The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-12-30

drowned daughter had come ont OF the
muddy water of the Missouri river and
become the nnal witness 10 her faith
er's guilt Little Belle had won. Il
might a. well own up. be- said. trrm-
u.ously u might as well own up. Tor
youll hang me anyway. You're Just
bound 10 hang me. you and the peo-
pie" Then Carr said that h. would
tell the whole truth without rcserva-
tion. 10 only be- might b. allowed 20
see his wife before he was HANGED
This promise was given him. Carr was
40 weak that De had 70 De- assisted %
The leather covered couch in the Office
o. the chief OF police. where be Jay
down. bic face IN his hands. trombl ne
aud shaking with weakness and fear.
His face vas purple between bis IN
gers. The Adams apple" on bis throat
ihrobbcd and something 10 his throat
made a sound llkc a death rattle. The
oiucors men accustomed 90 crime and
criminals say they never saw o. man
in so terrible a state Ho then told an
Che most atroc.uus fcnd on carthl
the details oi bis crime readily ana
with little hesitation. aE if anxious TO
ge; through with % an 30 told g.
calmly eilh The utmost Indifference 10
any romorsc or other emotions lie
was beyond al emotion except the
emotion oi fear There was no feel
iur Cor The child in his recital There
vas mo- pity Tor anyone oNcep, himself
and The wife who must suffer-. He was
anxious 10 shield bis wife. and sew
cral times stopped Go assure the on.
Gers that she d.d not know oi bis
crime The officers disheiIoyc this.
MY wife told me-" he began slowly
and deliberately. that HAD 90 get ria
of Belle. She vas ats time aeh In with
the other child and We couldn't get
en- 90 live polcolhlc together. She
was OF n mean nature. Belle was. So
ms wife told me 90 gei rld 90 her. 90
take her 20 town and give her away %
"nId she tell you TO drown herr" ask.
cd Prosecutor Martin. NO. she didn't.
answered Carr quickly. his whole bsdy
trembling Let me go on. 'eh Lab.
orty at about I o'clock. ! walked an
the way. fifteen miss. with Belle
sometimes In my arms. sometimes
walking by my side with her hand in
mine C'ier little hand Ia her fathers
hand" some one muttordl ON The
road ! found a piece Of rope and 7
picked % up and nut % In my inside
vest pocket" Had you made up your
mind what 20 do with tho haby9 when
dli YOU make up your minds" "wen
! ! sor, OF made Il up on the road. After
/ ! crussed the Hannibal tracks I came
20 the river. Then I walked along the
bank back In the direction o, Liberty
Pretty soon I came 20 a dry crecA bed
that opened into the river wanted
10 drown her there but the water was
shallow and sluggish. There were sand
banks aud the place was no good.
/ Carr had become perfectly calm. llt
| told bis story now without effort. with
a sort OF chccriulnoss even. he seem.
od To grow stronger as the burden
I passed. uo even smiled at times at
I the sti1 faces OF the mon listening ID
him. Then ] walked up the river
h. continued. looking around Tor The
/ right place. 10 wasn't long an came
20 who're the water was deon and On,
/ current ran swift laid BELLE down
and got out the rope and tied Bellies
arms around her. There were --'
"was she awake2" "Yos. said William
Carr There were stones around
there. lots Of them. and T." did
she seem 20 realize what you wer,
about TO do with hcrgr NO: sh,
didn't Iplcked up a stone THAI weigh,
ed four or ave pounds. tied Il gooi
and fast around her Then I was ready
| lifted her up and" she was no
aslocp9 You are sure OF that" NO
she was awake. lifted her M and
and I threw her In. Gar out with al
my might" Like drowning a cat
oh1" said an officer. "She made a hll
splash said Carr mediiailvely. "Shl
made a big splash. and watched an,