Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-09
The wEIzH MURDER.

from the Hill City Republican.
| The adjourned preliminary hearing
of Charles Keleher, ciIargeds with be-
ing implicated in the murder OF Wet
eel on the afternoon of Wednesday,
November 10, just east of the city,
was called in Judge .Poston's court
| Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Leland Roberts. who says that he
| alone killed young Wetzel, and that
Keleher was present and got part of
the murdered boys monev. was on
hand, having been brought tn the city
on the morning passenger train from
Hoxie by Sheriff Ashcroft and depu-
ties, where lie had been confined n
the Sheridan county Jail siace la t
Saturday night.
County Attorney Harwi called Rob-
erts to the witness stand, who went
into detail as to the killing of Charley
Wetzel, relating about the same story
of the awful crime as was published
in the last issue of the Republican,
save and except that he yielded tire
blows with the singletree that endt d
the life of Charley Wetzel; that Ross
or Rose (colored) was in no way con-
nected with the crime, lie (Robertsl
claiming that his first confession as
told in the Jail at Salina was story
made out of whole cloth to protect
himself.
The defense put nine witnesses on
the stand to prove an alibi, showing
the whereabouts of Keleher between
the hours of and 4 o'clock %. m. on
the day the murder was committed,
Roberts claiming the crime was COM
mitted between the hours of and 3
p. m.
Considerable stress has also been
thrown on the proposition why Rob-
erts has made two confessions. Pray,
which one of these confessions are
the people to believe?
The preliminary hearing of Kele-
her was held late into the night, when
Judge Poston bound him over to the
next term of the district court, which
conYenes Tuesday next, December s.
Roberts waived IA hearing, and yester-
day morning was taken on the up
freight to Hoxie, where he will be
kept in Jail until his case comes up
before Judge c. w. Smith.
1t may be expected by the readers
OF the Republican that long article
would appear in this issue, giving the
evidence of all the witnesses in full,
and as it is conceded by many that a
newspaper is. to certain extent. a
moulder of public opinion, for such to
appear at this time we opine would
be unwise and not practical The
evidence in this case will have to
come out at the December sitting of
the district court. and it would be un-
wise on our part to publish the same,
for such might make competent men
Incompetent jurors in the district
court, and to this end we withhold
anything from our columns.
The board of county commissioners
have secured the services of ex-Chief
Justice Doster to assist County Attor-
ney Harwi in the prosecution of Rob-
erts and sKeheler for the murder of
Charley Wetzel.
Edgar Watson Howe writing from
the bosom of the Pacific ocean, says:
-Four days west of Honolulu we will
lose day. Tuesday night we will go
to bed, as usual, and when we awake
at the usual time, it will be Thursday
morning; we will have dropped We'd
nesday entirely. Get the children in
the high school to explain this to you;
L can't. The captain tried to get It
through my head tonight, but failed.
can understand that we are losing
twenty to twenty-four minutes every
day, but since leaving home, we will
have lost less than six. hours, at Il
point four days west of Honolulu,
whereas we will drop twenty-four. 1t
is because time is reconed from Green
wich, and not from Atchison? If the
worlds time, is reconed from Green
wich. it should be changed to Chicago
or Kansas City."-Star.
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