The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-10

copy has been offered time and again.
The public appreciates the noble efforts OF
lIE APPEAL in bringing the guilty parties
10 justice.
THE SCANDAL At WATER VALLEY.
Interviews with People Who Knew
About the Parties,
Special Dispatch To The Appeal.
WATER VALLEY, Miss, Sept, o-Garley
Brown is still here, aud is evidently deter
mined TO see II through, Notwithstanding
rnmor current this morning that he, too,
had left Tor parts unknown. Rombcrgor 8
trunk was last night checked TO Philadel.
phia, and ho Is believed to have gone To
his father. On the night bo left Water
Valley he addressed note To his folks, in
which he states that hc did not deny hay.
ing to do with the girl Willie Tisdcll n
short time before she left this place ior
Memphis. lie admitted that lac deserved
ccnsnrc, but not 20 the extent melted out
to him 10y the public. lIo'proicssed the
deepest contrtion for his share in the
girls ruin.
The men employed in the railroad shop
here are exceedingly bitter toward Rom.
berger and Brown. One Of them, in
conversation with your correspondent.
remarked that at would have required
but a word from the proper party To have
started ms out after these parties" Most of
them knew the murdered girl and were
warmly attached To her, beside their
usual antipathy Tor Brown aud Rombcrgcr,
whom they class rs dudes.
A movement VAS talked Of here today
looking TO the raising Of sum whcrcwith
10 bring the girls remains here Tor decent
burial. Several proilcu oi contributions
have been made, aud II Is highly probable
that the cOmmendablc effort will succeed.
Even The young man. Brown, has. Il is
said, volunteered o. assist In the raising by
u liberal contribution.
BRowN urclNuEs ms INNOCENCE.
Brown pcristcntly declares his innocence
Of anything further than enjoyment II tho
girls charms, and attributes his connection
with the melancholy affair 10 his friend.
ship for Rombrurr. Ito showed your
correspondent letter today which lac has
addressed a. Rnmhorgcr, through his
father ~ loyalslon. Ia. In Il lac de-
mlndcd that the son write him complete
ylndicntlon on the following material
points
"Who scduccl Willie Tislcll9"
Who X the father OF her ollspnng?"
who scnl hor 10 Memphis, drlmying
her expenses"
On all these points, strictly speaking.
Brown seems 10 be- innocent, but 90 mf
~ known, Il Is little morr than tie pub.
lic already conceded. llo claims To- bc
fortified With ample proof 10 sulplantitic
hlS claim Ia innocence oi them, bat con-
irssrd 10 criminal intimacy with the girl
after her ruin had already bccn accom-.
plishcd.
now SIR PLEADED WIN uoNuruUTH.
In q conversation with Mr. o. T.. Kart.
lett, an cmployc M the railroad shops.
your correspondent listened b. thc follow.
ing statement oi meeting between
Willie lislrIl aud KDmbcrgcr two ur
three days before she left Tor Memphis
81 stepped out ono night after supper
and heard some one talking at the back II
my garden. ] recognized the voices VI
Bpmbrrgcr nnl Willie, aud to catch the
purpose NJ their conversation rUpt up 90
within twenty feet NJ them.
"'Mr liumhurwr,' said the girl, YOU
have ruined me. YOU must do na ,uu
promised. You told me you would never
harm me, bat now you have caused mo iu
lose nlI my funds have no place tu gl.
Everybody LAS gone back on me On your
account
"lhc poor girl was crying az though her
heart would break.
"' DO not gncyc,' replied Romborrur
'iyf ! will sDo you nll right. have secured
YOU place IN Memphis where yuu
will .bc tfralcland sotaIlnght aud nobody
will know you were in this fix
'Shc continued 10 weep, aud said.
They know II now
Yes, said be-, but N you ~ 10 Mem.
phis b. the doctor hc will take h from YOU
and VT YOU oil right have male the
arrangements with him, aud wo will make
oil those factory women out liars
tic kisses her whcrcupJn they got 49,
aud walked oil.
Dock Neal, nm invalid uncle Of ne girl.
makes thu following interesting statement
81 luit the house NJ Browns office June
III last. Tho night boipr lrt I uas
giving Willie some advice when sYmr 600.
tapped on the door, She got up aul
0lEnrd the door. II was Gmlcy Brown
lie got her hat and said tD mp I will liu
back Ia q few minutes. that WIS about %
O'Clock. They did not return until after
midnight. When they did come back and
Brown hal gone, I sad 10 her This b.
pretty time Of night sof YOU 90 be- out
lor Gods sake and mine and yUum LET
that man alone She only replied lie
has not misicatcd inc nor insullyd mc.
wArER VALLEY rKCiTrD.
There has been no dimnulion ~ the OK.
element, and Tng ArrEAL's arrival is the
greatest daily event The memory oI
Willie Tisdcll is cherished by every oun.
while the parties responsible Tor her horn.
bic death arc almost cKecmtcd. Wb.,I
Valley is not congenial realm for asaIIy
dudes.
oAHLgY N ANoHY.
On reading Tng Arrears special TODAY.
Mr.. Brown called your correspondent nj
tention 10 tho following section.
Brown, OF Garley, today ten, word "