Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-28
MISS FANNIE MURPHY.
The ''Beaut," to the FroEt-A Big
Sensation in Texas Society by a
Mexico Lady Investigation
Going On.

h'Sol'SoeSo Sho pioii'SSS ~ pSSoAnC
quite a gilt-edged, two-sided sensa-
ion. The LEDGER, on account of
.he many friends and acquaintance
Of the beautiful young lady, IS taking
some pains to get full particulars.
. prominent gentleman and business
man of Fort Worth expresses him
self to us as follows:
To the Editor of the LEDGER.
Fort WORTH, Tex, Feb. 20.-There
appeared in your paper an article, a short
time since, in which the name of Miss
Fannie ii. Murphy figured very conspic-
wish to give you facts in re-
gard to the same. Shortly after Miss
Murphy came to this place, she was
courted by a drummer of Il Galveston
house; she not being able to reciprocate
his affections. naturally told him she
could not marry him. Meeting with
disappointment, he afterwards came to
the conclusion he could force her to
marry him. Being he failed in that at
tempt, he then tried to hire her to marry
him. Finding that would not do, he
then began negotiations to ruin her
character if possible. He swore per-
sonal violence to the lady, If she refused
to comply with his request. He report
ed, the reason for her not marrying him
was, that she had been recently married
to a man in Kansas City, Mo. This lat
viously told friends of his that he was to
marry Miss Murphy on u certain date.
Not doing as he had stated, his friends
became anxious to know what was the
matter; then it was that he told the
above. He also told that he gave her
money to the mount of six hundred dol
lars or whereabouts. He claims that he
gave her some of the money TO secure q
divorce from the man she had married in
Kansas City, in order that she could
marry him. Now after all this had taken
place, and after he had told all the above,
he then employed an attorney to secure
his money; also claimed that he had
given her some valuable presents, none
of which ever occurred at all. OF course
he could get nothing. In regard to the
box of poisoned candy, Miss Murphy
nor her friends know nothing at all about
where it came from. kilograms that
were published, saying that her friends
did, are erroneous.
One other correspondent writes as
follows;
FORT WORTH, TEX, February ol.-
The n subject of conversation to-day,
is the coming trial before a committee of
ministers and laymen of the Baptist
Church of this section of Rev. j. d.
Murphy and his daughter, Miss Fannie
Murphy, on charges preferred by Geo.
5. Eaton, travelling salesman for Leon A.
II. Blum, of Galveston. The charges
are four in number: 1. That Miss Muir
ply on promise of marrying Eaton, OBJ
tanned from him in the neighborhood of
800. 2. That she sent herself a box of
poisoned candy, claiming that It had been
sent by Eaton to poison her. 8. That
when she charged that Eaton tried to
blackmail her father, she knew she stated
i falsehood; fourth, when she charged
that Eaton had forged her name to let
tiers, she knew she stated falsehoods.
Rev. Mr.. Murphy is implicated by the
charges in that he knew of these tram
sactions, if there were such. Eaton has
been counting Miss Murphy for eighteen
months, and at her request gave her the
500 to buy her rousseau. The we'd
ding wa to be a runaway, Miss Murphy
to &C to Bryan and meet Eaton and get
married. In December Eaton received
a letter from Miss Murphy, signed Beau
ty, saying that she could only marry him
on condition that inside of two weeks he
| send her $500: that she would explain
what it was needed for. Eaton asked
her, and received in reply a letter stating
that she had been married in the State of
Missouri, being forced to do so through
fear OF death at the hands of a rejected
suitor; that her husband left her shortly
afterward, becoming enamored of a Jew
esS, he having obtained a divorce: that
she went to the jewess and on her bend
ed knees begged her not to marry her
divorced husband, showing his falsity
and breaking off the match. This man
was nov in Colorado, dying Of consump-
ton, and held all evidence of the divorce,
which evidence would cost her $500 to
obtain. Eaton met Rev. Mr.. Murphy on
the street and showed him the letter,
when the Rev. Mr.. Murphy replied that
if Fannie was sharp enough to get his
money, he (Murphy) was not to blame.
The engagement was broken off. 1t was
afterwards learned that Miss Murphy had
herself caused to be sent to her a box of
poisoned cally, and by innuendo threw
the attempted crime on Eaton, Miss
Murphy is very beautiful and accomplish
ed, which makes the affair of absorbing
interest. The Rev. Mr.. Murphy and
daughter came from Carrolton, Mo-, to
this city. The council of trial has de-
termined that all evidence shall be pub
lished in full. Miss Murphy denies ever
having received a cent from Eaton, or
having written the letters alluded to.
The progress of the trial is very
slow and too volumnous for us to
publish in full in the LEDGER. Our
bulletin will contain a full account of
each days trial, and all taking an in
terest can thus obtain all the news.
We have a special reporter engaged
on this matter at Fort Worth, and he
will keep us fully posted on every
development. Our bulletin has al
ready given several columns in regard
to this matter.
City Finances.
To the Editor of the Ledger.
MEXICO, Mo-, Feb. 25.-Could
any thing induce our City Council to
publish In statement of expenditures
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