Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-13
THE CENTRAL CITY.
How Three Bnnko Sharpcrs Tried TO
Swindic an Old Farmer.
Other Home Happenings and Current
News Of the Day.


Special to the Gazette.
Waco, November l2.--Among othe
events yesterday was the arrest ant
locking up 10y Constable 10 Il. Ellison
and City Marshal Luke Moore of foul
men. charged with attempting {,
swindle an old farmer named Lawson
out of $40. The names given bv In,
men are; William Allen, j. n. Beck.
man, j. II. Hammer and - Kendall
Berkman was arrested Saturday nipht
for participating in robbing man M
Il negro restaurant near the Narrow
Gauge saloon, and gave 500 bond.
| yesterday MIR. Ellison was told by Mr..
:. w. Mabry that an old farmer had
been carried up stairs over the Banl,
| saloon by some of these shafpers, and
he suspected that they intGndcd to rob
! him. Ellison FASTENED down town
and got City Marshal Moore and
| Policeman Wood and, returning, de-
manded admission to the room up
stairs. The man Hammer was found
on the outside, II is thought
doing picket duty. Hearing
! the conversation on the outside
the door was opened by Allen, who
seeing Ellison, quickly closed and
locked the door. The door, however
was finally opened, aud the three men
and old man Lawson were found in
side. Lawson said that they had at
tempted to rob him Of $40, which they
had returned, however. Lnwsonis
statement is, that he was driving down
Austin street when he was stopped by
Kendall, who, after asking him If he
was from the country, told him he
wanted him to carry out some adver-
AZ ,Ti'e ui'u.i ' hawson agreed 10 do
~ ~ nh;; ",s iilNi.eu ny Nehuail 10 ms
T., III H. ,o,' oiiCG up s.ails he was SHOWN
:" Ky room wlGre 1iie other men were.
"a c'oth WIS pulieu rom small show
cas, containing lot oil plated ware
anu an assortment oil numbers. The
nleh t,iui oicIeu W OK pam TO me old
man thelr mod"S opcrondt, but he told
ihch ne uluh gamble. FINALLY, after
neihg told that II was simply for the
purpose OF explanation, he counted out
S'OOO. lie Kept his hand ON it, how
ever, but one OF the parties slipped
the money out and handed him II COM
mon watch; telling him that was what
he nad drawn. lie refused to take it
ahd demanded his money The sharp
ers geherously(") offered to refun d $50.
When Lawson threatened 10 report
them to the officers, he was told that
Their regulations was such that his
statement would not be credited"
When the officers appeared on The
scene, however, all the money was
hurricdly restored. The men are still
in Jail and will probably have a hear
ing tomorrow.
Contrary to expectations District
Judge RimCs did not arrive last night,
Sheriff Harris oppppl liatrirt pA.rt |
and Immediately adjourned il. Judge
Rimes will certainly he here in the |
morning, and then the grand iury will |
be empanneled County court was NOT |
in session to-day.
The sun came out this morujsg mud |
people by thousands turopped The |
muddy streets To see the pa,,,de of !
Coles circus. All incoming trains |
brought visitors, and the show Ind |
good houses, both this afternoon. and |
tonight.
The participants in the shooting me-
lee ut Wilson's restaurant Yesterday
have given bail, but no Investigation
as yet has been had.
y negro woman bhis morning left
her ten-months-oId child mt home
while she went To witness the circus
parade. 1t fell in the fire and was sn
llS lllt rs NrSbuIrpu OF.
Twenty-Five cili2ens of Gatesviile
most OF them business men. are In
town to see Keene and the circus.
j. r. Grubbs, who has been an
gagged in the general merchundi.e h,ts.
mess at Troy, Bell coanty. WAS closed
by attachment Saturday. The attach.
ment was sued out bv Leon & II
Blum, for debt of some 81 900. "
The bottom seems 30 be clean ont of
cotton, quotations are lower TODAY
than Saturday. Prices in Wncoto.j"y
are as follows; Strict middlinr q "a
Ia; strict low miIaIing
. Is; low middling o. Receipts. oiphi
bales. Market dull.
Telephone communication betwaa,
Waco and Hillsboro, is almost cnt OH
to-day and wires IRE working badly
The rain and storm up that way were
much heavier than here. and II Ia.s,tn-
posed that the wire has been struck
by lightning. MIR. Anderson, tie SUI
however. will have