The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-20
filING UP EVIDENCE
Sheriff Turner Of Butler
County After
THREE MORE HORSES
Stolen by AIIgood Gang and
Located by Ballard.

Sheriff Turner came over from Fl Do=
RADIO. Butler county, on his way 10 get
three more stolen horses that have peeh
located bv Al Ballard. Ba,lard's con-
fession has already been worth S2'VJo 10
the state Of Kansas in recovering stoleH
,,o-ses hughes and other stolen prop
ertv and whether all his story IS true
ar not he certainly belonged to one Oh
.ba most remarkable gang Of criminals
oyer run down at any place or any liiii'
Among the horses stolen by the
gang and located and returned liToueH
information given by Ballard IS one De
hanging to Mr. Martin, VINO Formerly
lived on the West Side in wichita buI
u,bo NOW lives in Enid, 0. 7. Another
one belonged to Mr.. Bradshaw north
west of the city another one 10 MI
Sbermer near Maize, and another to r..
~. McGinnis near Fall River, Kan. THESE
DO not include those located ny SheflIL
Turner of Butler county, about which Mr..
Turner was here to see Ballard yesler-
day.
The murder Of old man New near
Eureka is getting TO be a small part OF
Ballard's story now.
A palnlist Of Kansas City visited MIS-.
New in the Kansas penitentiary Sunday,
and upon looking at her left hand said at
once:
This woman did not commit murder"
An account Of the meeting will be in
teresting to people who are watching the
case. DR.. Perrin Of Kansas City went up
10 Lansing 70 see John Collins and incl
denta,lv came in contact with Mrs. New
When the party reached the woman
ward in the penitentiary two women stood
near the entry.
One was Of a very slender build and
her face was the picture Of despair and
misery. Her brown hair, sprinlSied with
gray, was combed down over a forehead
which surmounted eyes which were faded
and dim She was dressed in a blue
calico dress and was without adonment
of any kind. As Mrs. Perrin, who is a
most beautiful woman, passed her she
stepped forward as though to speak. The
expectant expression on her face was re
placed with one Of timidity. She shrank
back and then turned and fed
Matron Fitzgerald received the party
and proudly pilotod them through the
building, every Cell being visited, prais-
ed and commented on. Each cell con-
tains two beds and the usual accessories.
Carpets are on the floors pictures hang
on the walls and looking glasses reflect
the beauties of fancy work, which is made
by the cell occupants in their leisure mo-
ments. There are twenty-one women
prisoners, of whom fourteen are coored.
They sew during the day hours and in
their free hours read or roam about the
yard, which is inclosed by high stone
walls
who IS 81 woman that ran from
us?" inquired Mrs. Perrin of the ratron.
Mrs. New" replied Mrs. Fitzgerald.
ooh, let me see the poor thing" impul-
sively said Mrs. Perrin. perhaps I can
make her happier by talking TO her"
Setting only a few feet away was a
darT1-eyed woman who was reading her
Bible. She. too is branded as a muir
deress
oh the angel"' she said. almost a
whisper. Il wish she would speak to
mev'
The angel heard her appealing words.
Then 7 viii speak TO YOU" she said
and without further ado she cIasped her
warmly by the hand and then the bright
golden head Of "the anger and the gray
hairs Of the murderess were lowered and
words We're uttered which neither Will
ever forget.
Mrs. New came shutting into the mat
ron's room few minutes later Mrs.
New is not OF a high Intellectual grade.
She IS Of very nervous temperament
Apparently she does not appreciate the
gravity Of her situation. She and her al
legged paramour, George Dobbs. were ac-
cused of the murder of her husband. tried.
convicted and sentenced TO life imprison-