The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-16

friends and attorneys. coneocted a con-
splracy which resulted 10 the murder
er's ercaplng the electric chair ana MS
being sentenced to nineteen years IN
the penlrenilary. where he now H.
Evelyn Granville sprang suddenly ihto
fame about eight years ngo ne the most
handsome woman on the Ratio. OF
her antecedenis little was known and
few questions were asked. She was the
relgnlng 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 10 her
confession says little Of Importance
save that she was not In love with
Webster, who had the most diaboilcal
temper Of any perFon she ever met.
OF the day Of the murder she says:
Il had been III all day and was ~
ing on the couch dressed In n loose
gown when Burt came In. and AZ n
glance saw that he had been drinking
heavily. Fanny Romano. my nurse
and companion. was With me. She
knew bis symptoms as well as !. and
10 when he poured ont o glass o. cham
payne and whisky and Insisted that she
drink Il she ala 90 Had she refused
Burt would probably have been cleo.
trocuied.
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 women's heads
After a while he went ont. When he
returned was startled by bis face
what on earth Is the trouble. Burt -
demanded.
"I'ye tho, that man Goodwin. he
said. I am going 10 get out % the way
Keep your mouth shut
4 forgot my indlspositlon and ran a
rapidly as could 10 Goodwln's apart
ments found him lying on the brok-
On cuspldor that afterward figured sd
prominently In The trial as having been
thrown by Goodwin AZ Webster be-
fore the fatal shot was fred. AZ mat.
ter Of fact. Il was never thrown. Good
win broke Il by falling on Il.
Il stopped over the wounded mar
and asked. What dld he shoot you for?
lie seemed 10 half faint away. but stll
looking az me he murmured family. 4
meant no harm. no harm lie couldn'
say anything more aud I ran out.
was Tremendously excited. but scene,
20 think with perfect clearness. ! real
lied lnstlnctively that Goodwin was 90
Ing 20 die. and that I must act qulci
10 make out a defense Tor Burt. BE
fore got back 10 my own room ! Ia,
mapped ont a plan
Il fairly few at Fanny Romano
who was still stupid from drink.
shook her and beat her and threw wa
ter In her face and applied smeillnl
salts 10 her noatrIls By means of thl
vigorous treatment succeeded b
rousing her from her stupor. Their
silll keeping up my vigorous treatment
! told her the story I aiterward toll
on the witness stand
Fanny said. wake up. wax
upl Something terrible has happenc,
went out In the hail just now In m
wrapper. AZ ! passed Mr Goodwin
door he came ont In his paiamas an
insultod me. asking me 10 come int
his room and blocking the way
escaped from him and came IN her
and told Burt lie went ont % ~
Goodwin. they quarrolod. and Goodwi
threw a cuspidor at him. Then Blu
shot him You saw II an. didn't you
Fanny nodded. but sim was "a
drunk 20 comprehend clearly what
I'D told her kept ~ her. howeve
and by the time the police came N
had heard the story SO often that 81
was firmly convinced that she horse