The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-09-08
THE DALLAS CALDER MURDER.
Personal Of the Parties.
The way Prisoners act and are
Treated. al
PERSONNEL. OF THE PARTIES. /

PERSONNEL. OF THE PARTIES.
Mr.. II. s.. Rosscr is brother of the
late General Thomas II. Rosser, the
noted cavalry commander under Rob-
ert T.. Lee. lie is an old citizen of
Dallas, and has contributed largely
in building up the city. lie was a
fewdaysagoa appointed public weigll-
er Of this citylby the govethor.A !
MIR. NJ. Pointer came to Dallas
from Mississippi abous three years
ago, and soon after his arrival here
he invested eleven thousantl dollafs
| in the construction of the Dallas and
| Wichita railroad. Vie was "A inerE
chant of high standing in Mississippi,
his former home. ~
Mr.. A. 7. ObcnelaiFis an old cit
izcn of Dallas, ,itfd lc the other
named gentleman, Ind Invested his
all in this railroad. Mn
Dr.a,J. W.. Calder, he tleceased,
camc to this CITY about seven xears
at. He has been inddhtifed Nth
1.-THE republicans party ef Dallas, was
once president of the Dallss and
Wichita, aud has been connetted
with the road ever. aimee II was first
cohn1enced. lilo has figured prom.
inently in the cob-web offroubles
over this road, and was at the head
of faction in opposition to DR.. Silas
Reed, both of whom have been con-
tending in the courts for possession
of the the road for some time He
was a native of Pennsylvania, was q
doctor of medicine and. was regarded
as shrcwd business man. lie was
a captain in the Union army during
the late war, having enlisted in Col,
orsWlo, towhich state, then TERRITORY,
lie moved When d young man. iii.
remains were taken charge of by p
w. Linskie, undertaken, and will to.
day be forwm ded to his old home in
Pennsvlvania for intcrmentl
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENSE.
Messrs. White 4 Plownan. j. b
Simpson, j. c. Kirby and Richard
Goldthwaite, all prominent attor,
neys, have been engaged by the de
Tense.
VERDICT or THE coRoNER's JURY
eve, theg juryt empifhnellcd and
sworn to find ont the sfacts ih con
nection with j. W.. tCaldef't death
do say that he came to his death by
pistol shots fired by Obenchain
Pointer and Rosser."
[sIGSED.l j, A. CRuMP,
| .EUIIi6 w. T.lCLARR, ID Z
w. o. NOBLE,
A. MARSHALL,
| j, w. COBB,
| j. 4. PADGITT.
| THE PRISONERS.
The parties who did the shooting
were taken to office in front of the
Jail yesterday evening and have beer
| there most of the time since. Their
conduct since tie arrest has excited
comment ON the streets. 1t was felt
| by the community that no matter
how the tragedy came about, yet for
the assailants to sit down TO dinner
at the DelmonicO while the warm
blood was still flowing from the
mangled body of their unfortunate
victim, was strangely at war with
all sense of propriety and decency.
The levity of the prisoners while
at the Jail has also indicated that they
entertain peculiar notions in regard
to the sacredness of human life.
There was also some unfavorable
comment on the action of Sheriff
Moon for allowing the prisoners to
visit their home, and also for not
putting them into a cell. But the
Sheriff assures On that the law sim
ply requires him to keep prisoners in
custody; and that he has granted no
more to them in allowing them to
visit their families than he grants to
the humblest prisoner in the Jail. AS
to locking them up in cell, he said
that he regarded the question of their
guilt as still undetermined, and did
not wish to resort to harsh neces-
stiles.