Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1900-11-15
A murder In Gray County.
From the cimarron Jae1sonian, Nov. ..

near the noon hour, in which Mrs.
Reba Burgess shot and instantly
killed her husband, Burke Burgess.
The trouble is said to have grown
out of the jealousy of the wife OF
another woman, Miss Maud Kelly,
who resides about a quarter of a
mile from the Burgess home.
The news of the tragedy reached
this city about 8 O'Clock yesterday
evening. Coroner George Hiatt
summoned jury and repaired to
the scene of the murder. Reaching
the Kelly place late in the evening
only part of the testimony was
taken when the further hearing was
postponed until 10 O'Clock this
morning. The body of the deceased
was brought to town last night by
B. D. Einsel.
The testimony shows that the de-
ceased was working in his field and
about II O'Clock he rode over to the
Kelly home. His wife saw him 60
ing there and at once followed him,
and arriving there soon after he did,
she entered the house and claims
she found her husband in a compro-
missing position with the Kelley girl,
who was at home alone, the other
members of the family being absent.
A quarrel at once ensued between
the husband and wife, and leaving
the house they reached the road
just as Frank Lear rode up.
Mr.. Lear says the woman began
to tell him her story and he tried to
paclfy her, but she declared that if
she had gun she would kill her
husband. She finally said that Kel-
ly had gun and she would go in
and get 1t and fix them, evidently
intending to shoot the girl, too. She
went back into the house, and Mr..
Lear says he said to Burgess, "Do
not go in there; that woman is very
mad" The deceased replied, "Oh,
I'll go in and let her kill me if she
wants to-" and went into the house.
In few minutes Lear heard a pistol
shot, followed by the screams of the
woman. Lear ran to the house,
when Mrs. Burgess jumped out
through a window, tearing a fly
screen out. On entering the house
Lear found the body lying on the
floor near the front door and life
extinct.
The pistol used was 38 calibre,
the ball entering the face just below
and near the left corner of the mouth
and lodging in the head.
The Kelly girl soon after the
trouble began went out the back way
and fled to one of the neighbors,
and was not present when the shoot
ing occurred.
Mrs. Burgess is in custody at the
home of Deputy Sheriff J. A. Evans.
The defeat of A. o. Edmonds for
Representative is a severe loss to the
Kansas Legislature and the Republi-
cans of Seward and Meade are re-
GREETING their seeming blunder. How
ever, had Meade polled its regular
vote, Mr.. Edmonds
might have had chance for victory.
The majority for the fusion man was
too much for Seward county to over
come.-Liberal News.
In Seward county Mckinley had
a majority of a.; Stanley SO: Long
81; Edmonds IS. 1t will be seen
that Mr.. Edmonds was 20 votes be-
hind Mckinley in his own county,
yet, the News wants to saddle his
defeat upon Meade county. We
would suggest to you, Mr.. Millman,
that the next time you nominate
man for the legislature, nominate
one who can carry his party vote at
home. AS a rule, men who do not
run well at home, cannot be expect
ed to run any better away from
home. While this matter is up, you
might tell your readers that Hon. S.
D. Adams is a man of whom the
I 24th district may well feel proud,
and no one will ever be ashamed of
voting for him. You come up here
and you will not find single Re-
publican who voted for him, who re-
grets doing SO. AS we said in a
previous article, the people of this
county are not to be fooled and vote
for whom they please.
Mr.. Noftzger can stay at home