Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-08

, Miss Murphy few days after we
Ind n sijcht misunderstanding owe
some trivial matter. ana stu'eu -,
words and sentences In II hau pee'
changed. He never at any Time STATE
no Ind nm affidavit as to Miss Mui
nhv,s having polson bought at Welis
driIy STORE lie did say he had "
nf,idayit of the little girl that sh
djd not cnrry any candy from nm =
Misc Murnhy. He told DR.. Fltzhugi
| he knew The crazy woman that cookie
| for DR. Murphy bought poison but no
on an order rom the lady. A detec
tive named Thomas, hired ny M
brother but paid 800 by himself h ao
learned this lie supposed the deteo
tive was still in the city. ,,,. r.tor
Mr.. Balls examination OF Mr. Eaton
was rigid and severe, but the WllI'es,
bore up well under 1t, and his story, ~
the naiu was straightforward. MS
emphatic declaration that he believed
the Young lady to be in every sense
n,trS woman was loudly applauded ny
| The audience. Mr.. Eaton Is in feebIe
health. and once during his exaniina-
| ton had 10 be excused IN order TO get
! fresh air.
DIR. MURPHY.
| Tho next witness called was The
| father of Miss Fannie Murphy. lie
| came forward and took his seat in the
witness stand, and the audience be
held n man apparently so years OF age,
with iron gray whiskers and hair
curling back from an intellectual brow,
His features indicate tirmncss, yet are
strongly marked by the veneration so
befittinp n minister. DR.. Murphy
was sworn and testified he was min
lister OF the gospel, and had been iof
more than n year pastor OF inc fis'
Bsptist church in Fort Worth. BE.
fore coming to this city he had resided
Bryan Texas. Had been a minister
of the gospel since he 10 years OF
age. Knew Eaton in Bryan. the nrst
time Eaton and his daughter Miss
Fannie, ever met, was at the III Pas"
hotel in this city the first day ms
family arrived. Eaton called on ms
daughter two or three times that
day. Afterwards Eaton became
"A regular visitor Mt his house. call
ing whenever lie was in town. Eaton
was ug.ninl talkative young man,
and good company. Do not think he
failed To call AS often IA once or twice
n month-for three or four months.
Never found anything wrong with
him except an inclination now and
then to talk about other young men
visiting my house ! discovered in
him an inclination to eXaggeratc the
amount of salary he received, and
also the amount of property he
owned. Thought he was what might
lie termed visionary young man.
Some months after Eaton became II
visitor at his house he one night in
the presence of his daughter, told him
he would rather he would
not call Oh Wednesday
(prayer-meeting, Saturday or Sunday
nights. Those nights he regarded rs
belonging to the pastor. Eaton paid
no attention to his request, but called
on the succeeding Wednesday, Satur-
day and Sunday nights. Thought this
strange, and after that had
but little TO do with Eaton. Soon
Afterwards he noticed the young men
who had been in the habit of visiting
lis house gradually dropped away aud /
the field 10 Eaton. One |
morning he was out In the yard and |
NO young men were in the parlOr
With his daughter Eaton came in
nd the Young men left. In n few
minutes Eaton came out and he saw
rom his manner he was angry. He
old his daUS hter her company was in
hurry. In few moments Eaton re-
urhed and asked to see him alone.
1aton said, "Dr. Murphy, love your
aughter, and in "a few moments re-
Gated, it emphasizing the word love.
lie then asked to see her. | told him
mt was for her to determine, and
'ent In the room where she was, but
ne declined TO see him. Afterwards
e sa d parties had been talking to me
bout him and he would kill them.
nd MIN such was not the case. and he
aid then he had wfonpeo them nud
would apologies. He again asked To
ee my daughter. ond she
gain declined. In n fn,y
lays afterward l rec.;ved
what | call the "black.man lel,e,o
The letter referred 10 was here pro. !
luced 10y the doctor and read, and nt
Ms request certain Objectionable parts |
,eing omitted, but these were sub.
nitted TO the council.) The letter, Ia |
ubstance, ia as follows:
FoRr WORTH, Tex. 1854
Rev, j. NJ. Murphy
George Eaton is secretly married IN
your daughter. saw him entnr her
STEPPING room last night while vou
were away. | believed IL nv
duty as n memher Of the same chur,6
to tell you all, 50 / listened through
the crack and beard them talking OIL
1t. He wants o. have the marriage |
announced now, etc.
DR.. Murphy said rs soon rs he re.
ceived this letter lie wrote on the back
OF 1t, IT'S biackmSl Of the dpep-st
1y and there is mere Of 1t where IL
came IRON" In a few days lie re.
pelved note from Elton written on
Beall Il Adams letter-head
and requesting an interyIcw
This lie granted, and Eaton told him
OF and showed him an ANONYMOUS lut.
ter he claimed 90 have received az
the same purport. The let.
ter Eaton had was In the same hand. |
and contained similar ey.
pressions to the one he had"
Counsel here engaged in wordv
war over the admissibility Of c,rtain
evidence, and after n few more irreIe.
want questions the investigation wss
adjourned until this morning.
ADMITTED CENuiNr.
Below are given the letters admitted
by Miss Murphy to be genuine, S,heu
are designated by the numbers az
tached to them by the clerk and by
Lao IL. l