Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-21
A DAY AT DALLAS.
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Acqnilial of Henry Shanks for The Mur-
der of August Wcimcr.
A Suit for Damages for Pistol Wound
Received IN Fort Worth.
Change of Venue in the Gambling Cases
Refused by Judge Burke.
Interesting Base Bali Notes Local Han.
penings In the City.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
Dallas, November 20.--The Jury IN
the case OF the state vs., Henry Shanks
tried on the charge of numbering Au
gust Weimer in the discussion on re,
T ligion and infidelity last summer, to-
night brought In II verdict of acquittal
on the ground that the killing was
was done In self.defense.
Jas. ID. Riley, II commercial traveller
of Little Rock, to-day filed suit in the
federal court at Dallas against Jas. ID.
Reed, wealthy cattleman of Fort
Worth, for $50, 900 damages for shoot
ing him in the leg by accident while
engaged In gambling shooting
afffay with Gainesville cattle
man, named Cannon, at the El
Paso hotel in Fort Worth.
on the 3lst of January 1883. Riley
came near losing his life from the
effects of the wound, and has been
disabled nearly all the time since its
intlictiOn.
The change of venue proceedings i'm
The gambling prosecutions were alb
ruptly, terminated to-day by Judge
Burke, who cut the defense Off i'm the
examination of witnesses by refusing
| w iN'i 10 IIlt
effect that II fair and impartial trial
could not he secured In Dallas county,
and neutrality-suspicious. for change
of venue. Judge Burke i'm his discus
sion used some very significant lam
| guage. He said the developments dur
ing the trials thus far had been
remarkable. He was satisfied from
! what had been developed that great
deal OF prejudice existed against gam
| hling, more than he Anticipated, but
| that he failed to discover any preiu-
dice against defendant as AN individu-
All that he was astonished at County
Attorney Clint being compelled, under
oath, To admit that a vigilance commit
tee does exist in Dallas county: that
Cllnt said IL was better To call IL law
and order party that it was fully or
gained, had full set of officers, held
secret meetings, and that he Clint
was informed of its doings, and was
consulted in regard to them. Judge
Burke was astOnished to learn of the
existence OF such AN organization i'm
such Il peaceable community
AS Dallas county. He said he would
proceed with the case before the court,
ana tlat II the trial developed ms much
prejudice rs had been in the proceed
lllgs thus far, he would of his own mo-
tloh order change of venue in .he
other eases. The vigilance committee
IL out III strong force tonight, holding !
III county Attorney Clint's office. 1t
Is sald That official, Tor judicious rea-
sols hpsthlhh from attending these |
meetings.
a large number OF Dallasiles visited
Fort Worth by special train to-day TO |
attend the rnces. The attendance
nom here throughout tile week will !
be large.
The Dallas Brown Stockings were |
greatly disappointed to-day at receiv- |
ing telegram from Manager II. u. |
sullivan OF the 1T. Louis professional |
combination at New Orleans that the |
Texas trip had beer abandoned, and |
the combination broken up and gone |
home. The cause for 1t was that |
houston, Galveston and other points
lnileh 10 give satisfactory inducements,
ljallas being the only town in the
state mat gave terms that were ac-
copied, The Brown Stockings are en-
deaVoflng To arrange II trip To Fort
Worth tor the coming Saturday and
Sunday or at least for the last named
day.
A leading member of the Nationals
OF Fort Worth was in the city consult
ing with the management of the
Browns. He has secured for the Ma
llohais The services of Il iirst-class pro-
iesslonai pitcher and catcher To nlay
against The Brown Stocking nine i'm
lile proposed games, and says lie feels
cohlldehl WIN their assistance that
victory VIII perch on the Fort Worth
banner, His idea is To have the
games played on the grounds at the
new Fort Worth race track directly i'm
lfdnt OF the grand stand. A repre-
sentative of the Browns will visit Fort
Worth on Thursday 10 endeayor to
perfect the arrangements.
hr, raul furst, cashier of Adams ,S
Leonard' $ bank was dangerously If NOT
fatally Injured to-day by being thrown
nom "A horse.
There is a big cotton blockade here,
Nearly eight thousand bales ure
awaiting shipment, and the scarcity
OF roiling stock makes il problemai-
zeal when it will he moved. The
press started up to-day for the first
time IN teRdays.
About o'clock tonight the city in
the vicinity of Main and Commerce
streets echoed with the shrill notes of
ponce whistles, and Officers Sheehan
ana mullen, accompanied by report
eis ana several citizens, hurried 10 tile
scene Of trouble on Commerce near the
corner Of Market street, where Thos.
chase was found nearly as bloody ms a
STUCK hog and his head horribly bat
tered. mp. He had been drinking
heavily all day, ana at lie
i'ouf mentioned entered his wretched
nome and brutally assaulted his afllic,-
ed Wlite' lying PROSTATE on a bed with
u siiihii babe IN her arms. Her screams
Drought several lady neighbors To The
room, 10 ma her husband beating and
choking her in the most inhuman I
,iiniilef' a nine-y eal-old son, Thomas
I,hase, lr,r seized II large briekbat
lying on The hearth and felled his IN.
'ia.Hfai laliief TO The floor d
WIN The first blow, and !,
Ihen continued to administer merited I,
uslice until the Villains head WAS !,
1ehled almost 10 Il Jelly, The heroic !
inidtlet of the child no doubt saved !,
me lie of his helpless and PROSTATE I,
Na.