Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-20

would pay the penalty with their
| lives whether guilty or not, and with.
/ out u trial at law. As all people are
/ opposed 10 mob law aud 10 the
punishment of any man for any otfanse
wlthout a trial, this report naturally
/ brought about bad feelings and excite.
mcnt ran high. Some of the parties
I who were waited on, not thoroughly
understanding the mission o I the men
who called on them, and probably
I fearing violence TO their persons. with
their friends and nelghbors, mum.
I bering about rs many rs the first
party, came in body 10 town ON
| Monday, for the purpose i seeing
what was intended aud to get a
! thorough explanation of the visit to
them. Before they reached here
report came that from one to two
hundred men had armed Themselves
and were marching towards town for
I the purpose of storming the town. In
times OF excitement such reports are
easily started and coon gain extensive |
circulation, and men armed themselves !
for the purpose Of deleuse. Tho re- I
port of course proved TO be false and |
instead Of that number, ABOUT twenty |
or twenty-five came In q body for the !
purpose of settling the troubles quietly /
aud peaccably aud coming toa thor
ough understanding of whit was
meant and TO bring about quiet and
good order in the county. They were
met by the sheriff and sent 10 the
court house and sent word to the first
marty that they wanted nothing but
peace aud assurance OF protection
from mob Law. BY request, Messrs.
]. <. Cleveland Henry Ford aud VIII
III. Mayes acted as committee To call
on them at the court house aud state
that the party that visited those sus-
pectcd Of wire fencecuttlng went In
The interest of good government, that
they intended nothing but the general
good OF the country, that they
did not mean or desire 10 do any harm
10 any one, but that they were OPP
posed to any kind of destruction of
property. and would give their aid Ia
enforcing the laws. Another commit
tee, consisting OF Messrs. w. n.
A dams, Mccullough and Pierce Nc.
Kinne :, was appointed 10 cooperate
with the frat committee, aud get u
statement in writing. which was AT
once framed. We have been unable
o get that statement for publica-
ion, but IL was In substance, that the
irst party desired peace. aud good or
Ter IN the county; that by their action
hey intended only tue good Of the
.0untry, and did not intend or desire
o do anyone any harm, aud did not
want anyone punished Tor any ohense
xcept by due course Of law; that they
yere opposed 10 mob law and would
&c that no violence was done 10 any
Ierson on whom they had called, and
would assure them that no one here.
ofore or hereafter suspected or ac.
used of any crime whatever, should :
e pnnished without fair aud Impair
iai trial They further asked The co
OF the second party 10 the
Increment Of tile law ana IN the
IpprestIaa of lawlessness. This
~ accepted ~ good ard sufficient
EXPLANATION aud they agreed To give
4eir assistance IN the cause OF law and
rder, and ia ther agreed for the par
Is 10 goto their respective homes With
BOD feeling towards each other and
,snrances that no one would be mo-
.sted. When good men want 10 do
gilt and have athorough an ierstnnd.
~ among themselves there is no oc-
sion for discord.