Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-20

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ness had not been In any more Of a
'hurrah" than usual. Witness ala nnt
know how long Fox and Mrs. Foster
did not know what they TAXED ohn sne
Mrs Foster went with Daisy when "a,
ceased went ny stairs TO dress. Wins
eo g nor KNOW ,S now long the two were to-
how much beer the deceased drank dvr.
ing The afternoon. Witness did not know,
N wnat limo Daisy ieft the house, It was
hr roWes. and 10 o'clock when Daisy was
prppuknt nome IN a dying condition
| koplylng TO Juror Andres-Nvitpesg saw
'hisy wen she was brought into the
mouse INC negro took her around the
DEFENDANTS counsel admitted, in reply
to Inquiry by Judge Fleming that at the
timc OF the death Of Daisy Douglass and
prior thereto pefendan, Fox was engaged
,S,aa g9uhg isdy' who Tor the purpose Of
Judge Fleming said he deI red 10 offer
in evidence the Indictment against Mrs.
| a. II. Foster, so as TO show that she was
charged also with the murder, and that
| SAID indlctment was found at the same
| time as that against Fox. Counsel for the
defense objected and the objection was
| sustained.
Police officer Henry Stewart was the
next witness called by the state. Witness
knows Defendant Fox and Mrs. A. II. Fos-
ter, and was also acquainted with Daisy
| Douglass. on tho day of the death Of
Daisy Douglass witness was on Texas
| avenue He passed the saloon OF Pole
m3hakos about dark and saw Mrs. Foster
| standing near the fence across the street
from the saloon. witness passed with n
twenty feet Of her.. About forty feet fur
| ther he met Mr.. Fox. He saw . OK and
| Mrs. Foster meet and stop. This was az
t.r o'clock; Witness saw hack near
met they were not quite half block from
| the saloon. When witness first stw Mrs
| Foster she rose up and came Deslr the
| fence.
Cross-esamined-wi was not on
| duty at the time he was In the Hollow,
| When witness saw Mrs. Foster she seemed
TO be In tho weeds
Illls Allen was next called. Witness
saw chic Cook on the evening Daisy
| Douglass died. chic delivered to the wilt
ness an unopened bottle of morphine.
| Witness gave the pois on to Justice Hus-
sey on tho night OF July 10.
Viola Glaze was next called. Witness
saw Daisy Douglass on the evening of
July Is. witness met Daisy Douglass in
a saloon on Prairie avenue. Daisy gave
witness a sealed note and q dollar and
asked witness 10 have some one get modi-
| Giro for her, as she had some compla mt.
! Witness sent Dora Littleton on the err
rand. 49,
/ came into Mollie Walkers house, where
! witness lived, and sat on the dining room
table. She saw her no more alive.
Justice J. ]. Hussey was the next wit
ness called. Witness knew Daisy
Douglass and knows Defendant Fox and
Mrs. Foster. witness IA coroner, made
/ Tot ha nj
| Of Daisy Douglass Defendant Fox MADE
| a signed and sworn statement. The orr
glnal was sent to the grand Jury, but a
true copy was put In the record by the
| witness. -.
ing statement of Henry s. Fox, Jr,:
Testimony OF Henry $. Fox, Jr.. taken
July I6. lS9j.-Dalsy Douglass, deceased
teaephoned me yesterday HIleIh0oh ~ -
| thai sho wanted me 10 call ut the mouse
| II / did not call promptly Mt t;SV y. M
| would not have another opportunity 70
| speak to her. went there about O'CLOCK
| Daisy was gone. l went TO the saloon and
| asked the bartender where Daisy was
| and he answered: ~ don't know" Just
before this Chic Cook came running tt
me with a bottle OF morphine saying
| trying TO DO" was sitting In my buggy
| when ! saw her again. she was IN
| hack with Mrs. Foster. They were urlhk
ing at a saloon on the corner OF Louisiana
street and Texas avenue. asked DAISY
i 10 no home She refused 10 do this; ina
j she would first take ride, 50 the WOMB
| would not congregate around her NV
| bother her while saying she would give
] the - HI In the morning. instructlnl
| mo to follow the hack In my buggy. AZ
tho corner OF Main ari Dallas streets
overlook the hack, requested The hack
4 man TO stop, sent my buggy, ana horst
| bnek 10 Bowaer's livery stable by the
man who was In with me. then gol
in the hack asked DAISY what wa wa
morphine. She answered mo. nav
rot taken morphine, but am awfully
drunk; the morphine bottle was blum.
/ asked her why she did not behave her
seif She rou'd not answer. ! repeatedly
called and shook her. ] then ordefee
4 the hack TO turn around aud drive iast
I imagined she was awfully drunk OF
dying, shook her nntii we got 10 NC Nc,
for n doctor. who got TO the house al
most as soon as she dd. ] then waiteg
IN town for DR.. clarendon: In COMPANY
10 The hause. We had been there but {
, little willie when DR.. Landlord declared
her dead. That was about 10 O'Clock
It was eight or ten minutes rom IN,
stroe. urtil Daisy was ut the house.
wltncrs was asked about a statemen
made nv Mrs. Foster, but, on objection b.
The dcfense, the testimony was not intro
duced. the statement being made ate
Mrs Foster had been arrested. Witnes
| reia,sd the circumstances under which h
received the bottle OF morphin intact.
corlnne Evans was next called, wi'nes
lived with Daisy Douglass four month
I prIor to her death. She WAS III goo
; hea tn pr or to her death. witness saV
paisy douglass on the day she died. WIZ
meas learned OF the absence OF Daisy iron
Inc house about o'clock. After that YIN
abe saw Defendant Fox and Mrs. Foste
in the dining room talking In low to,i
, or voice, Witness went In hack W.
Chic Cook TO the corner OF az r naisx ,rhe
' returned to Daisy's, and witness wen
into Inc house. Mrs. Foster was al IN
gata and got into the hack. After Una
! witness and Chic Cook went TO Polemaha
kcg saloon. when they seaehei 'ne - :
+. loon Mrs. Foster was there; Mrs. r s,s,,,
went toward the bayou. Her test,non,
, corroborated that OF others as " '"o W
currences at the saloon a., -. ,.a
: Cross.exnmin Witness did not hea
what Fox and Mrs. Foster were sayins,
: H. dining rom. The hour was about
when they were In the dining room
! was dark. go, ,a,ghIn
t AZ Thu he Witness-I am not laughing at you
! Alice Dawson was pext called oh w
,, evening OF July 10 witness heard wa
patsy Douglass was missing. and wen.
1 mint for her. She found Daisy Mt Moii'
! walkers. witness asked Daisy 70 =
home. witness went after AGA Gr r,,i
4 When she returned u negro s.i 'o hrida,
!. nees Daisy had gone aerots INC ,nnras
/. vv,,ness got In buggy. with 2 gsntiggI n 7,
2 anh rode around TO Polemanakos satoyi
: Wines a not see Daisy Dougiass tn " =