Testimony resumes in Thomas Etheredge trial

Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 9:15 p.m.

WICHITA — In morning testimony of the securities fraud trial of Wild West World founder Thomas Etheredge, the defense counsel laid groundwork for why a relative trusted Etheredge enough to sell him 80 acres of land and invest $150,000 in the theme park.

It was the second day of testimony for Marvin Whitson, the uncle of Etheredge's wife, Cheryl. Whitson said he had a vested interest in wanting to see Wild West World succeed because he had a son who worked for the park.

At the time he sold Etheredge the land in 1999 for the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon Supper in Benton, Whitson knew that Etheredge had been in prison but didn't ask for a lot of details about why.

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