Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-29
4 STARTLING STORY.
W. L. Beason Arrested in Meridian
Miss, and Said to be the
Gainesville Murderer.
Officer Ben Evans Of this City Vow on
His Way TO Fort Worth with
The Prisoner.
nArshaI Farmer Tells How, According -
Information, Miss Watkins was Mur-
dered and Mis- Bostick MutlatSd.

On Monday Marshal Farmer called
to 8 GAZETTE reporter on Main street,
who stopped and waited until the Marshal
crossed to where he was standing.
az will have something big for you BY
tomorrow night or next day, and
promise you THE GAZETTE shall have the
news first"
"With your Injunction Of 1ecrecy on
me, tell me the nature Of the item"
"Do you remember man who lived
here once named Beason? ". L., think,
are his initials. he worked at one time
for Ben Evsns?"
~ nave heard Of him, but never saw
him that 1 know Of"
DWELL, Ben Evans has him under ar
rest in Meridian, Miss, for the murder Of
Miss Genie Watkins and the brutal at
tempt to murder Miss Bostick st Gaines
vile"
"Can 1t be possible1"
"Yes; and We have pretty strong EVIL
dence, too"
"Did you get requisitionH"
eyes; Governor Ross grsnted It readily,
and have telegram from Ben Evans
that he leaves there this evening or TO-
morrow"
twill BesSon be brought to Fort
WORTH"
Eyes, and go to Gainesville tonight
to see what there is to certain iniormA-
ton we have received"
"Ten me sll about it."
"The information that we have came
through 5 sister-in-law of Besson In
Southern Texas. Beason WAS st her
house and there told his story. BE says
he did not enter the house to outrage the
girls or to commit murder, but for the
purpose of robbery. The girls woke up,
Miss Watkins first, and he psed hatchet
with terrible effect. The noise sWoke
Miss Bostick and Besson brought his
i hstchet into play g second time. At the
lime Of this terrible crime, Beason, it is
said, was living with sister At Gaines
vile, and it is to establish this fact and
find out all can about that part Of It
that go to Gainesville"
With distinct promise that the mat
ter should not be used until communi
Gated by some one else or until Evans
return, Mr.. Farmer left. That night he
went to Gainesville and is still in that
city.
MORK INFORMATION.
Monday night While standing in
the office of the Ellis hotel,
! salesman of the B. c. Evans Company
took the reporter aside and told him that
Ben Evans had gone TO Mississippi after
the murderer OF Miss Watkins. He stated
how the information had been received.
Tharkin the gentleman and urging him
to say nothing about the matter, the
reporter visited.
Yesterday afternoon Officer Rushing
impaired the information thAt Besson
had been arrested and that Ben Evans
had worked hard on the case. He stated
that Beason's object in entering the
house was to steal the girls
jewelry, and that awaking, the muir
der had followed. The information
obtained WAS that Miss Watkins was
lying on the side of the bed next to the
wall and the coveted .welry was reached
for, the poor girl awoke and
i UTTERED A SCREAM.
The Ratchet which had been used to open
the window was in the burglars
hands, aud impelled by the in
stinct of fear at detection,
he struck his vic'i blow after blow.
Miss Bostick was Of course reused, and
the frightened man silenced her by q blow
or two and then q d.
/, List night THE GAZETTE received the
following:
FROM MERIDIAN.
Spe sIal 20 the Gazette
MERIDIAN, MISS Feb. 2s.-W. L. Bea-
son, s young msn raised in this county,
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