Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-31

viiieu Nun. l sun thought Hhc was
ms sister and could not understand
many things she said TO mo about
him, She was constant In her express
slons OF affection for him, laying that
II he had not got tangled UP he would
have been alive yet Al these express
siona | could but wonder, but suppose
ing that she referred TO the fact that
his marriage 10 me was TO separate
him from his little girl. OF whom he
was certainly very fond ana that no
was grieved over that. said: Il am
very sorry II his engagement to mo
has given him any trouble At once
Mra. Allison replied: Yes. II he had
not been engaged TO you poor old nd
would be alive right now / did not
then understand what she meant, for
! did not then know the relations ex-
lsting between them"
II was very plain that Mrs. Fceglea
conmdcrcd Mrs. Allison pasElunaiely
and desperately attached to MIR. Cald.
well. and she was determined that no
other woman should come between
her ana him whom she had so long
considered her own. This opinion was
shared by some Of Mrs Fceglea
friends With whom the reporter talk
ed, on the contrary there are those
WIN declare that the relations OF these
two people were not Illicit and that
she oid not have any affection FOR him,
and that she often expressed the wish
that he would marry,
The oilNera decided they hnd not
sufficient evidence on which 10 base a
charge of murder though they all
assert that there Ia ample proof Of
sufficient motive, Mrs Allison IL am
old woman nearly 6S-nnd her physi-
clan says she Ia In n very feeble state
OF health, She has been much annoy.
cd by the talk of this matter not 10
"a IA sHNt. l.s..H
plated leaving the city IL certain. and
inquirlcH have hcen made by some of
her friends II she would he arrested
should she attempt to leave town
This ~ plain statement of the case
as II appears 10 the unbiased inVest-
gator But In order that no possible
Injustice be done the reporter went to
Mr., @, n Morcland, attorney for Mrs.
Alllaon, and Mias May Caldwell. aud
after assuring him that no profess
rional secrets We're expected OF him
and that nothing would be printed
save what was agreeable TO him, tho
reporter asked him;
What do you know OF the death OF
eN-Clty Assessor CNldwoll2'
well, sir | know absolutely moth.
ing, save that have heard that he is
dead, ana | feel with some degree OF
certainty that the report Is true"
Yes, but ! refer to the manner in
which he came by his death, as there
are various rumors aud reports CON
corning IT,"
THE attending physlcnn, | under
stand, uscrlhed HIS death to alcohol
ism For my part | am willing 10
accept that ~ the true cause OF his
death, at least until somebody who
Knows moro about It than the phyHi-
clan proves Otherwise. Yes, 1 know IL
II snld that he was TO be- married TINT
fiuW time a "a Ia
peeted Of having poisoned him, be-
cause II he did marry II would deprive
TINS certain person OF q home. Such
reasoning IN all rot-purc and una
dulternted for by killing him the per-
Hon would most certainly be deprived
OF home. so far ms MIR. Caldwell was
concerned.
81 also hear that Mr.. Caldwell was
engaged to be married to two dir
ferent ladies the week he died NJ this
be true and " MIR. Caldwell did not
die natural death the most rrnson-
able explanation I know OF " THAT he
took the morphine route OF hlH own
volitlon In order to get rid OF possible
matrimonial complications
Since Mr. CaldwcllR defeat Ia the
last city campaign he had been In
very detected state OF mind, very de-
spondent, and being out OF employ
mont With no visible means Of obtain
ing livelihood, | think he gave him
self up TO the excessive use OF strong
drink and being well on toward the
three acore ana ten mark his NE sim
ply went out like u candle burnt down
into the socket Thousands have died
that way before and thousands will
die that way again. ana all this talk
about the life he led and about his hn-
ing poisoned. II not an injustice 10 tho
dead, ~ positive cruelty 10 the help
less and unfortunate child he left be-
hind him. to say nothing OF the mortl-
icntlon and humiliation u ~ causing
the woman who has cared for that
child from It's carly infancy without
money ana without price, I believe
she Is n good woman and when nhc Ia
called upon by Old Master to give an
account Of the dceds done In the body
the fact that she lived with q man
ms his sister when she was not will
hardly claim the attention OF that just
Judge, for He viii be too busy netting
out Justice to the holy horrors who
wished and tried 10 cruelty her on
earth"
do you think tho daughter viii suc-
coed in collecting tho Insurance left
her2'
Most certainly. I don't believe tho
has ever refused payment,
for 1t has never yet been called on 10
pay II ever circumstances combined
~ iAuh' INV nay ilttlA VI u UplitH ms
poratlve, aside from the legal status,
We have II In this case. The child has
neither mother nor father. no relatives
and no friends. save tho woman who
has raised her She IN absolutely doa-
litute; she IN weak and frall OF body.
and otherwise afilicted-and unfortun-
Rtc, without any fault OF hers. No
matter what her father did or was,
Il is no fault TO be laid at her door,
and however terrible and immoral ho
may have been he Insured his life for
HE benefit of this unfortunate child;
.he policy IL made payable TO her and
firmly believe she VIII get II without
iny trouble when the proper tlmo
,omcs. The policy IN inconteatiblc.
md can't be defeated under the laws
" the order ltself-unlcas Mr.. Caldwell |
allied 20 keep his assessments and dues |
paid up II the order Is n benevolent |
me no better opportunity will ever be |
offered II for an exhibition Of genuine
DO you think tho effort to contest
The VIII VIII be suuceHsfulY
II do not know OF any effort in that |
Erection. The will is vniueless, aud IL |
Is useless 10 probate II. There In noth-
ng 10 contest about. The policy ia
Dnyabie TO the child, the Will gives tho
J0licy to the child, and nothing else
y mentioned In the will-so the VIII
imply attemptB TO give the child what
y already hers and what was not Mr..
20 give. Those who contest
viii simply have their pains for their