Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-16
DALLAS.
Preliminary Examination of David and
Henry g. Harrington Takes Place.
The Sensational Story Told by the Wronged
Wife The Effects Of the Prolonged
Strike Felt-Immigration.
Revolving Tale.
THE GAZETTE, BUREAU,
729 MAIN STREET,
nATJAa Try Nav IL 1870.

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DALLAS, TEX, May Is, 1890. }
The preliminary examination of David
and Henry G. Harrington, the former
charged wilh criminal assault upon Mrs.
Josie Harrington, wife of the latter, and
the latter with conuiving and aiding in
his wite's debauohery, took place be-
fore Justice John Henry Brown to-day.
Her story is one of the most sensa-
tional ever told on the witness stand,
and is as follows:
'My name Is Josie Harrington, and 1
am married; my husbands name is
Henry; he is here; was married March
81, 1890, at Greenville, and DR.. Henry,
the pastor of the Christian church, per-
formed the ceremony. We renamed at
Greenville one night, and came to Dallas
sfAe following day; lived at lib Com
6fnerce street since; am acquainted with
: David Harrington, my brother-tn-law,
but did not know him before my mar
rage. My husband is an artist, and his
brothers, David and Antony are in busi-
ness with him. They paint and enlarge
pictures. David Harrington is mar
ried man. The first week we all lived to-
gether. After that Dave Harrington and
his wife occupied the back rooms and
my husband and myself the front
rooms. l am not positive when the
outrage upon me was perpetrated; it
was either the 29th of April or May 2; on
Friday night, May 2, David Harrington
came in my room; 1 was in bed sick, and
my husband walked out the same door
that David came in; before going out my
husband told me that he had consulted
doctor about me; had told the doctor that
a woman with whom he lived was en-
ciente, and the physician told him that
the only way to remedy it was for the
woman to be intimate with some man
other than her husband; he said he did
not want TO tell the doctor that the
woman was his wife; l have forgotten
the name of the physician; it was
not DR.. Ray; he attended me the even
ing before and prescribed medicine;
my husband said that evening before
David came to my room that 1 must sub
NIT to the Doctors instructions nine days
after the Goth of April. He asked if 1
could not consent for David to come to
my room, and told him that 1 would die
first. He answered that there was no
use in taking on about 1t, and quoted the
Bible to show that where husband was
willing a wife should obey him in all
things. 1 said that if the Bible sane
toned q sin like that, 1 could get along
without the Bible. He said his sister-in-
law, David IS wife, loved her husband,
and that she did whatever her husband
told her to do; if 1 would consent we
would always live happily to-
gether and get along nicely; he put his
arm around me- and asked if 1 would
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mad; said no, would call for help; he
replied he would be damned if he would
be outdone; he opened the door and
David came in and shut the door, leaving
my husband on the outside; there was no
light in the room, and 1t was between 10
and II 'olock at night; David came to
the bed, where 1 was sitting up in my
night clothing; 1 told him not to touch
care, and had not been out of bed since
the day before; he threw the bed covers
one side and prevented me from making
an cutlery; resisted all that could, but
he accomplished his purpose, and then
left the room saying: after 1 had
got used to them, we would get
along all right as David retired
from the room my husband came IN. and
said there was no use in crying or taking
ou;' 1 told hun l had been treated
worse than a negro woman would be
treated and not IS wife; he replied that
he had done nothing wrong; he said he
did not want children, and that 1 was
the first woman he ever saw that did;
told him that did not want TO send my
Soul TO the bad place to keep from hav-
ing children; l had married and ex-
pected to have them; II he did not want
to be father he should have remained
single: cried all that night and the
next day; on Sunday morning got up
ana prepared breakfast; my husband
told me he would kill me, my brother
in-law, Fred BoWlden, and the "whole
id mess of us'' If ever lisped a word
of what had taken place; on Mon
day my sister, Mrs. Bowlden,
sent word that her little boy was i'll and
l asked my husband If l could call on
her; he consented, but wheu got ready
my sister-in-Iaw, Mrs. Carrie Harring-
ton, came along with me and never let
me get out of her sight during my visit at
my sisters. did not tell sister on this
account, and for fear that my husband
would put his threats into executions;
after that my husband wanted me to let
Dave come to my room. told him that
1 would not do SO, and that If there was
anything wrong 1 wanted him to let me
go back to my father and mother in Hunt |
county; I wanted to go home and he |
would not let me; my maiden name was |
Josie Stateler; day or two later called |
Mrs. Estee and told her what had oc- |
and also told her that would |
leave the window up in my room that |
night, and If molested 1 would /
holler' and ask some of them TO come to |
my aid; did SO and slept with my head |
to the window; Saturday evening I saw
Mrs. Estee again and asked her to go nv |
sisters and tell what had occurred. |
Later in the evening asked my husband |
4 could go and he SAID no; went any
how, and ne was mad when returned |
and told me 1 should not leave the house
again. We quarreled all night, and 1
odd him If Dave came to the room 1
would scream for help. Sunday evening,
Nay IL, left the house for good in q
and g sun bonnet; got a
policeman and went back for my trunk;
lid not see my husband nor Dave.
Colored knights.
The state grand lodge, celored Knights
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