State v. Wilson

Opinion by

Simpson, C.:

On the 28th day of July, 1888, about 7 o’clock in the morning, the dead body of .Bertha Miller, a woman of medium height, weighing about one hundred and seventy-five pounds, and described as being “very fleshy,” was found in her own house on Hydraulic avenue, in the city of Wichita. This house was on the west side of a street running north and south, faced the east, and consisted of three rooms on the ground floor and one above. The north front room was a sitting-room; immediately south of and adjoining the sitting-room was a bed-room, with a communicating door between…