Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-30
JUDGE EAST AND MISS MEEK.
THEY SAY THEY AnE ENGAGED 70
NE MARRIED..
An Enterpri.inE Corset Woman Who
Is Making Life Miserable for the
Judge By Claiming Him for Her
Husband.

Judge a. n. East and Miss Belle
Meek. IN account Ut whose troubles
appeared IN yesterdays Gazette. find
themselves in a very embarrassing po-
sitlon. but are both confident that they
win set out OF their difficulties all
right
Attorney Brown, OF the flrm OF \. II,
Jackson and c. NJ. Brown, who are
representing them. says that his in
yes,igation OF the case leads him to
believe II Is case OF persecution
brought about by the couple becoming
involved In financial difficulties in con-
nection with the judges unfortunate
acquaintance with a lady who claims
TO be his wife The two came here
about six weeks ago, accompanied by
the mother Of Miss Meek. who has
been IN bad health Aiiss Meek says
that they came here on account OF her
mothers health, with the intention Of
opening a house to keep rOOmers Miss
Meek kept rUOmers In Washington at
No. $50 Third street, Northwest, for
about two years. She was formerly
from sydney shelby county, Ohio.
Judge East is also well known IN Ohio,
having letter OF recommendation
from Governor Campbell besides one
from Hon. Robert r. Hough. solicitor
Of the Internal revenue depat ment,
and other prominent officials ia WASH
inEton nut he also has letters and
documents when identify him as i
wen known and rather cosmopolitan
character. Ilr has certificates OF adj
mission 10 practice in the supreme
courts OF seyetul states, including
California and Missouri. lie Is very
a01ble old gentleman Of preposscsslng
appearance.
Miss Meek ia a rather prim lady. APP
parently about 49, and very gentoel
Since their arrival here they have
occupied rooms AT the house OF Mike
Max on East Third street. The partlc-
ular complaint against them Is that
Judge East occupied the same room
with Miss Meek and her mother u
number OF nights This Is explained by
the statement that Mrs Meek WIS very
IN aud subject to fainting spells, and
that Judge East remained In the room
hy her request After the ladies' would
retire ne would lie down on a rug, W.
Ing his coat as a pillow. lie denies
that there w. anything wrong between
himself and Miss Meek and says he is
engaged to be married tn her. Miss
Meek also admits this. But there So
another woman whom Judge East
knows and hears from very often. 50
does Miss Meek So does everybody
who TX suspected OF knowing Judge
East. lie gives her name as . splnster'
She says her name IL Mrs East She
appeared with this announcement at
the house OF Miss Meek In Washington,
considerably 10 the astonlshment Of
that lady. Judge East then and there,
according to Miss Meek, demanded OF
the intruder TO know when and where
he had been hunored by becoming mar
"a th4s fpHitlNn lady
unable to locate the marriage.
She then talked very loud and threat
cned to ruin Miss Meek. 80 that lady
SAYS she was told to leave the house,
but declined 10 go. snying that she
WAS going to stay there, Being told
there was no room vacant, she said
she would sleep somewhere, She be-
gan TRADE OF abuse, accusing him Of
intimacy with Miss Meek, ana threatens
ing exposure. She nnally left the house
but came back at various times, AT
one time Judge East snys, and Miss
Meek and her mother curroborUte his
statement, the woman came to the
house and demanded money. and when
the Judge demurel she said she
would raise o racket about IT," The
Judge evidently believes she has been
trying to keep her promise
II seems that when the party decided
tO come 10 Texas for the benefit OF
Mrs Moek's health they left the I'm
preston that they were going back
t. ohio ana Alrs, Meek laughed when
she said she guesscd the woman had
gone there aud evidently expects her to
come TO Texas ma soon as she finds she
has gone on the wrong trun
The result ot the trial In Miss Neek's
case Wednesday was hung Jury, as
stated IN The Gazette. Another trial
viii be had, possibly today. The term
of The county court being over 1t *
likely Judge Gaats case may not come
up until January, He ~ now In the
county Jail, but viii probably be re-.
leased ON bnil In conversation with a
Gazette reporter he stated that lie had
not clnimed to he member OF the
Democrats National committee. hut
that he had been doing campaign wnrl,
for them. and showed documentary
evidence OF this.
Mt Known. his attorney. saya he
uhintenuonnlly made the misleading
ntatomcnt about his client being a mem,
Der Of the committee. not being fullv
informed AS to the facts ut the time
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