Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-15

mine on March Y, in which fi.rlat, Uas
wounded with two buckshot under the
.,sh. h,hr ana sehwing was wounded in
the BACK with pistol ball"
The details OF how the unfatthnn wife
eluued her husband and put mp at Canal
mouse with DR.. Hirlatt, registering there
as ~. c. Smith and wife or Vlcksburr
Is given In detail at a columns length M
10 the time OF the shooting and then she
remained with her lover until he expired.
Ihe woman who caused all this trouble
Is described as a rather frail lookine
woman with slightly auburn hair. her
eyes sort gray, delicate and regular fea-
lures, She Is attractive full OF shirt and
NNacious but a novel reader, as on the
PED where DR.. Hirlatt died, was lying the
novel Her Last Lover"
Ihus the story was gone through vita
by Rev, w. Wimberly about his sister.
ana he went on to tell about her going
from bad TO worse and finally leaving
nome and becoming wanderer on the
race OF the earth In spite OF all efforts
OF the family TO stop her in her downward
career. Mr.. Wimberly said. | almost
raised her myself and educated her. ana
OH how we loved each otherl
Last week while was conducting the
protracted meetings here with Rev. Joe
Jones, received letter from my dear ola
heart-broken mother" and he produced
the letter, dated Lovers Lake. La. adj
dressed TO her dear son and signed by
Lucy A. Wimberly, reading It to the board
OF stewards. 1t set out the fact that A
friend OF the family who had been 10 CAL
weston had seen his dear sister in a house
of ill-fame, and the fond mother, with a
mothers charity. diseOursed at length on
tho fact that she believed she was partial.
~ demented and that she was under the
iniiuenee OF doctor that had carried ier
10 galveston, and that she prayed to him
TO hasten 10 the Island City and rescue
her. She appealed 10 him In the uame
or her dear Savior, by all that was good
ana holy and expressed her faith m tho
church unfolding him In the undertaking
II he had TO visit every house of iil-fame
IN Galveston. The letter was one of the
most touching the Press reporter ever
heard ana appealed TO every n.gh Hnpulse
and noble Instinct In man calculated TO
nerve him 10 deeds OF daring that other
wise he would never have dared attempt.
and he resolved 10 endeavor to comply.
He went TO Rev. u. II. Harmon. hIa
presiding elder, told him all, showed him
the letter and asked for his advice MIR.
Harmon said at once, Go, and If there
Is anything said about your going to
houses OF iH-fame | Will stand between
you and oil harm" But after q Few
moments thought said, 81 Will go with
you"
The mother had said in the letter that
his two brothers from Louisiana would
meet him there Saturday, August 2. and
they went down and met Mr.. Wimnprly's
two brothers. These two brothers are
not preachers or even members OF. the
church, and It was by their acts that the
story Of carousals In their room were
reported. They came 10 Galveston armed
with good siN-shooters and were in the
habit Of driving whenever and wherever
they pleased and the three brothers and
the presiding elder visited all the bagnios
In the city OF Galveston, the two Louis.
| lana brothers together most OF the time
and the two preachers. but sometimes all
together. Not for one night, but for two
or three nights they kept IN the search,
and when they came In late they visited
each others rooms to discuss the efforts
Of the search, and the two Lousianians
ordered wine and whisky, too sent to
their room for themselves In spite OF the
protests OF the preachers.
'At one time during the search
caught sight Of my sister, recognizing
| her but not before she did me- and this
| was at time when my brothers whu
were armed, were searching I'm another
place. l followed her down stairs and
| out into the street some distance in Tho
rear OF her and the scoundrel who has
her under his influence, ana seeing l was
ened to kill me II didn't stop following
| them, and went back into the house
| after Brother Harmon and we returned
TO the hotel. Next morning I received a
note from her saying that she mad left
| the city and we returned home This Is
our vlndicatlon. this will be our defense
| before the investigating committee and
we have demanded the Investigation"
| The board OF stewards. satisfied OF tho
great wrong done these heightened Chris.
| tian gentlemen, gave over their sigma.
| lures certificate to the effect that thcy
| believed In their Innocence OF any wrona
| doing and nsked the people at large IL
hold their judgment in allegiance untn al
| the facts We're known. The New Orleans
Deutsche Zeitung OF Sunday, published Ia
New Orleans. gave an account of the
Galveston escapade and furnished names
but had never heard Of the defense. Their
account Of Il is even worse than that OF
the Galveston News and accounts for the
jumping OF the hack driver. because thoy
were too drunk to find It., This article Is
so suprCmoly ridiculous as 10 be laugh,
able but OF course the paper will dc
them tho Justice Of publishing the de.
Tense.
Rev. W. wimberly received a telegram
taken out by Mr.. Harmon Tuesday. to tho
effect that the invetigntlon will be hello
tomorrow wednesday,, but Mr. Harmon
Is too sick TO be able to travel and Mr.
wlmberly ia absent in New Orleans &c
see Bishop Keener 20 ondeavor to have
him preside at the investigation. and
Mr. Harmon telegraphed the committed
to postpone the investigation for one
week In order that they might be pres
emit.