The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-08-05
The negro boy who killed the SON

vi Il uOludS OcNlut, III TluItl Guilty.,
some weeks ago, was taken from jail
the other day and hung. He was
too young to suffer judicial punish
ment, and the fact being proven that
he wilfully killed the little boy, it is
supposed, lead to this violence on
the part of a mob.
The Kerryille convention, on the
part of the people of Kerr county,
extended its hearty thanks to Adj.
Gen. John 3. Jones and to the Off
GERS and men of the frontier battal-
ion for their efforts in the protection
of the frontier against Mexican and
Indian raids, and the arrest and re-
turn to justice of lawless white men.
A charming Dallas widow went to
Weatherford, and put up at Whites
Hotel. Mrs. White, like a good
housewife, thoroughly inspected the
house at night, and when she in
vaded the room of this same charm
ing widow she was thunderstruck to
find her liege lord in there with her.
There was a scene and separation,
and the field was left, as it usually is,
to a widow.
AT Fort Worth an attempt was
made to deliver one kendrick, con-
victed of cattle stealing, from the
Jail. The vigilance of the guard
prevented, and afterward, when
Sheriff Henderson was attacked
while crossing the court house yard
with the prisoner, he knocked one
man down who drew a pistol upon
him, and then took him into the jail.
Another escaped.
A council of railroad representa-
tives was held at Houston on the
9th. Col. III. NJ. Hoxie, general su-
perintendent, and Allen Nc Coy, gen.
eral passenger agent of the Interna-
tional railroad; Col. G. Jordan, Maj.
A. II. Swanson and j. Waldo, of the
Central railroad; Col. John Seely, of
the G.. III. 81 III. railroad, were pres
ent. A revision of the tariff is sup
posed to be the object of the meet
ing.
The Concho Times says: "Mrs.
Isabella Storey, patient from Kerr
county, died at the State LJnatic
Asylum, at Austin, a few days ago,
of Inflammation of the brain. She
was the daughter of Capt. George
Simmons, a wealthy merchant of
Plymouth, Massachusetts,, and a ma
tive of that state. Her father had
cast her off from his household; and,
previous to her being sent to the
asylum, she had lived here in desti-
tute circumstances"
Houston Post: '"The Galveston
NeaoS is fine paper, very. There is
no use disputing that. But don't
the Ne,CS think it is time to take
down the rusty hyperpole it flies at
the masthead, that the circulation of
the NeUS is equal to that of all the
other daily papers in the state COM
bined? The NeoOS ought to know
that we can mention three cities out
side of Galveston the aggregate of
whose newspapers daily published
would be in excess of the NelcS con-
siderably. What is the use, then, of
harping ON a string that doesn't
sound"
Marshall Messenger: Bonner, who
murdered Wheeler, an editor, in the
streets of Paris, about year ago, is
to be tried at Cooper, Delta county,
ON the ninth of August. This was q
case of open assassination. The
murderer had no reasonable excuse
for his act. He was not even drunk.
Yet he was admitted to bail. The
press had very little to say about
this judicial outrage, and if he is ac-
quilted, o majority of the journals
that made so much fuss over Currie's
case will probably dismiss the
matter with a paragraph. So much
for the consistency Of blatherskite
Texas journalism.
The woman murdered in a tent
along with her companion, Hodges,
near Morgan, some weeks ago, turns
out to be Mrs. Howard, the wife of a
Dallas county farmer, named r. p.
Howard. In 1867 he married Miss
Matte White, by whom he had one
child, a boy. His wife became a
loose woman, and left him to live
with one Levi Wilson, and then with
the man Hodges, with whom she
was in bed. Two little girls, born
after she began her life of shame,
supposed to be the children of Will
son, were left in the camp beside the
dead mother. Such is the end of a
wife and mother forgetful of all that
is held most sacred and pure in So
ciety.
The Express gives the following
account of the killing at Eagle Pass
of John Zoller by Sheriff Beacon
"John had been drinking, and Bea-
com was endeavoring to arrest dis
orderly man when Zoller and Judge
Ware appeared upon the scene in a
buggy. Beacon said something
about raising a posse to assist him in
making the arrest, when Zoller ex-
claimed, posse be id! I'll take the
man myself" John did so, and at
forwards walked up to Beacon and
charged him with cOwardice. Bea,
com demonstrated, the writer says,
but John kept on crowding him
until Beacon shot him in the
breast. In the meantime Bea-
com stumbled, and one of the crowd
cried, now. John, give it to him,
but while getting up Beacon shot
him again in the bowels, and started
to shoot him again, when one of the
crowd called ON him to hold up, il
was enough, John then leaned up
against one of the posts in front OF
the court house and said, Beacon
that's enough; you have shot me
through the heart Beacon was
put under arrest and afterward re-
leased on a $500 bond. John died
about noon of the 9th at the post
hospital. He had a decent burial
and many friends followed the re-
mains to their long resting place.