New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-18
MRS. WALKUP'S BUTLER DISAfrhh"'''

1r,.r,vvs OF JOHN r. KETCHAM WILL Co"
rrsr THE ALLEGED WIDOWS CLAIMS
c,.,.ono Nov 17-Relatives OF John b. Keicham
uI contest his will. II such instrument IL III
existence on the ground that ne was not Only Oh
ureound mind at the time he may have signed IT,
hut for ten months previous. ketcham > Two ''o''
ers and two sisters will deny that the'' p'"'-'e'
was legally married TO Mabel wallace ""'Nup'
They will maintain that he was entirely Incapable
OF making any KIND or CONTRACT " "
alleged marriage.
Mr. walkups butler. Joseph Keller. has suddenly
become an important factor in the pending mug"
Ito, Keller according TO his story. accompanied
Iohn Ketcham and Mrs. Walkup to MILWAUKEE, On
September a. and was a witness 10 the c'''"o.'
which made them and wife. Inc rev "i''
Roberts Of Milwaukee. who performed the cere-
nony opened up rather startling possio'lueS "y
eav,np when he saw a photograph OF keiler mat
the picture much more resembles the man "ho'h ~.
married TO Mrs. Walkup than ola the picture %
John B. Ketcham Several OF the butter pron'l-
men, features including n small mustache' WIN"
n,ae M, q peculiarity OF Mr.. Ketcham. were care
fullv noted by the Rev. Mr.. Roberts as common ~
hoth Keller and the bridegroom Of September ~
10 odd N tho sensation caused by the statement
~ the Milwaukee minister. Keller has disappeared.
II was said this afternoon that the ponce INV"
more about the disappearance OF Keller thah 'hes
are willing TO admit After being put through the
| process by Lieutenant NfelsH'oH 'A9N
night he was held at the police station untll il
O'clock II is said 1t is asserted that the ponce are
! holding Keller somewhere in Hyde Park and VIII
| g,ard him until he is wanted. The police refuse to
| make any statement in regard 70 thS sup, nIt
! from the fact that Lieutenant Creighton To-Day
doubled the number OF officers detailed on the mat
! ter il is believed some new Developments nave
! been reached
Emporia. Kan, Nov. 1.-THE death in Chicago OF
| Jobn Y Ketcham shortly after marrying mabel
! Wallace Walkup. the widow OF John L. Wakup. the
man for whose murder she was tried here twelve
| years ago recalls the sensational ending OF the
acc An which Mrs Wakup's powerful testimony Sc
cured an acquittal just everything seemed 10 be
going against her. The prosecution asserted that
| Mrs Walkup had purchased arsenic while on Inc
vav "a Emporia on her wedding trip, and that she
purchased quantities OF the poison IN EHpoild
| Tbe sentiment OF the town was tor cOhVicuol;
TIE defence did not deny that Walkup was polsoiCn
Nth arsenic but said he TOOK an overdose "Hlle
| taking the poison for medicine. :,
The climax OF the case was reached "hel MIt
| uaiknn vas placed on the stand. She was beauu-
f md well schooled, and before she nnlsned GIVING
| testimony the lawyers, turymen ana JuoBe "cI'!
| 90 mo stenographer's eyes were blinded so thai
anu lid o, NOT Zee TO write verdict OF acquita
wao retIrned Shortly after the trial Mrs NalKul
LEFT F,mnoria and little has been heafd OF neI ne
three children of Mr.. Walkup all I'VE IN EmpoIld
| Thev are Mrs John Martin. wife OF the son y, -
| United States Senator Martr; Mrs Harry noou
| whose husband is son or Major fooa VA hiiH -
| wealthy and prominent stock man, anu W. -
| Walkup, q farmer.