Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-06

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Bailey was at length procured.
MR. o. NJ. EAl>LE
was sworn by Squire Sam Fnrman.
He testified he was n deacon in the
First Baptist church. He was present
at meeting in Capt. Hanna's office
in the latter part of December ut
which were present Rev. Dr. Murphy,
Capt Burlington, Capt: Hanna, Messrs
Taylor, Wells and Miller. He was
telephoned by Mr.. Wells TO meet him
there, and when he went there he
found them. He found after he got
there the object of the meet
ing was in reference 10 the
Eaton affair. Some letters Were read
and Capt Hanna asked Mr.. Murphy q
number Of questions.
Mr.. Bah asked that the council
state the object of asking what was
| said at this meeting.
| Mr.. Furman stated that IL was ma
terial TO show motive for the action
alleged in the first charge, and Mr..
| Eakle proceeded: One of the ques.
tons in particular was In reference to
the Eaton matter, Capt Hanna
asked DIR. Murphy If there was any
ton. He answered there was, and
stated In reply TO question that II
was not Investigated "any more than
this was.n II was against Miss Fam
ME.
The witness here declined TO give in
| full what WINS said, and Mr.. Furman
was proceeding to ask leading ques-
tons, when Mr.. McCart objected.
Mr.. Furman read from GAZETTE
report Of previous proceedings show
! ing that he had a right when his evil
dence was objected 10 show what
| hc wanted TO prove. He then offered
to prove 10y MIR. EalSle that DR.. Muir
ply had related that his daughter had
| Just such another scrape in Carrollton,
Mo, rs that in which she was in
volvtd with Mr.. Eaton. IL was mat
ter of obtaining money from young
men. They proposed to show that
DR.. Murphy stated the difficulty was
In reference to some money between
Mr.. Eaton and his daughter. This
was in December and the candy pois-
onlng matter did not come up till
January. They proposed TO show Il
motive.
Mr.. McCart said he raised no oh
lection 10 having Mr.. Eakels state
| crc,yNiHg that was said or done az
that meeting, hut they didn't want 1t
brought out by asking him II 50 and
/ so was hillu
The witness was asked by Mr.. Ban IL
he declined 10 tell all and he replied
that he would only tell II part.
| Mr.. Ball said that he had never
talked to Mr.. tackle and did not know
| what lie knew. Witness had evaded
and then the counsel for the other side
would make n statement for him and
| then ask Inn il that was true. His
side LET down the doors. Let him Tell
everything.
Mr.. Eurmnn now repeated the ques.
| ton and Mr.. !lakle said
that DR.. Murphy replied that she
had had some such sciape with
crank. Capt. Hanna asked Dr. Muir
ply II his daughter was ever away
from home any length of time, and he
| replied yes, in Kansas City taking
music lessons. Asked ii she had
spell of sickness soon after coming
back. lie replied yes Asked was
there an old negro woman waited
on her. lie also replied yes.
Captain Hanna advised him to get II
committee of church members and
take them TO Mr.. Eaton and demand
that he substantiate his charges. Dr.
Murphy made no reply, but gave list
of names OF parties 20 write To. The
witness did not know Mr.. Eaton at
this time. he was there as DR.. Muir
phys friend. After this, DR.. Murphy
came to his place OF business and Said
| he wanted TO investigate the matter
| He went and saw Captain Hanna
| Dr. Murphy came back the next day
and told him he had received letters
! from the North and had concluded nor
! tp investigate, saying nobody that was
| filir-minded would believe the story
! He had about Strengthened out every
body except with young Iturnan. He
was getting him worked up. He also
spoke of going up 10 see Captain Ed.
rngton that night. lie advised him
TO have the matter investigated.
This matter was the let
tiers and money business.
Mr.. Wells telephoned him TO come TO
the store several times, and on Sab
bath afternoon the two went TO Dr.
Murphy's.. He was not at home.
When he came they told him they had
come to investigate the candy business.
Thej wanted TO know the name OF the
little girl that handed Miss Fannie the
box.
He said Brethren, ] have all the
help need; we had better take things
slowly lie had already met Mr..
Eaton, They told Dir. Murphy they
came rs friends. Miss Fannie was
called Tor, ana came in. She was asked
To give the name OF the little girl DR..
Murphy gave tho name Of Il little girl,
Holloway, he thought. She told them
the little girls name was Mitchell.
She did not hesitate, but seemed lit.
lie choked'up. Miss Fannie did not
know whore the little girl lived.
They went TO Prof. White, found out
and saw the little girl A day or 50
afterwards theytook BrolherSandidse
with them to DIR. Murphy. He adj.
dressed the crowd talking about an
hour He did not at that time say
anything about the candy business.
He spoke of Miss Fannie, her theattr
going, etc. lie said he could not con
troll his daughter except In part, that
she was subject TO bysteIia that some
times ran into luIacy. General smii-
ing Mr.. Wells asked Miss Fannie If
she noticed the label was torn OF the
box. She said yes, IL was partly torn
when she got H. that she kad torn purl
of 1t Off herself aud thrown IL down III
the schoolrotm. They told her IL
might be important TO have ID Ia order
TO discover where the box came from,
and she said she would try aud lind IL.
Again Mr.. Wells asked how nanny had
the candy, and she refused 10
euy IN account of nuyiuu inf fIle INIT