The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-23
MAKES A CONCESSION
Nina Raymond Says She Was
Betrayed at the Inquest
WILL TELL HER STORY
duplicating Others in the Rob-
berry of jones'

Nina RAYMOND IS coming to her sober
ashoughts. and with them is realization
THAT she has been deceived and betrayed.
At the coroner's inquest she would not
talk because. as it IS now learned she
thought the particulars Of the assault ana
robbery of Jones was to be held sacred
and secure. 1t was not so kept and now
Nina finds that she IS incarcerated IN Jan
and charged with crime through the teS-
1inony of those whom she thought 10 De
her friends. Yesterday she MADE d COMES
sion and related the full story. covering
the last deoauch and recklessness OF Ed
win Jones and the incidents leading up 20
the crime II is said that she viii tell
at the preliminary trial the complete story
so far as she knows, and viii not deny
having entered into a conspiracy 10 ROB
Jones on Tuesday night Of last week. she
denies. however, that she herself robbed
Jones, or that she struck him with the
bed Stat, but says she knows who did,
and her confession opens up some very
eensat ional features OF the case, and VIII
5mplicate several persons. Nina says that
Jones was persuaded TO go to the Roberts
house. and that after ne had been taken
snto The house she was asked TO rob him.
She refused TO bother the old man, but
went out CT the house and into the alley.
Presently she returned and found that
the old man had been hit with the bed
STAT by a person whose name she viii
mention at the preliminary. She says ne
had been robbed and carried TO the little
house on the alley, where the hackman
was ordered to get him. She says that
Jones was relieved of about $50 instead of
81. as was reported, and that the robbery
was deliberately planned. When Mrs
Roberts heard that Jones was dead she
ran across to Bentley's and told Nina
about it. In her confession yesterday,
Nina said that she agreed not 20 talk,
either to deny or affirm the charge against
her because the other parties connected
with the crime had promised to stay
with her" She says they did not do It,
and now she is willing 10 tell her story.
The officers place little confidence in her
confession.
Sheriff. Simmons said last night that he
had not received a warrant for Nina Ray
mond, although he thought one had been
ordered yesterday afternoon.
not been set yet but viii probably be ar
ranged to take place within day or two.
The accused woman has been more quiet
IN jal than she has been anywhere else
for a long while. She is not allowed to
become intoxicated, but is given just
enough morphine to keep her quiet accord
ing to the directions Of the physicians.
IN her right mind she is a woman Of very
good judgment, and she is not afraid 10
talk. There is one other woman in the
cell with her and they have become friend
~ and quite a comfort to each other.
Nina Raymond is said TO have been con-
nected IN some way with the murder of
a man by the name OF White, who was
killed near the Missouri Pacific railway
tracks north of the passenger depot, about
two years ago. In connection with this
crime there is an interesting incident.
The relatives Of White We're 50 intensely
lmbued with the belief that Nina had some
connection with the crime that they con-
suited a spiritualistic medium in their en-
deavor to ascertain facts in regard to the
crime and those connected with it. The
medium, who was travelling through the
country at the time and knew nothing
personally Of the murder, related the COM
plete particulars Of the crime, but ne JAILED
10 include Nina Raymond in the list of
those implicated. Nina Raymond had
nothing 10 do with this crime; but bide
your time; she VIII reach her doom ere
long" The relatives Of White left the
medium believing fully that a sad fate
would overtake Nina Raymond.