The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-09


Kansas City and went % the depot but
dsd not get on the train. He hid out.
| After dark he went 10 the vicinity OF his
house and began his vigil When the
storm came UP ne hid in the summer
house in the back of his yard and was
beginning to feel weary OF his job and
| somewhat ashamed About 10 o'clock
/ the wind was blowing pretty hard and
the lightning was vivid Suddenly he
saw a man the back yard near the
back door of his nome He came form
the north Then he saw Mrs Cunning
ham open the door and look out and the
| man entered. He recognized the man
as L. II. Mcleod. Just as the back door
vas being closed Mr.. Cunningham be-
gan firing his revolver. He Shot once at
the door and the bullet passed through
lie. After ne shot ne started on . run
20 the house. and Mcleod had run
| through the house, out al the front door
and south on the sidewalk in front OF the
house Mr. Cunningham pursued and
took three more snots at the fleeing man.
AS Mr.. Cunningham ran through the
house, he found the front door, the one
| through which Mcleod had passed. had
been locked by Mrs Cunningham. and
this detained him long enough to let Nc
Leod get away. After the shooting.
George and his wife had wordy quar-
rel. George came down on the street and
took Policeman Mantor back with him
and a search was made for Mcleod. His
foom was visited but he could not be
found and his room mate did not know
OF his whereabouts. He did not come TO
his room all night, although We are in
| formed that he Is in town Mr. Gun
| bingham spent the night at the Glad
stone and Mrs. Cunningham remained
| a. the house where the trouble occurred.
| When Mr. Cunningham announced his
| intention OF going to Kansas City. his
wife went and got her niece. Miss Nellie
| Lent, aged IL years to come and spend
| the nigat with her The little one was
| the only person in Z e house at the time
| of the trouble outside Of the participants
| and she was in bed. Mr.. Cunningham
| stated further that his wife told him
| after the trouble that Mcleod had come
over to talk on spiritualism.
Mr.. Cunningham knew nothing crimi-
| nal against his wife All he knew was
| that he saw a man enter his back door.
in regard 10 the unfortunate affair.
! Mrs. Cunningham Informed the writer
that she was well acquainted with MI.
Mcleod and had been thrown in his So
ciety a great deal but was never alone
| With him and that there was nothing
criminal In any OF their relations. Sun
day evening, Mrs. Cunn.nham, after her
husband left, started down 10 Mrs.
Lent's On the way she stopped at Mr.
Hiilard's and sat on the porch Mr. Nc
Leod rooms there and was with the
crowd on the porch While she sat there
| Nellie Lent came and then sht and Mrs
c. went home After the first storm was
over they returned to Mrs. Hillard's. A
little later Mcleod came UP town 70 get
| his supper and later Mrs. Cunningham
| and htr niece returned home. After 3
| o'clock they went UP stairs and Nellie
| was put to bed Mrs. Cunningham look
ed out Of the window watching the s1orm.
! Finally she went down stairs TO do some
work before retiring. While she was
down there she went into the klchen ana
stood at the door. looking through the
! GLASS. watching the storm. suddenly
she saw man within few feet OF the
door. BY the flashes of the lightning she
recognized Mcleod. Just then she
| heard a shot. She unlocked the door,
/ oneYea IL; Mcleod rushed in and sac
reIocked the door. He ran on through
tbe house and out Of the front door and
she locked that door afterhim. Sne never
smoke to Mcleod or he to her. she says
/ she had no engagement with Mcleod or
did not know he was around the mousse
and she does not know how he hap
nsned TO be at the back door al that
time She heard the report of revolvtr
and she opened the door 10 see what
the trouble was She thinks Mcleod
should have remained or returned and
explained what he was doing there.
Further than the above she has nothing
20 explain and is as innocent as she can
be of any intentional wrong.
Mr.. Leod was called upon by re-
porter this afternoon at his office. When
requested to give statement OF the
affair he replied In substance as follows:
"Dtvest the incident Of the shooting
and there is nothing sensational or
worthy of newspaper comment. Yester-
day evening Mrs. Cunningham called on
Mrs. Hilliard, where / am rooming, a.;
has been her custom FOR many years
When started for supper she said That
Mr.. Cunningham had gone to Kansas
City and that she would like for me 70
look around the house before retiring. |
think il was between $50 snd 10 O'Clock
: tina, went out INTO the yard and when
the shooting begun I was probably with
in five feet of Mr.. Cunninghsrn's resi-
dence.
ibid Mrs Cunningham open the door
before the first snot was fired?"
"She did not
ct is said that you ran into the
house"
That is true. / ran in az the back
door. through the house and out al the
front door.
II nave frequently called az Mr.. Cum
nlngham's residence upon his and his
wfe's invitation. We all board at the
same house and nothing but pleasant
social relations have existed I am sur
prised and mortified because there was
TO occasion whatever for ouch a senss-
ton"
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