The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-14
.ON TRIAL FOR INSANITY.
DR.. ]. O. Furlow Of Grimes County
Has Been Making Threats
AND ACTING IN A PECULIAR MANNER,
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which Lea to a Charge Of insanity
Being Preferred Against Him.
The Testimony.
!, ACTING IN A PECULIAR MANNER,

ing considerable attention. The court room
was well filled with spectators yesterday
at . o'clock In anticipation OF the trial,
Tut 1t was almost 5 o'clock before the Sas,
was announced for trial.
Tbs defendant IS pr. j, o. Furlow. who
was arrested Friday on charge made ov
III. l.. Hudson, an attorney OF this city.
! charging him with lupacy.
| The defendant Las remained IN company
with his wife in the county jail up 10 the
time Of the trial, and the motion TO post
| pone the case on account Of the absence
| OF a material witness ct the pin!ntiu was
not sustained and Ghe case was opened with
six accepted iuross In the boS.
| The prosecution was conducted for the
state by County Attorney y. H. Washer
and Messrs. lvaldo burns and Moye Nicks
appeared for the defendant.
| The !irst witness called FOR the prosecu-
ton was air. j. l. Hudson, who testified
| as follows: II have known j. O. Fnflow
| Tor only about ten days; have had business
with him. especially on last Saturday
week ago consider the defendant Of
| unsound nina on account of the experience
| have had with him IN my otnto. lilo
came there in an apparently very nervous
state ci mind, and talking very loudly
produced many papers, deeds, tax receipts.
etc. and appeared much excited ON
| noticing The papers he exclaimed; SEQ
| how the people are trying to ROB me;
see that forgery pointing TO II signature.
| They are trying 10 rob me ana nay wie
out of property. He accused people VINO
had nothing To do with the papers OF for
gerry, also declared the tax receipts had
| been tamperod with. could not under
stand his reasoning, but told him to come
| up again and we would look into the
| trouble He came up again on Saturday nut
| | could get no satisfactory statements from
4 Alt l.,.a
! he owned II about forty counties. In tho
| meantime no had telegraphod to Mr..
Post. a relative in Georgia 10 come TO him
at once, that they had million dollars "
which people were trying 10 rob them.
~ had Mir. Dunn an attorney, 10 90 Nav
| asoia 10 get some court papers, ana on
Monday he brought TIE papers relative to
the case and when Dr.. Nnfiow sSw them
he declared them not to be tho cour, pa
pers and that MIR Dunn had not bcep OFT
OF town lie said some one has slipped
thcee papers In my office Mr., Boyd. who
knew something of the case then came In
my office ard mr. FurIow declared to him
| that myself and others were In q oonspira-
cy TO rob him.
Il then told the defendant | could not
! handle his business on account OF the va
rious and widespread charges he was maxi
ing He then wanted me tn lend him some
Money. witch | did he giving mc due
4 bill for game. In short tine he came
! back again and said he waa not satisfied
| and wanted his papers, thinking nysclI
and others were trying TO rob him, fe
then argued about the date Of the papers
having boon changed. and accu Il me- OF
trying to burn some Of them slso that
had added other papers and eaken some Of
| the originals sway He said certain sigma
| lures were forRcries, and wrote me notes
| on various occasions and said he was going
to Galveston to make affidavit against tho
bank officials there,
AT times he would appear rational, hut
when he began to look upon his papers
he hecer1e excited and appeared crshv
| He threatened to kill mc II did
not deliver tho papers though !
told him I would do 80 when he returned
mo the money loaned him. Az this he
became very much excited put his hands
on his pockets and said n great many an
| gentlemanly things He also accused me OF
,smpering with HIS pnpsrs saying he had
a private mark on them, which had been
rubbed off, told him they were the same
he gave me and In the same bundle he gave
me. ! then gave him all the papers. nv,
| he Insisted that there we're Others which
| ! had kept from him, and Insisted on hay
ing them also. saying he hGd a pistol In
| his pocket and n they were not produced IN
five minutes he would have my hearts,
|
| / did not have.
about this time young man came into
my office and called me out and when
| returned ! found a note left by defendant.
| saying TO give up all the papers or could
take the consequences. During I'll my
conference with him his dcmeanor n fret
was very excltable hut afterwnrd he up
| psared somewhat more rational, then We
made some progress, but al times he was
| I know
him prior to this time, his family or fam
| ily history. In these interviews lie ap-
| peared to be under the influence of liquor
The letters written We're then brought
up. and after having been identified as .ho
writing Of defendant were admitted In EVIL
dence. They are as follows:
Mr. j L. Huds0n--Will you please
come to your office and give me my pa
pors? | will say nothing out OF the
| way to you-will treat Won politely aud
courteous Il you only give me my pa
| pers delivered to you. You must have
them. J, q. Furiow.
December Q, 1891
| Another letter.
December .. Is97--Mr. j. L. Hudson,
My Dear Sir: You VIII please cancel
and deliver to nlr nv contracts you
| fraudulcntly had me TO sign when |
was under the Influence OF liquor. They
| must come. Also send me my deeds
| and papers you have Kept they VIII
not do you any good. You can now
do as ypu please. Respectfully,
| j. O. Furlow
| Cross examined: Il judge the defendant
is crazy because OF his general conduct
with me thought he was 81 when he
| first came to my office. and the more saw
| Of him the more I thought so. His wife
was present during the interviews and ac'
auiesced in all that he said ! do not COLI
slider her crazy. | consider man perhaps
| insane when he writes another letter
threatening him. The papers that he pro-
duccd in my Office did not conclusirely
show that he owned anything. There wss
10 diagram showing thirty-two Leagues ~
| land owned BY him. lie said he owned
much land In Houston and In various c0un-
tics II he had not bsen crazy would
not have tolerated him In my ofhce at all.
He has never paid ue back the $50 loaned
him. | did not sue out this warrant 10
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