Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-10
r FATHERS revenge.
A Prominent Farmer of Parker County
Slabs His Daughter Fourteen
Times in the Breast.
She Elopss With and Aarries q Prom
istng Young Business Aan-The
r, tier Pretends to Forgive.
She Visit ar Mothers Bedside and tina
Father Takes A~fsl Revenge Ter His
Chilo's Dissbedience.
A FAMILY TRAGEDY.

FAMILY TRAGEDY.
Special 70 tbs Gazette.
WATERFORD, TEX, April s-Thls
city was horrihed this evening on the ar
rival of Mr.. James P. Mcconnell, consta-
BILE Of precinct NJ. Of this county, who
with four other citizsns had In charge ].
n Aston, heretofore highly respecta-
BILE farmer who has resided st Poolville
in this county, sixteen miles north OF
this city for five yesrs. The charge
against Aston Is thst of numbering his
daughter 81 his residence At 9 O'Clock
this morning. THE GAgETTK cores
pondent learned from Mr.. Mcconnell that
on Wednesday night last Alston's
daughter was married to Mr.. G, w Tur-
pin, one of the best business men OF
Poolville contrary TO the wishes OF her
father Since that time Aston has tried
to make up with his daughter and Mr..
Turpin, whom she married. Mr.. McCon-
pel says Mr.. Aston hs1 invited his daugh
ter and Mr.. Turpin to his house several
times and had gone over to where they
were boarding and
BEGGED THEM TO COME HOME
and be treated as children. Yesterday
afternoon M. and Ms. Turp!n went to
her fathers house and spent the evening
Her father treated them very
nicely and begged them to spend
the night. They could not spend
the night and Alston insisted on his
daughter coming back to his home
this morning and staying with her moth
sr, who was not very we'll. This morn
ing Mrs. Turpin complied with the re-
quest Of her father and went 20 his home
to spend the day with her mother. She
had been In the house few moments
when her father came in the room snd be-
gan talking 10 her in an abrupt manner,
waen she got up and attempt d to run,
but ss all the doors were closed she
l-.z3 COULD NOT EsCAPH
Before her father caught her and
1 with very lsrge pocket knife
stabbed her fourteen times in the breast
near the hesrt and cut her face and neck
very severely. After Aston had cut his
daughter In this way and left her for
dead, he stsrted at once for Poolville to
surrender himself to Constable Mcconnell
The result of Alston's butchery on his
daughter did not kill her Instantly, but
there are no hopes Of recovery. TIE ia
zETTK correspondent was permitted TO
see Aston in Sil. Mr.. Cleveland, the
jsilor, had jus. hsd Aston lunch pre-
pared and carried 1t to him in the cell,
when your reported WAS admitted to
where the prisoner wss.
THE PRISONERS STATEMENT.
The reporter slated TO Aston he had
ebeen informed that he (AlstoD) was
1 charged with numbering MS daughter
who recently became Mrs. Turpin, and
that q report of the affair would go to the
papers throughout this part of the cOun-
try ard he would like 20 give the prisoner
an opportunity to make . Statement If he
desired, and then asked il he hsd any
statement to make. He had just COM
menced eatiog and said he had state.
ment to make and 1t would take an hour
to make it as he desir d to
make his statement carefully
as he had done in the
killing Of his daughter. In substance,
Aston stated his name was J. n. Aston,
that he WAS forty. four years old, was
born ard
RAISED IN GEORGIA
TIL I'VE years sgo, when he removed to
\ this couaIy anu located one mile north Of
Poolyllle, where he has reside d since that
time. He has been farmer sill his life.
He exp aimed In detail the case Of the
crime he has committed. Two years ago,
he claims, Mr. Houser, the business part
ner OF Mr.. TurpiD, who has JUST
married his daughter, solicited him
to trade with them on time,
and says when he went to purchase goods
on credit MIR. Iurpin refused him credit
in very abrupt wsy. Aston said IL WAS
tnot the refusal of credit that made him
mad, but the manner in which Turpin re-
fused II. Previous to thst time Mr..
Turpin had been waiting on his daughter.
After this ne told his daughter she should
not keep company with Turpin any
logger. THIS ne says she granted, bui
some time ago he learned his daught I
had peyer abandoned the company Of Mr.
Taspin. At this time ne
~ PLEADED WITH HIS DAUGHTER
to throw bin overheard, to which
she could not agree, when be
told her that II SIZE married Turpin he
would kill him ga certain IS TIrpin stsld
on the esrth. Finally she agreed to quit
his company, but IS before she did moi
do 30. A week sgo he says he noticed
arrangements being INSIDE, he WAS sure,
for an elopemept He again told her he
would kill Turpin If see married him. o.
! March so he came to this city with hi:
daughter, and when they returned hons
young lady friend OF his daughter
from J.ck county, WAS there and re
manned for several dsys, and on Monday
night, April 2, they had made their ar
fragments
TO ATTEND LEAP YEAR HOP.
i. The old mans suspicious were aroused
and be forbade the youpg ladies attending
the party for fear the daughter would gel
"a and marry. At the proper hour their es
, corts came for them and we're informed by
! the young ladies thst they were not going
to attend the party. He ssys at an early
hour the young ladies went upstairs snd
!. he though, retired for the night, and he
doxed of to sleep. Shortly be