The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-02


the man The brothers look very much
alike and il would he an easy matter 10
confuse their identity.
1t is arranged that the witnesses who
Identified Frank Hill during the trial shall
go before the grand jury and procure his
indictment II he pleads guilty. as II is
said ne viii. the act will release Rober;
]. Hill
KILLED FOR HER MONEY.
poylestown. March Miss Annie L.
Edwards. who resided at Jamison. this
county. a short distance from Doylestown.
was found murdered in her bedroom last
night. The victims head was beaten al
most TO q jelly and the room which she
had occupied bore evidence OF a terrible
struggle. There is no clue TO the muir
derer, nor is there any evidence as 10 the
time when The murder actually occurred.
The last time Miss Edwards was seen
alive was on Friday night. She lived alone
in the house. A chair and a water pitcher
had been used to beat the woman's brains
out. The motive for the crime was rob-
berry. The county commissioners have Of
fered q reward OF sl.oO0 for the arrest o;
the murderers.
QUARRELED OVER WAGES.
Austin, March Milton Williams. son
Of Mrs. A \. Williams. proprietreSs Of the
Williams hotel hero. shot and killed Dan
iel p. Flynn lasts evening. The crime was
committed IN front OF the hotel and seems
10 be the result OF an alteration over
Flynn's wages. There were a great many
people on the street az the time. Will
Jams is stll al large. He hired rig o.
be driven to Lyle. about twelve miles
south Of here. Chief Of Police CALI sent
q posse on each road in pursuit going on
south himself. Gal; followed Williams
into Iowa and has not returned.
FOR FE-POISoNING
Chicago, March l-Lavern \ Cook a
carpenter whose home was until recently
in EngIewood. has been indicted on a
charge of attempting 70 commit murder
by arsenic. Cook is now said to be in
Kansas. lie viii be brought back on a
requisition. He Is alleged 20 have put
arsenic in some cocoa. Mrs. Florence
Cook. his wife. drank the cocoa and was
poisoned. Il was with the greatest difi-
Guilty that her life was saved. The cocoa
was examined by a city chemist. who said
there was enough arsenic in ii 10 kill sew
eral persons. ARtdotes promptly given
saved the life Of Mrs. Cock.
A THIRD-SToRY SUICIDE.
Chicago. March I-Wiiliam A. Dodson.
an employee of notion store on Vests
Madison street. committed suicide in a
most sensational manner. He climbed out
upon the ledge Of a third-story window
and as the street was filed with people.
ne shouted TO them 70 look out. His cries
attracted the attention OF hundreds but
before anything could be done to save him.
Dodson had hurled himself 10 the street.
His neck was broken and skull crushed.
Dodson's parents live in Manchester. Ia.
and are well-to-do. 1t Is thought his mind
was affected by brooding over III health.
LYNCHERS WILL GO FREE.
Indianapolis March IA special 10 the
News from Dillsboro. Indiana. says: Jus
tee Craig. at Cross Plains. this morning
rendered a verdict acquitting Hez Hughes,
who was charged In an affidavit fled by
Governor Mount with completely in the
Versailles lynching. Attorney General
Ketcham is enroute for Indianapolis. In
an interview he stated that lit Is evident
from all the evidence obtainable that the
five men broke jail and hung themselves"