Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-11

| Bryant was my husband and was run over
| by an Alabama Great Southern train
seven years ago.
This closed the evidence of the evening
but as the last witness had appeared to
! know more than she cared to tell of the
| case it was deemed proper TO put her
\ enler $1,000 bond, in default of which
She was sent to jail. The coroner then
! adjourned the inquest until clock this
morning.
It was just O'Clock last night when
| the coroner jury adjourned after the
| evidence Of the last witness. AS the re-
porter entered the Age-Herald Office a
! telegraph messenger entered and deliv
cred the following special:
COLUMBUS, Miss. Dec. 5.-Mr. R. R
! Halves, one of the most popular en-
| ployes OF the Georgia Pacific Railway,
and Miss Mayes Story, daughter of Mr..
J D. Story of this place, were married
! this evening at clock at the residence
| of The BRIDES father, the Rev. j. w.
| Price officiating. They left at once for
| visit 20 his relatives in Augusta, Ga. land
| a bridal tour through the east. There
were no cards, and only a few friends
were present.
! The authorities were at once Informed
and a number of officers met the Georgia
| Pacific train which arrives IN this city at
$40. Deputy Sheriff Truss, Officers
! Pinkerton and Carlisle and several others
| boarded the train as it pulled into the
carshed. 4 glance into the first car re-
yealed the presence of the man they
wanted, seated beside a lovely woman,
his bride. He walked up toward him,
and when he saw them his countenance,
so they say, fell. Captain Truss ap-
preached him and stated that he held
warrant Tor his arrest, the charge
of which was the murder of his child and
without any ado the man surrendered
himself, turned his new wife over TO the
care of an acquaintance and went out
under the custody of the officers. The
reporter met him at the car door and
walked by his side to the prison. lie was
exceedingly well dressed and was refined
| in appearance. He wore light-brown
overcoat, neat suit of black
clothes and a white satin cravat.
His dress was very suggestive of
that of a bridegroom. He asked no
question as to which of his children he
was accused OF having murdered, nor did
he express any desire to see the remains.
About all he said on the way up to the
jail, was that he was innocent. On the
way to the Jail the man was followed by
an army of curious ones, intent on seeing
what manner of man he was. During all
this he was perfectly tranquil and be-
trayed no emotion of any character.
On arriving at the Jail several officials
and an Age-Herald reporter We're al
lowed admittance. When asked if he
had any defense TO make, the prisoner
said that he was prepared to answer any
questions that might be put to him.
'You know, sir, l suppose, - said the
reporter, "the charge on which you are
arrested?'
eyes, for murder, I believe. It is
stated that | have killed one OF my chill
dren. -
1T is your daughter Mamie,'' sug-
gested the reporter.
MAY, you mean, suppose?' sug-
gested the man deliberately, "She is
the one then?'
man conversed. Hawcs then made the
following replies in answer to questions
pu. to him:
1 saw May last, think, on Saturday
night, at the house on Twenty-seccnd
street, near the bali park. brought my
boy to the car that evening and sent him
to Atlanta by my brother, who is taking
care OF min. l was away from the house
about two hours and when l re-
turned I found the mother OF my
chiliren aud my two little girls
gone. The Woman was once my wife,
but | was divorced from her i'll October
last and have not lived with her since.
She has taken care of our children since
and l have provided her with money. l
have been on the road most of the time
since. When | came to town [ wonld
NJ hot md s,4i
out to see the children. l would fire.
quently see her, and always spoke to her.
She is the mother of the three children
and | am their father. We have been
married nine years. May is eight |
years old on the 3lst of next |
month. 1 searched for the children |
on Saturday night and Sunday and con-
Guided that she had left town with them. |
left the city for Columbus Yesterday |
morning at o. clock. l stopped at the !
Florence hotel Monday night. l think l |
returned about u. / sat around the |
Office and talked with a friend of mine |
named Wyley for Il couple of hours be- |
fore | retired. l spent the first part of |
the night with my brother at the depot /
He left for Atlanta during the night.
When asked if he knew Il woman named |
Bryant he replied in the negative. When |
the woman 5 niSJ name, Fanny, was |
mentioned, he said he did know ~
woman named Fanny-that she washed |
for his family, The last time lie saE her
was Saturday morning; he denied haVng |
seen ner Monday night.
81 have been connected with the |
Georgia Pacific Railroad FOR four years -
he said. - moved my affairs into Mrs.
Fuller's boarding house last Saturday.
Yes, told my brother that l had given
my divorced wife $500 to go to her aunt
i'll Paris, Ill.
81 married my first wife in Atlanta
nine years ago on the Sth day of July. |
l took out Il license. We ran away and |
were married. She was about IS years
old. | was married TO her twice-the
first time At Payne chapel by Metho-
dist minister, and the second time by a
priest in the Catholic church in Atlanta,
she being Il Catholic.
~ got divorce from my wife in At
lanta last October. l don t remember in
what court. My plea was infidelity on
her part ] filed the suit two
years ago, but according to the
Georgia law couple must wait two !
years before the decree can be granted.
The decree of the divorce court gave me
the custody of the children. l was
geing to take the girls off to school in