The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-22

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| Star flour mills
Dallas. Texas. March II lin his sermon
at the First Methodist church tonight Rev.
George c. Rankin. formerly pastor Of
| ing Of the retribution that comes to those
who deceive and sim referred to the shoot
ing OF Walter Hughes at the Dunn resi-
dsnce. Mr. Rankin stated that Hughes was
| In the employ OF a band OF lawbreakers and
used TO come to his study and sit for hours.
trying to learn secrets that would be OF
value TO his employers At every service
for months, the minister said. Hughes
wonid occupy seat near the altar. His
illusions to Hughes and his fate created
profound impression upon those OF his
hearers who were familiar with the details
OF the crime In which Hughes met his
death.
In connection with the reason attributed
In yesterdays Post to Mr.. Berry Camp
for declining to make an affidavit against
Sol Edel Mr.. Camp desires the statement
made that his reason for declining to make
the affidavit was that he would have been
recreant to a promise by him to Edel had
he instituted the prosecution. When Edei
came to him upon his knees pleading for
mercy and imploring protection. MIR. Camp
says that In consideration OF his placing
him on guard and disclosing to him the
plot against his child he promised him that
he would not prosecute him.
Attorney Gibson. acting as the adviser
OF Justice Fitze. is vigorously pushing the
investigation in the recent killing and at
tempted kidnapping case, and is securing
evidence that promises some very inter-
esting developments when the investigation
is gone into. Mr.. Gibson says he proposes
10 make everybody who knows anything
about this case stand to the rack.
Though bond has been furnished In the
Edel case tho prisoner Is still in jail for
the reason that the bond has not yet been
approved The officer whose business 1t is
to approve the bond, the sheriff. ~ absent
from the city. hence the cause for the bond
not being yet approved.
''One OF the most trying predicaments In
which was placed in this whole matter"
remarked MIR. Frank Dunn To a Post re-
porter yesterday. was breaking the news
TO my wife. who is naturally of a nervous
| feared the consequences Of
making to her so horrible disclosure.
when Chief Helm sent for me and told
me OF the plot to steal my child. after the
immediate shock incident to such a dis
closure my first thought was how to dis
close 1t to my wife or concealing 1t from
her. how | could keep the child properly
guarded without arousing Its mothers sus-
picion and apprehension.
"On returning home from my first in
teryiew with the chief told my wife that
Mr.. Helm had sent for me to warn me
hat mad dogs had been discovered in our
neighborhood and that we had better
guard little Annie very closely. | suggest
I'd that under these circumstances 1t was
dangerous to let her go out into the street
aud that for the present | would take her
In my buggy to and from school,
My wife did not object to this, but she
intimatcd that it was strange that there
should be SO many mad dogs at this season
1f the year,
II confess that | thought so too, but /
that the climate OF Texas was
peculiar and dogs were liable 10 so mad at
my season Of the year.
II then began to talk her about kid
mapping in the abstract. drawing strong
hypothetical cases with the one that was
confronting us. | told her all knew about
he Charlie Ross case and n good deal that
did not know. | talked kidnapping to
NOT til she accused me OF being mono
maniac ON the subject
Finally the two detectives had to be
placed in the house and were kept there
very night. In explanation of this | told
my wife that there had been some hold
ups in The neighborhood and that Detec-
ives Ellison and Proctor had been de-
allied on the work and | was permitting
HON to use our house as a sort OF bar
'acks. Whence they could keep Il sort OF
espionage upon the footpads as they prowl-
d about the neighborhood.
FINALLY when | saw that the matter
lad 10 come to a climax and about n week
'etore 1t did broke the news to my wife
" The plot on foot to steal our child
AT hrst she was almost palsicd with
right She was so nervous that for a
line she trcmhled so violently she could
scarcely attend to her household duties.
nut finally she bore up under the ordeal
md met the emergency with fortitude
hat surprised me.
NO; We have not told Annie ANYTHING
about the plot. She knows OF course, of
The shooting and believes that a burglar
was shot at. \ great many people have
ONE 10 see our daughter since this AFFAIR,
1ut they are all cautioned not to speak to
her Of it."