The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-09-06
FIVE CRIMINAL
CASES DISPOSED OF
City Court Was an Interesting
Place Yesterday.
MILLER DEMANDS HEARING
Evans Bound Over to District
Court Under Bond.

hnSI the CITY court OpenSO NY AOA JUS
ness yesterday morning there were five
criminal cases TO be disposed OF, some
thing that has not happened since the es-
tabIishment OF that court in this city. The
cases were those OF the state VS. a. H.
Evans. and State VS.. Fuller. 1t was
hardly supposed yesterday morning that
all the cases would be disposed of. but
at o'clock every case had been attended
to and Judge Alexander had almost a
clear docket. A rush OF business in the
criminal line is something new in the
city court, and the court was rather sur
prised when he found out that he had
mapped out a whole days work in Grim
inal cases for yesterday.
The most interesting case was that OF
the State VS. Miller. AT the coroner's in
quest Friday afternoon A. II. Miller was
found by the coroner's jury to be an ae-
cessory to the crime with which his wife
is charged-that OF numbering an infant
named Charlie and burying the body in
lime in her back yard on Nynona avenue
in this city. Miller was arrested about 8
O'Clock Friday evening and was placed
in Jail together with Mrs. Miller. Yes
terday morning he was arraigned In the
city court. He retained Judge Wall as
his attorney, and under his advice he de-
| manded preliminary hearing. This was
granted and the hearing was set for
Tuesday morning at S clock Mrs. I'll
Ier's hearing was also set for that date.
Miller made no statements while in court
yesterday, but il was rumored around
the court house that in his case the fight
would be made at the preliminary. but in
the case of Mrs. Miller II is stated that
the defense will not show its hand at the
preliminary 1t is expected that she will
be bound over TO the district court.
Charles Evans, the electrician who was
charged with aiding Mrs. Schumacher in
escaping from the detention room in the
city building on the night of August 8,
was bound over 10 the district court un-
der bond of $50. Five witnesses We're
called by the state, and after their test
mony was given the case was submitted
without argument The defense offered
no testimony.
Sheriff Lucas of Shawnee county was
the first witness called by the state. He
testified that at the time he telephoned to
the Wichita police to arrest and hold Mrs.
Schumacher he had in rs possession a
warrant for her arrest issued by the
Topeka authorities on the charge of fell
ony. and that when he came to this city
for her he found that she had escaped,
and that Evans had also disappeared
Harry Sutton. a member of the police
force, testified to making the arrest OF
Mrs. Schumacher under the instructions
of Chief Burt on August 3.
Mrs. Shields. police matron. stated that
she was with Mrs. Schumacher in Chief
Burt's office when Mrs. Schumacher wrote
letter TO Evans, which she supposed
notified him of her arrest, then took her
TO the detention rooms in the city build
ing She stated that about o'clock tbs
same evening she had occasion TO go to
the rooms again and found Evans sitting
in the window on the north side of the
detention rooms talking to Mrs Schu-
macher. She scid that once after that she
saw him talking 10 Mrs. Schumacher
but that at o'clock he had gone, and
that she did not know of the jail delivery
until the following morning.
A. w. Schriver. who lives three miles
north of Clearwater, testified that Evans
with two women went to his house about
10 o'clock on the night Of the jail deliy-
ery. and that Evans told him one Of the
women was his wife and that the other
was his sister He stated that the wo-
men remained at his home until noon tbs
next day. but that Evans drove away
I about 9 o'clock the next morning.
| ]. A. Dunn. city marshal OF Clearwater
/ testified that ne had arrested Evans az
/ the Santa Fe depot at Clearwater just
after he had purchased two tickets for
| Guthrie. He stated that he had held
| Evans until the olncers from this city ar
rived to take charge OF him
The case against hrs. Schumacher was
| dismissed on motion OF County Attorney
! Eckstein. and she was turned over 4
/ Sheriff Lucas of Shawnee county. whC
| took her 10 Topeka yesterday afternoon
| The charge against her was that OF es
caring from Jail when she was held under
q charge Of felony. She will he tried in
/ Topeka for obtaining goods under false
pretenses.
! Another case was that OF the State vs
Fuller. Fuller was charged with assault
ard the case has been on the docket fol
/ some time. Fuller pleaded guilty and
/ was fined $ and costs.