The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-04
DATE OF TRIAL SET
District Court Convenes for
September Term.
MARKS MURDER CASE
VIII Be Tried Next Monday
Morning.
MARKS MURDER CT
CASE


of the railing large group of spectators
had assembled. Judge Dale looked fresh
and healthy after his summer vacation,
and everything had the appearance OF.
activity and business.
Judge Dale announced that the assign
ment OF civil cases would be made on
next Thursday morning. and the jury
wiz come in on next Monday morning.
The seats alo g the letting 1scre hiied
with a long Inc OF Offenders. 5viei d. Is
in criminal casas IRE criminals Ve.e an
unusually good looking lot Of people, and
we'll dressed. OF the % state cases. only
two are against colored people. This is
considered out Of the ordinary, as there
has been and generally is, a large sprinlI-
ling Of colored prisoners among the often
ders who are arraigned on the first day
of the term. An unusual thing about the
present terms offenders is that six of
them are Germans. Another remarkable
thing is that out of the . charged six
of them are women. All OF these prison.
ers were asked to stand up and plead.
All of them plead not guilty" which
means that they viii all be tried. An
other unusual thing about the first days
dOings is that not a single offender
plead guilty"
The first case set for trial for Monday
morning is that of the state OF Kansas
against Sam Hardman and others for
grand larceny This case was to have
been tried at the last term of court, but
owing to the absence OF Hartman the
court granted the other defendants a con-
tinuance. This case grew out of the
stealing Of a set of harness and other
valuables, belonging to DR.. Thomas. The
murder case Of Kate Marks and Mary
Marks is also set for Monday. The crime
fer which these women are TO be tried is
the numbering of the infant child of Mary
Marks several months ago. Kate Marks
buried the child after having strangled
it, in the sand and water Of the Arkansas
river on Lincoln street one afternoon in
May Before night the officers had ar
rested her and Mary took them to where
the child was buried. where she, with
her own hands, dug the child out Of the
sand and water. Thehse details were all
brought out at the coroner's inquest,
which was held shortly after the body Of
the childr had been found, and also at
the preliminary hearing which followed
the arrest of the mother and daughter.
This is the first murder case to be tried
for three years. The attorneys for the
two unfortunate women asked for separ-
ate trials for each Of the defendants,
so there will be two trials.
The case of the state Of Kansas against
William Frank and Rosa Frank was also
set for the 9th but will probably not
be reached on that day. The Franks, it
win be remembered, are charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses from
John Kinseder This is the case wherein
they represented TO Mr.. Kinseder that
they had a large consignment Of goods at
one OF the depots of the city. and needed
about $50 to pay the freight on the
same The preliminary hearing before
Judge Harvey disclosed the fact that
these people had no freight at any of the
depots, and it is presumed that they tried
to sngindle Mr.. Kinseder out Of this sum
OF money. At the time Of the trial Judge
Harvey told the defendants that II they
could show that they had ordered these
goods. that he would dismiss the case
against them, so prepossessing was their
appearance and their demeanor at the
preliminary trial. They did not look like
the ordinary criminal, bTt a few weeks
later. when a travelling man, representing
a shoe house, came here to investigate
the Franks, Il was discovered that Frank
had written for bill Of goods 70 be
sent here c. 0. D. after his trial. so that
he could show that he had the goods
here. When the travelling man found
the defendants and his wOuid-be custo-
rners in the county fail, he called on the
county attorney and on Judge Harvey and
informed them Of the circumstance, at the
same time wiring his house not 10 ship
the goods. This circumstance showed
the Franks TO be very clever, and II IS al
legged that they are professionals at this
sort Of business
For the 10th. Judge Dale set the case
OF the state against August Pullman. for
grand larceny: George W. Gregg for a
similar onense. and the case Of the shop
filters. John B. Rogers. Aggie Henry
and John Wilson. This quartet is charged
with stealing a fine lace skirt frcEl The
Boston store a short tine ago. These
four are well dressed and good looking
people but the state has q very strong
case against them. Zach Of the four
defendants asked for separate trials,
which request Judge Dale granted
Fore wednesday of next week the
case Of the state against ". 7. Patten
and the case az the state against Ole
Lewis we're set. W. 7. Patten IS charged
with obtaining rnoney under false pre-
lenses. he vas employed by the 5tan'i-
ard Nursery company. and Sod uursery
stock on a commission 10 Is claimed by
the prosecuting witness. the manager for
the nursery company. THAI Patten forged
a lot ~ orders ard obtained co-1Tll srsicHs
on them. ORE Lewis IS The back damsel
uho picked tie pocket 4 Thomas Afc-
Carly. farn hand Her hashsDd. James
Lewis. viu 81 trie8 on TIE following day
Tor having received she SPOTS q her
crime
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