The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-04


frlelds and attorneys. c1ncocted a con-
Epiracy which resulted In the murder
ers escaping the electric chair and his
being sentenced 10 nineteen years IN
the penitentlary. where he now j..
Evelyn Granville sprang suddenly into
fame about eight years ago az the most
handsome woman on the Rialto. OF
her antecedents little was known and
few questions were asked. She was the
reignlng beauty In her circle when In
1891 she met Burton Webster. who was
then a Well-known bookmaker. They
took up life together. and In this chap
ter Of her existence the woman in her
confession says little % importance
save that she vas not In love with
Webster. who had the most diabollcal
temper OF any person she ever met
OF the day Of the murder she says:
Il had been ~ all day and was ~
ing on the couch dressed In a loose
gown when Burt came IN. and az
glance saw that he had been drinking
heavily. Fanny Romano. my nurse
and companion. was with me. She
knew hls symptoms as we'll AZ !. and
20 when be poured out a glass Of cham
payne and whisky and insisted that she
drink q she did no. Had she refused
Burt would probably have been cleo
trocutcd.
THE woman had hardly swallowed
the glass Of liquid before she toppled
over. dead drunk Burt laughed. and.
sitting down beside me. began 10 Jest
about the weakness Of womens heads.
After a while be went out. When be
returned ! was startled by his face.
What on earth Is the trouble. Burt?"
I demanded.
I've shot that man Goodwin he
said. I am going 10 get out Of the way.
Keep your mouth shut
Il forgot my lndIsposition and ran "a
rapidly a. I could to Goodwin's apart
ments. found him lying on the brok-
en- cuspldor tina, afterward figured 30
prominently 10 the trial az having been
| thrown by Goodwin az Webster be-
fore the fatal shot was fred. As a mat
ter Of fact. u was never thrown. Good.
win broke Il by falling on Il.
Il stopped over the wounded man
and asked. What did he shoot you for?
he seemed to half faint away. but still
looking al me he murmured family. 4
meant no harm. no harm lie couldn't
say anything more and I ran out
was tremendously excited but seemed
20 think with perfect clearness. real
ized lnstInctiyoly that Goodwin was 20
ing 20 de. and that I must act qulcl
20 make out defense for Burt. BE-
fore / got back 10 my own room hat
mapped ont a plan.
II fairly few az Fanny Romalne
who was s,lll stupid from drink.
SHOOK her and beat her and threw va
ter In her face and applied smellIns
salts % her nos,rils BY means Of thli
vigorous treatment succeeded II
rousing her from her stupor. Then
stlll keeping up ny vigorous treatment
told her the story ! afterWard toll,
on the witness stand
Fanny. said wake up. wax
up Something terrible has happened
went out In the hall just now In m,
wrapper. As ! passed. Mr. Goodwin
door he came out in bio pajamas an,
insulted me- asking me 10 come int
his room and blocking the way.
escaped from him and came In her
aad told Burt. lie went out 10 SCI
Goodwin. they quarreled. and Goodwin
threw a cuspldor at him. Then Bur
shot him You saw Il all. didn't you
Fanny nodded. but stlll was to-
drunk TO comprehend clearly what
had told her. | kept az her. however
and by the time the police came sh
had heard the story so often that sh
was 1-mly convinced that she hersel