Decoy Love Letter to Gilligan
Item
- Title
- Decoy Love Letter to Gilligan
- Source
- The sun (NY)
- Date
- 1900-06-15
- page
- 3
- Identifier
- https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1900-06-15/ed-1/?sp=3&q=murder&r=0.383,0.035,0.222,0.106,0
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- murder; love
- Gender of alleged offender
- male alleged offender
- Gender of alleged victim
- male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- trial
- Location
- Out-of-State; Richmond, VA
- Length of story
- 803
- Description
- DECOY DJrOI tore LETTER TO OILLIOAX OILLIOAXTeitlmony OILlAN OILlANTeUmon OULIG4NTeitiniony Teitlmony as I to the tb Means Hen Employed Ymplored to Catch Catchthe Cttl Catchthe the Slayer Ilarer of O Beverly nnet Turner TurnerRICHMOND Trne TrneRIMMOSD TerserRienMoren RICHMOND RIMMOSD Va June M HSlck Nick GlUlgan GlUlganwill Oltcan Oltcanwi Offliganwill will wi testify In his own behalf bhBt In his hl trial for the themurder themurdpr themurder murder of C Beverly lrl Turner Turntr at Isle I le of Wight Wightcourt Wlrht Wlrhtourt Vlghtcourthouse court ourt courthouse house houl tomorrow tomorrow Eight or ten tn persons personswere prns prnswtr personswere were wtr examined Imlnfd today tday and the substance fublnC of oftheir ofthlr oftheir their testimony tNlmony was that Turner had threat thmatened thlat threatened ened the life 111 of Gllliiran Gilgn for his persistence Jr ltence In Incourting Incouring incourting courting Isabel Turner TurnerThe TurnerThe couring pretty Irett IAII Tulr TulrTho The most Interesting IntercFtnl part rar of todays todae story storywas stoT storywas was hurricane Uurrlan Branchs Brnchs testimony tl tmnn about aboutthn ablt aboutthe the 111 decoy dP love letter lelr Ife protested against againstthe aCl1nft aCl1nftth againstth the th telling tling and ad did not relate r lot the purport purpr of the theletter theIflfr theletter letter Iflfr till ti the th Jury had been bD rent Fntout out in the grove groveEven 10v groweEven Even then hi objected but blt Judge Judle Atklnon Atkinsonrequired Atklnonfluled Atklnonrequired required fluled him to t answer Inswr the questions questona of coun counsel cun cunfl counel said that conviction not condi condition condition sel el lie rnvlcUon was Wi a cndl cndllon tion fl lon of I securing furlnl the reward for the arrest arnt of ofIllllgan ntOllian ofGilligait Illllgan The reward ward was 1 to be given for forhad torOIUglnA forhilligans Ollian OIUglnA hilligans arest attest le lie WI wits aket1 asked if Miss jhn ss 181 181hl11 isabel isabelhaul had hl11 volunteered to civn Ivl jve n flltr letter to James Jrnf Gilll Gilllsan 01 31111ann san lie A said Md they had begun blln the th letter lelpr two or orthree orIh orthree three Iln Ih ways al The Th first Irt start stft was WR Pear nPfr Friend FriendTbit Frnd FrndTha FriendTttat Tbit Tha was WI decided dlddld not to be I affectionate lftonnle enough enoughand enoulh enoulhanll enoughanti and then they fixed Ixd on My y l Iteurest earot Nick Nickllranch Slcklmnch NickBranch Branch lmnch raid Ild that Isabel habI dictated dlJd and signed signedthe eilDd eilDdthfltpr signedthe the thfltpr letter and n certificate rtleRle wan Wi taken tnkfn saying alnl that thatthn thatth thatthe the th eplstln was WI a I decoy letter Itr and not nt notareinuit notareinuithtirt a real 11 out outburst nutbur burst bur t of passion Ila In 1t0 The Tht letter 1Ir was WO written 1rilf1 In IneiinVaring InIntnlnl inentiarintg eiinVaring language lalul anti anr declared dPIlt that thn thnwrite thnwritfT thearitst Intnlnl write writfT aritst hail forgiven Curlin him The writer wrllr Bald that thatthn thntthA thattue thn world frowned rrowI111 down on her htr nnd that her hermother hrmntwr hermother mother was crowing Inl old and anr that lint oho hn was wnsgoing wal wasgoing mntwr going away WI She urged IJIr GUIIgin OUlhr n tn t fly I with withIIT withhBr withhr IIT olna to Iwnl a distant tant land Ian The Th letter Jllr was calcu calculated cnu cnuIlt caicutoted toted Ilt d to trap tril II even a less II M ardent arl nt lover IOlrthan loverthan than Nick Nickillllgan NikUlIligan Ik IkOlllln illllgan Olllln It I was w siuned llnpt affectionately nltctonllr The Thnplan 1h 1hlal Theplant plan lal was to hart IsaM aud Nick llk escape on ona ona ona a train lrln anti nrll to I base hlf Hurrlcano urrlcn llrancJi lrlrl IMI board boardthn hoardth boardthe the th train trin Inter anti arrest the Ihl prisoner prisonerThn lrl prlaunerfhe lner lnerh Thn fhe h wituoM WIUW said the letter lpttr was concocted concoctedby eucoctcdby by h himself hlm plf nnd was written wrllln nt Dr Turners Turnershomn TUrprl liirnjeruhome home Branch went there th and sent Mnt for the thewomen thoon1n thewonton lrnh n women of the th family fmnl who at It first Ir1 did not know knowwhat knowwhat knowuvhtat on1n what was wa wanted wlnl1 of them thom Witness tnpM further furtheraid rlrlhpr rlrlhpral1 furthersaid said aid th tht t ho had hunted hlnlfd the th prisoner prlOr with wih a abloodhound nbloodholnd abloodhound bloodholnd bloodhound A t big bi II crowd was Wi trying trln to find findiilllsan Ind IndOlllan findiliigan Olllan iilllsan The purpose Irpo of the th letter Iter was not notallowed 10t 10tallwlll hotallowed allowed allwlll to KO 1 to the Ih Jury JuryRAYS Jur JurnI1 juryEdtlc
