The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-30
0KLAH0MANS
TESTIFIED
Case of DR.. Richards and
Wife Heard.
ARGUMENTS ON MONDAY
Witnesses for Defense Made
a Good Case.
ARGUMENTS ON MONDAY

The further hearing Of the case Of the
Etate Of Kansas vs.. DIT. Richards and
wife in the city court was resumed. yes
terday. It was delayed some until the
doctor and his wife and their attorney,
George ". Adams. and T. NJ. Lane re
turned from Oklahoma. where they had
been TO begin a case for DIT. Richards
against Mr. F9ohr and wife. who were
the principal witnesses against DR.. Rich
ards. who testified q week ago. Mr.. Flohr
and his wife testified that they had taken
none Of the property Of Dr. Richards
ana was positively contradicted by Mrs
Richards, who testified about the prop
erty being taken from the store while DR..
Richards was away Dr. Richards claims
that they have taken about $500 from
his store while he was away in the hos
pital A writ of replevjn was procured
at Alva, o. r. on Wednesday last and
Deputy Sheriff Huntington won't to the
premises Of F1ohr to search for the prop
erty and found about $500 worth of the
property in different places in the house
and on his farm.
Deputy Sheriff Huntington testified yes
terday when called as a witness on be-
half of the defense. that he found some
OF the property in the bedticks in Flohr
house and in the bed between the ticks
Some of it he found in the organ, some
out in the orchard near the house, some
In the well. some buried out in the garden.
and some secretcd about in boxes IN va
hrious places about the premises and that
Mrs. Richards trunk had been broken
open and the contents taken out. and
that he found some of the doctors and
his wife's clothing locked Up in Flohrs
trunk. and some in other places about
the house. and that they found quite
quantity Of medicine and medical instru-
nents in their search around the house.
He testified that he had been acquainted
with DR.. Richards and his wife since they
had come to the territory three yesrs ago
and said that during this time the doc
tor had borne a good reputation for moral
character and honesty in that county.
and that the doctor had held the position
Of county physician Of Woods county, 0.
T., and was a member of the United
States pension board and had also served
as mayor OF the city Of Cleo, in that
county
He said that the doctor had never been
arrested in that county but once. and
that was on complaint of Flohr. and that
the people there did not regard there !
being anything in that case.
DR.. Johnson of Fairview, Q. T., was
also placed on the stand in behalf of the /
doctor and his wife and testified that he |
had taken care Of the doctor while sick, /
that Dr. Richards took sick on his re-
turn from Wichita. at the time Of getting I
the child and was dangerously i'll from
the time he arrived from Wichita until /
he returned with the child to Wichita. (
He said he came along al the request of /
Mrs. Richards, because he did not think /
It was safe for the Doctor to make the /
trip alone. owing 20 his health.
He also testified that he had treated /
the child as a physician and that the /.
child was sick during the time it was
IN Oklahoma. and that the child was as +
well cared for as children usually are, !
and that when the baby was returned to /
Wichita he went with Mrs. Richards to (
Mrs Shields. stating to her that it would
be impossible for Mrs. Richards to longer /
take care of the child as she could not .
take care of both the child and her hus-
band He also went with Mrs Richards T
to Mrs. Mllers from whom the child .
was originally taken. and that he was
present when Mrs Miller received the /
child into hsr arms from Mrs Richards,
and said that he also explained 20 Mrs
Miller that it would be utterly impossi-
bic for Mrs. Richards TO keep the baby
any longer, as it was necessary that the