Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-23

grading Of n railroad few miles from
Denison. as showing his conduct to-
wards his wife, her mother Mrs. Fry,
testified as follows:- During the time
Hunt and wife lived at my house no
trouble over occurred between them.
She thought great deal Of him and
he of her. The feeling between them
was good. I never heard GROSS word
between them while they lived with
me. They seemed afIsctionate toward
each other while in my house" This
testimony was fully corroborated by an
unmarried sister OF the deceased, who
resided with her mother. While en-
gagged in the work near Denison. he
and his wife and child occupied tent,
which, besides being surrounded by
many other tents similarly occupied
by persons engaged in the same work,
was situated In a populous neighbour
Dorhood. There IL no testimony which
shows or tends to show that tho rela-
tionshIp between him and his wife WAS
changed after they LEFT Walnut Springs.
on the 2Sth day OF November. 1873, he
wrote n letter TO the sister OF his wife,
before mentioned, stating that his wife
was very near death. and he did not
believe she would recover. Soon af-
ter this II appears that the sister tele-
graphed and wrote him, asking infor-
NATION about the condition OF his VIE
and ON December ith. 1881, he wrote
a
DELAYED answering until then in order
that he might give full answer which
was to tho eject thar his wife had
died that day and would be buried on
the following afternoon. and thAt he
would be Ia B0sque county ~ two
or three weeks. About o'clock IN we
afternoon OF December 10, 1888, ne en-
deavored 10 have one Of the railway
employrs near where he was working
dag a train for him that night IN order
that ne might go 10 Fort Worm fAu-
ing In this. that evening ne employed
a teamster in the neighnorhOod 70
carry him 10 Deuis1n next morning. 90
as 10 take the train which LETT Deni-
son for Fort Worth at 1850 a. M rms
teamster. the next morning, carried nun
ana his child DO Dcuiaon, for when
Hunt gave him tho tent he had occu-
MED but he missed tac train he de-
aired to take and lcit there later IN
the day on another uain' ataunB 70
several people that he Was golng 10
Fort worth and thence to walnut
spriugs In Bosque county. He did In
fact 10 90 the home OF his wifea peo-
pie Ia Walnut springs. carrying ms
chlld ana stopped al their mousse uh-
III the subsequent DAY, when ne was
arrested on telegram from Dehlsoh'
while IN walnut Springs. he stated 10 |
the mother aad sister OF hls Whe thht ]
SIC mad died on December :, without ]
sfafN ft'+" Vt,r.a tfeuf .
struggle, Ht'Nub Nv ny 49," oftS, |
she dled OF Hi"n'"Bt 80 .1c,a,t an |
err OF pueumonlH' Nugut no |
the morning Of ihe ny" ~ ", ITs |
cember 1888. me ueaI "a, '' w, ,ror,
wife was found ABOUT ivy SYia, 49,
the place where tne WV "" ma
pitched, Inside OF a Wlie ly"-'H "
and close by a Wen ttavr'.u 'su' ~
In full View OF lne pas7eI9 ~, -
skull had been crushed W. non ~"
blows over and nwr her rleht .! g 90
ear. and blood Was traced l!gH w
body TO a straw pile where lhg 80
had been pitched, ami Whltu hhu pttn
used by them as bed ana peheNIh 'Hu
straw was lulge pool ot oioou'
tvt,u. tb,r. Ia no direct testimony or
40 &c ,,itress t1 tho kllius {, is GER
~ that he Killed her with an axe
,Sni ~ found near the tent next
' s''ue W, ,.,,srsd with blood. and IN all
probabiilty the act was committed
while she was asleep. There appears
therefore no doubt that ne was guilty
n the homicide, aud the facts detailed,
al well as the further fact that MS
sife WINS pregnant. shows that II was
inflicted In the most cruel manner. ON
the trial in the district court, as well
NJ on appeal, Il was insisted by counsel
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