The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-12
MURPHY-EAT0N.
The Interest IL Deepening as ihe Plot
IN Jhickening.
Experts Pa,s and Rcpsss on ,hcso
Famed Letters.
Dramatic Episode Frequently aud
Flsfuily Flashes Up.
The Spectators are Siralnlng tho Sltn,
der Stake Ropes Of necsrum.
What was said By the Rack Bw9rn
Yesterday.
The Charges are Finally Freely srd
fully Withdrawn.
4 Scene Affecting Ia tho ExlEese.

FoGT Worm. March li.-[5peolsl.l In
tarest Ia the Murphy. Eaton trlai 10 una
bateg, crowds utill attending. Tho ilgll
mony n regard 20 lha similarity OF pare
used in the l8tlcrs was very Suolg. Vh
proceedings to-day we're az follows
oEBIga sg,BIos.
Council nt ut 10 O'Clock. The mee'ia,
was opeDec by prayer from DR.. BrooEa, q
| Decatur. Mr.. Lomax, cashier OF tho Cts
! National bank, OF Fort Worth, wGs the tits
witns's introduced by the defense.
Mr.. L0mGX tcstitisd IN his judgment tine
lsttera marked "iurserics' and lhos,
marked "genuue' were not written b. "a,
! SANS party. The iCtterg referred 10 all pur
! port 10 havc been written by Miss Murphy
| Mr. Lomsx .lso gave his judgment thai taS
"au0nymous le..er emu the "Ronui-s o.
! letters written by Mr. Eaton wer5 writer
/ by tho ssmo psrty. j. G. Scot, was Getl
cslied by the defGDae ald testified Ia sub
I stance the same ~ Mr.. Iomax.
Captain B,ll then introduced Miss Bod.
! klr. She testified: Ghl teacher Ia iht
| Texas Wesleyan college; on Tuesday biter-
noon bsiore Chrisimss. think il vas after
8 o'clock In The evening at tina, day,
saw Miss Murphy IN the mueio room ~
tho piano, prsctclng t Duet with Mrs
/ Barlow; / know IL TGs Tuesday evening
| bocauseI was hurrying through my *
animation papera IN ogder 10 st.tud ihs
Meeting OF ibe ChetauQus society; | an
/ thoroughly satisfied about this, ard could
not be mistaken.
! Mrs. Murphy vaR then called by tue d.
/ iprse and testified De. Murphy is uy bus.
/ band and Fannie IL my daughter; | arst
met George Eaton Gt Bfyop as a lille boy:
next mot him at the VI Paso hotsl her
Mr.. Eaton called tt the house ona night
! with Mr., Hendricks, Of Galveston he
asked permission 20 do THE, which was
granted; thig il the t.i,ht on rhlch he took
! Fanuiss p!csufe, whlco mas been referred
to; never knew Of HEy engagement. exist
| iug between nay daughter uad Air. % tton;
[ thought she gave him some encourage
mspsi nieni ,..dri,s knew vnD,rs a. about boz Fan,
| hrocaded SILK referred to in isaim9py ss
bought for her by Eaton was purchased
| nom Taylor & Barr, aud cost f43; Mamie
had the receiptod bill for It; Nr. Cappa
showed nne some Of tho ietttTs In evidence;
the "a" | knew was never written ~ FaI
ME as soon as I cav 1t; the onvelog7iyas ~
Fannia's hand writing; opened I'D read
one Of FEunie'e notes iroIn Estoa which
she burned without resding IL coAisined
nothing but foolishne1s; Mr.. Eaton Ueered
TO bet me slo0 that he and Fannie would
be married by the lat OF October;
treated him as Is gentleman at al times
and invited him in the psrlor on all oc-
ca.ions; Fannie told AIR. Eaton in my pres
ercc that what be had told me taeIe was
not q word OF truth IN it, / felt very much
em mbsrraescd on the occssionsard told them
both ifthis thing was a joke | thought II
had been carried far enough and bad bet
ter be Gtopped at once.
Mis-, Murphy w0s called again and testi-
fed: Instead of Professor White atleE pit.
ing TO kiss me It was Mr. q. NJ. Furman;
IL was quite surprise TO me; Professor
White never attempted to kiss nae; he is n
gentleman.
Capt Eirinston was put on the stand by
the y proBecation and testified: l have known
Mr.. Eaton seventeen yenrs, aud an ac-
quainted with his handwriting. | do not Zee
enough resem blance in the writing con-
tnined in the anonymous lslter TO war
rant my believing IL WAS written by the
ra!ue prrty who wrote tho "genuine" ones.
Captain Edrington testified with much re-
luc;ence stating ne did no, wi0h nuy coz
nection With tho matter, especially 6iuce
the matter had b,come public.
MIR. Wells testified none Of his clerk. or
himself had cold any arsenic OF tho kind on
the candy within several days before tho
candy business; the arsenic On the cGudy
was q finer powder than that which he kept
IN stock.
Mr.. Davis, n gentleman in tho audience,
arose at the conclusion Of Mr.. Walls testi-
mnny and said: l desire In Justice TO Mr..
Furman, Miss Murphy snd myself 40 ssy
that the statement made by Mr.. Furmsn
ior the prosecution in reference 10 certsin
forgery affair which happened in Missouri,
was entirely wrong. / do not cast any re-
hsctloa on Mr.. Furmen es | believe Sin
cerely ho made the statement, which he
he'd caid made 20 him, IN good faith; no
evidently misunderstood me, as the infor-
nation / gave to him was OF different
netura.
MIR Furman for the prosecution arose
and made full and satisfactory eyolsns-
tion OF how he bad misundersiocd Mr..
Davis in this matter, nno hoped the ooua-
Gil and ell Interested would accspt bis, Fur
man 9, explanation; also IN justice 20 Mr..
Davis, Miss Murphy and himself. Mr..
Wells arose and moved an adjouInment
until O'Clock.