The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-09-04
IiiI'UIIEN AIIAIH.
somo DnrE Lines In u Family history.
Deiaiis OF the Matter ~ far nv Known
10 the Law officers.

Since "Wednesday THE HERALD Ia
had In its possession II portion Of lh
details of most outrageous pe.secl
rlon ofa sister by her brothers an
other members of the family. At tn
request of the officers OF the law the ai
fair was not made public Mt the time
hut now that all occasion for fllrthe
silence has been removed, the story, n
told the writer, Is given.
In the northeastern suburbs of tho
city lives family named Cullen, here
tofore highly respected and esteemed
by IL large circle of friends gained in q
lifetime spent rs honest and reputable
men and women. or the brothers
there are three-Frederick, Martin and
Cicero-and of the sisters two--Mrs.
Hawkins and Mrs. Stone. 1t
is the latter who IL the central figure of
the family group, as far as this recital
is concerned. Last Wednesday n
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Cullen, noticed signal being waved
from one of windows of the house, and
on approaching, were told by n lady
that she was locked up in Il room, and
desired the assistance of the law in Sc
curing her release. The party ap-
pt ptded to communicated the facts to
Captain j. Il. Barl,ley. Sheriff of the
county, who in turn, laid the matter
before the grand jury. The grand in
quest ordered the lady to be brought
before it at once. The Sheriff sent
two deputies to execute the Order and
by these officers the poor woman
was found in II miserable condition
She was without apparel sufficient to
appear before the grand jury, and
could not be brought before that body
unit clothing had been procured
When this had been done, the lady
was brought to the Sheriff's office, and
taken thence to the grand jury room.
Her revelations We're to the effect that
her name was Mrs. Stone; that she was
Il sister to Fred. Cullen and the others
named above; that Fred. Cullen, aided
by the other members of the family,
hal kept her confined more than II
year, and that during the time she was
twice whipped by Fred.
The lady seemed so overcome by the
recital of her wrongs that she com
pletely broke down, and said that al.
though she had more to say she could
not then control her feelings sufficient
ly to do so, and the day following was
fixed for further hearing of her depo-
sitiOn.
Indictments were then found against
Fred. and Martin Cullen, Mrs. Eliza
beth Cullen, the mother of the family,
and Mrs. Hawkins, and all of them
arrested and placed under bonds
Fred. to the amount of three thousand
dollars and the rest to the amount of
FIVE hundred dollars each.
The grand jury ordered the Sheriff to
procure room at hotel for the lady,
which was done, and to which she
would have been sent but for the fact
that she was not so attired as to be
presentable in so public place. by
the persuasions of some of her rela-
tives she was induced to go to the
house of a friend near the home of the
Cullens. Thursday night or early yes
terday morning she was missing from
the house whittier she had gone, and
Sheriff Barkley Immediately procured
an attachment for her appearance be-
fore the grand jury and commenced
search for her. 1t was learned that
she had left the house. in company
with Mr.. Andrew Johnson, and
gone in the direction of his
place in the country. Sheriff Barkley
detailed three deputies-Messrs. John
Good, Harry Farmer, and George
Waller-to follow the trail, and, if
possible, bring the lady back. They
started from the city yesterday morn
ing, and after hard ride, overlook
Mrs. Stone and her brother Cicero in
buggy some distance beyond the Den
ton county line, and, after explaining
matters, started them on their return
to the city. The buggy and horse had
been procured from Mr., johnson, who
left the city with the lady, but stopped
at his own house, from whence the ve-
hicle was driven by Cicero Cullen to
the point where the Deputy Sheriffs
overlook them. The party came on in
the direction of town, and had
arrived within half mile of
the corporate limits about dark
last night when Cicero Cullen
stopped the horse and got out OF the
buggy, declining to drive any fur
ther toward town. Mrs. Stone declared
to the officers that she would not come
to the city in their charge, and would
kill the first man who approached her
with view to compel her to do so.
The officers were little puzzled how
to act in this quandaiy, and to make
sure of the proper course to pursue sent
Gle of their number to town to Major
Barkley for Instructions, tie ether two
remaining with Mrs. Stone, who re-
tanned her seat in the buggy during the
absence of the deputy. The messen-
ger to Major Barkley was sent back
about half-past seven o'clock, ac-
companied by another Deputy Sheriff,
with orders 10 bring Mrs. S. to the city.
Dlligent inquiry after the officers had
time to get back failed to bring to light
any information as to the success Of
the last move made to get Mrs. s. to
the city; though it is scarcely proba-
BILE that she remained on the open
prairie all night, and doubtless she is
safe i'm the city this morning.
If the story related by Mrs. Stone to
the grand jury and to several attaches
of the Sherift's Office is true, the whole
affair should be sifted to the bottom,
and the guilty parties punished. She
says the object of the persecution was to
drive her to assent to certain arrange
ments for the division of some prop
erty belonging 10 the family.
In justice to the parties accused o
tl,io foul orin1a wa ,,uhlieb tha nf fha