Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-28

aud went back homo on the snmc road
reaching home before II ucloCk They
did not 20 to Joshua that day and was
mover In drug store la Joshua IN his
life
ON the morning that Dick remplcton
died he heard him cry out Mr.. Bonner
como here quick he ran To him aud
asked what the mnttor was ne answered
81 believe l um poisoned fcicndnnt
asked him how and deceased answered
that he took u drink Of whisky he put
iu Clchurup aud hp believed it WIS pOis-
oucd. His foot were swollen. aud dcfUu-
dunt tried 10 get him into The house
hut could get him mo- farther than the
porch. Deceased said that the calves of
his legs hurt him and asked defendant
60 b them, which he did.
Mn,u MhitchOusc came, kirkpatrlck
requested witness 10 20 for a doctor,
deceased requested defendant 10 taste
the whisky and see what he thought of
g. but defendant never drank whisky.
lie went for the dotor at once aud drove
rapidly lie got a horse from White.
house. the horse was Inclined 60 be- string
halted. aud when hc reached the doctor
he told him tn hurry on, az DIS horse was
lame and could not 20 rapidly enough
defendant stated that hc might have
been mistaken about the horse hyinp
lame beyond the inclination 10 Htringhalt
When defendant got bnck 10 the house
Templetuu was dead DCicudnnt de-
MED all knowledge Of how the sirychnin,
got IN the whisky He did not put y
there. Good knows he said, that
wouldn't have done ID for u thousand
worlds" Putting Tcmplcton ont Of ~,
way hal never been mentioned on dis
GUESSED between himself and Mrs. Tenn
/ plcton. As 10 his saying that hc did mol
zee any necessity for a post norten cN
| animation, he did not remember snyini
| ~. lie went 20 town 10 send dispatched
nt Tho request of Mrs Tcmplet0n, didn'l
remember saying for them % keep quic
| and he would 40 anything. There was %,
| concoalmcnt aud no discussion about suei
"a thing KNEW nothing OF the prrscup
/ lion paper found In thc house. lie wal
AT the bushes where Mrs Whuchous'
| saw him lie saw stir in The bushes
/ something unusual and he leaned over
/ them and brushed them aside t0 see whh
| was there Did not throw the pieces o
liz aid buy the strychnine OF Fuiu al
! Crows drug store, and hr did upi sweat
al the inquest that he had not bought
/ ANY poison His mind was 40 purturhe,
| that be- was bordering on inHnniiy Whcf
/ he found himself suspected ui such Q
/ crime and hc could not remember %, h'
/ could not even rvmcmhrr mtrunF hl
| friends He nfterward Remembered buy
| ing the strychuine. Tie bought u q
dr,.ss a wound on a horse canecd by
/ Interfering; this was when wnisol
,yns there aud before Tcmpleton move,
| hack lie also bought some Tor Temple
| tom when lac lived az the Hall place iu
the purpose, ns Tcmpleton said, OF XII
| inv some dogs Dcfeiginnt knew tha
witness Faln visited the jail, but eoul'
| a al itN ll.fa a.
with him Defendant had said that ~
wopld contribute 10 Mn Templeton'
| expenaes to 10 back on a visit 90 Ten
| messed: u was In a crowd and they wrr'
| ali Joking lie did say thnt che Temple
tons could live ON the place. and Mrs
Templeton snid that she would never b.
satisfied until she WAS back lie hn'
contracted with deceased TO build hin
a house and lct him have part OF th
farm.
me next witness introduced was MIR
'psmpetOu. and She took the chair VIII
the appearance of a woman who hn'
made up her mind 90 bear nnyihin
that might come. She cOToh0ratrl lh
defendant I'm an Of the details Of hi
testimony. She stated that hCr husband
mind was affected by his family troubles
thni shs aud her husband never had
cross word or any 40 feeling toward cacI
other la their lives; denied The Hall st0r
in toto and said that al the time 10 wa
gafd 10 have occurred. her father am
! mother were visiting her She state
that she went riding with defendant
number of times, but always at The ~
qucst Of her husband She denied Mn
| lfergusOn's statement. She WIS neye
Ina Joshua IN her life On tho day belor
Ter husbands death she went ridin
with defendant and reached home "A IN
tle before II O'Clock. They did not X
10 Joshua. Her husband was Ia he
room part of the time that night, bu
Il wars too hot 10 there and be- went {
| another room, and next morning be- cam
IN and asked her how sEo felt She sni
that she did not feed we'll and he gave be-
Il toddy which she drank. Never snl
defendant have any pOlsOni he bad 80
some strychnine az request Of decease
10 Kin some dogs
Her husband called 10 Captain Bonn'
that the whiriy had poisoned HIN,
| tasted bitter, Ehe did not taste a. VIE
her previous statement under oath thi
she had tasted IL and u WIS not biti'
| vas read % her Oi crOss-e1aiuinhtiOu Al
snid that her mind was so disturbed thl
sbp WAS mistaken then. Her husbuf
took qunine aud kidney medicine
well as whisky, there WAS a bottle
whisky Of hel own keIa fm medicine
the room Ia which her husband 8lel
and mother hottie Out IN the kitchen
A certified copy Of the acquitted
Mrs.. Templeton was read 10 the jury
Defense introduced some witness
: who testified that Mrs. pempleton' rep
talon for chastity aad for truth and y
raeity were good
Coan adjourned at z O'Clock until
O'clock. when the state offered some IN
! thor evidence ia rebuttM aud ufle
, something new develops this morning n
! arguments Win open at once and Il
= ease viii probably be given 10 the Jul
Ibis egenius.