Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-09-05

Of his funeral. which took place from
hls sisters homo IN Delaney street.
"The girl attended the funeral and
followed Chris body to tho grave.
After the burial was over, ] followed
her to her home and sweated her for
information which would throw some
light on the case. She didn't know
anything Of importance. She told me
where her Spanish lover lived. and
said that Chris had settled al trouble
with him by giving him little money
and getting him Q place to work In q
gambling Joint In the Bowery.
"She said that Chris left home
about noon on the day he was killed,
saying he probably wouldn't return
until the next evening, but he gave
her no hint az to where he was going
or whom he was to meet. ] went
after the Spanish lover to satisfy my
self that her story was straight.
found him working In Butch Ellis
gambling house, and convinced myself
beyond doubt that on the night OF the
murder. ut the time II must have oc-
Cured, he was spinning o roulette
wheel.
"This ended that feature OF the
case, but while working It out ] got
a tip from Butch Ellis that Chris had
been in q game early in the evening
Of the day he was killed, at which bad
blood had arisen, o few blows had
been struck, some pistol shots nred
and some pretty wild threats made.
Butch wouldn't give me the loca'
tiorrof the Joint where the trouble 90
CURED, but found It in about halr an
hour from another source ana got
what looked like q start In the right
direction. II was in Ed Kelley's, ana
among the half-dozen card sharps who
had been in the game was Al Living
stone, who was something Of o high
roller from Virginia. He was every
inch a sport Of the gentleman order,
and very sensitive on the question OF
insults, which he was always ready
to resent.
Chris and Livingston got into dis
pute over the amount Of money there
should be In a certain pot, and they
called each other liars across the Ia
BILE. That was the lighting word on
the Bowery in those days. Livingston
had plenty Of friends, and 30 had
Chris. Soon not only Chris and LiV'
ingston were having It out on tne
floor, rough-and-tumble. but the
friends were in It, too. Knives and 70
yolyers were pulled, and It looked as
II there was going to be some killing
in KeIly's. Kelly stopped the row
himself by yelling: 'PoliceF wnicn
brought the men to their senses.
"The row didn't stop any too quick
for Livingston. for when 1t was called
OF Chris had q grip on his tnroat
which would have sent him 70 the
cemetery II It hadn't been stopped
Just about that time.
About ten minutes AFTER nine
Chris left Kelly's place alone. Inc
gambling house was at the corner OF
First street and the Bowery. About
minute after Chris left several per
sons saw Livingston take q bowie
knife from his hip pocket and drop
Il in his outside coat pocket. then ne
started out quickly, muttering Q
threat that he would kill Chris when
he found him. No one followed the
men. as Chris was able to take care
of himself, and Livingston, 1t was
thought, was only putting up bit OF
southern hun.
1.-THE finding Of the body, as near
as could be fixed, was at q quarter
past nine, which would have given
Livingston Just about time to have
caught up to Chris without running
az Chris had about blocks start
The wound in the chest, which spit
the heart in two, physicians said, was
made by a bowie-knife. Livingston
had not been seen around his OLD
haunts by any one since he left kel.
Tvs with the threat to kill Chris ano
all these facts certainly pointed to
Livingston 40 the murderer.
81 got ON to LivingstonS tra1h
| through q woman he had sent Tor
and arrested him In q house In F1rs'
avenue. He had sent for this woman
to have her pawn his diamonds 70
raise money to get. out Of the city
He did not seem at all startled at DO
ing arrested, and when accused MIN
Of killing Chris Berry. he replied very
coolly that he had been expecting %
hear something Of the kind, and said
| he was ready to 50 to headquarters.
.I tried in every way to get him &c
admit the killing. even under such cir
cumstances as would make It most
/ fayorably to him. but he positively 10
fused to discuss the murder at all. y
was my opinion that there was dead