The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-04-05
FORT WORTH FACTS.
THE WOMAN, THE SAWS AND Acu
a Trusty Tells Tale-No Honor Among
IhieVes-George Il. Holland ImDIi-
cateG-A Plan that FaiIed-A
Lady Takes burglar.
THE CITY ELECTION.

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gong on at the courthouse, at which
5he candidates are airing their views.
HAS QUIT JOURNALISM,
! . - Foweil, formerly city editor of
.ue gazette, and very popular news
paper man, has left journalism and h
now now pIactlcing law with Hon. w. $
rehdleton, our representative.
AN INTERESTING TRIAL.
/ Squire Iinns court room was crovvdad
tils AFTERNOON TO hear the testimony in
tne preliminary examination of
madame Brown, Blanche Williams and
George Holland charged with aiding
prisoners in an attempt 20 break iaii.
NOVEL;, who WAS on the inside and
carried ont the plans was on the stand
ana testined 70 length as follows:
W. G. NowELL,
sworn, says; Blanche Williams Game
20 me anu gave me package of saws
done up In an envelope, q piece of paper
wrapped around them; she also gave inc
bottle OF acid wrapped up i'm piece OF
paper, saying it was medicine for Free-
man, and asked me to give IL TO Free
| MAN. (here witress identified Mrs,
Brown aud Blanche Williams in open
COURT; told her would do 80 the next
mornings; after she left | broke the en-
Velope open and saw there were sawsi in
IL IN place OF medicine; would know
the same II ! saw them; l wont to
on my vest, and then mt
envelope and ecid In a box; I was al
this time in the hospital i'm the iail; |
was allowed TO run around the iail; [
was what Is called Il trusty; Blanche
Williams came back day or two after
ward and | tod her that bottlowOuldn't
go III and that she had better take them
back; she said she would bring a small
or bottle and would pay me SlGO If
would put them in; put ia the saws
the next morning in Freeman's cell,
giving them to him; put in the acid
/ that night while | was lighting lamps;
TINS was smaller bottle; Green
told me- tho acid and saws
were tried anG were no account; Green
and Freeman, | think, were In aSioin-
ing cells; Freeman then wrote letter
for me 10 give 10 Blanche; abe came up
the next day, aud | told her they were
no account, 70 yet others; she read
treelnan's letter aud laid it down; /
don't know what became Of the saws:
the letter was dated tho Goth or 18th Of
Marchi 1t Was from Freeman to Blanche
Williams; / would know the letter.
| (Witness here Identified letter.. Blanche
then told me she would get Other saws
and acids; she brought them up on
/ Friday morning, and put them in on
1 FRIDAY hiBnt;this was tAe 27th Of March
| she told mo TO find out whsther inc
teclh were TOO coarse. found out aud
! told hor they were; then gave nor
| change 60 buy lilo, A.lO, hut sba never
hough0 file; she told ms | had hotter
/ stay tbere until Monday; 1 Was r6l eased
| next morning; went down 10 soa if
she would give IGe the money che
D Hta. 4 4 L. B.. N
/ Brown, whore Blanche Will ma STAYS;
sha said she was going - tho an and
would 10 back that sVoniug; that SHE,
/ had NO money went TO Mrs. Browns
again that evening; n5lh6r Mrs, Il.
nor Blanche were there; the
| girl that VAS there told me
/ To wHit they waald soon
DO back; | waited; when thoy came
in, one before the other, "a few miuutes.
supper was announced, whom tho oun
that was there went IN TO supper,
4 whiio out 81 supper the other cam0 in,
/ hut DON'T know which ono came first,
| Mrs. BroWn came ont n rat aud told me
30 como into the sitting room; 1 wen,
IN; WHOM she called Blanche In some
one called Mrs, Brown and sho stepped
out Blanche asked me N knew wha.
PROGRESS hHG been made with the saws,
| told hur thOy said they We're good and
freeman thought he wunld yet out bv
Tuesday or "Wednesday night: when
Mrs. Brown came back Blanche vii
liams repeated tO hor what /
had said; told hor that
|it bhc had got case knives
or gun saws 10 would have been better
Mrs. Brown told me- she had rone 10 Z
gun store and looked all around to SEE
II she Gould iud one but could not find
what she wuutod, so went TO a hardware
store aud bought "a saw; she said they
( asked her 10 she Was going to turn out
10 carpenieringi she told Thorn she was
going % have meat saws made out Ol
thum; that Is all Mrs, Brown said;
. Mrs. Brown stepped out aud | told
/ Blanche | wanted the money sh8 had
promised met sha said sho didn't have
! any, tut whom Mrs, Brown came in she
. would give inc some, aud when Mrs
Brown came in she said TO her she
wanted 81 for mo; Mrs, Brown gave
hertho money (which shG handed 10 me-
, ! told Blanche that Freeman said ht
would need Is now hat and shoes ~ the
. ones no had on would he known
/ Blanche told mo shs wanted mo tn STAY
} over here until they made the break, O.
. 20 Co Jail aud nud uut whore Freeman
, wanted her TO moot him; ! told her
would stayrand then lett the house;
rauu back In gu hour or two aud TOLD
1 Blanche / was afraid TO stay, sht
|,niled Mrs. Brown In and asked Mrs
Brown, Ii / was arrested, u Mrs Brown
would make mo bond, II wnult stay
Ms Brown SAID that she would; thor
. said ] would stay, aud came buok tnt
stayed at Browns an Saturday night;
never wont back after that night;
never saw Mrs. Brown or Blanche aliol
fN..N H.H t.. 4
I tho ilrst SAWS, the SMALL ones, Blanche
had In her companion, the last saws, ID,
, large ones, she had ga her bosom; tht
. sc'd was To her puci OF; she said she had
+ got some Of the acid On hor clothes
(pO.tle3 here shown Witness are ideuti.
, hed boy him)i the acid was sf a redl ID
color and smoked terribly when 10 was
bong put from one bottle 10 smother,
(witness here Identified the saws; a nlu
was shown witness bnt he said be knew
nothing shOutiD; when asked Blanche
2 to uuy a die she said sho was afraid t0
r buy ONE; Mas. brown said aua had
, bought o haui-sa I told thun I wa.
, uutIsy, and Als, Brown said 1 Mood
NOT Boo afraid, she had bought the saW
herself That blanche had no,
bought auyi was afraid
- of Blanche because ksho drank
b sometimes. A uoie shown witness hC
( ideuUidud Is ono lac wrote tn Fr81man.
uN CROSS rNAMI NAsION
, Witness said; Mrs. Brown never prom.
, igud me any money! Mrs. brown mover
! gave me any saw, Gle or bOttle ol acid
b / Boo lil; Mrs. Brown never tlld ans 90 pul
, GIe, saw or acid in Jail; never had ANY
b agreement, contract or understanding
q with Mrs. Brown about putting Ole, saw
- Or acid iu jail; had pat in All saws and
..##.| HHIHHH had o.
b Mrs. liruwg; know of no connection
J between Mrs. Brown and Freeman; /
3 know OF no Interest, friendship, rol u.
. tiuuship or connection between Mrs.
Brown aud Freeman; 1 was drunk
when | went back that night, but don't
, know anything but that ! was thoro
noXt mulBmg; | don't know whether
staid with any one that night; | rot
/. drunk All over town and woke up In the
morning, In bed by myselfi
II told Holland the same
NIGHT 1 was arrested that tho prisonera