The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-16
MORE SAPP EVIDENCE.
Attorneys for Both Sides Say They
Have New Facts.

velopments in the May Sapp tragedy
are promised soon. Both attorneys fer
the state and the lawyers who are de-
Tending Samuel F. Whitlow, charged
with the girls murder, are reticent
concerning what they have learned in
the last few days butsit is apparent
that each side has found evidence 1t
considers vital. G. r. Gard, one OF
Whitlow's attorneys, said last night
that the defense is going to be able TO
bring out evidence that will not only
corroborate Whitlow's general story of
the affair. but will be convincing IN the
matter of suicide
c. ]. Peterson, the county attorney,
and Manford Schoonover of Garrett.
Kan, and C. S. Ritter, the attorneys
who have been employed by J. n. Sapp
to assist in the prosecution of the case,
went to Moran yesterday. The lawyers
went carefully over the scene of the
tragedy, inspected the Sapp home and
talked with the dead girls relatives. If
they learned of anything which sheds
more light upon the affair, they did not
give it out.
Following the PeddIer CIew.
Mr.. Peterson is following up the
success and believes he is going to
find the man whoE was in lola two
months ago selling second hand ra-
zors.' He has received two letters
mans description In one letter from
Muskogee, /. T., which is unsigned,
the writer says that he is certain that
the razor peddlerA who was described,
registered at a Muskogee hotel last
spring as B. Pauly. The mans sigma
ture on the register was enclosed in
the letter. The writer thought that
Paulys could be found at Denison,
Tex -..------ 49,
Another letter from I. d. Ham
broad of Silverdale. Kan, says that a
razor peddler was in that place a
week ago. The peddler who was in
lola said that he was working south
towards Texas. Si1verdale is in Cow
ley county in the southern part of
Kansas. The prosecuting attorney
has learned that the peddler stopped
at the Robinette boarding house
while here.
razor peddler," Mr.. Peterson said last
night 1--WE don't know, of course, |
whether he sold an Our Alliance in
Moran or not If he did his story is
going to affect the case materially.
Mrs. WhitIow Left Moran.
Mrs. Whitlow and her three children
left Tuesday for Potwin, Butler county,
to visit Whitlow's sister, Mrs. M. r.
Harper Mrs. Harper has been here
for several days. She, like the rest OF
relatives believe him limo
rent Mrs Whitlow visited her husband
i'm the county Jail before leaving. He
still retains his good spirits and be-
ieyes he is going to be able to prove |
his innocence. Nothing further con- |
corning the connections of Whitlow and
Nav Sapp has been learned by the !
authorities from Mrs. Wh1tloW.
There are many who believe that the |
Whitlows were estranged at the time
Of the tragedy and for some time be-
fore 1t is a matter of comment that |
the wife and husband have displayed |
no marked feeling for each other since
MS arrest. When they meet they greet |
each other quietly without the mani /
So afP n re
noticed under similar circumstances. |
The night that Whitlow was, taken in |
custody by the officers in Moran Mrs
Whitlow asked her husband to write to |
1er from lola. He was offered sta |
.ionery several times the next morning, |
put refused the writing material, saying |
ne had no letters to write. He sent no |
word to Mrs. Whitlow unless it was |
verbal message by one Of their relatives
When the two met in the coroner's Of
ice several days later for the first time
after he left Moran, their greetings
we're commonplace.
Il want to see you, papa, the wife
said. 81 suppose I'll have to go up to
he Jail" WhitIow's answer was a short
affirmative. 80
Public Opinion Changing.
The belief that Whitlow told his story
O shield someone else is not as general
hielding?" is asked In his statement
md in his testimony on the witness
tand he displayed no extraordinary
ceiling for any member of his family
Except for his Oldest boy, Hillidge. He
eferred TO the love that he had for his
amily-
1t was always family though. He
lever referred to any particular person
o exclusion of the other members Of
he family The husband and wife on
he occasions of her visits to the Jail
maintain the same calm demeanor in
aeh others presence that both showed
n the witness stand during the COR
ner's inquest.
t the jail from persons all over the
ountry irquiring about the case. One
etter IS from man of the same name
4 Wyoming, Neb. The writer Is trying
D find if they are related. Whttlow an
wered the letter today.