ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1432, 24 November 1885, Page 3

ARRESTED ON SUSPICION.

At Emporia (U.S ) a great sensation was recently caused by a young married woman named Walkup being arrested on suspicion of murdering her husband with corrosive poisons, and William Willis being charged with being accessory to the crime. The New Orleans papers give the following particulari:—The marriage took place just one month to a day before the death of her husband. Mr Walkup had been a familiar figure on the streets of New Orleans. He was a Virginian, and a handsome, energetic man, of about forty-five years of age, and a widower, with two daughters, the youngest a year older than the wife he recently married. Minnie Wallace Walkup is seventeen years old. Her father is James E. Wallace, a lawyer, and formerly a United States Commissioner. Everyone who saw her, noticed her beauty of face and form and her lady-like deportment. Walkup met Minnie when a child, and watched her bloom into womanhood. The wedding took place at Covington, Kentucky, on July 22nd, and was a brilliant affair. From her letters, Mrs Walkup seemed to be living a happy life, with her wants all provided for. Her last letter, received five dsys before her husband’i death, said Mr Walkup was going on a short trip on business, and that she was to remain alone. Willie Willis was eleven months older than Minnie. He was a son of John D. Willis, who died in Florida several years ago. His mother was niece of Mrs Walkup’s mother. Mrs Willis died when her boy was three years old, and left him to the care of Mr Walkup, with whom he has lived eves since. Ha and Minnie were raised together. He is a delicate boy, of slender build and was much attached to bis foster.sister. Mr Walknp asked the boy to go out west as his protegd, and assisted him to work a successful career. Her friends say the purchase by Mrs Walkup of arsenic may be accounted for by the fact that she was addicted to the use of the drug for the sake of her complexion. At the inquest the testimony of Dr L. D. Jacobs, who attended Mr Walknp, was taken, but it developed nothing new or startling. The analysis by Dr Gardner of the stomach and other parts of Mr Walkup’s body did not determine the presence of arsenic or other poison, and he has taken the parts to Kansas City for a more complete and exhaustive analysis.”