The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-15
q Murderer.

friends and attorneys, concOcIeu Gull
spiracy which resulted in the murder
ers escaping the electric CHAIR ana MS
being sentenced to nineteen years IN
The penitentiary. where he now Is.
Evelyn Granville sprang suddenly INTO
fame about eight years ago as the most
handsome woman on the Rlalto. VI
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. Ihey
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 diabolical
temper of any person she ever met'
OF the day of the murder she says:
81 had been i'll all day and was ly-
ing on the couch dressed in a loose
gown when Burt came in, and at
glance I saw that he had been drinking
heavily. Fanny Romano, my nurse
and companion, was with me. She
knew his symptoms as we'll as I, and
30 when he poured out glass of cham
payne and whisky and insisted that she
drink it she did so. Had she refused
Burt would probably have been cleo
trocuted.
1.-THE woman had hardly swallowed
the glass of liquid before she toppled
over, dead drunk. Burt laughed, and,
sitting down beside me, began to jest
about the weakness of women's heads.
After while he went out. When he
returned I was startled by his face.
what on earth is the trouble, Burt?'
demanded.
GIVE shot that man Goodwin he
said. 4 am going to get out of the way.
Keep your mouth shut
81 forgot my indisposition and ran as
rapidly as 1 could to Goodwin's apart
ments. found him lying on the brok-
en- cuspidor that afterward figured so
prominently in the trial as having been
thrown by Goodwin at Webster be-
fore the fatal shot was fired. AS mat
ter of fact, it was never thrown. Good
win broke it by falling on 1T.
81 stopped over the wounded man
and asked, What did he shoot you for :?
He seemed to half faint away, but still
looking at me he murmured family 4
meant no harm, no HARM He couldn'
say anything more and 1 ran out. i
was tremendously excited, but seemed
to think with perfect clearness. | real
lied instinctively that Goodwin was 60
ing to die, and that l must act quick
to make out a defense for Burt Be-
fore l got back to my own room l had
mapped out plan.
81 fairly flew at Fanny Romaine,
who was still stupid from drink.
shook her and beat her and threw wa
ter in her face and applied smelling
salts to her nostrils. By means of this
vigorous treatment l succeeded in
rousing her from her stupor. Then,
still keeping up my vigorous treatment,
| told her the story l afterward told
on the witness stand.
Fanny l said wake up, wake
I'D! Something terrible has happened.
I went out in the hall just now in my
wrapper. AS l passed Mr.. Goodwin S
door he came out in his pajamas and
lnsulted me, asking me to come into
his room and blocking the way.
escaped from him and came in here
and told Burt. He went out to see
Goodwin, they quarreled, and Goodwin
threw a cuspidor at him. Then Burt
shot him. You saw it all, didn't your
Fanny nodded, but still was too
drunk TO cnmnrehend clearly what |