Mexico weekly ledger., 1901-05-02

Texas and married the daughter Of a
banker. He represented himself as
being wealthO and it was not until he
had returned 70 Mexico with his bride
that she learned Of bis eight children
BY his former wife. A little later a
bank failed in Texas and DR.. Gartrell
told his wife that be lost all his money
upward Of sl0O, 900, in that bank. He
wrote to his father-ln-law and a little
later the entire family moved to Tex.
That was twelve years ago. Since
then his wife has secured a divorce
and now lives In Roanoke, Va.
"Dr. Gartrell has a number Of
wealthy relatives. His eldest son,
Lou Gartrell, is ehashier Of a bank at
Bay City, Tex. James, another son, Is
cashier OF a bank at Victoria, Tex.
Harry, a third son, Is part owner Of a
general store at Fredericksburg, Tex.
Mrs. Danforth, a daughter, is the wife
Of the postmaster Of Goliad, Tex, and
Laura Gartrell, a daughter, is now
the guest Of Mrs C. r. Gibbs, Of Mex.
leo, Mo.
WANTS CHILDREN TO DEFEND HIM.
IL asked DR.. Gartrell to-day what
he proposed to do. He said he would
ask his old Confederate friends to get
him good counsel and would appeal to
bis children to pay for his defense.n
THE sons CONFESSION.
The sons confession in fun, as taken
down by Assistant Prosecutor Kim
brell, follows:
"My name is William Payne Cart
rel; am % years old; was born at Mexi
co, Mo. Ny father, James L. Cart
rel, Brown Donagan and myself left
Kansas City on Saturday, March Is,
1901 We had a two-horse wagon and
camping outfit, purchased the day be-
fore by Brown Donagan at Missouri
and Grand avenues, Kansas City.
"on the evening Of the third day,
we camped in a little log cabin near a
river. Donagan laid over next 10 the
south wall-I think It was the south
wall.
About 1890 father looked at Dona-
gan's watch, which he father then
had on. 1t was 1890, midnight. Two.
hours before that father struck me on
the leg with the axe and woke me up.
DOsAeAS's HEAD WAS BuRsTED.
II looked oyer and Donagan was
lying there with his head bust open.
He was bleeding. / said: MY God.
what have you done, papa?'
"He said: by -, / want the
money!
"Then tainted. And when | woke
father had the body in the wagon.
Donagan's watch on, etc. He had
some coffee ready. l drank a cup and
! sat there and could not say a word.
"Then he hitched up and put the
things in the wagon. We started at
daylight. | said: Where are you
He said: South
1--WE drove four or five miles before
a word was said. / said: 'We lust asI
well go TO Butler and give up. You
have got US into it, He said: sDon,t
be afraid. In get out all right. nj
are caught you will never suffer-
Tor it.
u guess about eight miles from the
'abin we got along by a creek. Then
took out the endgate and took him
" the feet and drug him right out 10 I
he creek bank and took him By the
houlders and give him a shove right [,
lOWn the hill h
He hit the water, went down and /
anne up again-I mean Donagan went 5
own-and father came back uptotbe
'agon, put the endgate in, got In and 5
rove on. This was 10 a. m.
THEY had NO TROUBLE. !,
"Donagan and father had no trou- >
ie' no quarrel, no dispute. 40 words q,
: difieuity Of any kind. Tie could Z
Of have treated US nicer.
i did not help fathea put the bodyl
} The wagon. Father had nothing toll
rink. He vas sober and acted as bel,
had" n