The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-23

hhu TAKEN llofIIiii'' upu p"Nu iiHi S'N
eral injections. ctc.; | asked him IL he
took the medicine this morning or just
after ho left us, and he said just after he
left ms; stayed with him until after u
o'clock and went down and got my din
ncr; he asked mo IL Elma was there, and
! told him yes; when l went to SEQ her
she would not come, and ! told her she
had better not ~ there was so many mon
there; ! went to see him two or three
more times and then went To telegraph
for his mother, and while there saw n
telegram that he was dead.
Crosse denomination am y, years of
age. and was born In Louisville, Ken
lucky; have lived In New Jersey, In
diana, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas;
came to Texas some three years ago
from Little Rock; have lived In Dallas
and san Antonio and Galveston; ] am u
carpenter; first became acquainted with
deceased In Dallas over two years ago;
first became acquainted with Miss Mans
field about two weeks prior To that
time; was married To her
In San Antonio, on the 18th
of August by Justice Adams;
II. A. sample, book-keepcr for the firm
living with my wife nj present; separa-
ted from her some three months ago; !
married her under the name of Mans
field; that was the name ] assumed ON
going to San Antonio; had no particular
reasons for going under an assumed
name, only We wished to live together
and did not suppose the marriage
would be legal by my going under an
assumed name; when we separated we
did not expect to stay separated; she
wanted to 90 To see her little brothers
near Corsicana; after she had paid the
visit To Corsicana she came back To San
Antonio; came to Dallas and she went
to Corsicana, and after had been here n
little over week she came to Dallas,
but We have not been living together.
the reason why was go
here was because there wero people
here who knew my folks; Miss Mans
field, since she has been in Dallas, has
been living on Elm street, above May
er's garden; | have been living mt ll6
Commerce street; | came here the last
time little over II month ago; she came
about week later; we have not
been living together since she
came here; have been on
good terms with her: ! worked
last week with Johnson, the contractor:
quit on Friday noon; Elma told me Jcp
was here and wanted to marry her;
said we will 90 down and talk II over;
did not think my marriage was legal
Jep said il was not legal and Elmn said,
nc II Hbic W thhc my prothcrS anu 'hh'
care of them, and he offers to do the
honorable part by me;" ! think that was
on Friday evening; | went down
and consulted lawyer Tucker
he said the marriage was
legal; then | did not know what t.
do; went up and saw Elma and told
her he said this, and that ] would be
down in the morning and get his writ
ten statement to that effect; then in the
|
Jep and told him before ! got there,
and he said yes, that he had consulted Il
lawyer and found out that it was inn
possible; he said to me: Frank, you
offered To give her up, I'll
be II gentleman and never
cause YOU any troubles" he asked
her for the license and she gave il To him
and he tore il up before her eyes; ] was
willing to give her up because thought
knew he would do a good part by her;
Whorton knew all the time about my
marriage and connection with her; after
Whorton found he could not marry her
legally he said that if he married her II
would he bigamy; she said she would
not go with him unless she went rs his
wife; after quitting work on Friday
morning we were all together ;
he had told her what he would do after
all that had TRANSFERRED, and take her lit
tic brothers and go clear out OF the
country If | would promise 10 give her
up freely, which did; told him, you
can make her good husband and | am
not much account whatever way you take
me; YOU take and marry her legally, and
| win give her ups" he said he would do
IL; he said that marriage of hers did
thought so, but that set me
to thinking, and went down and con
suited Mr.. Tucker and found out that
my marriage was legal according to his
statement; told Elna how IL was; Jep
and | were together all of Saturday
evening; | first met him going, to May
crs' Garden; on Friday ne
said he was going to May
er's Garden to meet Elma; we played
pool she was not there ut the time; we
found her in the dining groom; it was
ON Friday he went and
got the license to marry;
and il was later on in the evening that
| consulted Tucker; we remained in The
that time that he referred to
bottle; he referred to the poison
at the time he went inside to get drinks;
he said he had something there that
would end all troubles, etc.; that was on
Friday evening, and the first time | met
him on his arrival, he said that
he came to marry her, IL she
contained quinine; | saw bottle in his
pocket; we drank wine, lemonade and
beer; did not have any poison in my
pocket, and none was put in any of the
drinks to my knowledge.
owing to the latcness of the houi
the remainder of Connects testi'
mony and tina. that, Of dr El mn,
will he published in to-morrow's issue
During the investigation, County. At.
torney Clint asked Connect if he did not
poison Whorton, when the witness
turned deathly pale, and had he not
been caught would have fallen to the
floor. Water was thrown IN his face and
some brandy was given him before he
Jail. Elma Mansfield admitted on the
stand, that she had lived in adultry with
both Connect and Whorton. She brok,
down on the stand several times weep
ing. Mr.. Luster arrived on last even
ing's train from Corsicana. The inquest
will he resumed this. morning.
LETTER FOUND on BODY or SUICIDE.
| OFFICE OF j. 7. LusTER, NEW IDEA Bill
| LARD SALOON, CoRsIcASA, June ~:
VERY DEAREST ELMA:-I got your
kind and must say more than welcome
letter to-day, but never said one WORD
l know of TO your injury. am so PROUD
to know you are coming back 10 oul
town before l leave. ! was AFRAID
would never see one i loved better thai
life itself.
Darling, I know you would be of some
benefit Alto our dear little brothers 10y
coming back and going out and staying
a week or so with the Hickes. ASK mt
to bring Tom out. / never told you o
falsehood in my life. l shall now look
for Mrs. ii. told me to. Please come
back. would write more, but think II
best to wait till l see you. I am always
yours. will take You out at any time
to sec your brother. Ever.
JET.
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script.