Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-24

In question, Il VIII not teslhy Oil tha,
point. / know what 1t Is and VIII
not answer a question In tnat connec-
ton. j know nothing except from my
client"
MIR. Shropshire had assumed. a some
what belligerent attitude, his voice
showed excitement his face was hVlI
and altogether matters had assumed
an interesting. not to say serious as
pect. Just here the COUNSEL for the de-
fonse asked leave 10 retire for consult
tation. AT the end OF ten minutes they
returned. but seemed but little inclined
to make any communications. In the
meantime Judge Harris had been look
ing into his books and was ready TO
speak.
Il think. gentlemen" he said, this
Is n matter left largely to the discre-
ton OF the court, and / shall follow
the rule ] laid down when first l went
on the bench: | shall enforce the rule
when the lawyer-witness Is not an at
torney in the case"
At this, Of course. MIR. Shropshire
took up his hat and bowed himself out
Of the room. Then the jury and the
witness We're returned and the testi-
mony was about to proceed when Mr.
Gillespie said:
III the court please l should like to
ask the witness two or three prelimin-
AIRY questions"
DO they refer to the competency OF
the witness2' asked the state.
Yes" slowly drawled Mr.. Giles
pie. 1T may be that the competency
OF the witness will be affected by the
answers to the questions"
Bsing authorized to proceed MIR. Gil
lespie asked.
Have you talked with any one to-
day about this trial?"
only with my attorney" was the
ready response.
Have you been told OF any Of the
testimony that has been offered here
today?"
NO"
Have you been told the names Of the
witnesses who have testified here to-
day2'
Another decided mo" was the an
swer, and Mr. Gillespie retired from
that part of the contest.
Mrs; Black, what is your full
Without trying to put the questions
ana answers or even all the answers
an attempt will be made to tell the
story as told by her OF one Of the most
revolving crimes on record. Her face
grew crimson as she spoke, and at
times her voice almost gave way to the
over strain OF emotion, but she held up
to the end, giving the horrible details
word by word as they were forced
from her by questions
My name Is Rosa Black and / will
be "a years old next month. she said
Ia substance. ! was born in Kunsns.
but my parents moved to Denisou,
Tex, where ! was married the 18th OF
June, 1881. My husband was named
Martin ]. Black. He was 81 years old
when | married him and was % when
ne died, last July. 1 have one child.
girl years old In December Since
coming TO Fort worth eight years ago
/ have lived on the East Side. My
husband was a locomotive engineer.
aud was much away from home. Some
times he was away from home ON his
run one day. ana some times as much
as three days
met the defendant. Frank Ware.
about two years ago, at the house OF
one Of my uelghbors Mrs. Hail. 1t
was at a little party and had no talk
with him. A few days atterward We
met there again, as before, but this
time we had some conversation, but
In the presence OF Mrs Han, After
that we met frequently. He was a
friend of the Halls, ana my house WIS
just two doors from theirs. Not long
after our second meeting be went to
Dallas for n while. and when liH came
back ! met him again, ihis time IN
front OF Mrs. Hairs door. In mis- buggy,
We talked for some fifteen NIL utes.
while in Dallas, but that 1 cid not
seem to care much for the letters.
1 had answered two of them. | think.
| In some OF them he had told Ee he adj
mired me. That night We met uEH'n, at
little party at Mrs Halls. My hus-
| band was not there. although lie was
at home. and was willing for me Ia
20. That night We agreed to meet
next day. and we did meet IL me woods
| beyond what Is known as the "Old
| Reunion Grounds" / .irove out In Il
/ buggy with my baby and lie won't out
| In his buggy, and We We're not In the
same buggy that day. We talked
| nearly an hour about things generally
| He told me he admired M. but did
! not go further than that. We met ai
| that same place time and again, and
soon he began to come tn ny house
to see me. and got acquainted with
| my husband. They soon ltcamn good
friends. My husband liten stoke wei
Of him, and Frank said he liked Mr.
! Black Then we met every two OF
| three days some times Il my ouse
and some times In the woods. some
times my husband was At home wher
Frank was there, and some times
he was not Some titnes remained
late when my husband NAB 1t there
Some times my husband came Eom'
when Frank was there
| "What would your husband say whCt
he would find him there At right"
asked the lawyer.
But Frank would not he there whei
my husband got there" was lie ready
answer,
When he first began telling me h
loved me | laughed at him. she wen
on, but after awhile I changed, l sup
pose because he kept botherlng me SO
Then he began to say that he wishe'
Mr. Black would go out on the rua'
and never come back. And then 90
to talking with him about this. and h
said he could put my husband out %
the way 80 that | could be his own
All this time my husband was hi
friend and he acted friendly toward
Mr. Black. lie kept saying that h
would put my husband out OF the wa
but did not explain how he would d
II. Last September Mr.. Black had
very sick spell and Dr. Thompson sal
IT was inflammation Of the bowels
Frank and myself gave hir
the medicine Or. Thompso
ieft. but we put belladonn
In It, / made him stop giving sue
medicine because the doctors woul
augDact sOmethlnu DR. Adams ui