The Topeka state journal., 1900-12-15
SAW PETER SELLS
B. II. Pope COrrObOrates Testi-
mony of Grace BeaI.
Saw Her Talking to Peter Sells
in Kansas City.
HE WAS IN TOPEKA.
Met Sells Here While With the
Show.
Laundress TeStifies AbOutHarry
Lyons Nightshirts.

Columbus, O., Dec. 15.-The romantic
element in the Sells divorce case was
furnished by the testimony Of Bernard
NJ. Pope, who corroborated the evidence
of Grace Beal in regard to the adven-
lures of Grace and Peter in wicked
Kansas City.
Pope gave a history of his life while
under cross examination. He was born
in South Carolina 80 years ago. He is a
nephew of Senator Marion Butler, his
mother was a Tillman, near relative
of Senator Tillman. Attorney General
Pope, of the state, is another uncle, anG
he is related to all the Popes. Wises.
Childers and other old families of the
Tar Heel state.
He said he left home in 1887 and has
since been a wanderer. He cooked in a
restaurant in Kansas City, run policy
joint in Galveston, tended a bar in
Houston, waited in a hotel in st. Louis.
did more policy in San Antonio, worked
his way to England, toured the conti-
nent on foot and came back across the
Atlantic as a fireman on ocean steam
er. He is now a promoter of mining
interests in Joplin, Carthage, Mo, and
Fort Smith, Ark. The entire day was
taken up with his testimony, and be-
yond the confederation he gave to that
of Grace Beal there was nothing in it
relating to the case.
Witness used to live in Kansas City,
and at that time was a waiter in a res
taurant on Missouri avenue. He was
also employed in a pool room and
worked policy. He knew Grace Bel
mont CBeaD in Kansas City in 1892, hav-
ing met her on the street Witness said
he had seen Peter Sells at Topeka, Wich-
ita and Kansas City. Had seen him in
June and July, 1892, in Kansas City.
Witness said he had struck Mr.. Sells for
fnIa in hxr ffa
Office steps in July, 1892. There he
says he saw Mr.. Sells and Grace stand
ing on the steps talking. This was
about 10 or 10:30 o'clock in the morn
ing.
That afternoon witness says he saw
a carriage after the $50 drawing near
" in front of Grace's house. Mr.. Sells
was helping her out of the carriage
fed a picture as that Of Mr.. Sells.
Mr.. Safer read the cross examination.
Pope said he was 81 years of age, and
had no office or place of business, but
he had made several trades in the past
few months.
The idea was to find out how much
money prospector had and then show
him property that would consume
this. Pope then detailed his wander
ings in the west. He was a horse
trader also, and always got boot
Mrs Esther Miller, of Wisconsin ave-
nue., was put on the stand Her hus-
band, William, is porter, at the union
station. Mrs. Miller does laundry work
and had done some for Mrs. Sells at
home for six or seven years past. She
began to work for Mrs. Sells when they
lived at he Park hotel She did laun-
dry work for other ladies about the ho-
tel She also did Mr. Lyons laundry
work. In fact she had been washing
for Lyons two years before she worked
for Mrs. Sells. Witness said she never
saw anything out of the way in the
Sells rooms and Mrs. Sells always ap-
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not have any silk night shirts in the
wash, and witness never saw any silk
night gowns in the wash that might
have belonged to Mrs. Sells. Witness
had seen Mrs. Sells sewing for herself
or Miss Florence. Mr.. Huling asked her
il Jim Watson had been to see her
about this case and here Mr.. Booth
objected. The defense said they would
recall Jim Watson The plaintiff did
not wish to cross examine witness at
this time