Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-11-30
MEXICO MAN IN NO WAY con.
KECTED WITH THE DEATH
OF NARY HoLTKAMP.
''SHEP" CUEETEGHGKg STATEMENT
BE Authorizes the Ledger 70 Deny the
Assertion That He Was in ANY
Way Responsible for Miss
Koltkamp Being at
Mrs. B~ambergerS

A1N 6as 1NAAN RNAN W &AA4H WV
81, In an article on the BanbcTEer
case, contains the following statement
IN regard to Mary Holtkamp,d daughter
Of Joseph holtksmp, who resides near
Worcester, this county, which young
lady met her death at the house Of
the st. Louis midwife. The article
also deals pointedly with a gentle
man of this county, who stoutly de-
mics any knowledge OF the affair and
Whose statement is found below the
Star article:
A SENSATIONAL STATEMENT.
"Mrs. Katie Bloecklinger knows the
name of the man who brought Mary
Holtcamp to Mrs. B~amberger's house.
She says he is q Mr. Cunningham son
of a well to do farmer in Mexico, Mo-,
where Mary Holtkamp lived.
cunningham told Mrs. Bloecklin-
ger, as she says, that he was Miss
Holtkamp's sweetheart, and that he
intended to marry her. he said the
girl had lived at his fathers home in
Mexico, and that be had been paying
her attention against the objection of
his parents. Mrs. Bloeekinger says
he told her that bis father had often
threatened to kill him IL he did not
leave the girl alone and give up all
thought Of marrying her. 1t was
through fear that his father would kill
him that young Cunningham is said to
have told Mrs. Bloecklinger that he
brought his sweetheart to st. Louis to
the house Of Mrs. Bamberger for
treatment.
she acknowledged to Mrs. Block
linger having had a hand in sending
the forged letter to Mexico, stating
that Mary Hoitkamp was in Kansas
City at the tiC>e she was in the Bam-
berger house.
"Mrs. Bloecklinger saysthat neither
In this instance did MIR. Eggsrs ask
her for the name Of the man in the
case. She was OF the opinion that the
Circuit Attorney had gone about the
case in a most peculiar manner.
ssNor is this all OF the important de-
velopmcnts that have not been given
ont by the authorities.
SKATE Bloeoklinger now comes
forward and identifies the man who
brought Mary HOltkamp, OF Mexico,
Mo-, 70 the Bamberger house. She
says be represented himself as a Mr.
Cunningham from Mexico.
"she repeats the romantic story Of
fathers threats OF death IL his son
refused 10 abandon the girl when he
IL aaid to have delivered her into the
midwife's clutches. Mrs. Bloecklinger
asserts that the young man himself
related the story to her and, that in
this way, and from what she heard
from the girl, she became acquainted
with the story Of the young couple.
HThe witnesses all remark the pecu-
liar action OF the officials in the Cir
cult Attorneys Office In not asking
them about the man in this case. They
are beginning to be bewildered at the
thought that something may be hush
ed up, and Mrs. Bamberger may yet
escape"
BRANDS STATEMENT A LIE.
Mr.. William Cunningham, son Of
Elmer Cunningham, who lives just
northeast Of Mexico, where Miss Holt
kamp was employed for a time during
1895, says that If the St. Louis Star re-
fers to him the statement lie a lie.
Mr.. Cunningham authorizes the
LEDGER to say that the father of the
young lady knows it lie a lie, as he wa
at their house the day before and the
day after his daughter left there and
that he-Cunningham-was at home
20 be could not have been in Sc. Louis
Kansas City or anywhere else with
the young lady referred to.
While Mr.. Cunningham does not
care to discuss the matter TO report
ers or anyone else, be is nevertheless
very strong in his denial of having
anything to do with the matter at all,
Mr.. Cunningham lie now a married
man and belongs to one Of the Oldest
and most highly respected families in
the county.
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