The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-11
THE CITY.
Diabolical Attempt to Wreck the Cen
trails NOrth-BOund Passenger
Train Near Palmer.
Flyers About to Set Out for the HOus.
ton Races.
Order of Business in the District
Court.
Other Interesting Local Gleanings
Promptly Settled.

1t was thought that there would be some
complication between Messrs. Jack Dun
can, of this city, and Sheriff Maddox, OF
Tarrant county, and Marshal Farmer, of
Fort Worth, over the rewards offered for
the arrest Of the murderers of J. w. Norriss,
late postmaster at Rice. The governor had
offered a reward of $3.50 for capture and
conviction, the widow of the murdered man
had offered $50 and his brother $500 more.
making 81 800 in all. Detective Jack Dun
can had been sent for by the parties most
interested, and put to work to ferret out
the murderers, if possible, and in two or
three days time he had clue which he fol-
lowed up so closely he soon had the guilty
parties spotted, to his own satisfaction and
evidence enough at his command to make,
in his judgment, case against them. He
liked the identity of one of the men
in the person OF Frank. Clanton, a youth
about 20 years of age and trifling, no &C.
count sort Of fellow. To put the varions
officers in the country on the qui viye for
Clanton, he had q lot of postal cards, giving
his description and offering a reward of $50
for him, without saying what he was wanted
for, struck oil, and one of these postals led
to his arrest by the sheriff of Tarrant
county, along with Kelly Gwynne who
was not mentioned by Mr.. Dun
can in his printed postal-card.
Gwynne is the son of a wealthy man in
Navarro county, is youth about Is years
young hosdlum, who has scorned and re-
fused to profit by the efforts his father has
made and the advantages offered him to
become worthy citizen and member Of
society. Mr.. Duncan, like a wise
detective, keeps the gist Of his
efforts against these parties to
himself, but it is known that they have
apistel of the same calibre of the one with
which Norris was killed, that they were in
the neighborhood of the killing on the
night thereof, and that the next morning
they gave contradictory statements as to
their whereabouts at the time of the muir
der. When Sheriff Maddox went down to
Corsicana q day or so ago, he was
not advised as to the true state of
the case, but when he came to
know all the hcts, how Mr.. Duncan had
been employed to work up the case, and
that he had done so, and that il was
through his efforts that Clanton and
Gwynne were spotted as the guilty parties,
he renowned all claims to the rewards,
and left the question of his expenses to
the parties having the matter in man
agement, DR.. Melton and Mr.. SEES
for his expenses. The remainder
Of the reward, 400 will 60 to Mr.. Jack
Duncan, If Clanton and Gwynne be the
right men. Clanton seems to be utterly de.
praved and abandoned. He denies any
knowledge of the murder, but says he had
as soon die as TO live, and that Il matter
OF little concern to him whether he
is hung or dies natural death. Such
sentiments and such expressions from one
SO young as Clanton, are evidences of q
wicked heart and depraved nature, and If
he is innocent of this murder II is not a
stretch OF the imagination to deem him
Capable OF deeds lust us atrocious.