The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-22

! uIou some time before MON Snudoy a.,
:" " ~ AZ anat time the jury sent a message
| 10 mat eject to Judge Miller and asked IL
| 1ntIe was any way In which they could as
cdpe further imprisonment bnt the iudge
W. m"s Up po , to do more than admit hem
10 the courtroom. where they couid hc ,t,,rl
comfortable. Ii is currently VIA NJ
shc Jury was, on the first ballot. ten To fyy0
~ verdict carrying the extreme penaltv
a,ntt - almost needless to say that The ycr.
dlct against Batsou meets the npnrovoI ~
me neoplc Of this community. Wbilo tbc,
nave me greatest sympathy for the prisor1
tr mother. there is little cnmpassinn fa,
t ia s,5 81 ID view OF the horrible nature Of
ne crime for which he has been conNiateI
any other verdict would have been looked
upon as miscarriage of Justice
butSuh attorneys Will exhaust all LOCAL
tbo 'io ,s,t 10 save mis- life. Al the earliest.
w verdict cannot he carried into etf,rt
o9Ior1 the expiration Of sixty DAYS
~ inc course Of day or two the attor-
HeNS VIII move for new hearing of rho
hc ~ that Is denied as 1t probably viii
Nv, motion Tor arrest Of Judgment viii
piohahlN follow ana then appeal to the an
pavinV court. According to its usual Gus
,"un tnr supreme court will probably pass
ulon the case M once. If Ii declines 10 In
tefiere. sentence VIII next he passod mon
me prisoner and the governor viii liz The
date of execution.
Ed Batson appealed Ia Young Ward Earl
year ago for assistance He was thcn
I'D rho ,,,.,, -, ,i..' ''''' "'', 'e"u
o,,.oa ,t,.. "u"' 'u" Sc
'u nun pace on Mr. DanieIs rice
plantation,
When Ward Earl started IN business for
himself he took Batson along, and they
lived together in a lonely dwelling Tar out
on the dreary prairie
lie drove Ward Earl's teams to Lake
Charles, attrmptod ia sell tbnin ana ot
tracted suspicion, and abandoned thr ami
mails, boarded a train from Re1up,nnr ana
Travelled from Il.t pIara to ~ ,ijs..1,,ri
village where his rr,,v'b9ircd Im,,tbor ji,..s
lie had Wiprd ont nm enttrn raI,ily f,r.
gold: mad famed 10 secure tho nrizn' nv,p ,,t
such a COST and tben travelled Gact harcs
TO his Hu.I rnoftnr th,t .h.. 1t,i,,ht ,sL,ro
m lbr r..Ilt+ az biS hnrrijin crI,sSa
Never I'm tb, bistnrv a. I'M ~r,.tion or
Louisiana has there. bccu "A moro rcvoItInr
cold htoodpd and ro,y.r,IIv rriulo
Uutsnu. f..tllnnI hi. rritn,, c,r.f,,ir inoLc5
altrr wax Jrtoil Min tF, s,l ~ u U' All
time crinlnln'. ana mon when SAFETY
seemed certain. hy his own cnIclrssnc,s by
IN, 0ycrsir1f OF one small d,.rail ronrc.srG
In D,itnus his rulif and i.ff ~ GlC,y ,rbirh
resi-
tynr,. ntgr,l.r or tho E,il f,,iIc siy
i'm 3lI were murdered with Inc ryrpptlnu
~ a Lrtbo,. ,,-ha it,nI a. r,r ma VIZ
NI1d ,, " II" W,r" ~ 30" alu ~ ~
49, ,,.t ,..,fI'7 1t3ih vL,
i,r",,lr, tbn ti,.t news NJ The tarrii,ir crime
tn t1,yn r.,ori rco,b.d hnr mn some.
