Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-26
SCANDALOUS.
Austin Agog About the DlsgracsTuI
Developments in the Phillips
Case,
Inc Scarlet Woman. The PrOcuress,
the Shameless CJprian. the To.
bin Woman Testliies.
she Bays 'he superintendent OF Public In.
etruction Of rexas Freauontea ner
Brothei
spoolal 70 tne GArettc.

special 20 the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, May e5,--Testimony Ia
the Phillips murder case was resumed
10 Tic district courtbeforc Judge Walker
The story OF Mrs. Phillips, the mother Of
the defendant, was taken up whore il was
left on yesterday, ana developed nothing
new or what was unknown before, but
the sensational part OF tho proceedings
came with the testimony OF the
ToOin woman, keeper OF the assig-
nation house at the foot OF the
avenue where Mrs Eula Phillips, the
murdered woman, was Elm the habit OF
meeting the gay gaglants of the
town. The object ST the prose.
cuilon In Mrs. Tohln's testimony
was to show that Mrs. Phillips, young
aud handsome as she was, had been guilty
OF continuous infdelity 10 her husband,
the defendant, and that In this Inv the
motive for taking her life.
Taylor for the prosecution, put the
question TO Mira Tobln II Mrs. philllps
had been In the habit OF visiting her
house, and II she came alone The court
room was crowded 10 snffocAtl,n n,
aud the multitude, including the long.
visaged, sharp.eyod Judge on the bench
and the gaunt attorneys at the bar pant.
Ing aud blowing with the heat, listened
with brepthless attention, The crowd
and court hung upon her words like a
man listening 10 his own dcath-scn,once.
In reply To the questions as 60 what
persons were with Mrs. Phillips, Mrs,
robin mentioned the names Of one or
two young men OF tho town, including
BUILDING OF the new capitol Mrs. Tobln
also mentioned the name of tho superln
tendent OF public Instruction Of the state
OF Texas.
This created profound sensation, and
Tho auditory, with suppressed excite
nient, waited In GREATNESS suspense. ex-
nocting the witness Go name some luek.
less officer still higher nj m the state
government, hut those who listened for
the name OF the comptroller whom an
Infamous slanderer some time ago
charged with being connected with the
scandal, listened in vain, Col SWANS
name was not mentioned, and stands
clean Of al imputation and unbpsmlrcAed
This Ia one Of the most extensive
and profound scandals ever known
10 Austin, and IL ia understood
the superintendent % pabllc Instruction
denies ali knowledge Of Mrs. Phillips. Ii
lie freely charged that many leading ell.
zens were blackmailed by Mrs. Tobin,
aud they planked down the spot cash, and
others, who refuse, were brought into the
scandal. II is charged by friends OF some
OF the young men implicated that Mrs.
Tobin is tho tool Of parties bealud the
scenes who have concocted scheme for
their ruin.
In this connection II has been stated
that II was through Mis- TobIn that n
certain public contractor discovered the
rascallty OF his employee, and while both
occupied adjoining rooms, with thin
partition between, aud through which
the employer was lot into the secret OF "A
1ve-thousand-dollar bribe, The employo
now IL without boss and with nothing
TO do.
Testimony Will be resumed tomorrow
and one Of the points yet To be reached ii
testimony az 10 who drove the hack with
The white horses ia which Mrs, Phillips
rode on the terrible night Ct The murder