Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-02-23

iul fppfrsoftiw themselves ff Va.
lcf pnl ilInir nrHvid iu our town.
nnd lior some conversation with
mic M our fellow util,ns. who hat
pr0yus.i ~ purchase tWo horses ~
tlrm. luuglit ~ tho horses lur tlir
lmrlnsc NJ cgl'h.tiou, anil ~ try
uncul them 10 hmuc.s, Whilctl'is
was going on, -Dmc NJ oar citilcns
hciug persuaded from the drmcnnor
aud conversation OF the men, that
the horses might not properly be-
long lo them, got the sheriff, with
two or three fora posse, 20 accost
them and IL they could not show
proper papers toarrcst them, They
accordingly approached the men and
asked for their bills Of sale. As they
could not produce any, the sheriff
was requested 10 arrest them, Upon
hcuring this, Mailer instantly drew
his six -shootcr and fired upon the
whole party as 'ait ms he could, He
had iirc,l n shot or two before they
returned the fire. Major was shot
down, when they ceased firing. In
thcmcantimc, so soon as Mailer COM
mcnced firing, his comrade, Blair,
made motion to draw his siX.shoot.
or when one of our citizens, by
quick motion of his hand, jcrked il
ont of his scabbard and away from
Blair, who finding himself so sud
denly disarmed, ran of, but was
pursued and made prisoner without
any injury being done to HIM. Ma
Ter continued firing utter he was
down, till he had discharged five
shots. 1t was probably his first shot
that wounded Mr. Polk Crisp in the
the top of the shoulder. And while
he was down and Mr.. Dimmit, who
hal no arms, was getting out of his
way, he was fired upon by him, the
ball passing through the wrist,
breaking tho bono. On eNamina-
ton it was found that Mailer had re-
ceived two shots, one through the
right arm, and one through the
right thigh, fracturing the bone
lie was conveyed to the hotel and
taken care of and medically attend
cd by Drs. Lewis and Walker. His
wounds are severe, but he may re- +;
cover.
Blair was brought by the sheriff
before Justice Lewis, and after hear
ing the testimony, His Honor adj
Judged that he ought to be held to |
bail to answer the charge o.: assault |
with intent to murder
Mailer is too severely wounded to
admit Of lis examination for the
present.
As it is out of the line Of our du I
ty to comment upon the affair, We
await further developments.
Naler's father, who lives in Nc
Lcllan county, has been promptly |
written to and informed o.! his con-
.lition.
Before going TO press, a Mr.. Rose
brough has arrived from Bell coun-
ty, and claims one of the horses
lbove mentioned to be his, and that
,he horse was stolen from him one
night last week. - Georgetora Watch
nan, 9TH inst.
ESCAPE AND REoAPTURE.--A few
lays ago. Frank Eastwood, who was
,ut upon bail bond, to appear at
,urnext DstrictCourtupo a charge
If theft of horse, was brought by
lis bail to Georgetown and surrcn-
Tered to the sheriff. The sheriff
placed him in jail-for the night as
,e thought, but the next morning
Eastwood was gone, and with him
me Of the deputy sheritf's horses.
Late tho succeeding, day while in a
luandary about the affair, the depu-
y sheriff received communication
rom. Eastwood's family, that the
,orse was at Eastwood's residence,
eft there by him to be sent back Of
course that did away with the ami
no furandi lie only wanted the
lorse to ride that far.
On Wednesday last Eastwood was
brought here by aparty of citizens,
who say they rccaptured him in
Lampasas county.
.uIIc is again in the custody of our
sheriff who has no idea Of risking
,gain the cold Jail" and for the want
If a new one, which the county is
,.ing to put up holds the prisoner
indcr guard.
Since the above was in type, the
prisoner has again made his escape,
which happened in this wise: he BE-
ny in the upper story of the Court
louise under guard with other pris-
,ners, and having u trace chain
ociHd around one of his legs, and
re having obtained permission from
he guard to retire to the back part
# the room; it appears that the
hahn being put on loosely, he east
V shipped il off after pulling off his
hoes, aud then by fastening one end
If the chain to one of the window
rons, he passed to the ground. The
guard Immediately gave the alarm
md pursuit was made, but he hav-t
ng five or ten minutes start, sue
-ccdcd in gaining the cedar brake,
,are-headcd, bare footed and facing
stiff norther intcrmixcd with sleet.
Ibid.
HORSE SrEALING.-We are inform.
ID that some time in last December,
mare and horse were stolen from
Dr.. Thomas Hale, living near Round
Rock in this county. They after
wards turned up in Bell county, and
me of them rccovcrcd-one or both
,aving been traced TO the possession
IT a freedman, who was arrested
mad Lr ught 10 Georgetown for ex-
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