The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-24

nm hour aud half, he was dressing
after hp camc back from hers he said
there Is HI up, aud said thcro was u
little girl with her heart hrokci snld nc |
had had pistol put In his meet didnl /
say who had the pistol have been IN /
san Antonio; know the gentleman there |
Wointing to tonnct)i ho won't by me |
name of Manslicldi can't say ! know me
lady there, told mo lac WAS boarding
awhile. and then said he was keeping
house; lady cnmo to the shop there's ho
said IL was his wife.
CHARLEY JONES.
Work at 81. George ~ hcll-boy, on DAY
watch; was asleep when dccchscu
died; Connect came to hotel 81
o'clock; asked To bo shown up To room
IN; went with him 10 room; Connect
picked up bottle In room; asked me what
II was; | said IL was labeled morphine;
Connect opened the bottle, which he
had picked up from behind bowl; ! then
held bowl of water while he bathcd mans
head; | then iolcphoned for doctor;
bottle was SMALL Il was onc-half ounce
bottle, round; went up to room second
time; when doctor came went again To
take upcup of coffee; asked Connect ifdo-
ceased was railroad man; no never
answered me; asked him what his name
was; he never answered mo; thcn took y
bowl of soup up to him doctor got me hold
I
he said IL tasted like sour mash.
sCross-cxamincd l went up there with
Connect; sick man was sound asleep;
Connect tried To wake him by shaking
him; Connect washed his face; the man
woke up but went back 10 sleep; then
asked Mr. McLenand To telephone for
him; when the doctor came ! got cup OF
cofico for him; deceased drank some OF
tho coffee ho then ordered soup; Connect
brought another man and told him To
stay with him; ] then went oil watch ~
H.; don't know how long the man staid
there.
Examined Tho man he brought up
there had goatce; when L; went IN room
ho picked up pistol, laughed and laid II
down; the first thing he did on going in
was to pick up bottle of morphine; he
afterwards felt the pockets in the
mans coat and vests Connect
told me when | left the room
not to say anything about poison to
any one; when he came back asked me
If had said anything; replied ] had
not.
Examined Man was asleep when we
first went up; then he appeared to he
awful sick.
Atthis juncture County Attorney Clint
stated that he had become possessed
of valuable testimony, but ~ the grand
Jury was In session he would ask the
court to close for the examination.
THE VERDICT.
The Jury returned the following ver-
diet: ave, the jury, after hearing the
testimony, arrive at the following YER
diet: We find the deceased, Jep Whor-
ton, camo To his death from an overdose
of morphine, but whether
the Same was administered
by his own hands or that of others is
unknown To us.
ISigned r. w. HURST,
T.. NJ. HuRsr,
A. j. XEIGAN,
X. III. WAGGoSER,
+. r. JONES,
CHARLES TIiErFoRD,
TIC. r. KENDALL, j. u.
Officer Miller took charge of the pris-
oncr, who was carried before the grand
jury.
Tho following letter was found on the
person of the deceased and IL supposed
To have been written by Elma Mansfield
to him:
DALLAS, June ls.-My DARLING PAPA:
/ am afraid you are angry with mo for
not meeting you last eve; but, my
darling, was looking for Mr.. Rativan,
and was afraid he would see me.
stay, but I thought best to
not offend him. have suffered
enough, and he has got to pay for it.
told him about that place, and he said to
wait till he come from Corsicana this
evening. He will bo here ut o'clock
this eve. will go To supper ut ~
o'clock and YOU be there by the post
Office rs | come from supper and |
will meet you. | have something
of importance to tell you about my poor
little brother. | got Il letter from friend
Jep this morning and he is going to leave
Corsicana soon. He said he would not
tell me about my brothers; said il was
not best for mo to know. | Will let you
read the letter when see you. Did you get
the little note ! wrote TO you yesterday?
BE sure and come as soon as you get
your supper. Hoping to meet my low,
ing papa. p. m, | am your true and
loving Ellie baby. Goodbye and many
kisses for YOU. T.. T.. NJ.
After going before the grand jury,
Connect was committed to Jail without
bail.
God snppl DIR. Brudneld In the sale OF