The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-26
ghe aieia patlu Eanle Thursday gorua Gully IS 1900

the starte and afterwards small amounts
to the aggregate of 1928 He also turned
| several private notes over to him for col
lection which he failed to account for
To reporter for the Eagle Mr.. Ran
som said yesterday:
Some weeks ago L began to suspicion
that Simpson was not acting in good
faith and on several occasions 1 breach
ed the subject to him. He assured me
that everything was just as represented
and that the money had been properly
and regularly invested and that he
Would get the deeds to certain land in
few days. He kept putting me off at
various times until it grew tiresome and
1 determined to prosecute him, believing
in that way that I could at least get an
explanation as TO what became of the
money. Last week he told me he would
settle with me Monday. but when Mon
day came it was the same old story. One
of the notes for s85 has been collected
that know of. but others 1 can not To-
cate. The notes will aggregate about
500"
Mr.. Ransom came TO town yesterday
morning and was at the office Of Sankey
& Campbell when the report came that
his attorney had suicided. He hurried to
the court house and after taking in the
situation exclaimed:
"He viii livel He will liver But he
soon learned that he was mistaken.
The warrant for the arrest of the young
attorney was sworn out Tuesday night
but Deputy Sheriff Duncan did not serve
it on account of Simpson being sick,
preferring to wait until yesterday morn
ing.
Developments in the case yesterday
showed almost conclusively that he has
contemplated self destruction and that
for the past few days Mr.. Simpson has
been growing desperate. He has been
sick for about weak with heart trou-
bic and appeared to be Respondent and
melancholy This was noticed by Mrs.
Mosher, who attended him. He had been
in bed and one day last week was unable
to go down stairs to his dinner
Miss Maud Mosher, in telling of his pc
culiar actions lately, said that he was
also nervous when people called to see
him until he found out who his visitors
were. He always kept a loaded revol-
yer on the dresser in his room and last
Saturday when DR.. Adams and hester
Moore of the Hooking Drug company
called to see him. noticing his distress
ing and desperate appearance they call
ed Mrs Mosher's attention to it and sug-
gested that it be removed. Mrs. Mosher
on the same evening suggested to Stimp-
son that she take the weapon until he
got well, that he was not a fit person
to have such thing in reach as he might
do some thing desperate. The weapon
was given I'D under protest.
The attorney claimed that he also car
ried the revolver for protection and yes
terday morning when Sheriff Simmons
called and held a conversation with
Simpson on the porch he submitted to
arrest gracefully. Before he was taken
away Simpson went into the house and
told Mrs. Mosher that he was called to
Garden Plain. as was frequently the
case, and he asked for the pistol. She
took it to the porch and handed it to him
in the sheriff's presence, although she
did not know he was an officer or what
his mission was. but she believed it was
her duty to let him know that Simpson
was armed. Sheriff Simmons paid but
little attention to the weapon. Offering
some pretense Simpson then went up
stairs and left Mr. Simmons still on the
porch.
While in his room Miss ErvaIine Mosher
heard him put the cartridges in the re-
volver. He then returned to the porch
and said to the sheriff that he had left
the pistol upstairs and this is what threw
the officer off his guard, as it was his in
tention to search him when the court
house was reacred.
In deciding upon taking his life Mr.
Simpson deceived the officers. as he left
the revolver in the closet when he first
went in. knowing that he would ulti-
mately be searched and that was the
only chance he had to battle them
When Sheriff Simmons left the Mo-
sher house with the prisoner Mrs. Mosher
found out that he was under arrest and
she Immediately telephoned the sheriff's
office that he was armed.
Yesterday Coroner McC0llister went to
Mr.. Simpsons room to take charge of his
personal effects Nothing much was
AO''4io III Ii4S co4ii 6ACtfl MS clothing ana
a few books on scientific work On the
table was morphine tablet box. marked
Poison; not to be taken" 1t was empty.
He had a lot of papers and personal let
ters. He was very studious and an alb
solute authority on criminology Monday
he was up town in the afternoon a short
time but returned in the evening ana re-
tired early He was excited and appear
ed 10 be laboring under a terrific mental
strain. Mrs. Mosher and the family
found him gentleman in every respect
and very intelligent.
Gustavo Revene had a history which
probably no other adopted Kansas ever
had. His experiences were varied and
but few people knew him as he really
was. He possessed many characteristics
and displayed them all. but still to a ma
jority of the people ne was an enigma
He was highly educated and polished In
the knowledge of crlminology. which was
his hobby. Yet there was something
about his makeup that kept back a sue
cessful career Smart from an educa-
ional view point. he wrote many articles
for French and Italian magazines. but
he lacked in judgment He was not
practical. but visionary, and he held to
the one idea all along that his scientific
knowledge would reap good results. To
some he was repulsive and cynical
He was admitted to the bar in the Dis