The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-15

al the court house began. James Comfy
Jr., conducted the examination for the
/ county. and C c. Stanley. who has been
Mrs. Crossweight's attorney, appeared
for the defense
Mrs. Bartlett. wife Of the man who
killed Crossweight. vas the first wit
q tel the story as it happened and she
spoke as follows:
4 was asleep when my husband came
-home. but he woke me up and then he
went 10 the stand and lighted the lamp,
and then to the north window and closed
IL he set the lamp on the table. as he
had TO move q few things. and then he
/ crossed the room TO the south window.
and was about TO close Il when I saw
him turn. There. from under the table.
1 was poked a double-b aTrelled shotgun.
and my husband yelled TO me 10 BRING
! his pistol. and this I began 20 hunt for.
/ He jumped al the man and just then
/ q gun went of. I found the revolver IN
der the bed and and ran TO the door ana
/ the two men were struggling Cross
weight was trying 10 pull away. so he
! could use the gun again, and my hus-
4 band was holding the gun When I gol
| TO the door my husband reached out
/ and took the revolver from me and then
! began 70 shoot. I don't know how many
/ times he shot but I guess it was three
/ OF four. When he shot the first time
/ ossweight backed of 10 the door ana
( when he shot the second time Cross
weight turned and dropped the gun ana
ran out. with my husband following him
got 10 the door just in time to see
! Crossweight fall. out by the tree. ana
then my husband told him TO lie still
and not move OF he would shoot him
/ again"
She then told how Crossweight lay
on the ground. groaning and writing.
and her husband standing over him, tell
ing him not 10 move. The lamp that
stood on the table when the struggle
had begun had been thrown off but re
NAMED lighted and by this dim light
she could see what was going on in the
room
Mrs. Luther Crossweight. wife Of the
dead man and mother OF the man who
shot him. was next called. She was in
a room considerable distance away
from where the shooting occurred. The
first thing I heard, she said. was
big loud noise. Il was awful loud; it
sounded to me ike cannon. I screamed
once or twice and then came two or
three other shouts. but not so loud as the
one before. I ran out and around the
building and there was Crossweight ly-
ing on the ground, with my son stand
ing over him with q revolver IN his
hand. Crossweight was groaning and
tumbIing about and finally asked for a
drink OF water. and I went to the pump
TO get 1t for hin Then Mr.. DERRICK
came and took the pistol away from
Willis, and after giving Crossweight the
water I went inside the kitchen and
found the table turned over and things
scattered around. There was hole il.
the screen door about three inches across
and some little holes around this enc"
Under questioning by the attorneys she
stated that she and Crossweight were
married in this city January 3 last ana
that the last time he was at the house
that she knew Of was OF Nay 8. She
stated that her husband had threatened
10 kin her If she left him and she was
constantly in fear Of him.
Mrs Lutitia Bartlett. sister OF the
prisoner, was next called She stated
that she was sewing in the han when
her brother came home. The first thar
she knew there was any trouble ahead
vas when her brother. who was in the
kitchen. said: What are you doing
under that table" She did not know
who he was talking to. ard then she
heard her brother jump and then cam-
the shot. She stated that the shot
sounded TO her like a common. Then
few seconds after this came two or
three other shots and then she ran out
side Ny brother was standing over d
man who was lying in the gutter" she
said. and he was yelling for some one
70 go fer "a doctor. / ran 10 DIT. Petr;s'
and I guess they were away and then
went 10 Mr.. Campbens residence 10 get
them TO telephone for a doctor and the
police When I got back I found that
AIr Derrick had already tslephoned for
the officers"
She stated that the last time she saw
Crcssweight was on the evening Of July
4 when she noticed him over on IN,
santa Fe railroad tracks. looking toward
the house
c. =. Derrick. who lives at I2s9 St
Francis avenue and was the drst man to
that he was IL bed when the arst shot
was fred and he jumped up and then
two or three more shots were fred. The
hrst SHOT seemed 70 him 10 be from
shotgun. as il was a deep sound. and
the others were sharp. as K coming
from = revolver After EoiuS 70 thc
house he went back u his home ant
tCIephoDed Tor the officers and arnbu-
lance. Then he walked hack over -
the house and told Bartlett 10 give him
the gun. At first Bartlett refused, bGJ
later save Up the revolver.
II went 70 the man laying by the tree
and he asked me % puu him ont of the
mud. said NJ DERRICK 7 pulled him
out % the mud and then asked him who
shot bin and he replied lewis 7 TANK
this was the name be said. and then
The man exclaimed: Il vas ali my
fault ard few moments after this
repeated ths statement CrossueiEht. 4
that vas his name. rolled ard tu7bIed
around or the ground and when tis,
police and ambulance came he rolled over
1nro the stretche- himself
ar. Derrick stated thRt he had never
seen Crossweigbt before. but had seer
Bartlett several times. hut vas NOT &C
lgainted with him
PARK Massey. the man who made the
arrest was the next witness called. He
stated THAT he was sent thers b. the
station nan and when he arrived z-sth
the pat-ol wagon he found Bsvtiett stand
inS on the porch ard Crcsswetght lav "a
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