Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-16
A WACO SCANDAL.
IA Wife Finds a Letter in the Pocket
Of Her Llegs Lord, which
Produces a Rupture.
The Husband, a Lawyer, Leaves for NJ.
Louls-The Other Woman In
tue Affair Well Known.
a Rich ugorssi Tor The prarient Dl.hsa Up
in the highest atyie
of Art.


! special 10 tho Gagotte
WACO, TIKI, Oct. l5.--On last Sunday
special telegram from this city, which
appeared in THIS GAZETTE Monday morn
ing, limited AZ sensational scandal,
which was the talk OF the town. For q
day or two the rumors quieted down and
decent people hoped they were false and
at rest forever. They are renewed, how
ever, by publication In the Examiner
this morning, which opens up the whole
case and puts fiie parties most concerned
in an attitude that Is unpleasant, 10 say
the least OF IL. The Examiner, In its al
1 ticle, does not sdduce any direct facts,
| but 1t presents . mass Of interesting cir
cumstsntial orcollateral testimony. The
principals in this alleged scandal arc T
\ ID. Perry, Esq, a prominent young law
yer, who has Beautiful young wife and
child, and Mrs. l.. v Moore, whose hus
band Is a large dealer In musical lnstru-
ments and merchandise. She Is the
mother Of several children. AS the story
goes, Mr. Penny was Z. " Moore's law
yer aud personal friend, and was at
Moore's home aud business.house very
often. An intimacy Is alleged TO have
sprung up between Mrs. Moore and
/ MltkJu AVlnu OHEnAthhtN1
for development In Moore's frequent ab.
sences. IL Is said that penry's wife Ut
last discovered what was going on, and
this resulted IN his departure, about a
week ago, for st. Louis The Examiner
found an opportunity for publishing
these rumors 10 the closing OF the retail
grocery store Of Humphreys 4 Penny
yesterday afternoon. The firm ~ COM
posed of S. b. Humphreys and John l.
Penny. The Examiners theory Is that
the relations between MIR. G. b. Hrmpn.
reys and Mr.. John l.. Penny were neces-
sarily strained, Mr.. Humphreys, as has
been said, is the father-inlaw, ana Mr.. j
l.. Penny is the brother OF Mr.. L. ID,
Penny This state of affairs, the Ex-
aminer argues, brought about the dis 50.
luton Of the firm, the partners preferring
to separate peaceably and friendly.
There are q few sentences in the Ex-
aminer's article which may be added to
what Is above told, and the recital Is com
plete The Examiner says;
II iSStated +aat MIR. Penry Is gone.
. is a fact that before he left here he was, IL
] a great extent thrown on the sympathy
of MIR. l.. V. Moore and Mrs. Moore fo
compsnionship. He had made a fats
breach at home. He was divided from
his family by barrier more lmpassabl,
than Napoleon oyercame when he crossed
the Alps. His wife discovered In hi
pocket letter, and that letter was ad
I dressed by her husband to Mrs. l.. V
n Moore. Nilus has worm. and that worn
has sting. The asp, compared to that let
n ter, Mrs. Penny would have considered |
] violet. From the day she read II she hat
no husband, and that was more than al
weeks ago. Mr.. Penny, wheI
he became an alien in his family, drew
nearer TO the Moores. he did not seel
70 repair the rupture the discovery OF TN
letter had caused. He took the position
n that his wife had meddled in his affairs
= and he sternly punished her, Or
least he sought to punish her by col,
Y neglect. 1t is certain that he punished
himself. Mrs. Moore's maidcl
name was Annie Turner, She married
Mr.. j. II. Ballafante at Marshall, Tenn.
and she is the mother OF four children
only one Of whom is In Waco with her
Three OF her children reside with thei
paternal grandfather In Tennessee. Sh
ia lady Of modest department, elegan
\ manners, and has been most uniortunat
In her husbands selection Of q guardian
during the periods Of his absence.
/ The Examiner's article was read u
J, around town this morning tne news
cs boys on the stress were ytlnnBi "A
about Penny aud Mrs. Moore" HUNDRED
of people said, "Well, what has bee
talked so much Is printed at last. NOV
whas will be nextI"
The GAZETTE reporter sought out som
OF the parties most Interested. Mr.,
Humphreys Was seen frst. He admitle
that the trouble In connection with h
son-in-law, Il. d. Penny, and the latter
se departure, had impelled him TO close .
OF his business. He said he WAS indors
up on some OF his son-in-law's notes; II
de bad them TO pay II would break aim up
at business, and he resolved 10 clo
or out his business AVID prepare 4
= the worst, He SPOKE kindly al
- respectfully Of his Ute partner. 10
as gard TO the domestic trouble, be said
= had nothing new to communicate
- was inyestiga jug and was not pi
y pared 70 say yet what steps would
~ h.ken. IN regard 10 the leu
= above alluded 10 as found
y. MIR. Penry's wife, no sald lev
= had been found, but ne con
DO MOI saw it was written by his son'in-la
sss for it bad nelther address nor slgasla
wn lMr. Humphreys Is greatly gtleyed. y
q
belief ia his brothers. innocence, q
averred that so far % he was concern
that the trouble had not mad anything
do with the dissolution OF the nrm
M. Humphreys & Penny. He thinks II Y
probable his brother win return 70 wa
ere long. Then the reporter sought y
lol. L. v. Moore, who was found 10 his m9
~ store. Mrs. Moore was there too. ,
~ !. Moore said he hadn't seen the kxam'i
n this morning A copy was procured =
on, Mr.. end Mrs. Moore read the article
one protested to be shocked and indlana
as he was asked II he had any statement
der deelsed 70 make His reply SAs lhhl
ars was as much convinced a. E
mn Of his wife's purity ara
en, nocence, but he must deg
EN-, 10 say Anything more until he conan
Ter, with his lawyer. a. M. HasrisI ks9{
Tor fxed the hour Of 10 o'clock for q sect
ite. interview with tbs reporter. A4 y