The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-08

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Corners Jury Impaneled.
The coroner's jury consisting of ].
III. Evans, Josiah Jordan. G. w. DALEY,
H c. Bowman, J. NJ. Miller, and j. B.
Cline viewed the body of Mrs. Short
al the Penwell undertaking rooms where
it had been taken Sunday for a post
norton examination after being ex-
humed al the Topeka cemetery. The
jury was then dismissed until summoned
in order tc await the findings of Prof.
Dams. who asked a week to complete
the analysis. The body will again be
inferred this evening.
AT the postmortem examination it was
found that the stomach contained Moth
irg but the coffee which was readily de-
tected from the odor. Grounds were
also found on the tissue and the story
of Tanning thus far seems to be con-
firmed.
Mrs ter-McCa uley- Rich English
the swee theart of Tanning whom he has
accused of forcing him to commit the
murder steadfastly denies all the al
legations he has made. County Attor-
ney Schenck and his assistant, w. E:
Atchison, Deputy Sheriffs Sauls and
Judkins piled her with questions today
during a two hour sweating without
breaking down her position SeVerai
times she was caught in contradictions
but the sweating at the end was q
failure to secure any admissions from
her. So far as Is known the woman
vas legally married to her first three
men but it is admitted that she is not
married to English.
Following the arrest of Mrs. Eng hsh,
coward English, the purported husband
O: the woman. was arrested, together
with her 16-year-old son. Lonnie McCau-
ley, who are supposed by the offlcerS
to know a great deal
In addition to that arrest, Miss
Audible McCauiey, daughter of Mrs.
McCauley. but 13 years old, was ar
rested upon complaint by KilInaurs
King, Foster humane officer, charg-
ing her with idle and immoral habits.
The little girl was brought into pro-
bate court this morning before Judge
Schoch final hearing was set for
Thursday.
Little Girl Tells Bad Story.
The girl confesses to relations with
Fred Tanning, her mothers sweet
heart, and the officers are about to
prefer like charges against English
The girl is a beautiful little thing,
neat and clean and fairly we'll dressed.
Humane Officer King has express
| ed his willingness that Mr.. English
keep the son who seems to be attach
| ed to him. It is not likely that Eng
lish can be implicated in the murder
affair.
In a long talk to the reporter this
morning Mr.. English recited the
complete story of his connection with
Mrs. McCauley which together with
disprove the confession of Tanning as
| 2 truthful one.
Concerning the trip of Mrs. Nc
| Cauley to Salina where Tanning says
she went with $1,000" said English,
"she came out to take care of me
| during a sickness. I was out in the
harvest field and was sun struck l
wrote her a letter making the case
| pretty bad and she came right OUT
| She had to borrow S2.40 to pay for
| rr@1 I,ar n
hold goods. That can be proven cas-
| lily. If she had had so much money
| do you think she would have done
that?
when she arrived she applied to
| the chief of police asking for my
whereabouts thinking 1 was belfast
| She did not have a cent and the chief
gave her two dollars to live on while
| they hunted me up. In the course OF
| a week after she found me was well
| enough to go to work soliciting for
| the Daily Union and a photographer
named Lynch. She came on back
| home. ! sent her some money each
week but did not get on the best in
| the world and went to Ellsworth and
| Wamego soliciting. Then I got a
| letter from Minnie asking me to come
! home and settle down and get some
| thing to do here. I came home for
| two weeks and tried to solicit insur-
ance but failed and went to picking
| potatoes
| from Minnie Saturday brought me
| back here. If any one thinks she had
money to throw around listen here.
| She has gone hungry many times and
| scarcely dressed for want of food and
| clothes. 1t grew so bad that in order
! to supply herself with underwear she
| had to ask for some ragged men's
apparel thrown out by a neighbor.
| 1T has not been my fault for have
| done all I could. But since the first
| I,o ,,4Jx I,
ever in m life. I met Minnie in the
| first of April
Did on know this Fanning?" he was
asked
| ssI never saw him but once One day
| he was at the house and he said when
came in that he wanted to hire me as
| a night Waterman at some paving
! plant. never saw him at the house
| at night.
Believes in Free Love.
| Il was always a believer in free
| love-" continued English, land 1 believe
| that when two persons, a man and wo-
man, 7can get together and fix it up to
| live together it is all. right. But since
met Minnie I have found that 1t
sometimes goes wrong. 1 have never
| tute in Kansas City caring for a SICK
| friend, a Mrs. Van Wrinkle. Out of
pity for her and the two children told
| her I would take her and them and
make a home for them.
| II know / am not an angel but ]
| have always been very careful around
| the children. I have always made pro-
/ tests about Audible running around the
| streets at night but Minnie did not
! seem to mind. The little girl was out
every night with Carrie Fisher or Violet
Longaker and ! have seen them with
| the worst characters in the town."
! Since coming to Topeka in July the
! family have lived at 210 East Fifth
| street.
] The little boy. although he sticks to
| his foster father, with whom he is lock-
/ ed in the women's ward of the count y
! jail, believes he has some influence with
| his mother and would like to know
| himself what she has done.
! IF you let mama out of Jail I'll make
her tell where that money isl he plead