The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-25
COMING ALONG FAST
RoSenbaum Inquiry is Max
ing Good Roadway.
VERY LITTLE EVIDENCE
Adducedto Fixth gg-Throw-
ing on the General.

Guthrie. O. T., March 24-(Special)-
Rapid progress is being made in the Kos
enbaum inquiry, the proceedings being eX-
pedited by the absence from the city 0
several witnesses called by the prosecu-
ton. So far the inquiry has developed
scarcely anything tending to conect Ros-
enbaum with the assault upon Colonel
Stiles and Captain Douglas, but the prose-
cution may be holding its trump cards
back for a sensational climax
In his testimony yesterday evening Gov
ernor Barnes said he did not know of a
detail being made by the Adjutant Cen
eral Rosenbaum of three members Of Com
pany A TO ascertain If any members Of
the comapny were concerned in the egg
throwing, but when his memory was re-
freshed, the Governor recalled that some
thing was said by the adjutant general
Of making such a detail and that subse-
quently the adjutant general reported YER
bally that he had detailed Captain ARIEL
and Lieutenants LanX and Brewer to
make an investigation and that they re-
ported no members of Company imph-
Gated. Lieutenant Lanx when on the
stand testified that he had no notice OF
having been detailed for such duty and
had made no report on the egg-throwing
Incident.
Lieutenant Lanx was evidently an IN
willing witness and 1t was with apparent
reluctance that he gave his testimony,
especially that part duplicating Captain
ArraI as one Of the instigators of the
ga 81,
he had heard Of the intended plot, admit
ding after considerable pressure that his
informants were Captain Arrall and Pri-
vate Harry White. He then told of meet
ing Captain Arrall on thes treet who in
formed him that Colonel Stiles was in the
city.
well, we ought to get out the band
and give him a reception" said the wit
ness, and Arrall responded that Stiles
would get different kind of reception,
nd asked the witness to be at the armory
that night as there were a couple OF cases
of eggs on the road. He further asked
the witness to go to the adjutant generals
office. About y o'clock the witness went
To the adjutant generals Office. where he
ire Rosenbaum, to whom he made a re-
mark about a board of survey when Col
onel Stiles entered the room and the wit
ness left, afterwards meeting Harry
White who notified him to be at the arm
DRY that night, that they were going to
egg Colonel Stiles. The witness did not
know where White now is. He testified
70 having had a conversation with Rosen-
baum about two weeks ago which took
y,la in Of l,a Ia,
quarters where the witness Is employed
as fireman. The substance of this COM
municauon was that Rosenbaum spoke Of
charges being fled against himself. Arrall
and LanX and that they would be sum-
moned before the governo, but when tribe
governor saw how little there wa sin the
charges they would end at that The wit
ness, referring back to the conversation
with Captain Arrall on the day of the
cgg-throwing, tstifed that Arrall pro-
fessed to have assurance that the
fines of the participants in the
intended egg-throwing would be paid up
TO s. 0oor $500 if any arrests were made,
hut he did not say from whom he had
this assurance.
Corporal Otto Bonhoff was next called
Choctaw City on the day that the egg
throwing occurred. The examination of
the witness was thereupon suspended. but
later he was recalled by Col. Stiles who
with some excitement asked that Bonhoff
attach his signature to his testimony evil
IDENTIFY for the purpose of subsequently i'm
peaching the witness. The board then aG-
journed until Q o'clock this morning.
Samuel Murphy of Oklahoma City was
The first witness sworn this morning
end testified 10 having a conversation J.
with Adjutant General Rosenbaum few
days after the egg-throwing. during |
which the latter smilingly remarked that |
he had seen no one who regretted the as
sault.
General J. c. Jamison. who was adult |
ant general under Governor Renfrow. was /
also called to the stand for the purpose |
of showing Rosenbaum's animus against |
Stiles. He testified to a converse ton /
with Rosenbaum In which he said he /