The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-31
Saturday Night and Ended in
Shooting Sunday Afternoon.
GREEN ALSO WOUNDED
Has Bullet Through Muscles
of Right Leg

Georgia Bentley lies dead in the morgue
and Newton Green is under arrest at the
ST. Francis hospital, charged with her
murder. The woman met her death from
a 3S-calibre bullet, penetrating her brain.
Green has a bullet through his right leg.
The tragedy occurred Sunday afternoon
about half past two o'clock, at 1923 South
Market street. Georgia Bentley is the
divorced wife of Frank Offenstein, and
since the divorce has been going under
the name OF Bentley. Since a pear ago
last August she and Newton Green have
been living together and q week ago Sun
day moved into the house at 1913 South
Market street, from ~ fremont avenue.
The trouble which resulted in her death
and his wounding started Saturday nigl<
in McCarty's saloon, when Green took
the woman out OF the wine room and
made her go home. 1t is alleged that
he slapped her III the saloon. They quar-
relied all the way home that night and
renewed the quarrel Sunday morning
Soon after dinner the shooting occurred.
No one was in the house except the wo-
man and Green at the time of the shoot
ing. and whether the woman died from
q shot fired with her own hands or from
the hands of another may never be
known. But Newton Green, who was
with her and was wounded, is held on
the charge of murder, pending an in
vestgatiOn.
The house where the shooting occurred
stands on a slight ridge. facing east
IN a sparsely settled section of the city
There is a house about twenty feet north
and one across the alley at the rear
There is not another house within half
q block.
No one knew the two had been quarrel
ing. and when the shots were fired not
one who heard them had the least idea
tragedy was being enacted in the lit
tie home. The people who heard the
shots thought they were the sounds from
q horse kicking in a barn. There was
one shot, a short interval and then two
shots in quick succession. TWO at least
We're fired from the middle room of the
home, and all of the doors were shut.
and this, of course. muffled the sound
and the sharp report of a pistol would
not be noticeable.
The house is about twelve by twenty
four feet, with a lean-to kitchen The
main part is divided equally into two
rooms, a sort of parlor in front and a
bed room just back and the kitchen just
back of this. The shooting occurred in
the middle room.
There is every evidence Of an encounter
In this room and also in the front room.
The floor of the latter is covered with
the broken pieces of a glass vase In
the bed room pieces of clothing were
strewn over the floor. both curtains were
torn off and the roller of one was broken
and laying under the bed None of the
furniture was disturbed but many little
trinkets on the bureau were knocked off
and were scattered about the room
Green has made several statements re-
garding the affair and each one varies
in some important particular He told
one man that she shot him as he stepped
through the door. To another he said
she shot him as he started to run out of
the door. Sunday night he stated to a
reporter for the Eagle that the first shot
fired struck him he jumped from the
side of the woman and started 10 run !
and within ten minutes after making this !
statement said he did not know when he /
was shot
In the southwest corner of the middle |
room stands a small iron bedstead. The /
door opening into the kitchen opens /
within six inches of the foot of the bed. /
The head of the bed was toward the |
east and just even with the window in /
the south wall. The dead body of the /
woman was found beside the bed. with /
her feet about eight inches under it. AS I
she dropped her head struck and made a /
slight pool of blood. then the last move (
ment and she rolled partially over and /
her head rested in a pool Of blood about /
eight inches from the first spot on the /
floor. She was laying partially on her
side, with her right arm outstretched and /
the revolver about four inches from the /
powder burned hand.
J. s Windsor. who lives al 1888 South 1
Lawrence a block away. was standing
or the back porch of his home talking
with his children, when he heard the
first shot. He thought il was horse
kicking in the barn Then came two
other shots and a man yelled and imme-
diately afterwards he saw a man run
ming between the house and the one just