The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-26
WH|TLOW CLOSES
Grilling Examination Of the De-
fendant Ends at Noon.
Other Witnesses Follow Cor
robOrating His Story.

lola, Kan, May 26.-It was 20 min
utes to II o'clock today when the rigid
cross-examination of Samuel Whitlow
by Judge Schoonover closed. Through
it all until near the end Whitlow ap-
peared calm but OCCASIONALLY showed
strong moments of stubbornness in his
replies. The principal questions of the
attorney were as to his night meet
ings of himself and May Sapp, of what
they talked about and why they were
continued.
Judge Schoonover dwelt long upon
the circumstances of the night meeting
at the woodpile at the Whitlow home,
where they did not separate until 2
o'clock in the morning. The attorney
asked Whitlow if it was true that
they were there until that hour and
if May had threatened to go to the
house and kill Mrs. Whitlow, as he had
told in his original story.
Whitlow asserted that it was true as
gospel
Did she cut your hand with the
razor and did you tell your wife that
it was a wound from the scythe?" said
the attorney.
This was true, as 1 said before
nodded Whitlow.
do you mean to tell this court and
jury" continued Attorney Schoonover,
that you sat and talked with this girl
until o'clock in the morning on that
woodpile without kissing or caressing
her?''
LAS I live and breathe, this is the
Gods truth solemnly replied Whit
low. Il did not hold her hand, even"
"At this hour what were your feel
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perfectly moral nature?'
''They were. The same as If she
were a sister or a mother
What on earth were you talking
about all of that time?"
"Of the past, of the future and
where our little life tragedy would
end. Under those silent, solemn
stars" almost sobbed Whitlow, sit was
a sorrowful, reverential feeling of
wasted life that prevailed and not the
amorous.'
At this point several jurors and
women in the court room were visibly
affected.
Following Whitlow on the stand
came the Reese boy who testified as
to finding the spectacles In the alley
where May Sapp had thrown them.
w. L. Lacy, jeweler, also testified
to Whitlow's bringing the glasses to
him for repairs as Whitlow had stated
in his story.
all of Wednesday to finish the evidence
and that the case can not go to the
jury before Thursday night
Late Monday Session.
lola, Kan, May 26.-Judge Schoon-
over for the state had fairly started
into the cross examination of Samuel
Whitlow in the Sapp murder trial
Monday evening when court ad-
journed.
When Whitlow left the stand he was
slightly pale but he had also nearly
worn Schoonover out. During the
severe cross examination Judge
Schoonover asked Whitlow to whistle
as he did when he called May Sapp
from her home. The crowd laughed
and Whitlow hesitated and for a mo-
ment it looked as though he was not
going to whistle, but he did and the
crowd laughed again.
Whitlow was questioned concernine
| the razor found near May Sapp's body.
| He insisted that he had never owned
| the instrument and had never pur-
chased razor from Montgomery
Ward & Co., the firm which handled
| this brand of razors.
you went to see May Sapp, the night
she died?'
mo, sir"
Whit1ow declared that in the two
years he had gone to see May Sapp he
had never kissed or caressed her.
For nine hours Whitlow had occu-
| pied the witness stand. He was nery-
Gus through the early morning but as
| the day wore on and his confidence
returned he talked louder and an
swered questions more quickly. He
d1d not volunteer much information
but confined himself to answering the
questions asked -