The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-12

went on the pony one day to look for a
strayed COW and man on horseback
with a Winchester rife in his hands rode
up. close to her and shot twice at her, the
balls going through her hat. After the
second shot he dropped the muzzle of the
rife TO take out a shell. and she having
revolver with her, and seeing her chance
drew her revolver, spurred up her horse
and took his gun from him. She then
told him to move off" She waited until
ne was out of sight and then started
homo. When she got about half way
home, in going through a canyon. the
man rode up behind her, drew revolver
on her and made her give UP the Win
chester.
One night shortly afterwards toward
morning. she was awakened by 4 revolver
being placed TO her temple and saw an
unknown man and her father standing
by the side OF the bed with lamp. the
unknown man holding the revolver. The
unknown man said: My young lady.
what do you know of this deal?" She
said she didn't know anything about II.
The man said: That's all right, but If
you ever tell anything. we viii blow the
top of your head of" The men then
left the room and she heard her mother
getting breakfast for them.
One night afterwards, she heard a noise
and was fearful some one was stealing
the horses. She went to the window and
saw man standing some twenty or thir-
ty feet from the window. She shot at him
and he fell. The next morning she could
not find the body nor any signs of blood.
but about eighty rods north of the house
she found a bloody rag, which was offer
ed in evidence. The rag had only one
or two spots on it. The sleeve of her
fathers shirt was offered in evidence,
which was apparently stained with rag
weed.
The reason she now discloses this is
because her conscience Will not allow her
TO keep it.
The sheriff drained the pond, searched
the neighborhood thoroughly, accompan-
led by about seventy-five men and found
10 indications OF any one being killed or
missing and found but one unmarked
grave on Dutchmans claim which the
Dutchman said was the grave of his
grandson.
Just as the sheriff completed his search.
the brother of the husband OF the prose-
cutting witness brought him a coil Of rope,
apparently a weather beaten clothes line
in which some human hairs were en-
tangled, apparently combings of a wo-
mans hair of a dark auburn color. The
further examination disclosed that the
hair was of the same shade and color of
hair was of the same shade and color
of the rair of the two girls belonging to
the man who produced the rope. He
said that some one had left the rope in
his spring wagon the night before. This
was principally the evidence.
The defendants were discharged and
Immediately thereafter the prosecuting
witness and her husband were arrested
charged with perjury and are now in jail
awaiting trial.
Col. " ". S. Snoddy. who was attor-
ney for the defense, says that this is the
most remarkable case IN which he has
been engaged in all his legal experience.
The principal witness impressed all who
heard her with the clearness of her dis
criptions and her eviden sincerity, but
the evidence was overwhelmingly against
her statement. Scores of people from
the vicinity Of the alleged crimes. testified
to the good character of the defendants
and were unanimous in the belief that no
crimes had been committed. as no one is
missing and no trace Of such crimes can
be found.
Charley McHugh. one of the defendants
has lived in Driftwood township. near
Capron. ever since the opening of the
Cherokee strip. and his acquaintance
will all testify that he would be incapable
Of committing the crime or which he is
accused, and his many friends are glad
TO hear that he has been so quickly clear
ed. The husband of the principal witness
is said TO have formerly practiced hyp-
notism and many advocate the theory
that he has hypnotized his wife till she