The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-11-09
The Criminal Calendar.

DEEDS DONE IN DAYLIGHT ANDDARK-GEIsT
OF J~UsTIcE7TRE WAYS OF TIE lily
ST. LOUIS, November 4.-Philip Mat
thews, a young man of Bellevhle, Illinois,
who murdered his sweetheart, Annie Geier,
last May, because she would not renew an
engagement with him which she had
broken off on account of his dissipated
habits, was convicted of murder in the first
degree, at a late hour last night. The case
attracted a good deal of attention. The
defense was insanity.
EAT GUILTY.
LANCASTER, Pa, November 4.-George
Brimmer pleaded guilty to setting fire to
the p~oor-house barn and made a confession
duplicating eight others in lighting fires in
this city the past year. 1t seems there was
a regularly organized band for the purpose
of firing buildings.
PLUcKY BOYS.
LINCOLN, NED, November 1.-The chase
after Belmont and Zimmerman, the Minden
murderers, came to an end at Point of
Rocks, Kansas county, Kansas, about day
light on the morning of November Sd. The
fleeing desperadoes stole horses on their
route and were pursued by the ranchmen.
lnGy Ddu IDUDtu SudTltS ruulLt llNllH
near Wake-Eng, Kansas, who lost a fine
fine horse and went in pursuit with a single
companion, and came up with the murder
ers at Point of Rocks. At night he was
there Joined by two other ranchmen. They
captured the horses of the fugitives and
watched all night the house they slept in.
At daylight Belmont came out to look at
the horses, when the party, concealed be-
hind a sod house. ordered him to surrender.
He drew a pistol, which snapped, and Fantz
drew 4 bead on him with a Remington rifle
and sent a ball through his body, just over
the heart. Zimmerman surrendered. The
name of the captors are Charles Fantz,
Frank Miller, William Hardin and Tom
Lowe. All are mere boys, the oldest %.
FantZ and Miller reached here to-day with
the corpse and prisoner. Officers from
Harvey county will come here TO identify,
lynching being feared if taken to Minden.
-Four hundred dollars from the state and as
much more from the county will be paid
the captors.
INDICTED.
New YORK, November a.-The grand
jury, at the October term of the court
of general sessions presented indict-
ments for manslaughter against w.
b. G. Rawson, a telegraph operator,
and George Il. Keen, a conductor of
the New Haven train, for causing the late
disaster IN tho Harlem railroad funnel. 1t
also found indictments for ballot-stufiing
against Charles Roab. an election inspector
in the sth assembly district, and John Har-
rick, an officer of the steamboat squad.
Will BEGIN MONDAY.
New York, November 4.-The tfial Of
Siebert, Horford and Melins, railroad train
men, charged with the responsibility forthe
Spuyten Duyyel horror Of last winter, begins
on Monday next.
The Citizen soldiery Massacre.
THE COMMANDING OFFICERS VERSION
FORCED TO FIRE IN sELF-DEFENsE-gTs PAR
LEY WITH A COMMITTEE on THE MoB-pE-
LTEvEs THE PUBLIC WILL SUSTAIN HIN.
LEXINGTON, KY, November 2.-Major
Allan, who commanded the troops that es
corted the prisoners Gran and Neal from
.attletsburg 10 this city, hasmade a report
regarding the attack by the mob on the
Granite State. Major Allan had
Ior his command return tickets over the
chesapeake& Ohio railroad. lie intended
90 back t~t way, but he, believing
4 10 be uns1. he made arrangements
with the captain Of the Granite
State. which went up to Huntington that
evening, to take them on the return trip 10
Msysville that night. The troops we're in
sx~pectation Ofan attack from amob from the
and and were under the grictest guard.
At u o'clock "Wednesday noon the OrIer
vas given for the iroOps W move down TO
he r front. Major Allan learned in the
meantime that a mob from Ashland Eas on
Is way to Cattletsburg. The troops
we're marched down 70 the