removed from Wich-
ita street after the tragedy because il
made her so nervous. She knew May
Ingram, who lived IN the little cottage
just south of her on Wichita street. Wit
ness came here in September last. May
had been living there when l located
there Ms\y cooked for Mrs. Morris. Not
many mem came 20 her place. Witness
knew While, the deceased; saw him
many times at her house, at Mays and
at MorIis's: saw him three. or four or
five times: thought he and May were IN
innate. On March LIST witness saw Mr..
White on the track, as she was coming
along with Gene Kistler; witness ran TO
Morriss and met May Ingram singing.
witness gave the alarm of a man on the
track. ard all three-witness, May and
Mrs. Morris-welt 10 the place where
the man lay, but May remained on the
inside of the fence and didn't go out to
where the man was lying. MIR. White,
as / learned, had date to meet Mrs.
Ingram at o'clock that evening, at her
house I did not 60 close enough to rec
ognize the man on the track, but l was
afraid a train might back in and Kill
him.
Cross-examined. Witness said she had
been here two years; had known White
since last October; got acquainted with
him at 227 North Water street Then he
visited witness 10 have a good time. Some
times he was shy and seemed afraid some
one would see him, and at other times
he was full and didn't care for anything
when | moved into this little cot
tage," said the witness. ne came to see
me often-say four or five times at least
and he paid me s. at one time, IS al
another and smaller sums. This teSti-
mony was brought out by the cross-eX-
Witness said she got tired of Mr.. |
White and took him over to May In |
grams. next door, in December; the rea- |
son witness did this was because White |
came too often and stad too long. Art |
vas not there or witness would not |
have taken him TO Mays place. When |
witness took White to Mays place he |
asked if he could come and see her. She |
hesitated but they made a date for the |
next day. Il introduced them in their !!
right names. 1 told Mr.. White she was |
a married woman. He kept the date and
was on time next day-csme to see me |
and then went TO see May. He went 10 |
see May six or seven different times to |
have a good time
DO you know" asked Mr.. Bentley, |
that May and Mr.. White were init |
mate?'
Yes" said witness. Il saw them in |
a room together This was near Christ |
mas time / moved away and then re- |
turned and Mr.. White was still going 10 |
see May when 1 came back. Art was |
never there when May had a date with |
White. She never lat him know when |
White was coming. Art would come |
home from work, wash, eat supper and /
dress and so I'D town. White generally |
came in the afternoon at about o'clock.
He always had a bottle and would in 1
sist on me drinking. I'd tip the bottle |
ip just 70 please him. but didn't drink.
Mrs. Ingram cooked for Mrs Morris
I'D all sha girls including myself and