The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-09-30
sergeant Rudd. A Ranger, Plays a
Thrilling Game OF Hide-and-
Seek With Determined
Mob And Wins.
That Missing SehoOl-Girl of Houston
BohS up Serenely in the Is
land City.
The Houlihan-SturgiS Case. at Bryan,
is Decided in Favor of the
Plaintiff.
The Temporary Capitol Middle Fort
Worth Facts.
A Mysterious Dawn-of-nay Duel at
Houston.
And Other Interesting Specials.


san Antonio
Special 10 the Herald
SAN Antonio, September 2o--A gentle.
man, who is just up from Gonzales, fur
nshes the reporter with thrilling and
highly interesting account of the rescue of
negro Gend from nercs ana yengeful
mob, Thencgro was charged with outrag.
ing the person Of a l2.year.old girl about
six miles east Of Gonzales, lie was cap.
tured and jailed at Cuero De Witt county.
As soon as II was learned that he had been
caught q mob was organized for the pur.
nose of melting out summary Justice. This
reached the ears Of the Cuero officials, who
had the prisoner transferred to Vic
toria jail He remained here day
or SO, when it was learned
| that mob was coming. He was then re.
turned TO Cuero and lodged in jail. Know.
| ing that he was not safe there, and that
| they would have TO give him mp or bring
about great bloodshed, he was turned over
| 10 Sergeant Rudd, of Captain Oglesby's
command of state troops. Rudd took him
| at night and accompanied by Deputy
| Sheriff Kilgoe, of De Witt county, rushed
| him through to Gonzales whence he was
taken TO Harwood. shortly after arrival
the early train passed, which Rudd
| boarded with his prisoner, whom
he took TO Waelder leaving the
| impression that he was going through
| TO Houston, but he returned from Waelder
on the next train bound west passing
through branch of the mob at,lIarwood,
and came on to San Antonio, safely lodging
his prisoner in the jail here. The entire
county of Gonzales seemed anxious to get
| hold al thn aud hn nh
him numbered about $50 Sergeant Rudd
states that he would like TO see the negro
punished for his crime, but IL was his duty
as an oilicer to protect him, that
the Jaw might take its course
and he intended doing so al
any risk. The determination selfsacriilce,
and ultimate success which characterized
tine officers work are almost without paral
lei. Here the prisoner is safe, while in
Gonzales and adjacent counties the feeling
was go strong that the mob would have re.
sorted 20 the most desperate means 20 Sc,
cure possession OF the villain Hewould
probably nave been burned at the stake.
United States Authorities still hold Jane,
Carroll, who killed Fritz Pendley on the
arsenal grounds here last Tuesday night
and are elicit!nE stronger evidence against
him than the state brought out. Carol
was taken by United States Marshal Cos
ling on the grounds that the killinl
took place on The United States property
and that parties 20 itwerc in the employ Of
the United states,
Advocate General Swain, GarGeld's rela
tive, Who was with the lG'e president To tn,
last, departed for Washington to-day. hay
ny neen here Inspecting the WORK of IA,
judge advocate of this department,
Adjutaut.Geueral Townshend Is expected
ron Washington Tomorrow on ohicia
business.