The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-14
brought out nothing new, Miss Wyatt was

Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair
brought out nothing new, Miss Wyatt wa!
asked:
Have you any feeling in this case?''
'Only for justice to be done"
You are willing to tell all you known
eyes, sir 1 believe in a hereafter and
will tell nothinb tl1thefhshrlducmfwy
1 will tel nothing but the truth"
Miss Wyatt had told in her direct evi.
dence about anonymous letters received by
Mr.. Collins. On cross-examination she said
there were two of those letters, one re-
ceived when Mr.. Collins was candidate
for mayor of Topeka, the other received
about year before the death of Mr.. Col
Inns. She said Mr.. Collins told her the
last was threatening letter.
Miss Wyatt said John knew al the bust
ness Of his fathers office except about the
Insurance. She was quite sure John did
not know about the insurance. AS a mat
ter Of fact John testified at the coroner s
inquest that he did know about the amount
of insurance. that his father had hard
work paying the premiums and that he
talked about dropping some of the insur-
ance, especially that part payable to John
and Grace
Miss Wyatt said that soon after the
murder Detective HarbauRh came to see
her and John told them there was a de-
tective working in the case and asked her
for information that would help him, but
she did not tell him about the ANONYMOUS
letters or about the negro who Swallowed
Mr. Collins, or about the men Mr.. Collins
had quarreled with. or about his life being
threatened. She said she had never told
the sheriff or the county attorney about
these things.
c. N. Griffin of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
who is in Kansas lending money for east
tern capitalists, was the next witness. He
was in Topeka May 10 last, when Mr.. Co.
Inns led the Knights Templar parade. Mr..
Griffin saw it pass. Mr.. Collins was on a
beautiful white horse. Mr.. Griffin said as
Mr.. Collins passed:
What a beautiful horse that is and a
man behind Mr.. Griffin said:
Yes, that is fine horse, but IT IS a
scoundrel riding it; he is not fit to live;
he ought to be shot,
1t was white man who made the re-
tween 30 and IS years old and looked like
a laboring man.
Mrs. Kate Garrison Ryus, cousin of
Mrs. Cochran. testified that she was at
Lakeview in 1897 and heard Mr.. Collins tell
about the negro shadowing him at Sixth
and Van Buren, streets and the negro had
a large knife.
w. F. Ryus, husband OF Mrs. Kate G.
Ryus. testified that he heard the CONVEX
satlon that Mrs. Cochran and Mrs. Ryus
MAD told about the negro trying to hold
up Mr.. Collins. Mr.. Collins said he recog-
nized the negro and got the drop on him.
Mr.. Collins expressed no fear of the negro.
Miss Gertrude Wyatt. sister Of Marv
Wyatt, said she was intimately acquainted
with the Collins family and stayed there
three weeks at oen time. She said John
was most loving and affectionate to his
father. mother and sister. John and his
father were as chummy as brothers They
went out together to make New Year calls. |
and this was made the subject of remarks !
because ii was so unusual. During all her
acquaintance with John Collins she saw
nothing to indicate that he was selfish |
avaricious. malicious, harsh, cruel. cold |
FLOODED disregardful of the rights of 9TH
ers or hard-hearted
Miss Wyatt said she never had seen Mr. |
Collins without a heavy leather cane. He |
told her he always took the outside edge /
Of the sidewalk at night and he would be |
afraid of no one if he could get a chance /
10 use his cane
Miss Wyatt told about how broken |
hearted John seemed when his father died. /
Mrs. Allie Biggerstaff of North Topeka
estifed that she and her daughter and
wo young women of Emporia saw the
Dewey day parade. May 10. She saw Mr..
Collins on a big white horse leading the
parade. He mOtioned people back with
lis hand and said they must give room for
he parade. Just then a white man, dressed
n gray, looked up into the face of Mr..
Collins and said: Damn you,'
When Mr.. Collins saw the man he
turned as white as marble and never said
word The white man said:
HE will never live 10 order me back on
mother big day"
A colored man looked at the white man
Ind said: 81 don't blame YOU a bit; ne
las caused you trouble enough"
The white man said: Trouble, I should
ay he has caused me trouble but he will
lever live TO order me around again"
Mrs. Biggerstaff said she heard the negro
ell the white man: I'm kill him for you;
II do it," and the white man asked the
iesro: How much will you take TO DO
to- and the negro said: Not much"
That is all the conversation Mrs. Bigger
taft heard. but she said the white man
lad awful bad eyes" She said the man
alked very loud and the street was
rowded.
On cross-examination Mrs. Biggerstaff
aid she had known John N. Wi-kerson.
ormer chief of police of Topeka. for eigh.