The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-05-29

Ir.I. m'uUra HnHDru thnl place
.....I fI.. IHIu uu II.H '.u.uU. lut white
...Irr ltr ubsud several indian
,rrIps during hla nocturnal travels.
IIr uDi tho WpruH on tho way out
0UYut uuy miles west NJ Creighton
Gordon scouts met two Indians aud
ono Hu.diur ont on q scout, ana were
u4urpI by the soldier that ns long rs
hi8 train remained In Nebraska no ar-
rest would be- made. They report game
plenty aud the train In fine condition.
CHICAGO, May 2l.-Mary Lincoln,
widow of Abraham Lincoln, has been
ndiudgpd insane by the Cook county
court. The strlctest secrecy has been
maintained respecting the affair." and
very few PERSONS besides those directly
interested worci attendance. The pro-
cccdings were mt the instance of her
son, Robert Lincoln. The unfortunate
lady appeared In court neatly attired
In the deepest mourning, and requested
Isaac y. Arnold, one of Mr.. Lincoln's
foreign ministers, TO act rs her attor-
hey. \ jury was chosen from among
themost intelligent citizens, Congress
man Farewell being one. The testi-
mguy left no room to doubt.
Her family physicians expressed
their opinion rs positive, and We're cor
roborated by employees of the hotel at
which Mrs. Lincoln has boarded, and
several others. The mania had as
4umcd several phases, the chief of
which was desire to purchase an eX-
truyagant wardrobe, for which the
lady had no use. Her closet was literal
~ 80 filled with unopened packages OF
silks, laCes and like articles OF dress
that il was impossible to close the
doors. She also labored under the hal
lucination that Chicago was about to
be burned again, and drew iifty-seven
/ thousand dollars worth of bonds she
/ had deposited ut bank, and carried
/ them about her person for safety. She
/ also lived in constant terror of person
| al injury from the rebels and other inn
| aginNry enemies. An army of jewel
ers, dry goods men and other trades
men appeared in court to testify to hel
/ oddities. a trunk-maker swore to her
having purchased of him large num-
Der of trunks and valises which she
could not possibly use.
Robert Lincoln thought it unsafe to
permit her further freedom. Thejury,
after Il very short deliberation, found
/ her insane, and n fit subject for an
asylum. Mrs. Lincoln is not fifty.siX
years Ofage. Her mind has doubtless
been diseased for several years. Since
her residence in Chicago, which COW
ers II period of eight years, her con-
duct has always been considered re-
markable. She will be sent to the asy-
lum at batavia, ILL.,
HOUSTON, Texas, May 1.-The noto'
ri0us counterleiter, Pete Mccartney,
who caused q sensation i'll April, by
his escapes and recaptures in northern
Texas, had his cases continued at the
recent term of the Uuited States court
at Tyler. The trial day was fixed fol
July at Austin, and yesterday Marshal
Purnell started with Pete from Tyiel
en- route to Austin. Pete was heavily
shacNled and placed in charge of four
guards upon the train. AT Palestine
he was hailed by some parties who
| said, "Hello, Pete, they have got you
at last = Eyes" said Pete; "but,
damn lem, they can't hold on to me
long, He appeared perfectly easy,
and betrayed neither desire nor eXpec,
tatiun of making an escape but while
the train was approaching Phelps, sta,
ton, ut about eleven O'Clock in the
night, his guards were found TO be
sound asleep. Mccartney was maxi
ing for the door of the car, free man,
when one of them aroused and said
"George, by God, McCartney's gone y
They made for him, but he gained the
platform, and, backing himself,
held the door tight closed upon them.
On the inside they ierked the bell cord,
but il had been cut and pulled out OF
its rings. They then ran to the bag
GAGE ear TO signal the engineer to stop
The train. Just then the train reached
The head of n Grade and il started
down. There is n heavy forest of tim
Der mt this mace, where he flew the
train. The deputy marshals got of at
Phelps, and started back in pursuit OF
the slippery fugitive. The shackles on
Mccartney consisted of ankle-braces
and liundCulls, joined by an iron rod in
hts seat. After the escape they were
found-the handouts, iron rod and part
of the chain which connected the
anklets. The band he carried away
upon his legs. The work was done
with n very line file and was u neat
lob. A party who got upon the cars at
Palestine sat and talked with Mozart
new until lust before the escape, when
he, too. went to sleep. 1t is asserted
and believed that friends of Pete were
on the train assisting, and money was
used to aid the escape.
A dispatch from Palestine gives the
following version of his escape:
PALESTINE. TEXAS. Nav 2O.-Mc-
CARNEY, The noted coInterfeiter, while
nm his wov fo Austin. last night. in
chnr~e Of Danutv Marshal Alien. of
Hnstin and Hood of Corsicnno. Tex