The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-14
STATE SPECIALS,
TEXAS TOPICS BY TELEGRAPH.
Death OF John Russell, the Man Who
Was Shot in Jack County Ny'un-
known Een-A Heavy Robbery
at Corsicana-An Irish LaAd
League Formed at Calves.
ton-rhe Masonic Grand
Ledge of sorrow.
Galveston items

Special to the Herald
Galveston, Dec. lS.-Ths morning Tur-
nor Crowier, colored, in fl, OF jealousy.
shot his wife, Sarah Crowder, in the left
breast, inflicting serious If not fatal wound
After the shooting he accompanied ksr To
the police station. Ho stated what be
had dsne, when shs preferred the charge of
assault with intent to murder when no was
arrested and sent to jail and shO sent to n
physlclsA for treatment. Crowder charges
hla wife With being too intimate with other
msn, especially George Carter, gay colored
LothArlo. Last svening, on his return home,
ne saw her enter house on the
opposite street, under ,u.picous
circumstances. He went over and remon.
strsted with her. He told her that he had
provided home for her, and that If she ae--
sired or chose to desert him to take her bag.
gage with her or hU wspld throw it into the
street. She prevailed upon him to allow her
oHeets to remain over night When she re-
turned this morning she found her trunk
thrown into the street, A Qusrrel ensuod. She
started toward him with club, when he
Jerked u revolver from under pillow and
fired four shots nj her, only one tskin-
effect A subsequent examination showed
that the rear part of the hsuse had
been thoroughly kercsehed. The pre.ump-
ton with the police is that Crswder
wanted to get his wife to return with him
last night and murder her and then
set fire to the dwelling. Croudsr will
have y preliminary examination before tho
recorder in the morniHg His wife at last
accounts was resting easy.
W. i. Clayton, deputy United States
marshal, was arrested on al indictment
found by the grand Jury and
Will be tried in tho United State.
district court in the morning on the charge
OF Voluntarily allowing Hutssll Amerin, tn.
moeAahiner, who is charged with killing q
deputy internal revenue collector ia East Zen.
nessee, to escape. Amerin was apprehended
some elk weeks ago in Brazoria county, where
he had fed after the commission of the above
crime He WAS being conveyed to Knox
vile, Tenn, by the marshal, for trial, from
whom be escaped while tho train wa. in motion
near Chattanooga, The state fixed penalty al
not more than two Thousand dollars or i'm.
prlsonmsnt for torn not exceeding two
years, or both. Clayton's indictment and
arrest was a matter of surprise as his record
as an officer is exceptionally goed.
Mike Kelly, who murderoa,ly assaulted
T. Douglass few days ago, had hearing
before Tho recorder to-day, and in default Of
5000 bond, was sent to jail.
A meeting of Irishmon and friends of Ire.
'"' ws' held yesterday and organized land
league. a .rN'c"iption wa; taken to promote
the cause and over $50 was subscribed. The
committees on rules, regulations, subscrip.
tons and resolutions were appointed
M, j. Mulchay, was elected chairman
>. A. Gailahor, recording and j. NJ. Hart.
rick, corresponding secretaries; B. Barry,
treasurer. A resolution, asking the co.
operation Of the ladies Of Galveston, and re-.
qussting them to organize league under
the presidency OF Mrs Parsell,. the mother OF
the patriot, was pasted.
The Galveston, Houston s. Henderson
railroad will hereafter run through psssen-
ger car daily between this city and San
Antonio.