The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-23
SHE DID NOT Do It
Mrs. PostIewaite Formerly of
Wichita on Trial For
MURDER AT HUTCHINSON
Young PostIewaite Advised by
a Lawyer TO Do the Deed
MURDER AT HUTCHINSON

tn. trial Of E. c. Clark, IN which the
Posthlewaites Of WKichIta are mixed Is
now in progress in H thomson and Is as
Interesting 10 Wichita almost as 1t Is 10
Hutchinson, Mrs. Posthlewaite having
lived here a number o. years
T, hutchinson Mrs. Posthlewaite AID her
three sons kept r7s Gurant- Mrs. Fos-
tblewaite's friend was lawyer name1 r.
c Clark. Another friend was Clar' nee
BOYD. a butcher. 10 n the evidence l.
reems that Boyd and clark we're yea Gus
When BOYD was killed Mrs osl he
waite and her sons were arrested for he
murder and latttorly Clark. Mrs. PosS6-
lewaite to shield her son Harry VINO NJ"
oonfesses ne killed Boyd, confessed that
she killed Boyd
Clark has been put on trial charged with
being implicated in the murder. From the
evidence It is shown as a1visej Harry to
kill Bovd and afterwara secre-ed he body
and the instrument of Geath-
Harry Posthlewaits, IN giving his testi-
znony said that Boyl was IN tneIr Jestaur-
ant on the night Of May %.
He anne in first 1t oiock, and Matt
Pierce came in soon af.srl:l They had
had some trouble. to.d Pierce boyd was
there After Pierce went out Boyd BEGAN
cusslng me for telling Pearce that he was
there
Clark was in abo II ID O'clock and want
ed me to get Boyd in the back ynid to
put the fxings TO him I ,1ld MIN 1
couldn't do that. Then he wanted IRE TO
&c; him behind the curtain and said he
would put the fixings to him"
When told to relate what happened be-
tween himself and oyd. Harry said:
Boyd. after cursing me a great deal,
said he was going up stairs TO see my
mother. Then ne would MAKE her marry
him. l told him that he could NOT, then
he slapped me. I struck MIN with my fist,
then he knocked me down. I got up and
struck him several times with the iron
rod which Clark had given me-"
Clark had given him, Harry said: when
Clark was at the restaurant at about 10
O'Clock he gave me the iron rod and said
he had fixed it to kill Boyd with. He told
me to take it and put the FILINGS to the
s-of-a-b' He had stayed at the restaur
ant several times before this night and
had followed Boyd, carrying the iron rod
which he gave me that night. He said he
could never get near enough to smash
him"
Questioned further, Harry stated that
he had sent Clyde (his brother) after Clark
after killing Boyd. He told Clyde to tell
Clark that he had killed Boyd and wanted
him 10 come over. Clark came and asked
if Boyd was dead When told that he was
he said: 1T is good enough for /m."
Afterwards Clark said they would carry
him out Harry and Clark arried Boyd's
body to the ditch where it was found the
next morning We laid the body down
twice to rest. When we rested him near
the chicken coop Clark felt in one Of Boyd 5
pockets and took out a'knife. He told me
10 see what was in the other pocket. ]
took the money out of Boyd's pocket and
threw 1t into the creek.
Harry said further: after we had left
the body in the ditch Clark took the rod
had killed Boyd with and carried it away
with him. The next day Clark took away
the pants I had worn, because there was
blooHupo nthem. I went over one day
after them and he said he had burned
thin
''Tht morning Clark told me that we al
wanted no tell the same story at the in
quest. and for US to say that mamma was
sick and We had sent for him to bring
some medicine"
The attorneys for the defense went after
the witness with vigorous cross examina.
ton. Harry denied that beer had been sold
at the restaurant. In the points regarding
the killing nothing new was brought out
The witness was kept 'on the stand fol-
over two hours.
There was a renewal OF interest wher
Harry's long cross examination was ovel
and Mrs Postlethwait took the stand
She began her replies in a low tone. ana
was quite "A little put out when Judge FL
lis. not very softly. suggested that "th,