The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-15

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| of Envious Relatives of Her First Hus-
| band and Charges That States Wit
ncssss Pcrjured Themselves-Cnmd den
Summers Comes Back With the Charge
That Mrs, Atkinson Was an A dvcnturess
| Who Set Out to Fleece His Grandsire.
Chenille, W. Va, Oct. A-Governor
Atkinson. who has hitherto remained
silent about the trial OF his wife. has
made statemen, Of which the follow
| ing are the principal points:
II have hitherto said nothing for pub
| Eca,ion in this case excep, 20 merely
| state that / know the prosecution was
| acIuated by malice and hatred. II is A
family quarrel and the public knows
| that they are the most bitter disputes I
| nave heard every sentence Of The testi-
mony given in the case. Independent OF
| The Law. which, in my judgment, does
not class this case as a probable forgery.
! and independent also Of the fact that. in
| my opinion. il was error 70 admit tes,i-
niJny on other matters which cannot be
! directly connected with the crime set gu,
/ III the Indictment, I am clearly OF the
| opinion that all the testimony was given
| for a consideration.
| II am led 10 this conclusion by the de-
| rneanor Of the witnesses while teStitying
on the witness stand and by facts and
| circumstances connected with their tes-
| timony, coupled with the further fact
that offers were made TO other witnesses
or their representatives 70 pay money 10
! them or De given lands without the pay
ment Of money thereafter. provided they
would testify against the defendant,
Mrs. Atkinson.
1T is therefore evident that there was
an effort being made to suborn wit
nesses and 1 am thoroughly convinced
/ that two or more OF them were absolute
~ purchased. l cannot believe that /
am mistaken on this point.
The evidence brought out in this
trial also shows that Mrs. Atkinson,
prior 70 heT marriage 70 Judge Camden.
received an anonymous letter warning
her not TO marry said Camden and at the
time the will OF Judge Camden was
about 10 be prooated various other lat
ters were written OF her threatening
newspaper publication.
y The demands made in these an
nonymous Matchmaking letters were no.
acceded % nor complied with and the re-
suit was that the vilest OF vile publica-
tons appeared against her in newspa-
pers.
"In my honest unbiased judgment she
is guilty of no crime whatever and most
certainly the crime of aiding and abet-
ting in uttering the forged papers charg-
ed against her in the indictment was in
no sense proven in the trial OF this case.
Camden Sommers made this statement
for publication:
Il have no comments 10 make concern
ing the merits of the case beyond my
former statement regarding the matter
prior to the present trial, whereby I'M
scrupulous counsel and ne witnesses for
the defense tortured. twisted and lied
about me. I will hereafter s,udioUsly
avoid giving them even a shadow OF an
excuse 10 resort to similar tactics when
the case again comes up for hearing.
II have been actuated in this matter
alone by a desire 20 protect the estate Of
my grandfather from ne merciless rapac-
ity of conspiring mercenarieS and TO
prove TO the world that Judge Camden
in his declining years. instead OF losing
that sterling love Of his children which
had always characterized the life of this
noble Old man, was the pttiful victim Of
misplaced confidence IN those by whom
he was surrounded in his old age and
that his mental integrity. which he re-
M To- cd q YaSnvt
TO forged processes TO blacken MS fair
name and Steel the birtnrights Of mis-
children. think the world knows this"
BAD MANS LAST FIGHT.
Delta, Cal, Oct. 14-William Herald,
OF this place, and Under Sheriff Raj
ford, of Siskyou county. were shot and
killed and Deputy Sheriff Stewart seri-
ousiy wounded this morning while the
officers were attempting to arrest Here /
aid for completely in the Yreka and Fort I
Jones stage robbery on September IS I
last. The stolen money was traced by !
Detectives Thacker and Jennings and /
the Siskiyou county officer. In accord !
ance with instructions. they came for |
the purpose Of arresting him. About !
O'Clock this morning Radford and /
Stewart placed themselves at Herald's /
house and asked for Herald. When ne /
came Stewart said. II want 10 see you,
Herald" The latter replied, I'm !
ready" AMI opened fire upon the officers
With big revolver. The first shot took
effect in Stewards leg. while the second
bullet struck Radford in the lef, breas;.
killing him almost instantly. Stewart.
Il
shot. emptiei mis- gun al Herald. who
ell mortally wounded, with several bull
e. holes in his chest and abdomen. He
He'd shortly Afterwards
SHOT AT THE LIGHTS.
Lander, Wyo., Oct. 14.-Nexs of
iouole shooting which occurred on me
evening Of the 18th at the rancn OF Rob
1T Herefo- don the Wind River reser-
"a lion. twenty-five miles north OF Lam
Ter. has jus: reached here. II seems
nat a; dance in progress at Mr..
Mexican VINO had to-
nuch whisky aboard tried 70 saoot on;
he lights. but misses mem and sao;
ne wife % Mr.. Hereford. fatally wouni-
ny her. Mr. Hereford then shot ms
Iexican. but the extent ot ais injuries
: 10: known.
OLD SOLDIER SUICIDES
Chicago. Oct 14--Nichoias BJ-back.
n ex-Cni;e9 States so.3ier recently .
IonOrao!y discharged from Fort sasrl-
an. committed suicide today oy shoot
ng himself. Il s believed tha; Bur1Ack
al been dissipsting since his recent |
Ischarge. and killed himself as-s S1ais
D the prolonged spree. Buf5sck ass
oent nozt q ais lie in ne gover-1-oea, !
e-vf-s as 4 soli.s-. Bssiies rs Fo-t
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