Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-21
The INyEsTIGArrON,
the fire long enoucb
THE CHARGES AT LAST.
Fort WORTH Feb On ,ee,

| 'hH ShahdES AT LAST.
FORT WORTH, Feb. 20. 1884.
To the Advisory Council of tho r,rs, poet.
ohurch, Fort Worth, Texas, P''''
Genllemen:-In compliance will,
your request that prefer charges and
SPECIFICATIONS AS to what Injuries n
any, Miss Fannie Murphy and her
father, Rev. j. ID. Murphy, have done
To me, and upon the terms and cnndie
lions heretofore agreed upon. beg
leave TO respectfully submit the follow,
ing, to wit:
Charge First-That the said Miss
Fannie Murphy pretends mud claim
That heretofore, to-wit on or nbont ,ha
I'D day of January, 1881, she received
"a certain box of poisoned oandy-and
mat she gave publicity to the alleged
affair, and by her acts and words AMI
with the connivance and assistance of
her father, Rev. j. ID. Murphy. she
endeavored to make the impression
upon the minds of sundry and divers
good people of Fort Worth and upon
the mind OF the public that said box of
poisoned candy had been sent to her
by George s Eaton, with the intent
on the part of said Eaton to poison
and kill her, the said Miss
Fannie Murphy, when in truth and
In fact as she, the Miss Fannie Mur.
pny, tben and there well knew the
said George s. Eaton did not have any
connection directly or indirectly with
SAID box OF poisoned candy, if said box
OF poisoned candy was ever sent to the
said Miss Fannie Murphy, and that in
attempting to create the impression
that the said George S Eaton had sent
said box ofpoisoned candy to the said
Miss Fannie Murphy. did so with the
intent to iniure the said Eaton.
Charge second ThaL-lhn said Miss
Fannie Murphy under and by virtue
OF u promise TO marry George. S
Eaton, did on the - day of De-
cember, 1888, and Mt divers and sun
dry times prior and subsequent there.
to. obtain from the said Georp. s
Eaton, sundry and divers sums of
money of the aggregate amount of over
six hundred dollars, all of which she.
the said Miss Fannie Murphy
denies, although she well knows ii to
be true.
Charge third That heretofore to-
wit, on the - day of December, 1854.
the said Miss Fannie Murphy and her
father, Rev. id. Murphy, did say and
declare To sundry aud divers good peo-
pie of Fort Worth, that Gen. s. Eaton
had attempted to blackmail the said
j. ID Murphy, when in truth and
in fact the said George s. Eaton
as she, the said Miss Fannie Murphy,
then and there well knew had never
attempted to blackmail the said Rev.
j. ID Murphy.
Fhnr,,a That J;,,nsr 4
sundry times during the year 1888 the
said Miss Fannie Murphy did write
sundry and divers letters to George S
Eaton, both over her proper signature
aud also over the assumed signature of
Beauty" and over other assumed sig
natures, and some over no signature at
all, and that although she, the
said Miss Fannie Murphy, well
knows that she is the author of said
letters, yet She, the said Miss Fannie
Murphy, now pretends aud declares
that said letters are forgeries. and that
they were forged either by George :.
Eaton or by some one else for him.
submitted.
GEO. S. EATON.
BRING THEM ON.
Mr.. Murphy rose and asked that any
other charges might lie submitted by
any party, now or IA soon aiIerward ny
possible. He wanted the four quarters
of Fort Worth To be scraped TO get
everything there was n ainst him.
Mr.. Haney thought that any other
charges that any of the members had
should be brought up now. They
should he notified of this.
Mr.. Murphy said that if there were
any charges that would more properly
come up in church, he would like to
have them mentioned now and then
referred back to the church.
The charges were on motion referred
TO special committee consisting of
Messrs Link, Williams and Beau.
clamp.
Mr.. Haney moved that Mr.. Murphy
and Mr.. Eaton be requested 10 file
such interrogatories rs they may wish
10 nut by ten o'clock in the morning
with HE clerk.
Copies of the charge, and others here
after brought, were ordered sent to Mr..
and Miss Murphy.
The charges already preferred were |
set for trial March 9Th.
Adjourned until nine n. m. to-day.