The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-09
FORT WORTH FACTS.
The WOMAN. the SAWS AND ACID
A Irp.,y Tells = T,ls-so Honor Among
rhiey..-0eafge ~. Holland impii'
catsd-A Plan that tsiisd-A
Lady Taxes 4 burglar,
Inn CITY HLEcFIoN.

going on NJ the cOuTFhousci ~ Whloh
the candidates are airing their views.
HAS VCIr Jou8SALIsa,
II. j. Powell, formerly city editor OF
the Gazette, and very popular news
paper man, has left journalism and Is
now practicing law with Hon. w. ~
Pendleton, our representative.
AN INTERPRETING TRIAL.
Squire Zinns court room was crowded
this afternoon to hear the testimony In
the preliminary examination OF
Madame Brown, Blanche Williams aud
George Holland charged with aiding
prisoners In an attempt TO break Jail.
NOVEL;, who was on the inside and
carried out the plans was on the stand
and testified at length AZ follows:
W. c. NowELL,
sworn, says: Blanche Williams came
10 me and gave mo package Of saws
done up in an envelope, piece of paper
wrapped around themi sho also gave me
bottle Of acid wrapped up In piece OF
paper, saying II was medicine for Free
man, and asked me TO give 10 10 Free.
man; (hore wltress identified Mrs.
Brown and Blanche Williams In open
COURT; / told her would do so the next
morning; after she left broke the en-
veiope open aud saw there were saws Ia
II In place of medicine; / would know
the same II l saw them; ! went 20
empty the bottle and got acid
on my vest, and then put
envelope and acid In a box; | was at
this time in the hospital in the Jail; !
was allowed TO run around tho jail; |
was what is called rusty Blanche
Williams came back a day or two alter
ward and ! told her that bottlewouldn't
go in and that she had better take them
back; she said she would bring small.
er bottle and would pay me 500 II i
would put them in; put in the saws
the next morning in Freeman's cell,
giving them To him; put in the acid
That night while was lighting lamps;
this was smaller bottle Green |
told me the acid and saws
were tried and were no account; Green |
and Freeman, think, were in adjoin- |
ing cells; Freeman then wrote letter |
for mo TO give to Blanche; she came up |
the next day, and told her they were
no account, to get others; she read
Freeman's letter and laid IL down; ]
don't know what became of the saws:
the letter was dated the 26th or 18th of
March; it was from Freeman 10 Blanche
Williams; 1 would know the letter;
(Witness here identified letter.. Blanche
then told me shA would get other saws
ard acids; she brought them up on
Friday morning, and put them in on
Friday ,Mght;this w::7 the nth OF MaT:". .i
she to.u me to find out whether the
teeth %ere too coarse; found out and
told her they were; | then gave her
change to buy file, $l,lO, but she never |
bought file; she told me | had better |
stay there until Monday; was released |
next mornings; went down to see il
she would give me the money she |
promised; l went to the house of +. z. |
,hnt- no ms Of
she said she was going to the Jail and
would be back that svening; that she
had no money; went to Mrs. Browns
again that evening; neither Mrs. b.
nor Blanche were there; the
girl that was there told me
be back; | waited; when they came
in, one before the other, q few minutes,
supper was announced, when the one
that was there went in to supper;
while out at supper the other came in,
but don't know which one came first;
Mrs. Brown came out first and told me
to come into the sitting room; l went
in; when she called Blanche in some
one called Mrs. Brown and she stepped
out; Blanche asked me If knew what
progress had been made with the saws;
/ told her they said they We're good and
Freeman thought he would get out by
Tuesday or Wednesday night; when
Mrs. Brown came back Blanche vii,
Iiams repeated to her what !
II she had got case knives
or gun saws it would have been better.
Mrs. Brown told me she had gone to
gun store and looked all around TO see
If she could find one but could not tnd
what she wanted. so went TO hardware
store and bought saw; sha said they
asked her il she was going to turn out
to carpentering; she told them she was
going TO have meat saws made out OF
them; that is all Mrs. Brown said;
Mrs. Brown stepped out and l TOLD
Blanche l wanted the money She had
promised me; she said she didn't have
any, but whom Mrs. Brown came in she
would give me some, and when Mrs.
Brown came in she said to her she
wanted So for me; Mrs.. Brown gave
her the money, which she handed to me;
! told Blanche that Freeman said be
would need new hat and shoes as the
ones he had on would be known;
Blanche told me she wanted me to st2y
over here until they made the break, to
go to Jail and find out where Freeman
wanted her to meet him; / told her |
would stay, and then left the house; !
came back in an hour or two and told
Blanche l was afraid to stay; she
called Mrs. Brown in and asked Mrs.
Brown, if was arrested, if Mrs Brown
would make me bond, If would stay;
Mrs. Brown said that she would; then
said 1 would stay, and came back and
stayed at Browns all Saturday night; |
never went back after that night; |
never saw Mrs. Brown or Blanche after
that night, until they were arrested
the first saws, the small ones, Blanche
had in her companion, the last saws, the
large ones, she had in her bosom; the
acid was in her poct ct; she said she had
got some of the acid on her clothes
BOTTLES here shown witness are identi-
fed by him); the acid was of redish
color and smoked terribly when it was
being put from one bottle to another;
WITNESS here identified the saws; file
was shown witness but he said he knew
nothing about it); when asked Blanche
to buy q file she said she was afraid to
buy one; Mrs. Brown said she had
bought a hand-saw; l told them l was
uneasy, and Mrs. Brown said | need
not be afraid she had bought the saw
herself, that Blanche had not
bought any, l was AFRAID
of Blanche because kshe drank
sometimes. A note shown witness he
identified as one he wrote to Freeman.
ON CROSS EXAMINATION
witness said: Mrs. Brown never prom
ised me any money; Mrs. Brown never
gave me any saw, file or bottle OF acid
in jail; Mrs. Brown never told mo to put
file, saw or acid in jail; never had any
agreement, contract or understanding
with Mrs. Brown about putting file, saw
or acid in Jail; l had put in all saws and
acid before l had any conversation with
Mrs. Browp;I know OF no connection
between Mrs. Brown and Freeman;
know of no interest, friendship, rel a.
tionship or connection between Mrs.
Brown and Freeman; L was drunk
when went back that night, but don't
tpnxN anvthlpU but that | was there