The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-27

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fpracy which resulted In the murder
or's escaping the electric chair and his
being sentenced 10 nineteen years IN
the pcnltontlary. where he now IS.
Evelyn Granville sprang suddenly into
fame about eight years ago az the most
handsome woman on the Rlalio. OF
her antccodents little WAS known and
few questions were asked She was the
relguing beauty In her circle when In
1881 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 Of Importance
save that she was not IN love with
Webster who had the most diabolieal
temper o. any person she ever met.
on the day Of the murder she says:
II had been 81 all day and was ~
ing on The couch dressed In a loose
gown when Burt came IN. and NJ a
glance ] saw that he had been drinking
heavily Fanny Romalne. my nurse
and companion. was with me She
know bis symptoms as well as !. and
20 when he poured out n glass of cham
payne and whisky and insisted that she
drink q she dld 70. Had she refused
Burt would probably have been cleo
tf0cuted.
"The woman had hardly swallowed
The glass ~ liquid before she ioppled
over. dead drunk Burt laughed, and.
sitting down beside me began 20 Jest
about the weakness Of womcns heads
After a while be went ont When he
returned ! was startled by bis face.
what on earth Is the trouble. Burt?
demanded
eve shot that man Goodwin he
said 4 am going 10 get out Of the way
Keep your mouth shut
Il forgot my indlsposltIon and ran a.
rapidly as I could % Goodwlns apart
mentA ] found him lying on the brok'
en- cuspldor that afterward figured 80
prominently 10 The trial as having been
thrown By Goodwin AZ Webster be-
fore the fatal shot was fred. A. a mat
Ter Of fact. u was never thrown. Good.
win broke II by falling on u.
Il stopped over the wounded man
and asked. What ala he shoot you for7
lio reemod 20 half faint away. but stu
looking 81 me h. murmured family. 4
meant no harm. no harm lie couldn't
say anything more and ! ran out
was tremendously excited. but seemed
20 think with perfect clearness real
: lied instIn-tlyoly that Goodwin WIS go
iug 20 dc. and that ! must act qulcl
10 mske out a defense for Burt Be
fore ! col back 10 my own room hat
mapped ont a plan.
II fairly Few az Fanny Romalne
who was stlll stupid from drink
shook her and beat her and threw wa
Ter DO her face and applied smelling
salts 20 her nostrIls By means Of thi
vigorous treatment succeeded II
rouslng her from her stupor Then
stlll keeping up my vigorous treatment
I told her the story afterward toll
on the witness stand
Fanny ] said. wake up. wax
upi Something terrible has happened
went out 90 the hall just now In M
wrapper As I passed Mr.. Goodwin
door be- came out IN his pajamaa an
insulied me. asking me 10 come int
his room and blocking the way.
escaped from him and came In her
and told Burt lie went out 10 81
Goodwin. they quarclod. and Goodwl
threw n cuspIdor al him Then Bur
shot him You saw 10 all. didn't you
Fanny nodded. but stIll was 10
drunk 10 comprehend clearly what
had told her kept az her. however
and by the time the police came M
had heard the story 30 often that rh
was hrmly convinced that she herse