The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-16
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mony OF z. Grinstead, who stated that
be was present at little street gath
eTing directly across the street from the
Summit and that he heard someone in the
group say that something was about to
be pulled of or something was about to
happen In the group who were discuss
ing the topics Of the day were L. c. VII
holt, L. D. Bowett, NJ E. Morgan, the
witness the young man already alluded
70, and perhaps one or two more. Steve
Smith also testified that he heard some
thing said about smashing and that he
fingered IN the vicinity for a few minutes
to see the big doings come Of. The
ground taken up by the city attorney
in the case is the conclusion that there
was some one back OF the snashers that
had ribbed the thing up and Mr.. Helm
wanted TO find out If the main ribbers
were men and Il was the evident purpose
OF the prosecution to show that the event
had been framed up and that Without and
the other man had received a bunch that
the smashing was about 10 take place
and had placed themselves across the
street TO see that the women were not
interfered with. L c. Without was
placed on the stand and told how he
happened to be in front of the marble
store across the street from the Summit
Said that he had been working for lady
in the north part Of town and had start
ed to Steele's hardware store TO buy a
file to sharpen some tools with; that he
knew nothing of the smashing until he
saw ii done and was across the street and
saw his daughter engaged in the work;
said he ran to stop her and she was at
tackled by Fred Wolf and that he inter-
fered and that Wolf struck him. he then
went after him as best he could and had
him going when Marshal Schad inter
fered- Witness added that he was not in
sympathy with the method adopted by
the snashers and had forbid the women
folks OF his family from taking part in
anything Of the kind and that he had
hidden his two hatchets at home several
weeks ago, where the women could not
find them. In the testimony Of the three
women 1t came out that they had met
about 3 o'clock at the rooms OF a brother
Of Miss Wilhoit at 24S North Main street.
The brother was absent from the city and
the ladies met there for a prayer meeting
and decided to 90 out and smash. There
were present at the prayer meeting Miss
PEBBLES, Miss without, Miss Kilgrove.
and Mrs. L. c. Without. Miss PEBBLES,
Of the w. c. T. u, stated that she was
the one who had had the Summit in mind
for some time as the place for the next
attack. The women stated further that
they came down from the room over 24S
Main street, and that there was a couple
Of men standing IL the door of the Sum
NIT and that they walked past them and
walked up to First street, as they thought
that one of the men was an officer in
plain clothes. They came back in a few
minutes and the men were gone and they
Immediately opened the engagement. All
three ladies testified that neither Mr.. VII
holt or the other man knew that the
smashing of the Summit was to take
place, although Miss Without stated that
she had a, conversation with the young
man a couple of days preceding the Sat
urday and had told him that there was
liable to be some smashing done and that
IT might happen on Saturday. She also
stated that when she came down out OF
the building where the prayer meeting
was held, she saw her father and the
young man standing across the street.
Miss Kngrove also testified that she saw
the young man standing across the street
This was in direct contradiction TO the
evidence given by the young man himself.
who testified that the way he come to be
in the vicinity was that he was riding a
bicycle up Main street and saw the
smashing and went over to see what it
was.
This was about ali the testimony Of i'm
portance and the case was continued until
this morning