Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-05


der trial. IL Is left now
for eo,h mo al,
,,h..i,s =" JuuSe lot hiuiset
tne uoc1or was guilty Of the
crime charged or nos. He died with his
Masonic oath nnnn his lins ss..r,i,.,, M.
Innocence ~ ~ -, ~ -
~ 'ue last hon' Henry VI.
rurnian' VINO Was the doctors attorney,
was asked for an ipteryie,v and b.iox,
win no fonn1 an i,t,.a,.t,'.. -.
h,. idr, statement
" n'Hi' "iso tne Ietters that Dr. Graves
wrote TO Jailer Crews and tue public.
Judge Fnrfnnn sail.
- ,vas n,,,.,,,. ~. s,,.,..,.
vas ii'fet nio'e sulpilseu ana shock-
ca lh9n When i leard OF the death of DIR.
Graves
"During the fearful ordeal ,hr,,cl,
,,t.i,i. "e'' 'n''Nhn
M"'ch nc passed upon MS hFst trial, and
through all of the dread suspense which
be sustained after his COMMUNICATION
hisrc,sa sea-. -. a. - -
and whom M ia, ~ h 80 .' -,
tremhlng In tbe hol.nl ~ IL. ,,nssIs
with snis, ,,,,,''' 4e uore
,,,,,,,,,,i Ii 1ui,'se' ny never lur vnr
yinJicstion - a' Snu Noin i.,'e'.''
canr,',.',,,,, We n'nvr hnHMu d" inuIe
,eaei, ii"ii' w u iLhn WIZ han illurr
cenno ~ ;,.. Nv H''ai triumph oi lnno-
.'tVba,, ~. - -. ....., q. -
r,on bie @ M"s ..,, ~ w" '.s
~" ~ .ips'Vh thut lne tiial was SCI
matinn - ~ 80 M's tiostpun.NH I npoh
NM ~, I w. uis S.a,e lIS.n AinF uhtl JUNE
No.. t. T., ~" w =. Nn9 Nu"u"ueu ny thc s'u'e
M ,,'9 vi've,,9r'
,uii ,r nou hovlins 10 rear from u See9hv
T.; -, ~ sui,teune court OF cMorauo hal
a., ld,,,.i V,ius ueV'nlvl thht NJ irli
M "a ~, .ei s, was uhiSit anu iiVbnI
h thsey sustained every objection that
,ad inaHe 10 me evidence against MN.
Wlu hau Illeu OUT tue only dangerous
tesliinony mat lhere was ms aeqmttai
Mas ouiy y question OF uihe' me decisive
uas,ie W. p9en iouRhl, 9hd tne victory
WI, WI. =" MN suW nm lNst ne was IN
p l henltn, nn9 INC splrltS ne hNd
voinhiarily surrendered himself INTO Gus
tody III order 10 force the trial OF his
ease, ana ne was dong ~ IN ms power
70 9slhg u again before me courts
,,.,lo Whai 90 l attribute ms snlcidef
mi.n 'ne lhltoIl ii' now D'tore me-
lnilt Is nara question 10 nnRNer. some
zen years ago ne hod suffered from Sc
we're attack OF sickness. and his memory
had become very much Impaired. He
Would forget matters or Importance 70
ihllnset, Mhlch any ordinary man would
niNe easily reihehperel. After ms con
atives that NJ times his intellect appear
ea 10 DO affected. Ny present cpillan j.
had been subjected was too great a
ecntion. The word 'persecution' III the
case. He was simply bounded to death by
Pnkcrton's detective agency. The pnopie
of the South have no ilen' what nm M
slrument of oppression This ORGANIZATION
Is. II Is the vilest nest of vlpers upon the
itce Vi lhe EARN. u ~ simply 50 much
money. Truth and honesty are UNKNOWN
quantities wifh this band OF cut-throats
thieves and assassns.
1T .yas stated in The Rocky Maintain
News that $4,000 had heen exnended
by III prosecution upon the first trial.
DE- Graves starred into this trouble
poor man. His Widowed mother furnish.
ed the most of the money used in his de-
Tense. The first trial took all of the
money maj they had. ! think that all
Of these things combined were too much
Tor MN; HIS nerve was tnnlly broken,
his MIND wavered IN the balance, and he
sought peace N death. His letter tells
the tale-"Died from persecution
out, exhausted.