Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-16
DEyILISH DETAILS.
OF THE RECENT COOKE COUNTY
BRUTAL OUTRAGE,
Two Devils Incarnntc at Rape and Robbery
Scenes aud accidents Mt
the Trial.
Lcool,e county lnderendent.l


State OF excitement in its efforts to un-
fold, beyond doubt, the truths I'm de-
tail concerning the rape of Miss Lydia
/ NJ. Roy, residing about six miles west
of town.
NJ. ID. Haggard and Geo. b. Lang
ley are held for the oflensc and the in
vestigation thus far Las been an un-
broken chain of evidence roiling about
them from which, in the opinion of
this paper, IL will forever be inpossi-
bile for them to escape. Not sciutila
or ray of hope has thus far developed
itself in their behalf.
AS the facts continue to be disclosed
the deeper do they become engulied in
The fangs of the law, and the general
contempt of the people. So decided
Are the crowds who have been i'm con-
slant attendance, of the damniug guilt
of the accused that lynching is freely
and openly discussed upon every hand.
The family outraged consists of Jo-
seph and Julia Roy, father and
mother of the family, their daughter
Lydia, about seventeen years Of age,
and three or four small children. They
: came here from Palo Pinto county,
where they rented out their farm for
the purpose of travelling about so far
as their limited means would permit,
for the benefit of the fathers health,
who was seriously wounded at Frank
lin, Tenn, by minnie ball tearing
way his left shoulder and the frag
ihents of bombshell seriously, and
as the sequel shows, fatally injured his
spine.
About six weeks ago the father left
his family ut Whitesboro and started
to his old home in Arkansas for the
purpose of collecting some money there
due him and which he stood sorely in
need of for the protection and main
tenance of his family. Nothing has
been heard from his arrival at 1exar-
kama, where he wrote to his family
That he had suddenly been taken very
i'll, and il is now believed that he
! died. The family present pitiful
looking spectacle and as the poor old
nearly worn-out mother related to lis
the facts, the tears streamed down hel
5 cheeks as she told how they had wan
. dered about from place to place travel
, | ing, for the last ten years, in the
: vain hope Of recovering the health oi
their evidently dead father and hus
| band.
/. In parting with them at Whitesboro
( he told them to stay there, or come &c
: Gainesville and remain until he re.
t turned. Meeting with but little en-
i enlargement in Whitesboro, they
+ cime to our city where, after stayinQ
one day, they decided TO go out into
the country where the old lady ex
j pected to get n little school 10y which
1 she hoped to support herself and fam
J, lily.
) She had been there about week
when the outrage upon her daughtel
j was committed That the reader may
3 know the facts concerning the shock
a ing deed we will repeat ,iha statement,
( made in court by Mrs. Roy and bel
. daughter, which agree throughout.
u They had laid down on the bed
!. leaving the lamp burning. in orde
. that they might be enabled to Civ,
medicine regularly as prescribed, fo
one of the little children which wa,
y very sick While thus doing. abou
half asleep, the two ruffians bounced
a into the house with pistols in hand
= and demanded the money about tn,
:, premises. Langley knocked Mrs Roy
;. down with pistol and told her to Civ,
= up her money. Lydia began screaming
: mt the top of her voice, when Haggarc
= grabbed her and began choking her
: placing his fist over her mouth, tellip,
!, her if She didn't hush up he'd kill her
. He dragged her to bed where terri
! bic and most outrageous scuille tool
\ place for an hour and a half, when sh
:, was finally overcome and forced
y through She exhaustion, to submit L
= his foul demands. During this Langl,
y stood over Mrs. Roy with hi
= pistol, making her turn her face t
with her eyes, the Eenious work goin,
;, on. Ha9gard, during his scufile
:. would shout ut intervals to Langly
i Keep her there; don't let her loose
:. don't let her come here;' and on an,
:, on it went until he had gratitied tn
!. lusts of his foul carcass.
;, After accomplishing the purposes G
:, their going there, they sat down 70
:, half an hour and attempted to cngag
:, in a sort of pitifying conversation
:. with threats now and then that tn
!, bare mentioning of the affair wou
;, lead to the numbering of the entir
10 family
~ Mrs. Roy plead, in the name of lie
- sick children, to leave the house whe
g they gave her to understand that the
= would stamp their brains out If the
~ didn't hush. After this the villain
~ rot on their horses aud rode home.
~ The family started, half frightene
~. ]
- of the brutes, over to Mr.. Wallace
II where they went for protection, wit
- the few fragments OF clothes on tia
=, were not torn from them. Here the
:, related their story and asked for pre-
:, lection. This was on Saturday nigh
y and Tuesday the accused were in tn
~ clutches of The law. During the tai
~ of the scoundrels at the house, befor
- taking their leave, they enquired Yer
20 earnestly of the family if they kne
= them and also If they would kno'
~, their .'nearest neighbors;p (Hay
- gard and Langly being their neare.
II neighbors.) The family, fearing
being murdered, stated that they wei
y strangers and knew no one. and Ill
not have any idea even whom The
B We're. They asked her If she kne
~. Wallace, when she told them she di
IS not. They told her he (Wallace) va
there that morning after a harrow.
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