The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-25
Lays Bare the Secret Meetings
With the Sapp Girl.
IMPRESSION WAS GOOD
Following Prisoner on the Stand
VIII Come Mrs. Whitlow.
The Last of the Evidence viii
Be Heard on Tuesday

~ odpp was on the witness stand
the greater part Of the dav continr,ing
MS story from Saturday.
he was not interrupted much hv tha
at1orneys, but allowed to go ahead
.e,Iing .,i! MS story which he did in a low
He briefly skinned over his trst
meeting with May Sapp and how their
meetings increased from two time4
lnontn TO three or four times a week.
oometimes he went to the Sapp home
au hn,, so,netines Miss Sapp came to his
Dy tapping on the window screen.
!nlS was sometimes as late as II
O'Clock but he always got up and
y. vent TO the yard and talked with her
II he was at home
He explained that he slept in a room
apart from his wife and with a ia
year old boy.
One night when he was worn out
ana SICK he did not answer her and
placing her face against the pane. The
little boy heard the hammering, awokes
ana told his father he saw a woman's
race at the window. After a long time
been dreaming and he went to sIeep.
Then he went to the door, told her
to go away and went back to bed This
angered Miss Sapp and she pushed
open tne door and bombarded the bed
with tomatoes. Again the boy awoke
and went to the door, but the trees
were thick and he couldn't tell who
she was. but insisted that it was no
dream, but real woman.
One night in February 1907 he was
at the barn in the early evening, milk
ing the cows. She came to the barn
yard fence and called him. He went
| to where she was but told her he could
| not see her that evening and further
| more she must not come around the
house that way. This angered her
| and she grabbed the milk pail and
struck him and jerked his specks from
his eyes. Then she ran away throw
ing the glasses in the alley. He could
| not find them that night, but the next
day his son and neighbor boy found
| them. They were bent and twisted
and he took them to a jeweler.
Their visits continued to increase
Ralong through the spring and sum-
mer rather than decrease. He de-
clared, however. that he often tried
to stop matters, one way or another.
but failed to do SO. 'It was worry
ing him to DEATH he said.
| On the night of September "a. the
night before the tragedy, Miss Sapp
! came to his home and gave the usual
signal. He went out He told her
these visits must cease.
This seemed to set her crazy. She
produced razor. She raved. tore
her hair and acted like an insane per-
son and declared that she would go
and kill Mrs. Whitlow. He started
to grab her when made a slash at
him with a razor and cut his hand
severely. Then she ran away. Whit
low told his wife he had made the
wound with a scythe. The next day
Mrs. Whitlow found a few hairs from
some woman's head on the door knob
and told her husband. Whitlow then
weakened and told his wife every
night and tell Miss Sapp his wife
knew all and that they must never
meet again. Whitlow did go and meet
her that evening. September rs. and
said. May. have told my wife,
"You are liar," screamed Miss
Sapp and threw her hand to her
throat a couple of times Whitlow
grabber her hand, snatched from 1t
a bloody razor and ran across the
road as she fell In a moment he ran
back and dropped the razor close to
her body and again disappeared.
Former witnesses had testified that
the razor had been picked up at least
IA feet from the girls body.
Later Whitlow told why he pre-
pared his statement.
'I felt that it might come out and
I'd be charged with the crime he
said. ST didn't believe I could en-
dure such a thing. I told my wife
I'd rather be buried by my friends
than stand it, Here Whitlow broke
and his eyes filled with tears. Every
woman in room and many men sought
handkerchiefs. Several Of the jurors
were visibly affected. Whitlow rested
his head in his hands and it was Z
minute or so before he could resume.
Where is that statement now?"
Attorney Oyler asked.
s'You have it."
This came as a surprise. Whftlow's
first written statement has never been
seen by the authorities it is stated.
lola, Kan. May 25.-The attorneys in
the case of Samuel Whitlow, who Is be-
ing tried for the murder of May Sapp.
expect the trial to end Tuesday. There
was no court session Saturday after
at noon and allowed them to go to their
homes. He issued strict injunctions to
them not to discuss the case in any
way or read any newspaper account OF
the proceedings.
@. r. Gard, one of Whitlow's attor-
neys, said that the defense would finish
it's instruction Of evidence today.
Whitlow is to resume his story on the
witness stand. 1t Is upon bis own tes-
depends. The attorneys for the prose-
cution admit frankly that they have
found no new developments in the evi-
dence.
Mrs. whitlow is to follow her hus-
band as a witness to corroborate his
testimony.
Many witnesses have been subpoenaed
by the defense to testify to Whitlows
good character and to present evidences
that Miss Sapp was of a peculiar dis
position and might have taken her own
life. It is probable that few OF these
witnesses are to be used. Judge FouSt
has signifled several times that 1t was
useless to introduce witness after wit
ness to prove the same things. In all