The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-07

WACO.
breaches His Farewell Sermon-A Mys-
terry Cleared by Confession-An Engineer
Horribly Mangled-Shot by a Neighbor as
Supposed HOrse-thieves.

breaches His Farewell SermOn-A Mys-
terry Cleared by Confession-An Engineer
Horribly M~angled-Shot by a Neighbor as
Supposed HOrse-thieves.
WACO, June 2.-[Special. REV. B. A.
Rogers, for the past three years rector OF
st. Paul Episcopal church, of this
city, breaches his farwell services to-
morrow upon the Church of the Living
God" He I. tires on account of i'll health
| and will 20 to his rancho near
Georgetown, Williamson County. The
vestry has made no definate call
as yet, though they have several names
under consideration. Mr.. Rogers is very
popular here, and his church especially,
part with him with regret.
The first base ball game of the season
was played at Whitney to-day between the
Red stockings of Waco and the Whitney
base ball club. The game resulted in a
tie. Score-14 to II.
Gabe Austin. the negro reported shot in
the special of yesterday, was in reality
strangled. To-day Alex. Harris and Will
lam Harris were arrested for completely
III the murder, and Alex. has made
full confession. He states that himself,
William Harris and four other negroes,
vent to the house of Gabe Austin
for the purpose of whipping hi9. Arrived
InbTe. he lhltA. I1dtllcJ utIllHtu W pTOCttu
turtuer. The others broke open the house
and seized Gabe Austin, who resisted.
A %slip-noose was placed around
his neck and he was dragged by
the rope to a place where the whipping
was to be. executed. When the rope
was taken off for the purpose
of carrying out the plans, Gabe
crime for which the whipping was to have
been administered was the crimi-
nal intimacy of Austin with his own
niece. Alex Harris claims the killing was
unintentional. Alex and William Harris
are in Jail, and the sheriff and posse have
gone to arrest the four others engaged in
the killing.
At $40 this evening, as engine No. 124 on
the Missouri Pacific, drawing q coal train,
five minutes behind the regular freight,
was turning a curve two and one.half miles
east of Waco, she struck a cow, LETT the
track and brought up on the edge of
timber clear of the right. of-way, with the
d~river-wheels and undergear gone, but
still upright. Engineer Andy Finley was
caught between the engine and tender and
his right thigh literally crushed. Part
of the flesh from the under side
Of the leg had 10 be GU
away to extricate him from dispositions:
fireman William Seaman had his ankle
sprained and was badly but not seriously
bruised. Mr.. Finely was brought TO tow
and medical assistance rendered, and is
doing us well as could be expected. Nine
coal cars were ditched and scattered broad
cast, some on one side and some on the
other side of the track. A wrecker has just
arrived from Fort Worth and the track will
be clear by noon tomorrow.
Captain s. p. Ross and his son Will, at
about ~ o'clock tonight, were both lam
gerously shot in the bowels with a double
barrelled shot gun in the hands Of Mr..
Hamlin, neighbor OF Captain
Ross had started home and missed
his way, getting into Hamlin's yard he was
hailed, but did not answer. Will. his son,
up looking for his father, and Hamlin
they were horse thieves, ETcd
the above result. |