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Show ARE NOT GUILTY. Tho arrest of Hcrbort nnd Willis Blmpson, two barbers of Wichita, and 11. I Matthews and wife, of Itlee coun If. Is believed to be the final act In solving one of the deepest murder mys ttrlrs In tho state. On Oct 31, 169 Joieph New, living seventeen miles southeast of Eureka, In tlrcenwood county, was called to hla door and shot dead. Hla wife and James Dobb, her alltgcd paramour, were tried and con vlcted of the murder. Seven months ato W. P. Fleeman, of Kansas penl trstlsry came Into posssetslon of diss which led him to bellero both wero Innocent He, In connection with Sheriff Sim toons, of Sedgwick county, started at work on the case. One after another Crimea were traced to the doora of a gang, alleged membera of which were arrested and lodged In the county Jail here. It haa been proved antlifactorl-ly antlifactorl-ly to the offlcera that thla gang wero counterfeiters, horse thieves and the murderers of Joseph New. Thousands 1 At V-O"' MltS. I), k MATTHEWS, of dollars, counterfeit money has been found In and nbout Wichita during the last week. All of tbo people arrested Sv .rJ cProlc" elr Innocenco. but Sberirt blmmons and l'rlson Ouard Fleeman are sure of their game. |