Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-10-12

her four times prior 70 her coming q
Fort Worth; saw her at her home just
before she came TO Fort Worth. She
said she was coming 70 Fort Worth to
stay several days, and would be glad "a
haye me call on her here. She gave
me her Fort Worth address, at Mrs.
Weltman's. l called there, At that
Sunday evening call gave an invita-
ton 10 tho ladies TO join me IN supper
at Ye Arlington Inn; about this | wrote
TO Miss West, she replied the others
could not 20, but she would 20 alone,
and 10 call for her with buggy at o
o'clock
Thorne wanted to tell the whole
story, a lot Of irrelevant matter about
several calls and notes, whom his coun-
sci made q suggestion about August IL.
''Hold on, said the accused, ''youare
too fast.n
mo, am not; we want 10 know about
the note OF August l2n
Then Thorne started his narrative
again, saying the note was very brief
10 substance, being, ''bring buggy,
regardless OF consequences.
When he drove up TO the house she
halloed 70 him 10 wait. They drove
first to Mistletoe Heights. She there
told him she loved him and she knew
he loved her, and the best thing for
both was death, as there was no more
happiness for her without him. He
tried to dissuade her from the idea.
She asked him II he had
the nerve 10 die with her. He
said he would die for her, but he had
too many sius 10 answer for to be pre-
pared 70 die then. They drove to the
Picl1wie1, and she held the horse while
he went in, got drink and drew some
money, 500 from Ernest Maupin. She
detected he had been drinking;
they went to Whltsietts and
she told him TO get some
morphine, and sufficient; he
went into the store and got package
Of morphia and went out to the buggy
Put the package on the seat. She
picked II up, asked him II he was going
TO back out and he told her no, no
would go on to the end. They went 10
the hotel, registered as Il. +.
Thorne and wife, and were as
signed q room. She went to tho
room with tho bell boy and he followed
q little lator The package OF NOR
phia she had kept, and when he got
to the room IL was on the bureau; IL
had been opened, He took twenty-five
pills. She asked for some paper aud u
pencil and wrote note TO her mother;
asked him to write % his mother and
his wife. She had seen him
take tho morphia. She knew
ho was married. ~ never,
so help me God, took any advantage Of
that woman or even intlmated anything
Of the kind. l was wildly infatuated
with her and was completely under her
control, SO when she said She wanted
70 die with mo, ! was carried away by
my infutuatiOu and ] agreed TO die
with her. ] never gave her any
morphia, nor asked her to take It.
What she took, she took herself, aud
80 far as / know, after | had taken it,"
Cross examined She got the NOR
phiu FROM the box on tho dresser did
not get II for her did not know II she
was going 10 take IN or not; he got II
for himself got Il Ia pursuance Of the
to kill themselves together
He was travelling man aged about 30
and had been marrl seven years, he
could not recall that he ever told any
one at Hillsboro he was married. but
about five months before he had told
Miss West he was married and denied
ever intimating 20 anybody he was
divorced or parted from his wife.
He told he loved her the evening Of
the FIRST drive, hut he had been iniatu-
ated with her from the first time he
had met her in HillsbOro two years
ago. did not stay away from Hillsboro
because he thought he could resist the
temptation Of her presence. Both
wrote tho notes after thoy had taken
the poison. He denied ever having
given her any chewing gum but once,
and that was at Mrs. Weltman's house.
THE CASE Is ARGUED.
The state closed and the case was mr.
gued by the counsel on both sides, but
the arguments will not be finished until
this morning, when after the closing
speeches OF the counsel Tor defense and
the prosecution. the jury will take the
case and determine II.
soNE SENSATIONAL INC1pENTs.
Reasoning from Appearances there
WINS some apprehension OF trouble from
the relatives of the young lady in the
case, and the brother wits at one time
seon standing on the window ledge IN
the corridor, back OF Judge Bocl5ham's
seat, pecring ut the prisoner, and IL was
reported. pistol In his hand Us he
were trying TO ret good chaneo for a
pop shot at Thornc Some one com.
ing out of Clnrk Tuylol's room fright.
ened him away and he won't down the
stairway. Later during lawyer Jim
Davis argument, rs Mr.. Davis said 10
n GAzErrE reporter, no, Davis, was
told young West was seated just behind
him and whom he mado a statement al.
loging the girls equal guilt with the
mans, West started to draw q pistol
and was seized ana disarmod by Deputy
Shorin Witchcr
From Capt West, the father, a small
grip was taken and ia this was found u
nnlr on NnIN nnnl a cnlihnr siN .h..nl