The Progress., 1895-01-05

q break down her StoII VI o"'
y false hood Certainly a stupeh-
Ions enigma yet remains for the peo- !
>,o solve Not as to the guilt or 1nno-
,ence Of Mayor Vinson; that has been t
definitely settled in the minds OF |
everyone, each for himself alreao''
bnt as 10 the adherence to the nus
ton stony, when the proof was SO
overwhelming that Houston was 'he
starting point. =,
Now what was the motive winch
prompted Mrs. McCarty to start this
renort, make sach charge, if 1t be
untrue? What did she hope to gam!
Certainly not large sum OF money
because as far as we know, she never
asked any. This matter has never
been fully presented to the public
from its inception. No one knows
the beginning as we do because the
complainant first approached thls
writer, and Night here perhaps it will
be astounding revelation to the non
est pablic to know that Mrs. McCar.
tv never voluntarily, of her own accord
made such charge against Capt.
Vinson as it's cold letter would seem
to imply, but the nature of the CRIME
was defined by our district attorney
The true story Of the beginning Is
this. On Saturday morning Mrs.
Nc Carly walked into Justice Z. H.
Hicks Office, asked for him and told
him she wanted to see him privately.
At the time quite number OF gen
t|emen were IN the office among
, others being Nlessrs John }. Horan
! r. T. Cole, NJ. Dingle, }. L. Fat
-, ton. j. Henry Shepherd. Having
called the magistrate aside she tolc
:, him that Mr.. Vinson had kindly Civ
en- her $500 Friday morning, bu
coming to her room that night he de
manded pay for his money and mao'
al insulting proposition to her, burst
% inc into tears as she told OF 1t. This
statement was reduced to notarla
., affidavit and duiy witnessed b.
y Messrs, Patton and Shepherd. Sh
. did not ask to make such a gray
charge but desired, to go to For
- Worth. II xas. and would have yon
~ that. night had she been permitted
. After the iidavit had been take
u Justice Hicks telephoned to D'str'e
Attorney Laud and consulted wit
Y him about it. From that affidavit
.. was decided to do nothing, AS mott
AZ ~ ing could result from it but a case (
= ~ assault and battery.
-, However, the existence OF this dot
ument came noised about and the e.
! citement grew SO Intense that either
~ called OIL the District Attorney Al
- told him it was his duty to investiga
10 the matter fully. That officer tht
/. went before Justice Hicks, had SUI
~ mons issued and ordered an exam
~ nation. At this ex parte trial, aft
y; careful iuterrogating the wltness'
-, said he owed it to the citizens to ha
10 the charge male that was lodge
nd On being asked by the trial mag
49, trete if he, the District Attorne
va would make the charge said, mo, t
-, party IS in court herself let her do i
re Then the affidavit was made out Il
- der the District Attorneys directio
al and Mrs. McCarty was asked to 81
IL, it. which she did. Then she and l.
nd children went to their room. III
I'll; we give ("ot to blame the Distr
Cd Attorney for anything, because
tho simply did his du4y in the matter,
tba the request of leading citizens) (
! to explain our inability to find
INV motive for false charge, and to sh
why the case is an inexplicable {
to us; the party making the char
90 never intimating that one OF such
on ture was comrnittnd.
our 70 large number of people the
adj tire proceeding is clear and, ola
;ar- They believe Mrs. McCarty to be
ia basest kind Of fraud: her two child
,me we'll trained actors. And from
zorro testimony it gould seem that this
49, overwhelmingly SO. But beneath
. all there is IN unw,itten history
fact which has not yet appeared
~ mystery not revealed. .
But let Us write fms TO this epis
con which has done the town 10 good,