Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-11
THE BBASON CASE.
onicsr Ben Evans sui worsIug to Estsb.
lse tho Truth,

lIse tho Truth.
List night Officer Ben c. Evans re-
turned from trip 10 CJJdwell, Bas.rop
snd other Southern Texas counties. Mr..
Evans says his reputation IS an office. is
st stake and ne proposes, cost what it
may, 10 establish the .uilt
or innocence Of ". L. Bea-
'on Of the murder Of Genie Watkins at
Gainesville on the night Of the 18TH Of
July last. he arrested Beeson on what
he considered good grounds and he now
PROPOSES to SHOW to the world every link
in tie chain tf evidence. Two letters
were pu olished saying tha: BesSop was st
work on railroad construction oa July II.
Evans went 10 where the work was beng
lone ard found Beason had left on July
7, as the following shows:
j. NJ. Wmiehead OF Smittyille, Bsstrop
couoty, appeared before Daniel Gethies,
!. notary public for Bsstrop county, and
on oath said ths1 he knew w. L. Besson
well Had fist met him on the
EsilroSd w"rk IN BaStrop county
in June, 1887. Beasan had boarded
with him until Jnly 7, 1887.
when he left. Where Beason went he
could rot say. That Bssson returned
Angus, and came to his camp to visit
hin. Besson stain about TWO hours and
took supper with him. He did not look SIS
I he used to and seemed 10 be in trouble.
When Beason left he did not say where
he WAS going.
EVsns also went TO see Lynch, who
published 8 card in regard 10 Besson's
Whereabouts on the IL h. Lynch stated
| that the state M attributed to him had
Dn hpan nm nj Shn 10.
he'd been ADDED TO and taken from. He
WAS not willing to make oath that he had
| seen Beeson on the l2:h of July
and that it might have been
q week lister, July Is, that
he had seen him. There WAS picnic on
the 2lst and ne knew that sson had
come to the house on Tuesday before
,his picnic, it might have been the three
days before instead OF the ten days before.
The man who Was wiling 10 swear that
ne hsd been with or seen Benson IL that
part OF the ate ON July u, lived lst
over On soEe other place and could never
Re found.
1t Will be remembered that the Gaines
Vile Hesperisu published letter pur-
porting to have been written by William
Alexander CT Dale. At the time this let
Ter WAS published OtIlcar Evans 0ro-
nounced 1t forgery, and spoke in the
highest terms of William Al-xan Ter.
Not only is il now proven 20 have been
q forgery by xtIi 'avit OF William Altx.n-
der, opl OH ;,r EFaAs bnO VS. who wrote II.
WILLIAM ALEXANDER's STATEMENT.
STATE OF Texas, CJuHiy of Caldwell:
This is 10 certify that Ben c. Evans Of
Fcrt Worth, Tx, vas At my
house on tie night OF the IS;h
Cay OF February, 1888, and left
for Lockhsrt on Tie 19sn OF February,
1888, in search of W. L. Besson IS he
CLAIMED for the Gainesville murder. I
have never informed any person or paper
that Evans WAS mistaken about talking
to ne about Beason or authorized any
one else to. l am the only William
Ale xauder at Dale, Caldwell county, Tex.
(Sigued) WILLIAM ALEXANDER.
Wltness-L. A. Bagiey, J0nn 8. Holt.
I. 81 Prince OF Ssn Marcos, VINO runs
q restaurant In that city, ard who has rel
atiyes in Fort Worth, w4s seen by Eysns,
sLd Prince says that Beason on the I4th
or Is h OF July got Of the southbound
tram and was IN his place Of business.
Bsason had tall, dark complexioRed
m2n with him. Beason acted so qugerly
that he (Pfinc. } went 10 al officer and
told him OF h's suspicious sbout BeAson,
aud that he then suspected him Of the
Gainesville crime.
Evans has the strongest possible an
davits placing Beason IN Gainesville as
late as 10 or II O'Clock on the night Of
July II, IN which the house he was 81 and
the words he spoke are given. While
away Eysns has had q man doing his
work, paid by him.