Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-11-08
DEMISES DRAMATIC.
Milton Franklin Andrews and Con-
sort Die Together.
SANE PISTOL IS USED
In a Statement Left In stocking Of
Woman Much Wanted Man DE.
n:es the -lnriers lie Is
Charges win.

San Francisco. Nov. 7.-Miltor
Franklin Andrews wanted to answer
at Colorado Springs charge OF mur
dering Bsssry Banton. also wanted a
Berkley. Cal. TO answer charge o
murdeious assault on william Ellis
honfay night shot and killed here Nal.
da Peirie his woman companion. anc
suacided.
Andrews and his consort. who fie.
after brutally attacking and robbine
william Ellis. a horseman at Beske.
ley. whom they lured from Australia
were found ceadin their room at James
Measher's house. Tls McAlister sire,
The police surrounded the place. An
drews hid IN a closet. By a subter-
fuge. a policeman entered the room.
Realizing their hiding place was dis
covered, the young woman persuaded
the officers % leave the room She
locked the door and Immediately the
two shots were heard IN the room. The
police broke In and found the partners
dead with bullet holes In their heads
Andrews with a pistol tightly clinched
lay on the floor. while the woman lay
on the bed a. n aslceD
Andrews was charged with the mur-
der of Eugene Bosworth al New Brit
ain. Conn., with staying woman at
Troy. ~ V. anf with th- kiliing OF Bes-
sic Bolton NJ Colorado Springs He
came with Ellis 10 this Sc tion last
month. having selected the horseman
as another victim 20 add 20 his re-
markable record OF crime
A statement signed by Andrews wa.
subsequently found IN a stocking %
the dead woman. IN which he says "a
follows:
The people of the United States
have all read Of Milton Andrews. The
many times murderer. and his terrible
career OF bloOdshed am Andrews.
and on Nov. offered 20 give my
self up for trial on three murder
charges against me--the murder of
Bessie Bouton. az Colorado Springs:
murder Of Mrs. Bosworth. at New Brit
ain. Conn. and the murder az Troy.
~ Y. OF a woman. whatever her name
was. The police claim 20 have all
KINDS OF nyoof that I killed all three.
I have a few less serious charges
against me and agreed to stand trial
on all three of the murder charges.
provided petty offenses were quashed
and they would never have them |
brought up against me n were Dis |
charged a free man from the murder I
trials
'The first murder am charged with /
4 that q BESSIE Bouion. with whom
travelled as man and wife. We had
quarreied and on the strength
" that they say am a murderer They
iay they found she was a travelling
aleslady. Her folks say she sold hair
lresslng goods for J. Parker Pray OF
Sew York. To protect myself am
compelled 70 give her history. She never
raveled or sold goods for any firm. No
UGH firm as J Parker Pray was In ex-
stence at New YORK. employing Bessie
3outon. She married an electrician
auled George Bouton az Syracuse. y.
T.. and they both used 10 get drunk
nd fight. and they did not live togeth-
r only a few weeks. Bessie was a
Teli known character az Boone's saloon
nd all the rest OF the principal SALOONS
nd Joints IN Syracuse. She skipped TO
-tica. ". Y. and lived IN a house known
8 the Globe. I met her there and We
,rmed a liking for each other. ] told
er was a gambler and she wanted
D travel with me. ard when she prom
ed 90 give up smoking cigarettes, get
ng drunk and meeting men I took her
n the road with me-"
Andrews then says that when the girl
as murdered at Colorado Springs he
az 1000 miles away. and also stated
rat he had nothing 90 do with the
iher murders attributed 20 him.