Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26

| The brutal crime for which Frizzell paid
| the highest penalty of the law here to-day
| was for the atrociouS murder of his wife in
| cold blood at the tent where she was living
with her mother and sister, in the town OF
/ Comanche.
On the morning of the murder F'rizzell
| went to the tent of his wife and her people,
| it being the morning after he had returned
| to Comanche, after having been separated
| from her for some months, during which
| time he had been in another county.
When he had arrived at the tent he made
| his presence known by calling for his wife,
| and so he states told her after he had met
| her, that he had come down to make up
| with her or play quits for good, and that If
| they could not make up then and there, that
| he was going to secure divorce from her
| i'll legal way
She replied, so he says, saying: "Mr.
| Frizzell. have got no talk for you at all.
| and furthermore, if l will not make up with
| you, want to know how you are going to
help yourself"
No sooner had she said this than she
wheeled off, remarking as she did SO: Il
have got to go to town this morning on
business, and can not wait and talk to you
any longer'
AS she was leaving FrizzeIl pulled out his
revolver and began firing into her.
When the balls had taken effect she fell
to her knees and exclaimed with uplifted
hands, '.Alr. Frizzell for Gods sake do not
shoot me any more, for you have already
killed me now"
F'rizzeH continued to fire despite her pitt
full plea, and when his pistol was empty he
| said: Cd d-n you wish l had some
more balls to put into YOU
After finishing his diabolical act he at
once hunted up the sheriff ami surrendered.
William II. F'rizzell, the perpetrator OF this
dastardly bold-blooded murder was born at
Leavenworth, Kan, on January 90, 1864,
and was consequently only twenty-seven
years of age.
F'rizzeu was a son of the Rev. J. n Fritz
eel, a Baptist minister, who now has charge
of church near Glen Rose, Somervell
county, in this state. His father is very
old man, being now in his seventy first
year. F'rizzell's mother died when he was
only six years DID, but he was reared under
good influences and by pious old Christian
father, and was brought up in the Baptist
church.
He originally came to Texas in 1869, but
only remained for two years, when he re-
turned to Kansas. where he remained until
1873, when he again returned to Texas for
good.
He was married to Annie Brown. a daugh-
ter of Mrs. Mary Brown, widow, at Gran
bury, Tex, on February O. 1890, by the Rev.
Mr. Hunt, Baptist minister of that place.
His wife was born in Missouri, and was
at the time of their marriage twenty-four
years old.
F'rizzell claimed to be stouemason by
trade. He has five brothers and two sisters
now living, two of his brothers and both of
his sisters now live in Somervell county.
His brothers are both farmers, but are in
very poor circumstances. Rev. j. c. Wingo,
the pastor of the First Baptist church of
this place, was his spiritual adviser up to
the time of his execution, since his sem
tence.
Frizzen claimed to have no fears as to his
future life in the world to come but said he
was perfectly glad to know the day and
the hour at which his soul would come be-
fore his God and be put at perfect rest.
He has since his sentence written several
letters to the people Of this section which
have been published BY the local press in