The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-05
MISS PAULINE llIT1
Denies Any \, Ground 10, !. ! !
Of Murder Aa, ii n n, a'|
s''' WANTS 4 Full INVESTIGATOR
Mcclure Whom 81. I !. ~
to Have Poisoned A''a

to Have rel...,s a'''''
Gonzales Texas, Jun. I,
r"u'lne driswOld. who "a, ~ sa
city q y, Marshal crisrell Al Ya. as's
IN the keeping Of Sheriff o, Glow :, q
q, V ia, OF the murder .. Nh ~ y.
OIL ms county. James AsC,.,. ~ !. so
'd'a oil the dead woman, i, s,r n, : =
county JAIL also charged via !.
0' MS WIFE The arrests v,r. ~ .
complaint Of Mr John Er,s,, ~,
the dead woman. and all i. T.. ,'as
STATE mas to back up IT. chars !
u'r are about as follows. NJ, ~
nad been In bad health for cor. =.
Miss Sarah Pauline Grk,o,s :.
'a'her' mother and brother H.,
HO'Se win Mr. and Nm. NO,
several weeks. On April IL u, r,,,,'
moved INTO another house .aa M
Mrs. Mcclure died and va, MT,
seems that some two week. ~, h
death she made a statemen, n,
been poisoned and tha, the p,i,s, ny
placed In her coffee. On N. A.. ~
month the Griswold family n, -,
gong 10 Yoakum to take H. -.
Cooper, Texas, where thsy hi ~.
pioyel TO teach in the school 1, ,s,...
shoriii Glover wired the u,s,,I !,
rest this young lady and hs d,
The Post reporter visited yIn i,
fauline Griswold at the courp M !,
morning and had a long talk M
Sheriff Glover and his fan,ll, ot,p.,
tirSt iloor Of the county jail I'D MI
iheir home, the Jail being ,hNs r-'
nigh large and commod!ous. Tts No,
was introduced to Miss Sarah mi Nh
began TO talk to her Of her t,es.sls
said IN reply to question Ia, 81
perfectly willing to be inier5isy,3 n
that she would tell all she knew. ~
informed that the reporter n,srs,.s
great Texas daily. The Post. .s Ia.
Post would like to have her sv,r,y
she had any to make. whereupsa d,
she knew little except that she Ia.
informed that she was charge! VII.
murder of Mrs. Mcclure and ,hit d. 4
innocent OF the charge and did n9 N
that Mrs. Mcclure had been mess.
any one and said she earnestly t,s,s
fun and complete investigator: tn
knew she would be vindicated il q. d
asked for her past history aud iss d
il us follows; Il was born al Nlln,s
sixteen miles east of Shreyep0t 4:
lst day Of October, ts7s Ny nirs b u
Pauline Griswold. My fathers nir,
Lyman Griswold; he is IS year ai
is an old Confederate soldier. He bsis,l
10 company A, First Georgia Regimes.
is a school teacher by pru.saiai
taught before the war. Ny mother W
an invalid, was born 10 AsassiEa
same to Gonzales from Hopkiu sss'y
November, 1896. Father saw "a t'r1
ment that n teacher was wanted u Qz
side. Gonzales county, and We etEss
Spouse and brought mother. via y
Invalid. thinking the change Va. 2
prove her health. Papa taught iAesl
side school and | taught at ias Wy
school house. We lived in the ar.
with MIR. James Mcclure and wife u
or six weeks and then moved y -
house, on account Of the bad hsala ~
Mcclure. "
The reporter said. 'Miss Gr.I~
are charged with the murder = ~
Cluro by giving her poison. WIZ
you TO sayg" -, .r.t
she promptly replied: y u ~.
Mrs. Mcclure has been deaa lsas a
weeks. aud did not dream 9 ~ ~ IN ~
until arrested at Yoakum AMI VI w. a.
showed me Mr.. Gloyer's telss'i- ~
was wanted for murder. y.o,r
whey did you last see NH ~ y, y,
ION the day we moved TOE '''- :
on April -" u,,,,l,,x
conc and aug up the remains :! w
Clure and have sent her ew !. VI.
TO have It examined to see !. ~
oned. 30 you fear the result MI
II 40 not. ] earnestly coaH ~
and am anxicusly ls, y
line for nm examining hearing NM
al any time and my LAWYERS -, ,. "
ret IL just as soon as lns p,S IN d
torney Mr.. Walter. can hear ", III \,
sS u, ;.,a ,io wa ~ the stomach. ] lsi
an bumilIatlon IL ths grave sa, ,.,
awful to charge me WIN s. .h,r tts a
+ do not know anythlas, apss.
tunats death Of Mrs. aet ,,m,lr b Yaa
, " ,r no ra' were you gOiug'r' ~. "a
"NIr. John Carson sna ,,ts III u
us to Yoakum 70 ca rsool,. n
! had p0s ssye been employed = .,,i NJ
where ,,iog na' hold State ts1 i n
tt ne ,o in The public SCHOOL,, l 81 III
years. My certificate @
tificate. n any cAurss o
city ?" , =, the Methods, y
,opal church and have .' , ss,o 40 81
~ ~, her Of Chrlstian Enaes,y 4, s,f
Is an;o, anu az s sn' AntoaiO in ~ !,
IVA. e irs Mr.. CrIswsl l, Va :. q
=, en- shsr III Glover Is k'na a,n,lI u.
me me n as men member Of ~ dill; baH
,T %1; as S",'s ali .s ssf1ss .a y i
large b' SOs 'y : plump and grs,' 's,.,s
one s,rs s.r troubles with ~ &, 's
brave We ss sSs stated at shs bad s IL
CESS e,o, s m 10 Ssve hearI9ss. ,;'ppgi