The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-05
, San Antonio.

Special TO the Herald.
SAN ANTONIO, September ga gentle
man, who is just up from Gonzales, fur
nishes the reporter with thrilling and
highly interesting account of the rescue OF
negro fiend from fierce and vengeful
mob. The negro was charged with outrag-
ing the person of 12-year old girl, about
six miles east of Gonzales. He was cap
tured and jailed at Cuero, De Witt county.
As soon as it was learned that he had been
caught q mob was organized for the pur-
pose 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 a 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 up or bring
about great bloodshed, he was turned over
to Sergeant Rudd, Of Captain Oglesby's
command of state troops. Rudd took him
at night, and accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Kilgore, of De Witt county, rushed
him through to Gonzales, whence he was
taken to HARDWOOD. Shortly after arrival
the early train passed, which Rudd
boarded with his prisoner, whom
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 HARDWOOD,
and came on to San Antonio, safely lodging
his prisoner in the Jail here. The entire
county of Gonzales seemed anxious to get
hold of the negro, and the mob hunting
him numbered about $50. Sergeant Rudd
states that he would like to see the negro
punished for his crime, but it was his duty
as an officer to protect him, that
the law might take its course,
and he intended doing so at
any risk The determination, selfsacrifice,
and ultimate success which characterized
the officers work are almost without paral-
lel Here the prisoner is safe, while in
Gonzales and adjacent counties the feeling
was so strong that the mob would have re-
sorted to the most desperate means to Sc
cure possession OF the villain. He would
probably nave been burned at the stake.
United States authorities still hold James
Carroll, who killed Fritz Pendley on the
arsenal grounds here last Tuesday night,
and are eliciting stronger evidence against,
him than the state brought out. Carroll
was taken by United States Marshal Cos.
ling on the grounds that the killing
took place on the United States property
and that parties TO itwere in the employ of
the United States.
Advocate General Swain, Garteld's rela-
tive, who was with the late president to the
last, departed for Washington to-day, hay-
ing been here irspecting.the work of the
Judge advocate of this department.
Adiutant-General Townshend is expected
from Washington tomorrow on official
business.
SAN ANTONIO. September 3O.--About
noon to-day w. r. Lyle, reporter for the
Evening Light, recently from st. Louis,
while on the way to dinner, was met by 9.
NJ. Barnes, an ex-reporter and candidate
for justice Of the peace. Barnes
stopped Lyle and denounced him
for certain publications In the Light of
yesterday rejecting on his tBarnesD char
acter Presently Barnes struck Lyle, when
the latter drew an English "bull-do pis-
tol and shot Barnes In the right side.
Barnes fell, and an officer near by took
LYLE In custody and lodged him In the
county Jail. The wound il very dangerous,
but not necessarily fatal.