The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-09

Outrage on Young school Teacher.
A rumor reached this city yesterday
morning that one Of the most heinous
TRACES it has ever been our lot to record
had been perpetrated on young man near
Hilltown, just over the Dallas county line in
Denton. Learning that Rev. M Fl. Cullum'
of the Methodist Episcopal church, who re-
sides some two miles north Of the city on
the Cedar Springs road, had Just returned
from the scene of the outrage, a HERALD re-
porter called on him to ascertain the facts.
That gentleman stated that he had
preached Sunday at Zion church, near Hill
town, and that he had arrived there the even
| ing before, few hours after the occurrence
of the crime.
The name of the victim of the outrage
| twenty summers, who had been teaching
school at what is known as the Zion school.
house, some three miles north of Hilltown.
Late Saturday evening Mr.. Hunter, who
had been to town, started for nome horseback,
and on this occasion went road that he had
not been in the habit of travelling, it being
much the nearer route. When he had gotten
about a milo from the city, while he was
riding along at an ordinary gait, four masked
men stepped from the road side and one of
the number, in the same instant, dealt him II
heavy blow with club, knocking him from
his horse The parties then laid hands
upon him and dragged him from the road
into the bushes, when they began to strip him
of his Clothes So soon MS they had Invested
him of his clothing the dends threw him to
the ground and emasculated him, when they
attempted to catch his horse, but in this
they failed, as it was found by neghbor
the following morning, not far from the
scene. During the night Mr.. Turner,
who resided near there, heard the cries Of
Hunter, but thinking it the freak of some
drunken man, did not pay any attention to
it, but on the following morning, when he
again heard similar though weaker cry, he
determined to go and investigate the matter.
On his way to the place he met two young
men, who told him there was a crazy man
down there in the branch, and that he had
best look out. He continued on, however, and
they accompanied him to where they
found young Hunter lying bleeding in tho
branch where he had crawled in the night to
battle himself. MIR. Turner procured feather
bed and had him taken to his house, when
physicians we're sent for, who attended him.
They do not consider that he is in a danger
GUS condition, though tho result is rather
doubtful. The fol- wing day, ono of the
skirts of his coat, which had been torn of in
the struggle, was found where the liends per-
petrated the heinous deed.
1T is believed that Hunter knows the pa
ties who assaulted him, but he refuses to tell
who they nre, and is rather rolcent in regard
to the matter.
So far no definite cause has been assigned
for the preparation of such IN act yet there
ar several theories advanced One is that
1t was reported that he was a Government
detective, and that parties he had reported
had taken this method to wreal their VEN
geance. Another is that he was us
saulted by friends Of u man whom
no had assisted in prosecuting for killing u
friend Of his near Waco some time ago The
third one is that he had become too intimate
with several young girls in that neighbour
hood His uncle, Mr.. I'd, Hunter, II well
known citizen Of this county, says that tine
report That his nephew was government
detective is false and has no foundation.
Hunter, who has had charge of the Zion
school for some time, and who is n young
man of fine education, stood well in the com
munity and was rather popular. Tho out
rage has created considerable excitement in
that section, and the citizens of Hilltown and
vicinity are ut work trying to ferret out the
perpetrators.