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

Arkansas avenue. He has been employed
there all spring, but the weather of the
rast two weeks has caused him to be out
OF employment most of the time. He
works during the winter at the Carey
hotel and during the summer in the
brick yard He is about thirty years of
age and well educated. He wore a broad
smile as he walked down the street yes
terday a free man, and declared 20 a re-
porter for the Eagle that he was sorry
for his deed, but there was no other
course or he would have lost his life in
stead of the other.
Luther Crossweight was in the Eagle
Office just before the shooting. 1t must
have been after ten o'clock when he lert
the Office and if he was shot at eleven
he must to have gone directly from the
Eagle office to the house where he was
killed.
He called last Thursday and wanted a
reporter for the Eagle to write somt-
thing about a son of his wife, who now
lives in ST Louis. 1t was evident that
his object in securing the writeup was
to injure the young man and the re-
porter told him that it would not do
him any good and that st. Louis was
big city and people there would not
care what ne said about the son of his
wife.
He came again last Saturday night
to have the paper state his wifes people
were telling Judge Stanley was goine
after him for getting married under a 4
assumed name. He explained that he
formerly went by the name of Greei
Hudson. which was the name of the men
who owned him, he having been a slave
He said he was given the right to change
his name by the governor of Texas and
when the reporter told him that the
governor could hardly do that as it
would take special act of the legis-
lature. Crossweight said that was it,
1t was special act of the legislature.
The reporter told him that the negroes
were probably joshing him and that he
would better pay no attention TO theIA
he said: THAT is what you told me
before and now I am satisfied that you
are giving me good advice and l will do
as YOU say" He seemed to be perfectly
harmless and never minated that he
had any notion of killing anybody but
he seemed to be very anxious that his
wife should not get a divorce. He said
she owned some property in this city and
that they Cmeaning his wife and her
people,. had offered him one hundred and
twenty dollars and twenty cents if he
would allow his wife to get a divorce,
but that he had refused to do it.
He left the Eagle Office perfectly cool
and if seemed strange he had gone right
off and secured a shotgun to kill any
one He did. however at times, show
nervousness when speaking Of his wife's
slit for divirce and he seemed TO think
that it would be disgrace 10 him II
she was granted the decree. He said she
had mortgaged her residence for some |
thing over one hundred dollars and he
had told her that he would work for the /
money and pay it off if sir would live
with him.
He referred to the time that he was
arrested and said that he had gone to /
Oklahoma to earn money 20 pay OF that
mortgage. but when he came back home /
# was after dark and his wife had him 7
arrested for trying TO get in the house. /
He EXPRESSED the opinion that his wife's
children were making the trouble but (
he would let them all go and woula 4
not have anything published about them /
re left the office seeming TO feel happy /
over the idea that he would have no /
more trouble with them.