The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-22
MedIock, He Says, Saw Them
. Enter Judges Room.
DENIES LETA FOSTERS STORY
Says He Had Not Seen Her Be-
fore That Time.
Black Admits He Paid Erics-
SON $3S9.45 for Work.

| true, that he saw Judge Preston b.
| Gillett with Leta Foster in the ladies'
| parlor of the National hotel and that
| the girl later told him of her intimacy
with the judge. Until that. Ericsson
swore, he never saw or talked to the
| girl. He further declared that he told
| Detective MedIock of the situation,
sent Medlock to investigate and that
his partner saw Gillett and the girl
enter room No. 5O7, which had been
assigned to the judge the previous
night.
Taking the bits in his own mouth,
Ericsson assumed the responsibility of
purging himself and his alleged &C
completes He denied that at the time
! of the Gillett-Foster occurrence ne
| had told Wilcox of his employment or
| it's nature and said that was acting as
Blacks private agent and as peace
| officer. In the face of an apparently
impenetrable alibi which the state
threw around Judge Gillett, the de-
tective reiterated his afhdaVlt ana salo
he saw the judge and the girl IN the
ladies' parlor shortly after Z CLOCK
the morning of January 80.
''At the time of your agreement
with Black, did he pay you any mon
ey?" asked Major Harvey. who con-
Quoted the direct examination
Ericsson Tells Story.
"He did AS 1 remember it was
swhile you were in Anthony. did
Won have any conversation with VIII
cox. when you told him of your en-
ployment?"
IT did not ., oo.,.
Were you in Topeka the 2Sth, 29th
and 3Oth of january"
It will ask if you saw Judge Glilete
in Topeka on either of these dates?
ct saw him in Topeka the 18th and
3Oth''
I'm what capacity had you been ad-
vised he was interested in the d1sbar-
ment proceedings?"
1T had found he was interested to the
extent of permitting his name to be
dra gged into the disbarment case and
his political record to be brought into
question and further there was close
political alignment with Noftzger. and
Washburn.'
"Had Tincher's name been men
tened? ?"
VERY prominently"
up to this time had you had any
talk with Wilcox about the disbar-
ment suit?''
where in Topeka, did you see Judge
GILLETTE"
principally around the National
hotel on the streets and at the capitol
building"
MedIock Was With Him.
was any other person with you?"
yes. Mr.. Medlock.''
Did you see Dell Travis here?''
saw him there talking. Before Gil
lett registered, four of them took their
grips, something was said about catch
ing train and they went out"
WAS Travis one of them?"
'I would not say
What room was assigned to Gill
lett?''
Room No. 5o7.'
Witness said Gillett registered about
midnight, January 20, following the
Kansas Day banquet. Saw the judge
take the elevator and Ericsson went to
his home. Medlock, he said, was still
in the lobby and was there when he
returned at 6:15 the morning of Jan
uary 80.
Supposed 1t Was GiIIett.
ut was or shortly after when I saw
a man, supposed to be Judge Gillett,
in the ladies' parlor of the NATIONAL
ANY one with him ?''
Yes. A woman
who was she?"
81 learned it was Minnie Johnson,
later learned she was Leta Foster"
How long did you observe these
people?"
'.Just a few minutes
'HThen what did you do?''
He Sent Medlock to Watch.
went down to the lobby, told
Medlock that Gillett was talking to
someone in the ladies' parlor and for
him to find out who it was and what
they were doing
Afterwards, did you see Medlock ?"
''Saw him again in 5 minutes or
less"
What, if anything, did he say about
the matter %
LAS he came down, he went out of
the lobby and motioned to me. Told
me to walk down the street with him, |
as he had to beat it. to a train. He
said. son of a gun took her to his |
ROOM 1 went down the street with |
him and later ate breakfast at the |
Cremerie.''
'"Then what did you do"
went back to the National about |
10 o'clock, saw Gillett in the lobby |
when I came in and about $3.50. saw
Leta Foster in the parlor.''
Speak to her?''
ct did"
''Was it the first time you had ever
spoken to herr"
1T was
estate that conversation
Ericsson's Full Story.
"MedFock had said, I know that
girl and there will be a - raising |
asked who she was and he said he /
would be back that night and talk to |
me. I introduced myself and said, |
I want to have a talk with you just |
as brother Then I told her I was
a detective and said, Now what trans
pired when you went upstairs! She |
said, I don't want to talk to you |
about it 1 said, Who did you go /
with p and she said, I don't know
Asked if she went with anyone and
she said, Yes Asked what room she
went to and she said, Up on the fifth
floor on north side, room 507.' /
then asked how she happened to go |
and she said she was sitting in the |
ladies' parlor when the man came
along and kidded her and said he |
would like to have her go to his
ROOM as he wanted to talk with her.
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