Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-18
A CHAPTER ON KISSING.

XIV OAN hitN't4NN
Contributed by Jerome W. Vaughan an
His "ChunlS."
Testimony Which Brought FLASHES (
Fair Faces.
The sleepy old town OF New ltrech
was shocked TO its very foundations
and even lower yesterday, 10y the fac
that inost OF her inhabitants stRid IA
All the night before in the town nal
to listen 10 the evideneeiu the case q
the two clchlcen-year-old children
Anna Evadue Higbie and Jerom,
! walker Vaughan of Flalbush, 10,
( former of whom is suing the latter hr
fore Justice of The Peace Ferguso
I FOR support. On the grouu,
/ that she was married to hin
/ AT church sJciable ia Flntbush on tn,
18th of last July, while lac claims thai
I the wedding ceremony was only per
formed in FUN" All Tuesday after
noon and evening the trial proceeded
as the readers of the Times were Ia.
formed yesterday morning, aud when
the paper went TO press the unhappy
Defendant was on the witness stand
undergoing cross-eXauinntion al the
merciless hands of Joseph II. Leggctt,
the plaintiffs attorney. Miss Higbiu
and her pretty little sister Fannie
were yawning violently; part OF
the audience were asicop; the hand
some Justice was only kept awake
10y the interest the Fmtbusn ycuug
ladies manifested in him. Messrs.
Pelton, Puucher, and Mars. counsel
for the defendant, kept theireycs open
with an effort. Waters p.pa ga2ed
upon his son on the witness stand
with the most anxious Interest, while
the boys four columns were over
come with horror at the thought that
they were about 10 be put on the stand
aud To fall into the over of Mr.. Leg
gett. Hungry and sleepy the audi
enrc listened TO the testimony, while
the four antique New Utrecht police
men slept peacefully in the four cor
uers OF tue tbom n ra,uiy us ii
they were New York officers on post.
Waiter testified, with tears ia his
ewes, that, aft + his return from Buff
falo and Montreal on his vacation tour,
he first met Miss Highie at n church
sociabie ut the Mowlem's. lie had
some triliing conversation with her
there, but the only thing lie remem-
bered was asking her about her sister
Fannie going 10 school Since his al
legged marriage with Anna he had
seen several of his friends kiss her
among them Ed. Berry, Frank Nee
fus, John Snyder aud Charley Areson.
He didu't remember Just when they
kissed her, but thought It was Sunday
night, or II might have been every
night they were together MIR. Leg
gett asked:
ais It not fact that Berry attempt
cd TO kiss her and she slapped his
facc?n
III don't remember anything OF the
kind"
do you remember Neefns being
slapped In the face for the same rea-
son 2"
Didn't Necfus ask your permission
TO kiss herN
"No, sir; ] will swear that he never
did
Walter swJre that he tore up all the
letters he had received from Anna,
and could not remember the contents
of any of them. He had written two or
three letters 10 Geitie Bennett In the
five or six years he had known her,
and had written to Belle Hontnlsn
several times when she lived In Flat
bush. He did not remember the con-
tents OF any o. these letters, except the
last one, which was written on Thurs
day last 10 inform Miss Houtman that
Il stage would call TO take her 10 New
Utrecht on Thursday afle'-
noon. la regard TO the inter-
view with Mrs. Higbie on Oct. !
IS, Walter testified that lac did not tell 1
her that he had introduced Anna as 4
bis wife, and al }. not state that he had /
told Mr.. Case about IL. lie asked I
Mrs. Higbie If she was going 10 take (
he case into court, aud she asked him
10 20 to her lawyer and have separa-
ion papers made out. Anna, during
his conversation, continually Inter
-npted her mother by saying TINT the
was all n Joke, and that she
iad laughed in the lace OF the lawyer
yho told her IL was legal. Mrs. Hig-
BE said: 1T may have been done In
un, but you will realize how serious
{ Is before you get through with IT."
10 Walters fondncss for
as means Of amusement,
Ir. Legget asked:
Have you ever lain In "A hammock
With Miss Houtnan and Rugged and
Used herr
II might have,r Walter answered
vasively, while the face OF the young
ady In question turned 10 "a brilliant
nj angry scarlet
Have you with other girls"
~ might have
"Haye you ever Rugged and kissed !
ieriic Bennett IN a liammocs?"
AYES, sir; | have"
'ilf these young ladies should go on
he stand and swear that you didn't II
iould siill be true that sou did,
ii2p
Eyes, sir. 1t would. I'll swear
, it.v
Walter was then permitted to step
.,wn, aud the angry glaHces which
liss Bennett and Miss Houtnian cast
pom the guileless youth served 10
,mpleie his decentralization, and lac
,oked the picture OF woe for the
.mainder Of the session. Mr.. POucheT