The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05

SHERMAN, June 29-Burke's habeas corpus
| trial for rape came up before Judge Maltb.e
this morning. Burke appeared promptly.
| seeming in good spirits accompanied by sever
| al friends FROM his former home. Judge Maltbie
| said to County Attorney Randell that the case
| had to be gone through with now, as his time
| could not admit of continuance. All the wit
nesses were summoned. Fred Hughes took
| the stand, followed by his wife, who was Miss
| Moore at the time the affair is said to
have occurred: Then testimony was
substantially alike. Hughes said they took
rooms and 10 with folding door at the Blink
| ley House; the entire party occupied both
| rooms; they were not at any time separated
over five minutes: drank twelve pint bottles
| and two quart bottles of beer; he had wine,
the others did not; drank some wine. and
dropped bottle on the floor. told the waiter
| not to say anything about it when he brought
| it, the ladies seemed Indifferent when he
| told them it was too late, for the even
| ing train The defense closed on their
| evidence. The night clerk testified that
| when the girls came down stairs to leave for
| home they were drunk. He then went up
| stairs to the rooms occupied by them and
| found a lot of empty beer bottles and one of
| champagne and the beds in both rooms had
been used, Medical men testified of having
] examined the body after death and found the
hymen ruptured and that it was not longer
| than thirIy-siX hours. The shot cut large
blood vessel, giving it different appearance.
| amined. The following are the letters left by
| Miss Bayliss to her mother, written a short
| time before her death. The first letter is as
| follows:
| ''DENIsON, TEN, June 6.
To-day is the last hour of my life, which
| has always been very pleasant, but have got
| into bad company, which has led me into
| trouble so deep that it will be impossible to
| eXtricate myself out. But it is through WITH
so of course it cannot be helped. L have done
| nothing really bad, but it appears that way
with the public opinion. l don't care for
myself, but my darling mother, who has
pany, but which she failed at the last moment.
| Oh! my God, what is this thing have done. 1t
Will kill my mother; it will be disgrace on
| the whole family, which has never had the
slightest stain, and out of my folly this has
Cured. My mother don't know that anything
| has occurred, and can't tell her. L want her
| to think me Innocent while breathe the air in
| this wicked world. For an explanation, ask
| Henry Burke, Fred Hughes, Mabel Moore,
and they will explain all; but God, my darling
mother, don't think so, for ] have never done
anything low, but just done something hasty,
! and OF course people think it worse than il
will quit. | can't write any more. Love me.
my darling mother. / cannot tell you all.
God help me, l trust. Bury me in white,
please"
This is the first letter, and was not signed.
The second letter, written few moments
before her death, is as follows
Ma, am tired of living so will put an end
TO my career. Henry Burke is at the bottom
of it. You know am one of the most uDfortu-
nate eengf on ea aRywa love an "a a
Burke was bound over on the charge OF nay
ing committed raDe upon the person OF Hattie
BdyIlSS. ana bona placed al SIONO nc anu
attorneys believe when the trial opens he will
be discharged. the evidence not being suffi-
cent for severe punishment. II is said Burke
will give bond for his appearance
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes returned home this
afternoon Burke will leave tonight, not feel
ing so bright as when he arrived here this
morning.
Sherman is booming. Grand preparations
are being made for the Fourth of july eelebra-
ton. which will no doubt be grand success.
KYLE, June 30.-One of the finest rams of
the season fell here yesterday and with the
rains of last week in the neighborhood. in
sures a good crop of cotton, but the corn will
not make more than half a crop.
Our town continues to improve
Tie stone buildings being built here By Otto
GrO0S and Z. +. Banner are nearing colnDle-
ton, and they will be a great credit Ia The
town. The main building Of Otto Groos' viii
be xS0, while that of +. E. Banners will be
30x10J and fourteen feet ceiling making one
OF the finest business houses in Hays county
some heavy transactions in cattle have
taken place here ia the last ten days, about
Sl00.0O0 changing hands thereby.
Tie shipments OF hay and oats from this
station so far this season surpass any
station on the road
he new contractor OF the mail route to
iOekllars puts on a frst-claSs hack Monday
and st last the travelling public can get daily
passage to LOclkhart Tor SIX in a comfortable
conveyance. Mr. r. ). Rowland Is the con
tractor.