Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-28
STILL A MYSTERY.
Murder That Created Wide.
Spread Sensation in Texas Over
Half a Century Ago.
Who Was The slayer of the BcautifnI
Hclen Observation-Disclosures Interest.
ing Account.

~ - '''N'''''' ippih-
son, for the murder Of Helen Jewett, in
New York, about Hftv wears ago. bovo
/ tbouyht noe ,,,a ,,.,,,,,,7
"i'O"i"iS VI inc
sauiei III auuluon 10 those lately published
ia Ihh 'AIEIIE, as furnished by a
4 iollicr IcsluenI OF Nacagdoches, might
nv ~ uHinIelestln9, ana venture to
ENe theil' hnu Two Trivial errors in
tlc sIaVeuheiil OF tne ahalr, as published
III lhE uAzETTE, ana they are of
nall'es an9 not OF iacts. The
i'uli'e Oh llle lawyer VINO defended Robin
I son was OSueil iiofman, and that Of the
acc"scu was hopihson, ana not Robert
SUI Inc Hilnes us gwen, however, are
hot ihatcri'l 10 the case.
hculu iluch Oh tle testimony and all
VI tic spccclts ol pSuen nOnman and
iduS W. MaA"'ll' lor the de1ense, and Of j.
Z IiillIiP IhunlN, lor the prosecution.
lIc courI kept III session till long
alter Hlu1l@ht' Inc speech of Og-
aell hohlhan, although mper-
/ iectly reported, at once placed
MN III inc ilrst rank OF his profession,
ana mace nm national reputation. He
was aiterWarda member OF congress from
the Guy OF New YORK, and then United
states ulStrlct attorney from that dis
trlct' hugn MaNWei was collector for
/ thc port oi new OH soon afterwards,
| anu D. MINI IhphiN, Il member OF con-
-ness' ny lu'houS trlal gave them
Steut prominence, Whlch, coupled with
hicli| ~ the hrSu roulld on the ladder of
49,. -, 49,, ~ -iG"e cly IKE New York.
'''' w. ,, v,,V OiSu ~ polnl, the great trlal
In a ml,,ti.,' :. NnA'Nsl ROBINSON.
ms |1u,S.om ~ .iie prool' as stated by
hn tr oNHn ~, IoiLespohdeht, that 1.-THE
i,iIIoI "l.n Mh'on iieleIl JeWett was
p ,,iu u'ionseu 70 inc store IN which
~ ,i,a "a9 enlpio}c., mere were
yor,l II, Nv, es",nsI MN In the
innrdnr wa. ro,,,,,if,tn, nounv Mnere the
found IN mn ..eu Slolu cIoah was
Mn, ir,iin To- ~" ~ Potcu W pelonS TO
mn INSIDE OF the cloak was fastened
an S",hS tnaI matched and
hSlcu one leit fastened TO the handle
'ne latal hatcheC found in the
Lo I ol the murdered woman. The
u a.h anu halchGi had been worn to-
SGtIel' Aiter klllih@ the girl her bed
ui"s1 on "I iG she lay dead, had been set
om .iI' a. me smoke from her room
aroused the inmates of the house to find
~ i""'uciuu' An alarm was Mt once
1aa,, T., ~ ~ nour oeiore ROBINSON had
, poem ~ Oiio Ioo'll' ana the deceased, the
H,.,,tI. W 'nu paShlo ana himself had
W .um Solhe VINE together This was the
I pIs'iin ~ Oh inc Keeper OF the bagnio,
i hosln" !oMnschu' other inmates OF the |
III, .S''i,'u W hoolhson having
Iai'ou ~ the uodse the night OF the muir
u ' o., o., Nislt 10 Helen 'lewett, and cor
i19 ,Inh 'Iie tesylhohy OF the mistress
" VI tl'e nou'c IN all important particulars.
m an,,.I townsend l'irtHer soted that She
lace hy noticin@ ',SG ha, pe ri seeing his
"f nc ~ G lI,ieii'S Il paid place on the back
vi ms neau as she entered the door of the
H. H. i h"nr VIII lhe VINE The door of
III NV paok Yard Where Robinson's
= ~ ro hn,n was lounU; Inc CLOAK was proved
m M LINZ !, 70 hoplhson by the tailor who
fence inclos NM al a., ny othcrs' Inc plank
U 'ly W,hLltewashcd, and showed marks
I'M N ~ llau pecn recently scaled, the
t,sie ~ ~, some places having been rubbed
tn , hnere was no other way OF escaping
u NNHNN