The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
MAS ADMITTED TO BAIL
Judge c. D. Gavin Permits Easley to Re.
Gain Ills Freedom.
virtually o victory for the Inde-
pendent Movement--scuiptor Rhind
II Expected 20 Arrive Today.


charged with murder in the frst degree,
In the killing OF w. b. Blythe. Calves
ton Tribune reporter, in this city on No
yember II, was today admitted to bail by
Judge e. d. Gavin. Hs bond was fixed at
1880, which was quickly furnished. the
sureties being as follows: j. r. Cheek.
John McYoung. Il. q Cheeseborough. Maco
Stewart, c. X. Lee =. S. Spnngler, f. NJ
Spencer and George P. Nnaay.
Easley at once left the cours room in
company with his wife and some other
ladies'. They went to their home.
After the testimony was closed the case
was submitted without argument by either
side, except few words as to the amount
Of ball.
The defendant was put on the stand in
his own behalf and his direct examination
occupied considerable time. The chief part
OF his testimony was as follows;
While on the stand Easley took the ar
ticle which Blythe wrote and which was
published In tho Tribune OF November 10
and explained how it has struck him an
being wrong. He said in the first place, the
headline. "She Was Not Dead" seemed to
him to be very familiar and vulgar way
TO speak OF woman that is entitled to re-
spect. The next expression. that his wife
was a chum OF this woman, was something
he hai heard on the street two or three
times before. The article says that she had
girl chum to whom she was so closely at
taehed that even the annual vacations
could not separs TO them. This seemed TO
4. liz. o.. al. ~.
woman who afterward turned out bna.y.
The article next spoke OF Mrs .Moatfort's"
brother as being a handsome cnap, but
SAID nothlng about the conieIiuass OF the
gni. he article says that the parelts OF
ine young lady Tor some reason or ano 4her
opposed the match and wou!a MOI aIloN h.
TO he carried out. 1T seemed 10 aim that
every word in the article had Il sunde. Gus
meaRIhs. The article further says tina. the
young lady stayed three or four weeks al
the house of lhs family and then went
home heartbruken. 1t dian't say that the
young man was i'll any way concerned
about tho failure to culm!nate the mar
rage or that he was heartDroken. Then
IL says that this woman received a letter
year afberwald telling OF The girls death
1t seemed to him that the authors inten-
Ton was 10 put before the people the ruin
oil his wife by this young man In as plain
ana romantic u way as he could without
Insulting the reapeetablllty of the readers
OF the paper. Then the article says: After
the mutual shock of surprise, auli aftar the
matter OF the reported death had been ex-
p.alnel. as " IL needed any explanation.
Tiish II says thai he two thtnls, as such
spent some time In going over school days
togcther using the expression witness had
hNait1 kHfore, conneuuanx his wifaa name
IN that way with this woman Then the
article says that Mrs. Eassley tcaliing her
Nils Wardl seemed extremely nervous In
the presence OF this woman Then 1t winds
up There Is no moral or deduction to be
drawn from this story" az much as To
Say 10 the pubic, I'VE have given YOU the
story; you can draw your own moral and
aefauce Tor youissa.' Then II says ,ney
are polh estlmable iadiea placing them
both on the same piano.
Witness said in the light OF what he hal
heaid auJ @t,ef isadglS ths article it
seemed to him that there was no help for
II. that dIsgl ace would inevitably come L.
MS family. He knew of his wb.e'a purity.
but there were people who d tln'L know
them. and he felt there would be talk
winch would always make them unhappy
II .ai very iitt.e to h. VIE. except that
he believed 1t would ruin them, and he
Vent upstairs 10 ihink over he matter
alosc Before he went however, his wife
sueg stod that Mr Chase b. sent for, AMI
she did send for him. Mr.. Chase came
" ltress feelings were 30 hurt that he
o4Ni .Gi5 iiutli- NidSt ItdQ mo article,
said he dldn't know where 1t came from,
but he said Mrs. Chase had told him that
Mrs. Easley had tOag her OF nesting n wo.
man down town who had been an old
schoohnate OF hers. Chase promls cd to find
out who wrote the article; he said he
couldn't blame them for being hurt over
tho article, but II witness would como
down to his office In the morning he would
let him know who wrote It., Witness said
nothing TO either of them about hear n |;
these reports on tha streets. lie didn't
believe that there was one author Who was
following mp common course of slanior.
His wife suffers from nervous ptostratiun,
Is praet'c7ily 81 invalid and he did not
wish to distress her. Another thing, b.
!, IA tHh 80 took one thing at time
no could come nearer having the stain re-
moved. ard II would only make matters
wor',s by getting into a passion and tell
Ing them what he had heard on the
streets.
Witness said he then went upstairs. He
ththght the 81 III NJ h. couli do Would
y be to gel. II possible an unconditional and
ur0ualfe retfaetiou, md make 1t MS pub
lie as had been the slanherons report. II J
stated to tho court thai his wife had left
vsry comfortable home 10 become his
wife: siace their marriage they had haa
untold trials and tribulations; for Two
years she was sick ard sxpaete3 every day
TO die: they had beyn poor IL this World
goods. and sickness ard o her oansea hal
kept them that way. but In all thai tins
she had stood by him and been htlp-
NEST as far as she could; he had irus ed
her always. aIpl loved her more and NOR
e.e jan He made up his nlnd ha waula
not en- Or sleep until hs had goiEd th.s
party who had slandered hpl and had se-
. cseN a gelraclou. He diant sleep that
y night.
lAs next mcrnng. after tho family hal
stFsh%ess hp bad ;hem soodby
thinking. perhaps, be was oaklrg Into
ID ~ isttK or The last imo He took his
pis'o thinking II would a.d him in fore,sg
o . ypc on K nqssihle or IN detepApg
himseh " necessary
"a; a ses ire NJ. Chase as they wcre
coming cut Of thelr hcpss- H wanted 10
~ one, bur ont cf ptiirte y for Ms.
Chase who came out VII her HUSBAND to
biz him sonehys MT. Chase besns an IN
t'nsais friend Of Mrs. Easey), 70 wfited
Tor him, 1hy walked half h,si o.
geshsr ~. waited 70 be alore. and he told
* Mr.: Chass be would take the Thtet u .rl
"a street car Alter he lert CHI Sc he rem M
terst that Mr.. and Mrs. spenglsr. TO
Nved but thre, blocks sway. we're rooi
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