Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-30
The Parentage Of the Unfortunate Babe
Of Mary Walker Not Yet
Established
Young Stowe Declared Judicially In
nOcent and Discharged From
Custody,
A Doctor Who Was Badly Non.
plussed on His Di-
agnosis,

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ing on habeas corpus. The prominence
OF the parties involved in the affair
and their connection with leading
families In the country has excited
great deal Of interest in IL. Heretofore
THE GAZETTE has refralned from any
publications in regard to the matter,
not wishing to influence public opinion
before the trial of the case before n
judicial tribunal. A large crowd OF
curious spectators assembled at the
courthouse to hear
THE EVIDENCE,
which is presented below.
Mr.. George w. Walker, an uncle OF
the young lady testified IA follows
~ know the defendant and the girl
Mary Walker, alleged to have been
seduoed. she Is IL or 10 years OF age.
Her father and mother are both dead,
her father dying one year ago last
September and her mother before that
time. The defendant has lived there
on the place since the death OF her
father and about two years
before. His home was gen
orally there although he was
sometimes away for week or so at
time. had a conversation about this
affair with the girl on Sunday even.
ing before defendant left there in his
presence. asked her to tell me the
guilty party and used about these
words: Maggie, tell me who the guilty
party is and N necessary
HIS HEARTS BLOOD
shall do you justice. Tell the truth,
let IL fall where II will; If II falls on
Bruce (meAning the defepdant), let IL
come She said Bruce was innocent,
and for me to call In the morning and
she would tell me the truth. The
next morning Bruce WAS gone, and
she told me that Here the de-
fendant's attorneys objected TO wit
ness stating anything said by the
girl not in the presence OF de-
PENDANT, which was sustained.
1t IL understood from Mr.. Walker
however, that at the secopd converse
ton Maggie told him Stowe was her
seducer) | had n conversation with
defendant In the courthouse here the
morning he was arrested. | said to
him: Bruce, j told you / would hold
you Innocent OF this until found you
| guilty, and If you are innocent why
did you rhn?' He said: well, George,
! tell you ] raw from the way you
was talking to her that she would
TELL THE TRUTH
and would let IL fall on me, but / tell
| you, George, / am aa innocent az the
dead'-or something to that effect.
He was then arrested. / don't think
! made any proposition about his
marrying her Mt that time.
1--WE seen them together several
times. They seemed TO be very good
friends and afiectionate, tolerably.
He would always lake her wherever
she wanted to go. / lived about one
and b half miles from there, De-
PENDANT was always upright and hon
est. and never seemed 10 be anywise
lecherous. The child was born, / think,
last Saturday week. i never sus.
picioned anything wrong before that
time. The family physician had been
treating her for some time for dropsy
thinking that her ailment."
III. g. Johnson, a well-known farmer
who lives in Smith6eld neighborhood
testified as follows: ~ know the de
them together at church and Other
the wagon and take the family. II,
has here tof5re stood well In the com
nlunity. The
| VI lhE 1lkl4
for chastity has always been good
don't think she was considered for
ward. Her conduct was generalli
good. / had talk with defendant be
fore he was arrested, but he made
NO CONFESSIONS
to me. l talked 10 him about marry
ing the girl
Albert Carleton, young mau whit
also resides near Smithheld, testified
II know the defendant; | also know
the girl. i went to the house TO SCI
Bruce one day last winter. l raped
on the door no one came. The wine
was blowing; II was very cold.
opened the door and went in. Wen
through the front door and through
, the second, and when opened II Bruc,
seemed to be getting up off the floor
There ] got a glimpse OF some one
DODGINO BEHIND THE DOOR.
| sat down, and In fifteen or twenty
minutes Miss Maggie came out from
behind the door ana sat down. Ther'
was pallet ON the floor, 1t may hay,
been defendants overcoat. Defendant
had all his clothes on---hls coat, pant
and boots. and maybe his hat. Hi
clothes were not unbutt0ned, nor die
they seem 10 be disaTranged. Hi
pants and vest were buttoned wen
there 10 see Bruce, the defend
ant. We were good friends
I have seen him at church and al
other places with her. Ihaye seen hel
with other young men, sometimes
riding In buggies with them last fall
and 1T other times. Have seen Other
young men at her house. / DOM
know that ever auspIcioned anything
wrong before / heard this.D
This IL the testimony introduced by
the state. The defense introduced nc
witnesses and the case was submitted
without argument. The court eaid
that under the law the csrnal knowl.
edge must have been with q promise
Of marriage, or induced by such prom.
Use, which tho testimony failed Ia
show, and ii 1t identified the defend.
ant as the man, then 1t failed 10 show
the promite Of marriage, hence he die
charged the defendant.
i The prosecution was represented In
the trial by Msssrs. McClung, Blair
aud Bowlin, aud the defense by II. w.
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