The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-23
Special kilograms:

DALLAS, August 1.-THE state
grange finished its labors to-day by
the election of the executive commit
tee, which consists of Messrs. y. NJ.
Keller, of Bell county, chairman; j.
E. Gray, of Washington county, and
w. II. Harris, of Dallas county. The
grange adjourned to meet in Calves
ton in August, 1SS4.ii sKa sSSs -
The facts of lynching at Terrell
last night were brought here this
evening by passengers from that
place on the west-bound Texas and
Pacific train. Martin Bradley, a ne
gro, yesterday morning before day
light attempted to ravish respecta-
BILE young white lady. Her strug-
giles and screams prevented the
brute's purpose, and he fled, but
was captured, had an examining trial
and held to appear in court in the sum
OF $3.50 bond, which he failed to make
and was lodged IN the city prison.
Last night two men waited on Con.
stable Miller, who had made the ar
rest and had the prisoner in custody,
and ordered him to surrender Bradley
to themwhich the afficer refused to do.
They left and soon returned with a
mob of 200 men and took the keys
from Officer Miller, conveyed the negro
to the edge of town and gave him fif-
teen minutes to talk, pray, etc. He
confessed to the crime, prayed for for
giveness ana was hung to the limb of a
large oak tree in the pres
ence of his wife, who
behaved frantically. The criminal
was employed in saloon kept by a
white man named Wilson, and was
considered a leader and heightened
among his race. The name of the
young lady he attempted to outrage
is withheld from the public. He en-
tered her sleeping room through a
window and attempted to prevent her
giving alarm by threatening to kill
her with a large club, but she screamed
and her mother ran to her relief and
identified Bradley before he could
escape from the front yard.
The authorities are on lookout for
Felix Cook, well known Dallas
character, who has figured in several
very diScreditable TRANSACTIONS ON Il
moderate scale, but who has now
eclipSed his former efforts. He traded
farm belonging to George Doyle, To-
Gated near Mesquite, to j. L.. Thomp-
son for sixty head of cattle, represent
ing to Thompson that he was an
authorized agent of Doyle. In order
! to allay any suspicion on the part OF
! Thompson, Felix came TO Dallas and
telepraphedto Thompson that the sale
made by Cook is all right, and signed
the name of George b. Doyle,
but before closing the
trade with Thompson, Cook
went to Fort Worth and sold the
cattle to Thorp 81 Andrews for $9.l5
A brother of the Latter came over to
see the cattle and turned over 1925 to
Cook and placed 5000 in the bank for
party who was to deliver the cattle
in Fort Worth. The cattle were
driven into Dallas last Wednesday en-
route to the Fort, but Felix was not
along. He had promised to meet the
drove at White Rusk creek, but had
failed to do so. Mr.. Thompson ar
rived in town about the time the
cattle did to secure deed to the land
Doyle was at first astonished and
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Mr.. Thompson then refused to
allow the cattle to be taken any fur
ther, saying he had labored six years
for them, but Andrews had a bill OF
sale of them. Trouble was about tC
arise when Doyle offered Il compro.
mise. He said he had told Cook that
he would take $1,000 for his farm, but
had not authorized him to dispose OF
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for what Andrews still owed on them
and Thompson's note for the re
mainder of the $1,000 for his farm
This was done and the matter settled
Thompson is out several hundred dol
lars and so is Andrews. No one
knows where Felix is. Steps have
been made to prosecute him. Ills
aged father has been trying to STOP
the prosecution.
The Caddo base ball club, of Shreve.
port, La, notified the Brown Stock
ings tonight that they will play the
Brown Stockings on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday. The movements
in Galveston, Houston, San Antonio
and Fort Worth, each to select a
picked nine from the best clubs in the
cities named, to play in the Dallas
tournament. which begins on August
81, meets with universal favor in base
ball circles here, as it is their desire to
have the strongest teams possible tC
participate, and settle the claims as to
the state championship for 1883.
Henry Sneed, "a well known tele,
graph operator in Texas, and former.
~ employed by the Western Union al
Dallas, died suddenly this morning, al
Deming.