Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-06
BEEvILLE's SENSATION
STATEMENT MApn ny rrE Acrop
IN TuE CASE.
Each Makes n strniRhtforwars
statement Protesting Iruoccucr.
Incidcnt- Connected Win "a
chiid's uirth and Death.

iNfNllic. ItN1tt July INV iost = tn'A
iai from Beevilie OF yesterday ecntaiaIAs
~ brlef an account ot the atrea, al.
Incarceration OF Neii Eicks ana Aliss
Cassie Lewlcy in the county jail ness GA
the charge OF murder IN itself !, "a.
eulated to a,traoi more than pa-s NJ u
tee among the sensation lovug ns ne.
but coupled, as it II, Wl.h rnmers ard
counter rumors flying abou, rs inne-
dlate section. readers II higiul aansn-
tional ond II half the rumVes iiWe
(Which 1 truss may not be-. tins issisnl-
noaM court docket OF Bee county Wll
have spread upon Us pages a r,cid VI
darK crime, calchated to ontrNui 30 me
portancn even she police coufl- ct sp,
most corrupt districts OF New ytr6 AAl
chiclgo, An through the lengthy lay,1a,
I gallon OF tells case up to date r.r l'is;
has not been called upon to pnhi.ti
more tnan bare statement as contaiWai
In the special above referred t.. b.; 10
Justice to both IS READERS. as Wen avs iIie
accused PARTIES. and Va order that h,
latter might hr gwen cosnes TO unii,t.g
themselves before the public. ca.isa "a
each OF the ehree accused. Nci lSe&s
and Cassie iawlvy at tnv Jail ami Mfs.
Kicks al their rcsidcnce on MAdisNi. cvs-
nur yesterday ana cllclled from eucn taei
scpara.e version OF tir aftei-. uaicl
promise that It woma De puburtl ~
The Post given, In order IT, mas,
plata illusions TO contain lnildcstr uGl
poin:s bearing on the case q hrlei ON ss.
sWcn OF the main features etnn-e;ei
Herewith, uad waiOh tue accused he!aig
undertake 10 explain away
Neil or G. II. R.olSS Win us VIE, Mfs
8. " R'cks tnve LawlsD ana Miss Cass9
Lawley his wife's Ms;ef, nave ir
Z he ltH "A
years Oh june iS Miss cassie i.awi- Il
gave blrtn 10 chlll, ~ tnv following
bands IN the hach yard OF die resi-
dence. un FrNay laa,, after sUsptt,fi
OF fom play iau been aroused, Nt
Tor By the omeers nnI found ia 4 sna4.
low grave, 4 r. lchgtny nquer, tn- .--
rect OF these parties t1ll7wei: amt ,hp-
into lie without any known iatayr SOS.
BURIED by unl1own hands,
Rlcks' statement, chcertully given tA
70 mouth throush che lAtllued erh 60 -.s
WpIrter, Il us follows
My name Z g p RieGT am % year
al my relatives reside therel I Nua ~
Mineral Cl;y, See county, on tue 1854
Of June when tle casa was ncrr -
died on the lsn. I came home on Alone,
day night abpnt O'Clock, Of tne laNt
Il was borni iaft home between s and .
O'Clock next morning ana returned h-t
tween and 1 IA thc evening upun .ns
return thry slll the child was deaf; I
I
ht w1S male Or female only from heata5f
! Will b, able 10 prove my innoetuEr
J am not the Kind. Of man 10 commit
heinous et;ue, ! am innogrmi and tliaa
the child died nstuTIl dearh, k1uN
y did ~ want - a fgir dru tiA
Q Miss c, c LAwley a sleuder Riri, WIZ
{ pleasant countenauce light romplsN4.u
I and red hair, and locked In the nir
apar,mepI was next seen she war py
fcctly Willing to make eAtemvut ipi
= puhNcat iou. though she had hoped that
b, her guilt in becoming tho mother a. go
4 tlltgitimntc chNl would never reach tt-
: | ears Of the public, Ia which event Hhs
l would have moved 10 some other sft'tioa
and idve,l an upright life, 'lgVefy thlng
= under some strange hypnotic inhurrrf
e OF late" she remarked, but nov rctuae
: the fact that the papers VIII pnblin AN
X account OF the affair and | am soi rit Iuf
y that they give "a true version VI W
= Her name was given ua above, s,r. heg
= age " years my child wss b9rn
a lune 49, died June 10 between }. anu
o'clock II was not a healthy 't'i II
was u female, There le No foundation for
the report mas the ohih was l,Noned.
