Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-25

Annie Edwards. Her story is as fol-
lows:
81 first saw the deceased ON the Sat
urday evening before the body Maggie
Twomey'O was found. She was in a
wine room with - --. Two men,
who were and -
came TO our house, and Annie were
both inland borrowed Ratchet about
IL o'clock at night. They also got
some nails by pulling them from the
walls; took the slSillets and pots and
put them on n table.
They went toward ---'s place.
Before going away one of them. -,
said: 1--WE have got our foot in 1t;
we have Killed woman and we are
going to nail her up In a house, He
said to me: we have a d--n good
notion to Kill you. too. and nail you
up" They were drinking. They made
l and Annie get down and pray, They
were there about twenty minutes and
went toward IS place. Before GO
ing | told them did not believe they
would do what they said they had
done. and they said; wait for us to
pass" Annie and talked as to
whether they would come back and
kill u.s. and while we were talking they
raped at the door and Annie said:
Don't let them in-they Will kill us"
l then let them in. About twenty min
utes after they left with the hatchet
l opened the door and saw a cart
right in front Of the door. - and
were pushing II and ----- was
on the right side, with his other hand
on the cart. --- was on the other
side with his hand on It, They were
going pretty fast Annie and / We're
in the door, Our lamp was on a chair
right In front Of the door and shone
out through the dOor--a large lamp,
| looked into the cart and saw what
| took to he woman-something was
spread over her, Her feet hung over at
the back of the cart legs about a
foot apart. We looked after them and
saw them to the corner of the alley.
About twenty minutes after they came
back with the Ratchet, three OF them
-, - and -- came back al
that time and --- about five minutes
later Before -- came said
that he C----l had gone to take the
cart away, When arrived, -
said 10 him: Did you put It away all
right He replied, yes" -- then
said, Did you wash the blood off the
wagon?' and ---- said, 81 did: | used
broom and hose" After this -
said. II am a good notion to cut An
MES throat because she did me so
much dirt" He had a dirk knife, ---
and --- drew their revolvers. IS
was a A. and IS was a 3S-caliber
and made us pray, We begged them
on our knees and promised not to tell.
They then left. all together. and went
toward the saloon saying, Come up
and get something to drnk--lt won't
cost YOU anything" / went up in the
morning TO comply with his request
about o'clock. No one was there but
the bartender: the saloon appeared to
have been open all night; the bartend-
er appeared restless and nervous. I
got pint OF whisky from him and
told him that ---- had told me to
come and get It, did not pay for II.
| saw all OF said parties that day.
They again threatened us About :
O'Clock that day this man, ----, called
and told us that they had found the
body. He stayed only a little while
and was so nervous and excited that
he could not sit down. He said. They
found 1t quicker than we expected It,"
They all said she was killed on Sunday
night. -- called on us every night
after this,
"He threatened and gave us spend
Ing money, one or two dollars at
time. About three weeks after this he
furnished me with $50 to 70 away on
two twenty and two fve dollar new
bills. | stayed here until the 10Th Of
June before leaving-was after me all
the time to SO away, when did start
and -- gave me $40 each. when
l came back--came to the jail at night
and brought me a letter from -,
telling me to keep the testimony that
Annie had fixed up and 49, and -
would come out all right. -- at that
time gave me SIS; passed it up on
string in n little sack. ---- and -
came around the Jail and gave me
money. When | was In Jail later on
---- and -- advised me to make the
confession that made to Gregg After
l testified In the habeas corpus trial
49, told me that 1 had stayed with
him through thick and thin, and that
had done right. When -- came
20 town / would be threatened by him
and -. Last week ---- came up to
Fort Worth. He met me in Jenf OIL
Ver's saloon md told me TINT he had
received n letter from jackson and
Brown, and started to show IL to me,
but some one came in. He said: They
are trying to work me Into a snap,
but they are not slick enough" He
said: They have also written to -"
He then hugged men and said: Mamie
you are not going back on me, are
your 1 told him | ought to go back
on him. considering the dirt he had
done. He said. III YOU do, you won't
live TO harm u.s." have not seen -
since then. 1 received a letter from
- while IN Colorado and also re-
celved copy OF the Gazette containing
Annie Edwards testimony before the
examining trial. was requested In
the letter to testify as she did. After
/ returned - asked me II 1 got the
Gazette and letter above mentioned
and / told him | did. have made this
statement freely and without compul-
sion. voluntarily and because my con-
science hurts me.
(Signed) LOLA HEINZNAN.
The attorney for the commonwealth,
Mr.. baltimore. denied that the prose-