The evening world., 1901-05-21
SLEUTH GUARDS BEAUTY
TO SAVE HER FORTUNE.
Romantic Life Story Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
am Reaches Climax
in Lawyers Fight for
Part Of Her $5OO,OOO
Legacy.

o. her temporary home. at No. 3l1 West
Eighty.elghti street. Mrs. Minnie WAX
up Ketca,am. a figure In two domestic
tragedies. waits for Chicago lawyer
WHO II seeking 20 secure a comfortable
slice OF her large fortune. When he
comes the oiliccr o. the law vii. no:
be far away.
Mrs. Ketchsm Is living in the family
OF Delaney II. Loudcrbaci. the right
hand man OF Charles 7. Ysrkes, the
street railway masna;e Rumor has 1t
enat she Is to marry Fifth avenue mil
lionai.e. but this she denies.
Taere u pending in the Supreme Court
. suit brought ngatns: Mrs. Ketchn::,
By Dethlcr c. Hansen. OF Chicago. who
acted as her attorney three years ago.
when she had 70 tisht 10 the courts TO
sustain Will drawn BY John b. ketcn-
an. leaving her all OF his property. va
ucd nt close to Sin).0o
Associated with Mr. Hurscn. Who lays
c!ain to 500 as his need FOR servi,"
rendered Is one Hart. II was Hart wEo
vas expected py Mrs ketchaIn. and
against whom she set the detective
guard
Tried - Girl for Msrder.
Back os tas suit stretches romance
and sorrow In the he o: this beautiful
and gifted woman. Wien only seve.t-
teen years old she stood trial. and was
acquitted. on charge Of having muir
dcrsd her aged h,noard. James Reeves
Walkup. VINO had been Mayor OF En-
poris. kas.
In time she met James b. Kctctan
.
the United States were competed to de-
vote columns TO Developments brought
uo by the dead mans family. Her c.aini
to the estate was bitterly contested. but
sne won eventually and has recent.
come here TO seek forgetfuiacss ani per
ha3s sc-are some enjoyncn; OF the
wealth that has come to her rarougn
50 much triouiat!on.
Mrs. lte;chaLn VAS born in 1869. ~
Ne" Orleans; lie: mother kert iasn-
o: u Girl Minnie Wallace satnch dis
t!Ection Tor her beauty and brightness.
W!cn sSle lad reached the age "; hsteca
with which the daughters OF the lango.-
ous South are gifted.
Married Old Man.
1T happened tina, at this time James
Reeves Walkup reached New Orleans
from Empor!a. Kan. TO take part In the
MaHi Gras festivities. Fate led him
and ,herc he saw Minnie Although he
had passed INSTRUMENTATION years OF
NE and had children grown TO man
faded a. an attraction when he had
looked into Minn!e's brown eyes.
He Vas prec!pi,a,e in n. iovc-InakinE.
ticulas affection Tor him ana the pros
rect of marriage with a man old enough
TO be her faith, Was RI IN @ sonsonansc
b!bed as a schoolgirl
nut ,ir; wa!kup d!I no, allow his sui;
TO lay. Finally. In } IS. !ss5; she con-
marriage was celebrated In New Orleans
and she wen; to Emu0rIn TO liv. with
her aged husband. He hid IN" ..-
tab|lshment ari sh. Ms enabled to
grotUy hcr every uh!n.
WnIkup Wa. PoI.onrd.
home tho beautiful Southern s,ri a.
Ills bride h: was taken seriously !.l.
Medical ski!l c2u!! DO nothing 'or him
and. and he died. Ths nhyslc!ans wac a.. a..
demise WAS arsenic poisoning The girl
wife was arrested.
aroused. and for time the r!rl in JAN
couH not count upon friend. save her
;no'Ser. who had hastrned 70 her side.
Mr., William Jay. a citizen OF Emporia.
huence were at the disposal o! the :c-
Judss Houston: o, New m ORLEANS. a a
Wallace family. defended Mrs. Wa!kup
IN her trial which was dramatic N the
extreme. lie proved that MI Wnlknp
hod been an hah.tual user OF arsenic:
that he had hongh, +: In ",;an,si!:s an!
Guy shortly ngfors ...,t =" ,,, dlea ,,o .,,,,
iu her own behalf and told her s'or,' 80
cfYes-.vclv that every member ~ III"
jury wa. IN tears when ~: had hnishcd m,
- the 'arcc c';a,n loft ~ her husband
"siO.OWI Beauty" Onrr.
Within twcnty-tour hours she was de-
luged with offers from theatrical man
pToprietors: Adam ForcranEh., 'h"n In
on( 10 travel with his show AS "rh"
si0tOo Beauty At a. fabulous salary
she refused all the offers. went 70 New
year there made the grand tour Of
};urore. :. 49,, .,n
Jeans. and wealthy James b ke,;hnm,
M.. Keteham became w. w.ae,y ,,W"n KnT~n mas as
indiana avenue and lived there with her
mother under her maiden name 49,,
o
Lexington Hotel. He met Mrs. Walkup
and became infatuated a., VIII ~ hst h',. ne
in Inc way; Ke,ehaW ,,oo hsd ID hait million
Kctcham. q divorce was arranged and
he was free to do AS he willed.
II was known In Chicago tina: Ketcham
~raa a victim Of the drink habit and was
TAI becoming an alcoholic slave. Early
IN ISL ne wen; to live at the Indiana
avenue home o' Mrs. Walkup. She
nurred him through his dehauchsS. and
In September. 1897. went with him to
Milwaukee
DIed in honeymoon. Too.
The records thele show that he mar
Yied her at that time.
strangely enough; Kc;eh1m e!',, gsn: Sema'nUsd Ur
fieans girl Just the same length 2f time
kthai Wnlkup had-one month. he died
Stddcnly on the night Of Nov: u. 1897.
Ind once i,,ore was she who had been
retty Minnie Wallace ennbro!led In =
liter night with tho relatives OF her
lad husband. \ was found that by M
rms OF his will everything was left to
rom Toledo came ri. brothers. with
nJs unon her. She refused to