Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-07
E0uD EDITION.
REIcNS.
.,,r NEEDS DONE IN DARK
NESS.
a., rnausuraiss a War Of
Irl'a n. Against the sheep Men
'n's : captures tho County

"a captures inc
s', y, sseptember 9. The little
stas',, Atm. in the northeastern
t,a,,.millon county nestles on
Cav y" yest and rolling prairie,
5 lI.9v landscape is reinforced
~ g'S N, making it doubly at
rug NJ heritage of natures
sings has made it n goodly
M enierprising emlgrant
% . ssn,sursciate these advantages
| 'g XXX ago in numbers largely
Z III, \ IA favored sections. II Is
I. J, y ald me- Why, with all these
18Th the country should be
n,esyysIoN AND DAsTARDLY
DEEDS.
49, nature might tinge with
-. srsn lbe cheek of the desperate
s @s.le y, wilds. The frequent
Nv. Of lawlessness recently,
~ '.ss'.nd but meagel'ly reported
li n.s,s in tho character of the
u inheritance of its results de-
va " II thpoagh in vestigation, the
qrdctailed,a reporter to visit
y y If action. The victims of
sculhreak Of a lawless spirit,
sens 10 be becoming epidemic
I are the sheep men. TO re-
n various and separate out
kSIch they have suffered would
1 sore Of columns, but enough
instanced to illustrate the
affairs which prevails. The
irIhe trouble is the opinion OBJ
among the farmers and stock
[be,bey In fact or fancy it is
|tbc province of journal
M determine, that sheep
RUIN TIE RANGE.
,uy years, twelve, it is said, an
nlicn has existed, embracing in
.lership citizens OF Hamilton,
and Erath counties, which
Dear Carleton, obstinately per-
m Its original determination to
Mohibit sheep from obtaining
{pla here. Truth, humiliating
{itbe, eompels the statement
comprises a vast majority of
hing population. Its strength
a tested. On one occasion
3be rupture between the two
became so serious as to induce
hyof power, three hundred men
1rd between sunrise and noon,
she opposition could muster but
Nh Is now boasted by parties
|dto be in a condition to know
force Of five hundred could be
ID by the anti-sheep men in less
Blk hours. Among them are
ses, whose interests are, or sup
fobe, jeopardlzed by the pres
II sheep. There are but few
ben, parties solely interested in
Iin the country,yet nearly every
towns a few head, and these he
athe nucleus of a future for
(Ae apple Of his eye, and the
declining years. So precious
tteem these interests that he
TO align himself with any
saieh promises them protec-
aAsitating to
COMMIT A CRIME,
aend necessary TO secure that
organization is not wanting
hFth' leadership. 1t is wills.
'pHad and there are abundan,
Ha proof thai among its most
filani influential adherents is
nninent IN this section and
~ OF The legislature. 1t is not
mat he has been an active
FAM in the outrages, yet it i.
Eeled that if he had so de sired
guy have been prevented. Tn,
aRon seems 10 have been con
u seltishness and carried out
NV. Its record reaching bacl,
tue maze Of twelve year
nave passed into the nonumen
FL WITH RAscALITY AND REL
WITH BLOOD.
That time near fifty men hav,
Iaarisred by a mob, and TIL,
public could not conceive
Ia scarcely any instance
Wn years, in the vicinity o
~ h'ae men have offered u
's as al oblative to the fury G
aa mob, and their reasons re
y secret as themselves. Me
I'm dragged from the bosoms {
antilles and terribly lasheC
|asall the indignities which tn
mob can alone conceiv
|aau heart to perpetrat
n their grievances were cor
lYa mask as impenetrable q
(a'rh covered their faces. In a
ua az all times their method
"a ioui, cruel and utterly ur
4ey We're those of the ASSASSIN
FfAdo and the highwaymal
and quiet people hay
Ia g,.skawED AND sILENcED
|sa eaf' It is almost impossib
| [sall opinion from anyone. A
|. ,assIl exhibiting a grim silen,
se,llply suggestive. The fe
(s' d9.er Nerve TO express their con
f,s. ,u OF the dark deeds dali
\ sion,s sre constantly the recip
,od sa,ilhc9nt warnings to "kee
sI ~ulns Shut and the maloril
su mat medium of the min
[ey ' y grip. The powerli
cus y we mob is appreciat,
| = hears the guarded repli
|srn,.es every question and the ey
s.as ,sss'on of fear lest somethlr
so'I,S, which, should it reach Il
b's su'u give offense.
IA p,iilg across an old farmer ~,
n , wIsi an honest yeoman "a, and a" .
rsp sra Considerable intelligenc
csarsn; urank from his well
Eenls ,le1le e in these parts a,
Ioal ~, alluded TO the outrae,
"a, t oSe'raying his own iden,j,
! i T. ma llaslly led to remark siie ssnoi'h'
l i allan who owns sheen ha, /.
- ! d Otherwise, terrible ps' We Z.
Ia likely To au,,;k ~,