Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-25
MADE A CHANGE.
The Devil Told NevlIIs and He
Told His Eve
HAPPY THEY SOON WOULD Be
When the Crippled Old Man Was Put Out Of
the Way Of Their Lust.
SO NevllIs The DEVILS Work Did and He and Ms
Evo Are in jaiI-The Brutal Rose Hill
Murder Mystery Cleared Up Bya
HiIe's Confession.

woman " oeihs responsible IN part for
the terrible murder at Rose Hin. The
woman was the wife of William p An
derson. Last evening under strong pres.
sure Of circnmstantinl evidence. she
broke down and made confession TO
Il. Green Williams. assistant county AT.
torney. and in the presence Of A. j.
Bryant and James Lyons, two reliable
citiEens OF Rose Hill. Her story OF the
crime in detail is as follows;
Il first became aware that my hus-
band was = be removed ON Monday pri-
or to the %. Dave Nevills came to
our our hon 9 Co, day and slept there
mat ms Skq, rs morning he asked
me not to ,'HaGes tns, and he would
g saEe f as decide g igso to-
on Saturday night EoIr n 10. be-
tween the hours of A. 10 O'clock.
I was TO tie two strings on the gate post
Il any Of the neighbors were in the
house. If we were alone | was only to
tie one string ON the post. Long before
my husband had accused mc Of being
criminnlly intimate with Dave. aud that
is the reason | permitted him to talk to
me about making the change.
ROBBERS DID TT.
Dave told me TO put $50 in the sewing
machine drawer so that he could say
that robbers did it. / placed six SlO
bills in the drawer on the Friday before
the killing, according 10 agreement
Dave was to shoot the facing off the
door, and / was to tell the neighbors
that robbers killed any husband ana
robbed the house. Saturday ! thought
the matter over and thought that
would like to have someone in the house
with me that night. ] asked George An
1erson and his wife to come over
They didn't come
MADE THE CHANGE"
NV husband retired about o'clocl,
Saturday night, November 10. ! re-
tired Al the same hour. My husband
tired at the same hour. There are two
beds In the room. My husband
silent in one and the two children and
myself in the. other. Dave came to the
house about 9:3O. ] heard him step OH
-suq SUI oA9lIoq lou op | lenu5 7Vi
band was asleep. Dave was there about
ten minutes before the shooting begun.
NV husband and Dave did not talk be
fore the killing | covered up my head
with the coverings so that ! would not
see or hear anything that transpired,
Three shots were fired. Dave came TO
my bed and asked me not 10 give him
away for making the change. He told
me TO run down TO Uncle VIII Ander-
sons a quarter away. and tell him that
robbers had killed my husband md at
temnted 10 kill me- Before doing tins,
he took the $50 from the purse IN me
sewing machine d.awor. rlnsacked the
bureau drawers and onened the trunk OF
Rollin Jackson IA tenant Oh the plnceL
/ do not know what he took out Of the
trunk. | then went to Uncle VIII An
dcrgon's and told him that robbers had
Killed my husband. Often before Mon
div n week ago Nevills mndc tlreals
against my husband and asked me 10
s5uuqo ap opum,, on !! AoJ 7u!V'ou A"'
Utv-s. nor
We BEFORE fJsiS THE GRAND JURY.
The Santa Fc train from Rowlette
tl,is afternoon brought as passengers
largo number OF citizens from HOnsley;
md also Mrs Anderson, the niegeu
mariner of Neyills In the terrible CRIME
| me grand jury convened IN special Sos
sion this morning, and before that DouI
Mrs Anderson will re-tell her Story ul
sin shame and murder again this even
H., Thp confession of the woman las
| created Il great sensation IN the iousley
uaiphborhood, and the people ore nor
,.ified beyond description. Mrs. Anderson
| IL not prepOssessiug 10y any means anu
mar Intelligence Is not oil hiEh oruSr'
| She does mot appear 10 fchilEe tnu
enormily Of her crime. she mas Two
chiIirpn a half-,yiited girl OF 4 ana u
I'M, aG ) wears. II is alleged in The
nsirhborhood that the physical condlt9h
~ Andrrsop for five years before ne
,,,,s murdered precludtd the possibility
| ~ his being responsible for the hppehI-
nnrn of the baby on this mundane sphere
| Nevills lived with the Anderson ianhy
| three wears He and Mrs Ail ll''lIi'''i
| were constantly together ines W,nudsJ
90 Tho atock and this intimacy, II IL
| olleged was the cause Of numerous 20
| ,,n.tic lars Neyills was seen AZ inc
| iail to-dgv and was told that Mrs. Nnu-
Srson had confessed. He received ihe
news with the storism OF a sioux lhuiHh
| and declined 10 talk. ,,,,r1ro
Rose IInl. unlike most Of the neig y p,
| hoods of this county, Is coliiiIps $50 VI Ia
tbey and their ancestry have lived IA
thot community since tho organization
az Dallas county under Spanish Grant
| lin Little OF Anderson county was gNen
| n lenrue and labor Of land. llils VIZ
| iocnted at Rose Hill. iSelore rt ,h,i!s
this county he died; NJ sG gi,nrs ca nv,
| Jobu and jeff, and their slslnrs, Gl III,
M 70 Dallas and located at Hose hhl'
;Tbon came the Myers from MISSOURI
~, I n,.i,,,ys and Lyons from tennessee
~ Sndersong from Missouri. Inc
children of these pioneers are aii non mSl,
ored citizens Of that commune ~
eanrth ,ssasTuntion that has occurred
IN that lnw-aliding community ~ the insl
~ -, wears Along about lSlu'
J"mes Loving. the father OF W. NJ, ~,
IN, and W. B. Loying' Us he roue W. VI
the -nte about dusk. was hreu up9l nll,
tuI.J The nssassins made H0od tnel'
asnon. While suspicion rested on GER
sa;n n,rties. 10 this day there IS a dou9'
~ ~ ~ VINO committed the bloody deco,
IN 1874 Enoeh Truss, while sitlins "
lie fable eating supper WAS shot denl'
A. a. Who Killed this man has been mere
speculation. In lsSi or 80 Wy "
mains OF man we're ,9unu .i'i' ln..oI
Rase I'm. beyond Hewlett creeS
MIMI, and jump were many 1rreS.eu
tr;ai and acniit ed Of this murder, am
who Killed this poor fellow Is ssili u"
solved JAcKsoNs CASH.
n. J. Jackson. George anderson son, any, nro
other relatives 81 the murueaeu H'9l, -,
In fbe city. Jackson says hls po.As'
haoi- containing considerable cAsn, ~.
IN tha frav Of bis trunk oi the nigA,s ~ "
~ murder and was uninolesIed- =.
INA, ,rns tnkcn before tie gran1 Jhls
y, . neloek. but that body held no -
~, IN wat az O quorum lim Lyon
ard Frank Crush Of Garland came a.
with the party r.al.sor 10 Give hin
employment month ago put ..-en,'.i
obisetad. He didn't want NsNlls " WI IN "
In tie county jail io-nigAt Da'lu -