Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-30

Details Of the killing OF McCormus. -
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Correspondence of the Gazette;
Palo Pinto, September Sour
town was somewhat excited YES
tcrdav az the approach of ten men
coming. IN crmed with guns and pis-
tolls and proceeding to the iail before
they halted. quite number Of our
citizens went to them to learn their
business. Upon getting 10 them, they
discovered two old gray-haired men
tied on horses. 1t WAS further learned
that these old men, named David
White aud George w. Danly, had
brutally murdered a man named Isaac
McCorm0s, The Cause of the murder
Is supposed 10 have been revenge
sought by David White for MeCormus
shooting him about ten years ago In
adltliculty between them. McCorlnus
at that time left the country and was
gone for quite while and came back.
The country here az that time settled
most OF their difficulties with the shot
gun, Winchester or six shooter,
SO no attention was paid 10 the trouble
between White and McCormus 10y the
officers Of the law. The friends of
( tue two men, thinking that further
I trouble would grow on. of it, got them
to agree to make friends, which they
did, aud remained SO un;il the morn
ing OF September 18th, when
1 David White and G.. w.
! Danley came to Morgan's miil,
one mile east Of Sparta station ON the
/ Texas y Pacific railroad in this coun-
1 ty, and there they met McComus.
They met friendly, and White and
i McCorlnus were joking each other
freely at the house of Mr.. Donahoe
near the mill. Just prior to the kill
ing Danley aud McCormus had some
short words, and they were standing
together talking, and old man Danley
had hold of McCormus, when White
took up the cross piece of the bottom
of an old wagon bed that was near,
and slipped up behind McCor-
mus and struck him in the
rear part of the head, breaking
his skull. McCormus began pulling
4 when Danley let in and beat him In
the face severely, and reports say used
a knife on hiEl, cutting nj his (McCor
must throat. When they had finished
their job of murder, Mr.. Pinkston, thu
blacksmith az the mill, and Mr.
Nance Donahoe come upand seeing
what they had done took them boil
in charge. They made no effort TO ge
of, but seemed satisfied after accom-
plishing their Job. White said aftel
il was done: There he lies dead; |
killed him and do not give a d-n
he shot me through four or five year
ago. This shows very plain tina
, some men never get over a thing, bu
I carry hidden revenge In their bosom
as long rs they breathe. AS this ol'
mans head is white, having lived on
/. nearly the time allotted to him, he, {
crafty the demon that was In hin
for ten years past, winds up the latte
. end of life with crime.
Our county is coming UP on the lis
s~tof crime Our 1aiT WHICH las beer
. mostly emptyfor the past three years
5 has now five prisoners IN ii, Thre
: for brutal murders committed sine
Sunday morning last, and one 70
horse stealing, and the other for coy
stealing.
!, We have few beef buyers anon
: us now. Mr.. Woodrum, from Dento
: county is here buying beef steers fl
feeding this winter; also Dan 9. XVI
. is buying a bunch of six hundre
: two-year olds for the next spring driN
I Thre-year old steers are selling {
!. S25, and twos at $40 per head.
G We have the finest mast in TIL
county that has been known for year
!, and hogs are in demand.
e Corn is selling at fifty cents pe
~ bushel delivered. Wheat is wort
ninety cents and 1ne dollar per bushe
Palo Pinto county Is in good cond
ton; her people have plenty to e'
q and are mostly out of debt Such
thing as mortgages given for supple
are unknown here.
The fence problem has quieted dowr
G and we hope no further trouble will b
! had in that line, as we have but fe'
: pastures and but few fence cutters, an
g what we have are men who are u
j least interested in the welfare OF tn
= county and mostly non-property owl
u ers.
Palo Pinto is yet without schoo
n but our trustees tell us they have col
$ tracted with man to begin teaehin
+; Monday week.
e The building committee are still r
ceiving bids on the Masonic hall buil'
: ing. The building will begin abot
4 the 18th of October. Several bic
e were received from contractors readin
: the GAZETTE, which had n statemel
as to size aud kind Of work wanted Q
d the building some days since Oi
contractor said he read an account
o the building in the Dallas papers, h'
= we think he is mistaken rs we kno
II OF no correspondent here for any p
g Der in Dallas.