Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-20
GUILTY LOVE
A Sad Story Of WOman's Weakness,
Mans Perfdy and a FamilY's
Disgrace.
a Girl Lured from Home, Child Form,
Abandoned and Dies and the Parents Under
Arrest for Murder.
Special to the Gazette.

Thomas WEIGH, who owns large property
interests in this county. 1t is stated that
Miss WEIGH left this city last March IN
company with one William Brown a stove
drummer. They went to LewisvlIle,
Ark, and lived as man and wife until a
few weeks ago when child
was born. They then went TO
Texarkana where the child was
left in an alley. Brown went back to
Lewisvile and Miss WeIch came to this
city She claims that the child was
placed in the alley by Brown during
their stay IN Texarkana. Brown is q
| married man and had brought suit for
divorce. Miss Welch says they were to
be married soon afterwards. Her father
accompanied her to Texarkana to answer
the charge against her.
THE RUINED GIRL g STORY.
Special to the Gazette.
TExARKANA, TEX, Aug. 19.-The de-
tails of the heartless abandonment of 4
three-weeks -old infant here by its pa
rents, ten days ago, was reported at the
time, as was the account OF the suisse
! Quent capture Of the alleged father of
the founding at LewisvilIe, Ark. and
still later the arrest of the mother at
!
| has caused so much trouble, though well
cared for, and with every help except a
! mother s love, breathed its last just be-
fore the tram brought its mother here as
| a guarded prisoner. This morning the
| prisoners, VIM. NJ. Brown and Texana
| WEIGH, the parents of the deserted
child. were brought into court before
| Justice r. G.. Cannon to give evidence
| on the inquest held over the child. Miss
! Welch was accompanied here by her
| father, Mr.. 7. b. WEIGH, q respectable
| and well-to-Go farmer of Cook county,
and other relatives. and also two eminent
| attorneys of Gainesville The statement
of the wronged woman was the old, old
story, and its simple recital brought
tears to the eyes of many who had come
to the courtroom to witness the eXamina-
ton merely through curiosity.
Miss TeXana Welch was permitted from
the beginning of the trial to make her
own statement, which she did in plain
manner, and every utterance bore the
genuine stamp Of truth. She gave her
age as twenty two years, but she would
be easily taken for less. She was neatly
dressed, has quite an intelligent face,
black eyes and very black hair. She
signed her statement with clear, bold
hand, and in all probability has had the
advantages OF education.
William NJ. Brown, her alleged be-
trayer, sat near the narrator while she
was making her statement. He is stout,
robust and by no means criminal in ap-
pearance. He has the appear
ance of railroad laborer.
At the close of Miss Welch's
statement, Browns attorney was asked
if he wished to make a statement also,
and he declined. From the evidence
elected the following are the facts in the
case:
Miss WEIGH was the daughter of re-
spectacle parents living near Gainesville,
Tex. Brown obtained employment from
the girl s father on his farm, and soon
after fell sick and had a protracted spell.
The girl was his principal attendant and
assisted in nursing him back to health. In
this way an intimacy came between the two
which resulted in the ruin of the girl.
The father having reason to believe that
Brown was already married made him
leave. About the first of March last
Brown induced his victim to leave her
home and accompany him to TeXarkana,
promising marriage as soon as he was
able to obtain q divorce from his wife
They remained at Texarkana several
months, living at a respectable boarding
house as man and wife. From the ac-
count Of the poor woman their income
was scant and she sewed and gave up
portion OF her jewelry to pay board.
They left Texarkana several months
ago and went to Lewisyille, Ark.
to remain until after the
woman s expected confinement. Here
was enacted another long chapter OF
misery. The man says he could not OBJ
tain work and the woman bowed down
in shame, sorrow and poverty. Three
weeks after the child was born the pair
concluded to return to Texas for thes
alleged reason that they could not make
q support out in Arkansas. The woman
testified that Brown induced her to be-
lieve that he had provided nice place
for the babe, where it would be well
cared for, and that she could go on to
her home at Gainesville and remain
until it was so they could
marry. They arrived in this
city on Saturday, August 10, and
stopped at the Burridge boarding house
near the depot. The woman testifes
that they rose early on the morning of
the 18th to make preparations, she to
take the train for Gainesville and he to
take the child. to the place he had already
provided for it. She said her only rea-
son for cOnsenting to such an arrange
ment was to avoid the disgrace of her
good and kind parents. Before the train
left Brown again assured her that the
child was in a good place and well cared
for. She said that before the train
pulled out there was already q report
that dead infant had been found, but
she could not believe it to be her own.
The testimony of Mrs. Edwards, the
boarding house keeper, and the woman
who kept the child until its death, cor
robOrated the testimony Of the poor,
grief-stricken woman. The jury of in
quest brought i'll a verdict this evening
that the infant came to its death at the
hands of William Brown and Texana
WEIGH, whereupon Hiss Welch waived
examination ana was admitted to bail in
the sum of $500, which she gave, and
will return home Tomorrow. Brown
was remanded to jail and VIII have his
examination next Wednesday,.
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