Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-19
While Guest in a Texas Home
Rapes a Helpless Woman.
PRAYER AT TIE BREAKFAST



Of lola never painted noyet .nore SEN
sational than a story poured forth by a
pale-faced and shrinking woman in the
crowded court room Of Judge Charles
Fred Tucker this afternoon. The
second chapter in story that began in
the rape of a woman and ended in the
death Of man, was unfolded.
The wife of DR.. r. H. Jones, the
slayer Of Capt w. G. Veal of
Fort Worth, in this city dur
ing the great State fair
unbosomed the one great and burning
secret Of her life to justify her husband
in shooting down like dog the noted
soldier, preacher, politician and bust
ness man.
DR., Jones was taken before Judge
Tucker this afternoon on a writ of ha-
beas corpus. He has been in jail since
the tragedy, and his friends desired to
ascertain whether or not the case was
bailable one, in order to secure tho
liberty OF DR.. Jones on bail pending his
trial.
The court room was packed to suifo-
cation and the prisoner sat by the side
of his counsel, Bassett Seay and Nose,
as cool as on the morning when he sent
leaden messenger into the brain of
Captain Veal.
Mrs Tnna, ,,-as tba E,,a4 ,,.;4-ass
placed on the stand. She is woman
OF 40, with an Intelligent and refined
face, dropping figure and most modest
and genteel manners. She was richly
but not flashily dressed and during the
time she was testifying one could have
heard pin drop.
The only words that dropped from
the lips Of Jones when he killed Veal,
were; Cd d-m him, he ravished my
wife" No one believed him then. To
night they do.
Twenty years ago Mrs. Jones was the
widow of Burlington, young, handsome
and the richest woman in Northern
Texas. Her father, James Smith,
had been an early and re-
spected pioneer and her fam
iiy connections were OF the high
est. She had little babe is months
old at the time this story Of crime be-
gan, the only child born OF her union
with Burlington.
One night she was the guest of Mrs
S. E. Cockrell, and the Cockrell family
then, as now, was one OF the most es-
teemed In Texas, where she met the
Rev. w. G.. Veal. then one OF the most
popular and gifted preachers of the
state. She was introduced to him, they
both being guests at the same house,
and was in his company during the
earlier hours OF the night According
to her story on the witness stand, at
midnight that night she was
awakened by q noise, and
Their. standing by the side
Of her bed. was Rev. w. G. Veal. She
screamed. aud he said sternly, Hush.
You will be heardn The shock was SO
great that she sank almost fainting in
her bed.
Veal threw himself upon her and
accomplished his purpose.
He then left her room.
Overwhelmed with shame and with
grief, fearful OF the disgrace and noto-
riety that would be visited upon her If
she made known her wrongs the Widow
Burlington resolved TO lock the secret
in her breast forever. Her father was
dead, brothers. she had none and her
uncle, her only male protector was a
poor cripple, having lost both hands In
cotton gin.
The next morning the outraged wom-
an. Rev. w. G. Veal and the family
with other guests, met in the dining
hall. Rey. Veal lead In prayer, and
the woman he had ravished the night
before knelt in the family circle and
offered silent prayer TO the Lord
above.
she swore that Veal came to her
home four wears after he had assaulted
her IN the dead hour Of uight at tine
| Cueltrell home. He held out his arms
as II TO embrace her and she spurpea
him and bade him depart from heI
Eight years ago he paid her another
/ visit hut she ordered him never Y
darken her door again and he never
die. ~, ia
Lat spring the secret which nag
been eating into her life for twenty
years became a load greater than IN.
could bear and she divulged II TO nei
husband. ...,a,
I'M answer to questions propounoatss
by Colonel Jerome c. kearby LOT w
state. Mrs. Jones said she had never
written q letter letter TO Captain ~
In her life and had never visited "a u
Office in this city after the rape al niiD
night. ,c-,..,i "a,
Mrs. DR.. Morgan, FRANK Sochre u l. ~
several other character Witnesses Vs.