The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-14

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4 man named Amos Franklin, an6
then set fire TO his house after shoot
ing, to hide his murder, last December,
in the vicinity OF Fairfield.
The Hsa1iights new Webb perfect
ing press, so 1t promises, Will be in
complete working order soon, and the
mayor and city council of Round Rock
accompanied by Governor Hubbard
and stall, Will visit il early in the morn
ing 70 witness the wonderful changes
III printing st Round Rock.
Mitch, formerly turnkey at the sta
sion house. but now sergeant of the
colored police force. opens the record
eI's court thus: 'Oh, yes. dis summa-
~ 'cordeT's cote am now open eUsuAnce
for de iernment." And then he smiles
such a smile, one would thiak that his
head was cleft in twain with butch
eI's cleaver.
Fear or terror rever took villain to
heaven, and referring to this motto the
Pamela Wdtchaaa1t, says the Telegram, in
Inmates the soul of Bill Longley is in
hell. On the contrary, says the Iele-
gram, Longley's friends are confident
he is walking the golden streets of
paradise in company with David,
Zlchariah and the Apostle Pull.
The quarantine against New Orleans
is at last raised at Bayou Sara and still
Galveston and Houston keep up big
scare. There's money in 1t, ana then,
too, the plague might suddenly turn
backward in its course and follow the
coast towards Vera Cruz The spores
or yellow fever grasshoppers never did
snch a thing, but there is no telling
what might hapreu.
Thirteen peacea5le citizens of Mont
gomery county were arrested and
taken to Galveston upon false and ma
licious charges preferred against them
by men whose political schemes of
fraud and violence they opposed. They
gave the bonds required, and were re-
leased from custody, and now thirteen
IN IRE suits will be instituted for false
imprisonment and malicious prosecu-
ton.
The people of Smith county, gerer-
Gus good souls that they are, seem per
fectly willing to compromise with the
International road at thirty cents on
the dollar. In other words they are
willing to give $50, 900 for 5000, 600 of
their paper held by the International
in the shape of county bonds. We
never knew Smith that wasn't a
clever fellow, and that's what's the
matter with them.
At the Bryan Agricultural College a
student named 'Nhitesides and two
comrades took another boy, suspected
of stealing money from Whitesides'
room, to the woods, and putting a rope
around his neck, hung him to limb
to make him confess. He refused, and
was hung up a second time. He was
let down, apparently dead, when one
of his prosecutors ran off. The others
remained till the boy came to. The
three lynchers were promptly expelled
by the faculty, and Whitesides arrested
and lodged in jsll. The other two es-
capped.
Houston Telegram: ''The startling
news was teleerdphed here last even
ing that G. w. Lynch, the victim of
the astounding attempt to exterminate
his family, had shot and wounded
man named Bentford, at or near Hook
ley. The sheriff here was asked to send
up and take Lynch i'll custody, as he
was in danger Of being mobbed by the
populace there. A deputy sheriff was
sent up. We shall now get some more
developments in the most atrocious
case of persecution, deliberate and
wholesale murder aud the extermina-
ton, root and branch, of an entire
family known in ,he annals of modern
crime. The attempts to murder Lynch
by violence having failed, no doubt
every possible means of securing
judicial murder will now be exhausted.
The Northwest Texas conference, at
Bolton, fixed its boundary as follows:
Beginning on the Trinity river, at the
southeast corner of Leon county, and
running thence with the south line of
Leon, Robertson, Milan and William
son, to the northwest corner of Travis
county; thence due west to the San An
tonic and Fort Mason road thence with
said road to Fort Mason; thence due
north to the Colorado river; thence up
said river with its meanGeTings to the
Big Spring; thence due north to the
State line; thence east with the State
line to Red river; thence down said
river with its meanderings to a point
due north of and opposite to the head
of West Fork of Trinity river; thence
south to the head Of said fork with its
meanderings to the place of beginning.
Deputy Marshal William Hi Ander-
derson was killed in Dakota while at
tempting to arrest w. o. Collins,
charged with train robblng at Mes
quite. Both parties fired on each 9TH
er, and both Anderson and Collins
were killed. Anderson was a native
of Redmund, Ky. He came to Texas
from Knox county, ILL.,, about Line
years ago, and engaged IN cattle rails
ing. A short time afterwards he was
appointed deputy United States mar
shall, and has acted in that capacity
ever since. He was bold, faithful
officer, and to him, in the main, the
State is indebted for the capture and
dispering of the Bass gang. He leaves
a wife and two children. Collins was
thIrty-six years old, has wife and one
child living with his father in Dallas
county. William is the third son the
old man has had killed for being con-
nectcd with this train robbery.
AS to the late disgraceful afr air at
Bryan President Gathright says: ''No
young man has been hung here at all.
The party alleged to have been hung
aud left for dead was not hurt or
harmed, as TO any portion of his pei
son. So the party concerned reported
TO me and now so reports. A rope was
tied around his neck, as alleged, but
he was not hurt. Two other cadets
saw the proceeding, but had nothing
to do with 1t except to see it. They
are both here. The young man who
used the rope was Immediately
arrested by my order and placed
in the guard room and kept
there until 1 assembled the fac
ulty. He was declared dismissed,
whereupon carried him to the train,
bound north, nearly due, and placed
hlm on it; and he returned home with
nut let or hindrance-was not arrested
never went towards Hampstead, is
not il Jail, and has not been in Jail.
/ write tins not TO vindicate my action
or the action of the faculty. ] write
it in the interest of the young gentle
men who are students here, than
lection of students Of the same number