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

We talked about my leaviniS-my hus-
band and going with Frank and
agreed to do this. He led me under
the Impression that he would do this
hut he said that II he could not have
me right he would not have me at all.
Ware said he had studied medicine
with DIR. Beall and could manage to
get rid Of my husband.
About a year ago 1 went to Mineral
Wells and stayed two weeks and Ware
came out and stayed week. We were
together great deal, But when l
went last June Frank did not come out
there. When came back In answer to
dispatch from my husband saying he
was SICK Ware met me Mt the depot in
his buggy and took me home. When 1
asked how my husband was he told
me II have fixed him now" When 1
asked him what he meant he said that
he had put rough on rats in the coffee
he took for lunch with him. Mr.. Black
lived nearly two weeks but never left
the house again. i wanted Frank to
20 away for was frightened, but MIR.
Black wanted him to stay and wait on
him. Dr. Thompson was called and
prescribed medicine which Frank and
L gave him.
Here the recreant wife went into a
description OF the pains and sufferings
OF her husband and she almost broke
down. Her voice trembled and her
face was almost livid with the hot
blood of shame and remorse that
surged through her young veins. She
mastered her feelings though, and
went on with the horrible story.
The doctor told me that MIR. Black
had better be taken to the hospital and
! told him / was willing II he wanted to
go. When / told Frank about II he
said. that won't do" and he never
went. Either Frank or / gave all the
1
poison IN almost every. dose. He would
sometimes put as much as six or seven
drops Of belladonna In a dose OF medl-
cine. He would always do this lust
after the doctor had left. as he caid
the doctor was less liable TO notice 1t
that way. I made chicken broth for
Mr.. Black and Frank would put
croton oil in IT, / think he gave him
some every time my husband took any
broth.
My husbands life was insured for
$1,000 In my name and for $1,000 in the
bnby's name. Ware knew this. He kept
telling me that when It was all over
we would 60 of somewhere and get
married then come back here and live.
After Mr., Black was dead, he said this,
but l would not do 1t.
She described infinitely and with
painful exactness the last night OF her
husbands Illness ana suffering. ana of
the work of herself and Ware IN pour
Ing the necessary poison into Black's
medicine.
During all this long and tedious ex-
amination-if anything can be call ID
tedious when II Is of thrilling interest
to every one present-she had not "a d
word as to the more Intimate sexual
relations between herself and Ware.
It might have been inferred from all
this, yet they had seemed TO have
lived with great respect FOR the pro-
prietles. but when Mr. Gillespie for the
defense took her In hand, he made her
tell with equally painful eNactness OF
the Illicit relations maintained for
more than a year with Frank Ware
She stoutly held however, that save
her husband and Frank Ware she hal
never known a man" The n1ines Of
several men were mentioned. but IN
every case she avowed only the clean
est Eiud OF friendship For an hour
Mr.. Gillespie quizzed her with no APP
pearance of breaking the chain Of her
testimony TIL he finally dropped that
branch of the question and asked
when did you agree to turn states
eVidence2"
The defense was evidently surprised
when she answered without hesitation:
yesterday"
Did you enter into an agreement
with them that II you would tell this
story and try TO convict Frank Ware
| that the case against you would be
| dismissed"
"They agreed to do that n would
! tell the truth" was answered again
| with readiness
| Don't you know that n you had
| testified here that Ware was not guilty
| you would have violated your con-
tract?' lnsinuated the willy lawyer.
81 do. for that would not nave been
] the truth. / promised to tell the truth, 20
was the quiet answer.
"who has that written agreement"
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