The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-11-22
GRAY COUNTY NEWS.

turuiniDg off business very rapidly
Archie keeeh will soon leave for
New York aud will spend the greater
part of the winter at his old home In that
state r.
The attorneys from abroad at this
term of court were M w. Sutton and E.
j. Oyler, of Dodge City. c. L. Miller and
H. f. Mason, of Garden City.
Miss Clara B Yeiter obtained "a de-
cree dfvorcfng ber from her husband,
John D. 1eiter. this term of court.
YeIter is at Denver. Colorado
-"Uncle'' Billy Wilkinson, of Ford
eounty, closed out ALI of his cattle in
shipment to St. Joe> Mo, last Tuesday.
Archie keec.s put in Is head of heifers
and accompanied the shipment over the
Rock Island from Dodge City
The Southwest Kansas Teachers As
sociation will meet in Dodge City Nov
county superintendent, is treasurer of the
association Prof c. e. English, Miss
Ora White, Mrs. Agnus Hull, Miss LeRa
Summersby, Mrs. ID. o. Zellers, teachers
in Gray county, have assignments the
program
Much sympathy is expressed for the
families with whom the parties implicat-
ed in the sad affair that occurred in this
county last week are connected, they
are recognized as being the best people
| in the county, influential and highly
spected citizens, who feel keenly the
shame and of a tragedy that
shocked the whole county.
Albert johnson, who with Edward
Wadsworth. entered j. A. Evans hard
ware store the fore part of last Septem-
Der and carried away a lot of goods,
sentenced to the reformatory Hutchin-
son. He was about Is 19 years old
Wadsworth was found to be of unsound
mind. and was placed il charge of an
uncle, who resides in Chicago, and who
Will place him IN asylum.
| The remains of Burke Burgess
inferred i'll the city cemetery last Sunday.
| The funeral services were held in NJ. E.
church conducted by the pastor, who
preached an impressive sermon at IL a.
| m, after which the remains taken
| in charge by the Woodmen of the World,
escorted to the cemetery and buried
corling the rites of that order Mrs.
Burgess, heavily yelled, attended the fu-
neral, but gave no outward sign of emo
| tiop.
The case against Mrs. Reba Burgess
|
| Burgess, Thursday of last week. ended in
IL virdict of acquittal of the defendant in
the district court of this county Wednes-
day at 4: 30 p.
The work of empanelling a jury begun
about , p. Tuesday from special ven
| ire of 24 men summoned for the ease, aud
at 80 p. IN. of that day the jury was
| com pletei. At nine o'clock a. III, We'd
| nesday the case was taken up, and with
The exception of some minor details the
case developed nothing more than was
brought ont at the colonor's inquest and
published in this paper last week.
The jury n the trial of the cash was
composed of the following well-kno WI
citizens of the county: r. w. English /,
John s. fFe1ron, Il. B. Wilkinson, Ii. 2.
Lee, j ohm DAILY, j. T.. Wyatt, a. r. Will
| liams, L. a. Paris, Jas. P Wilson, y. w.
| Wilson, j. B. Alley and e Y Douglass.
| j. B. Naylor assisted County Attorney
Harry Brice in the prosecution, while NJ.
w. Sutton, of Dodge City. and H. f. Ma
son. of Garden City, represented the de-
fense-
About one dozen witnesses were exam
| ined, the chief witness for the state being
| Frauk Lear, who rode up to the Kelly
! home few minutes before the shooting
was done, whose testimony the same
as gwen Der ore the coroner 8 jury
| The defendant when placed on the
stand testified that she went into the
house ard was looking for the girl, Maud
Kelly that she found the pistol and was
thinking about killing herself when Bur
CESS entered the door. She said she
heard a crash and saw her husband sink
ing down, down, down. She admitted
that Frank Lear's testimony to wha
she had said and done prior to the shoot
ing was correct
part of the testimony brought out il
the trial as to the cause that led up to the
shooting are unfit for publication.
The case was given TO tho jury at p
| m. and at 4 80 p M the jury returned
rendering virdict of not guilty
The defendant was warmly congratulat
ed on her aequittal by many friends wh'
were in the court room and witnessed