~ i Nv" ~, l 49,, 81 ia rr.,i,,
INNS N"9 Ni'"- al NM - ""9 80 80
M i,,.d ,,., .,,G t,,tod Non ort m,
,h I.,j,in r, v., m"o.riy AMI ,,bem sbt
rr,,rbrJ tho 1ouriv dyyeIlin. and tho fright
'u'u sI'i' WIN W u'isCI' ,inJit,t'JJu 10 a.
h-'tdth 200, u AnW WIZ usnl'u nv ~.
rooms Sedi'nhH' pHl no eEltIehgs oI ne "a
Tx i,nr, ,hn drio ''" nr.5.T men The I,rr
tue lamp, tue uilNHt puSn'u 1,"" M ,no ' r,,t
NaHlu7 NY .nt SuJulnIns I'm, 49, '5,J
tN'ehueu upon lhT euEe ot ~ uo"', ~
W.T. ieG I hr 7a,l. into tbr
nv Lhc ullN u't.gI H e Ky ~ -,,.1 and
pussS' uI"Ne itH NAY 80, lty t tI w., H.
inc discovery OF tiG PIE OF ,Iiutlidlru Jul IN
was the result me oII ! ItuVIl'tau' E,,J
lives Just a mlIe away from ne W. "a "a
homes HdH upt stcn inv" ih M inisbeJ
WAS sul pused' iof they haG HoI 1850 1850
ploM.ne. nut dlu NOT lhNesl!sNte. \ ' hrIo
OF Ward Earl had driven OUT 70 Jue hHniu
10 see Nmd, hHt as tHeE lounI ,lSSihm
lacked on tRe GooI. WmlLm saw Monday"
AWAY. WIZ ne jim 9uhtt' oa .l i,,d IN,
they took II Tor granted tuhI ~ n'" ts M .
for the notice was signed ward haI'
1t was only one or BasIoR cnol I."HS ~
cover up Inc u!sconerg ., ,i cue ,,'t,ihsI Welsh
When the proSuaIed Eul lG1'uvg IL H..
it was nearly o'clock ~ hlSut, ahW -" N
news or tue murder SpIeau ap'uis I, M.
was on hre WIN lhdlEhall1n' ~ =;
crison A. E. Bell. Isaac l."ntinat' w ~
Rodgers, )r, AIGneuauN. - ~ Tp'pIidres
panlelS, - - w iuIlldIl on" tt;,r,,. coi,sti.
with several other leading CIlEchS' 'oHsLl
tuted themselves posse anu 1tEam -
search. Miss Earl only reported tn'l ne
brother had been Killed ana inc t4t tItI to 70
the horrible crime was not known uhIIi '"'o
In the night I'll. tt,..,l
The ncighhorhood Where the IalhitA Nv
for the past seventeen years Is Sltuai lUu
about two miles west OF Welsh any I'M ni!I
south Of the railroad Here H. ,, na' ~ -
aged 60 years, who came 20 LOUISIANA ~
1855 from Hope, Kan: Mrs tarl' leu
about 80: Fay, aged is; John, ogel ~ Le'.,
aged about H. ami Ward aged~2b, ilIeu IN
prosperity Ward last year went Gown -
/. W. Dnniels plantation and WORKED oh
shares. He was successful making apou1
$1,000 on the season. Win TINS ne Pul
chased land of his own which had a huuse'
located about milo from his fathers prop
crtv. Here he went to live ana TOOK bdl-
son along because his mother ala NOT nhe
the tramp and would not allow nm 10 20, en{
al their table. ON tue new p,ntr -
and The tramp lived alone hut Just before
the murder Ward had been qulle sllA anu
his brother Fay, was sent over Dy the
loving mother to keep MIN company, 49,,
Those who know the family pes, aiu ' ~
habits Of the Ears, for they were oi u re-,
firing disposition and seldom visited tnclr
scatteripg neighbors. believe that both the
bows were murdered during Inc any, anu
tho two younger ones MS they stoPpeu on
their way To or from school ana thc Poo.
mother when she walked over "a het son ;
home to learn the cause OF the chlluVeH
absence
& When the posse searched the mouse anu
opened the bedroom. reekinlNWith ot9rs Ui
decompoSed flesh, they staggered al ta+ ~
tent OF their discovery. On me neI ia3