The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-18

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What kind of night was that when
Mrs. New Gamer"
1T was pretty blustery night; yes, sir,
cloudy when She came there. It was
splitting snow and misting rain"
Mrs. Rebecca LukenbilI said about thus
in her testimony at the trial:
When Mrs. New came il was after 9
O'Clock and very dark She hollered. She
called to Mr.. Lukenbill. He got up and
went to the door and it kind of frightened
me, and she says: 1t is Mrs. New She
says: I don't want TO scare you She
She says: He is shot. He is shot," she
says. He is shot 1t has been the boys.
Then he invited her TO come in. She
called for drink and then she told how
they had went TO bed and they heard
noise like something rolling off the house
and she asked Mr.. New if he heard it and
he said she was always imagining some
thing, it was nothing, and then she hsard
a chicken squall and she said ne got up
and went out and she heard the gun and
he said: oh, my God"''
what else did she say?'
''She said that she had asked Joe a hum
dred times TO sell out the place and she
wished she hadn't took the place when her
mother gave it to her.
How was Mrs. New dressed?"
'She had on her night clothes. She was
barefooted and bareheaded and almost
naked and no wraps OF any kind. She
was very much excited"
Mrs. Jennie Denchfleld testified at the
trial that she went to News house the
night of the murder.
II was the first lady over there. I guess
Mrs. New was sitting by the stove cry
ing real hard and she said: oh, my God,
amt this terribler she said. They have
shot him and he has laid out there, poor
boy, all night, but they wouldn't let me
touch him. If they had let me carry him
in l would have done it myself
This fact that Mrs. New ran out almost
naked on very cold and blustery night
and ran three-fourths of a mile over
rocky lane through a corn field thick
with corn stubble to give the alarm is
looked upon as a thing in her favor It
seems the natural way a frightened
woman would act under the circum
stances If she had planned the murder
and part of her plan was to run first to
the neighbor and give the alarm. she
dressed
at least slipped some covering on her
feet, and not faced tlo gold and storm in
an almost naked condition
Dobbs was notified of the murder the
next morning He showed great surprise
| and said:
1T can't be It can't be possible He
rode directly to the New house, and. be-
ing the nearest friend the family had he
undressed the body, washed off the blood
shaved the face, dressed the body for
burial made the coffin and put the body
in 1t. He was one of the pal bearers at
the funeral and after the grave was filed
IN rounded it up and sodded it
After the funeral Dobbs went to the
New home every day and watered and fed
the stock and did the chores for Mrs. New.
1t was several days before he was sus
pected. Wt4eN Mrs. New learned Of this
suspicion she Immediately ordered him off
the place. Mrs New was then living at
the home of T. B. Denchfield a neighbor
Mr.. Denchfield testified at the trial
Mrs. New talked to me about selling
her place and asked my advice about II
Inc thursday afternoon after the murder
she came home kind of excited and left
ner team out in the road and she came
TO the house and she says: Don't Won
think they accuse George Dobbs of killing
poor Joe? and 1 says. is that so. Melja %
and she says yes and she said that If
ne did kill poor Joe he ought to be hung
Tor 1t; hanging was too good for him. he
ought to be dragged around by the neck >,
There was much testimony at the trial
that Mrs. New, the moment she learned
that Dobbs was suspected Of the murder
ordered him off the place and told him
never to return
linen there was the. testimony of Mrs
Denchfield and others that Immediately
after the murder Mrs. New declared that
she never could live in the house again
and that she did leave and go to live witt
the Denchf1elds. intending to sell out in
the spring. Mrs. Denchfeld testified at
the trial as follows:
Mrs New said to me right after the
murder: Mrs. Denchield,' she says T
want to stay at your place all winter
Well, Of course wasn't looking for such
a question and didn't know what to say.
I didn't make any answer. Then after
that she asked Daisy Dove IL she couldn't
stay there"
All of this testimony was given by the
states witnesses. It entirely dIsproves
the Theory Of the state that there was
any intimacy between Dobbs and Mrs.
New. and without an intimacy there could
have been no motive for Mrs. New to con-
spire with Dobbs to murder her husband
Eleven days after the murder Mrs. New
and Dobbs were arrested. AS soon as
Dobbs learned that he was suspected he
went to several of his neighbors and ask
ed them for advice as to what he should
do The result was that he drove to
Eureka and made full statement 10 the
county attorney and demanded hear
ing The county attorney told him that
there was no case against him. After the
arrest Of Mrs. New and Dobbs Attorney
James Shultz offered his services. In her
application for a new trial Mrs New tells
in this way of her dealings with ShuItz:
'%The day Of my arrest Attorney James
ShultZ came to me Of his own accord and
talked to me. BY reason % him having
done business for my husband during his
life I considered him honorable and as
sented to him looking after my defense.
On the same day I was taken 10 Wichita
and lodged in jail, not being permitted 70
communicate with any one. I made no
agreement with Shultz about fee. but
while I was in jail AZ Wichita he came 20
me with a paper which he said was f0r
me 70 sign 50 that ne could save my
property and. having faith in him. sign
ed it without reading e. and have since
learned it wasa warranty deed conveying
10 Shultz my % acres az land. told
Shultz wanted another LAWYER and urged
h-nl % e. one - assLst him hn- be ID. :