The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-17

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count of Mrs. Shea and the Other Tina,
the Trouble Was on Account of Some
Trip to Geuda Springs Talked of in Con-
nection With Murder at A rkansas City
At 2:30 O'Clock this morning Dawson
was no better than yesterday. His
pulse was the same, about 100, with
caance of recovery apparently not so
good as yesterday.
Nothing has been done toward secur-
ing evidence or prosecuting Shea, and
will not until it is known whether Daw-
son will Gle
Yesterday everybody VINO is acquaint-
ed with the parties, speculated as 20
what was the real cause Of the trouble
between Paddy Shea and Ed. Dawson.
The theory most generally accepted is
that Shea and his wife planned 20 get
Dawson's money, and got it through the
efforts of Mrs. Shea principally. Both
men have admitted that they had a row
on Sunday afternoon. Dawson says il
was a drunken row and began between
him and Mrs. Shea. He wouldn't tell
what ne and Mrs. Shea were quarreling
about, but Mrs Shea says Dawson
claimed a silk dress pattern that she
had in her possession.
she says that they were in the kitch-
en- at Shea's place when the trouble
came up, and that her husband came
in and took a gun away from Dawson
rs soon as he heard the racket. At this
time the two men had quite scuff1e,
and Dawson claims he lost a pocket
book in the row containing $500. He
claims not 70 nave missed it until ne
had been down town an hour Or two.
1t is hardly probable that a man after
coming out Of a rough and tumble fight
Of the kind ne and Shea had would go
for any such length of time az that with
out missing so large a sum Of money.
After Dawson was brought down town
and taken TO the hospital and while the
doctors We're dressing the wounds ne
said in answer to some questions asked
by DR.. Cave that she (meaning Mrs
SneaJ could tell about the money and
the trouble. and while ne was almost
delirious he kept saying that she could
tell
Shea and his wife, if they were ever
married. pretended some six weeks ago
10 be separated and claimed to have
quarreled on account of Mrs. Shea's re-
lations With Dawson. Dawson and
Shea's wife made trip TO Colorado and
stayed some time. When they returned,
notwithstanding the alleged difficulty
between Shea an his wife, she and Daw-
son went to Shea's place on a friendly
visit That was hardly in keeping with
their story of separation, and since the
Shooting Sunday afternoon Mrs. Shea
mas had nothing to do with Dawson, but |
has acted in the most affectionate way
toward Shea. This would hardly corro- |
bora5e che story that they had separated. |
The theory advanced is that when |
Mrs. Shea, in confidence, had secured |
Dawson's pocket book and would not |
return it, the two had quarrel in the |
afternoon, as described. Shea rad came |
in TO stop the trouble in time to prevent |
Dawson from forcibly taking the money /
away from the woman. Mrs Shea's |
story that Dawson claimed something in
her possession, and Dawson's story that |
Mrs. Shea knew about the money, would |
seem to hinge in a very prJba BILE way
10 prove that the two were quarreling
over the possession Of property. The |
theory that Shea and Dawson uar-eIei |
over Mrs. Shea because she showed
Dawson undue affection and chose his
society to that Of Shea, is hardly borne
out by Mrs. Shea's conduct since the
shooting, and also it is contrary to any
natural suppostion that could arise
from the assertions of Shea and his
wife that they had quarreled and were
separated. 1t don't seem probable that
Shea would quarrel with a man over
a woman who had deserted 91im weeks
before after a quarrel-especialIy five or
SIX weeks, during which he had seen
the man several times. SEea and Daw-
son both claim to have been good friends
UP 10 the time Of the shooting, which
explodes the theory that the men were
at enmity over the woman
Dawson had some object in going back
To Shea's place. and he must have been
rational about it, for the hackman. Mr..
Ellington, says he wasn't drunk Mr..
Ellington says Dawson made no threats
and told no business on the way up.
Eigington's story of the shooting would
seem II confirm Shea's statement 10 Dr..
Cave that Dawson fell the first shot.
DR. Cave says that if Dawson fell at
the first shot he was-shot in the back.
as that Was the only shot he received
that would cause him II fall. II Shea
shot his man in the back il would
scarcely look to be in self-defense.
About three weeks ago there was a
dead man found in a haystack near
Arkansas City. The evidence before the
coroner's jury developed the fact tina.
his name was Smith and that ne was
an intimate friend Of Paddy Shea s.
About the time the corpse was found
Shea had been making frequent trips
TO Geuda Springs. The dead man was
a friend 81 Shea's. Arkansas City is the
station off for Geuda Springs Smith |
was A crook and a p9l OF Dawson's |
They were Doth friends Of Shea One |
Of them was found dead in a haystack I
by some children several days after he
had been killed; the other Paddy Shea
shot Sunday night in Shea's place near
the stock yards. Shea says ne shot him
in self-defense. That's al that is
known.
George Adams. Paddy Shea's attor-
ney, who has doubtless talked the mat
ter over fully with Shea, says the shoot
ing was matter 81 self-detense on
Saea's part. Mr.. Adams seems TO be
confident Of that.
The only theories advanced that seem
probable IS the one that Shea killed
Dawson on account Of MS relations with
Mrs. Shea. The other that he killed