r IT certainly ala die naturt; d~tih
a think its death was caused by my own
itnprudence In tight lnelug. br Scph-
!. ems examined The rcmainH wMch were
u eNhumed about ten days after its inter-
:. There was no physiclan with me when
! the child WINS born. NV ulster, Mrs, 9.
n y. Ricks. and Mrs jack Kicks were tho
= only persons with me. Don't KNOW Wljn
y buried H. The bottle of laudanum wna
n not brought to the house unul aiiti the
a chiid's death. and then only to Dee used
X with my sister There was no ueHrlnc
in or used IN my room but whisky, Mr..
Kicks was IN Mineral cty ana returned
on the night OF the 18th. lie lrfi on tha
" 18th after breakfast I never SAY him
J., luntn otter the ohlld's death, l nryur saw
. any one there, only my sister AMI MIS-
n Jack Kicks, who were ~ NY roou,"
" Al tile request Of Mr. Kicks. hla wife.
Mrs, ]. hickE. was sought ont ht h~,
i residence, where rho was ttlnd IN bed
,, with her own week-o,d Infant ~ hTi
q arms and faithful nurse NJ nor NhH
" Under the circumstances she Wgs ~
= cheerful and COMMUNICATIVE tnnn 'pNl
L have been expected. Her atairmeni $50
that she would be married seven fe G
on the 2Nh OF this month; mar 20
l.lyc9ak county where ~ hhi
. II my sister, think tho Child waa hnff Hr
u Monday. June vs. Il lived nnlil thr y
, day. along about mo Middle pf me q Y
A. She did not need any physuhn' Z nHt
I In the room but Cassie ana ! N1tn u
I, died, II never was hchthy ani "
:, II should have been ! am crri.ln ~ ~.
= an 6ipht-nouthr child We thHutH
I, was dead when born. bat vs. hprd Wofd
u It was resnscliatcd II had a wa Hl n,
niFht Of lts birth; seemed 20 nave a
choking aensatlon, There was no owe hri
me and Mrs. Cora Kicks witn 'ls ~
l. from tho birth 10 the death nf ihp iil
k of white smgar, and hot bath watch
~ seemed TO relieve it, and u thon rsfted
well. II dicd IN my arms win som nins
pr ike q spasm. I, WAS buried ihli N' q
n. Don't know who buried H. Thor tii
" no medicine IN the house NJ " tie 1l'
e. OF the ohild's death. Mr Neh va
neither here when II was born nor y !
m il died He never saw tho child al ali
Z, The county attorney and other eiNesn
~ are re- ticent as 10 what they nave NJ th'
IN way Of evidence 10 support ihe cnllY
a. II murder entered oppoelie INC nilnQ'
" OF each OF the three cn the deeNeb Nnt
which may not be divulgcd until tlif cas-
comes up for anal trial.
re Any way the Intention OF tho fprcggin-
ne IA 10 give the accused fair chance ~ IN,
pc press before the case proEreeacs iu,lher
ne IA well az to diaabuHe their nilhob o
any idea they might accidentally ehler
tain that the newspapers would take hn
NJ due ADVANTAGE OF the principal nfuon
= in thia, what promises to be celebrates
u, case.
~ John Young Gooch
y Palestine, Texas. July t.--lion Johi
u. Young Gooch, a well known lawyer o
2; mi. DIV and former member Of IN