The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-27
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friends and attorneys. c0ncocted a con-
spiracy which resulted 10 the murder
ers efcaplng the electric chair and his
being sentenced 20 nineteen years IN
the penltentiary. where he now H.
Evelyn Granville sprang suddenly into
fame about eight years ago o. the most
handsome woman on the Rialto. OF
her antecedents little was known and
few questions were asked. She was the
reigning beauty IN her circle when IN
1891 she met Burton Webster, who was
then a well-known bookmaker. They
took up life together and In this chap
ter Of her existence the woman In her
confession says little Of Importance
save that she was not In love with
Webster. who had the most diabolieal
temper Of any person she ever met.
on the day Of the murder she says.
u had been 40 an day and was ~
ing on the couch dressed In a loose
gown when Burt came 10. and al a
glance saw that be had been drinking
heavily. Fanny RomaIne. my nurse
] and companion. was with me. She
/ knew his symptoms as well as T. and
so when be- poured ont a glass Of cham
payne and whisky and insisted that she
drink 10 she dld so. Had she refused
/ Bury would probably have been cleo
tr0 bed
Ihe woman had hardly swallowed
The glass % liquid before she toppled
over dead drunk Burt laughed, and
/ sitting down beside me. began 20 ies'
about the weakness Of womons heads
/ After a while be went out Whom h'
/ returned / was startled by his face.
what on earth Is the trouble. Burt2
] demanded.
1--we shot that man Goodwin h
said. 4 am going 20 get out Of the way
Keep your mouth shut
Il forgot my lndlspositIon and ran a
rapidly a. / could 20 Goodwin's apart
menis ! found him lying on the brok
en- cuspldor that afterward hgured s
prominently 10 the trial as having bee
thrown By Goodwin AZ Webster be
fore the fatal shot was fred. A. a mat
ter Of fact. u was never thrown. Good
win broke Il by falling on a.
Il stopped over the wounded ma
aud asked. what did he shoot you for
D. Tie seemed 20 half faint away. but 81
looking AZ me he murmurod family.
meant no harm. no harm. Tie couldn
say anything more and ran out.
was tremendously excited but SCENE
% think with perfect cloarness ! tea
. lied lnstluctively that Goodwin was q
ing 20 die. and that ] must act quic
10 make out a defense Tor Burt 81
fore got back 20 my own room ha
10 mapped ont a plan.
Il fairly few az Fanny Romain
! who was sim stupid from drink.
3 shook her and beat her and threw vi
ter IN her face and applied smelllu
salts 20 her nostrils. By means OF IA
vigorous treatment succeeded
rousing her from her stupor The
still keeping up my vigorous treatmer
I told her the story I aftervard 10
2 on the witness stand.
r Fanny said. wake up. wal
= up! something terrible has happene
r went out In the hall Just now In n
e wrapper. A. ! passed Mr. Goodwin
= door he came out IN bic paiamas Al
lnsultcd me. asking me 20 come In
his room and blocking the way.
escaped from him and came In be
o and told Burt. Tie went out 20 3
.e Goodwin. they quarreled. and Goodw
threw a cuspldor al him. Then 81
shot him. You saw q an. didn't 20,
Fanny nodded. but SIN was {
drunk TO comprehend clearly what
e. had told her. kept al her howev
J. and by the time the police came =
ie had heard the story 20 often that 9
was o-mly convinced that she hers