Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-30
WACO.
The National Holiday How two Crooks
Escaped from Jail-Two Arrests
Capital Scared on.

Special 10 the GhNeitc'
Waco, Nov. 29.-The Thanksgiv'n
festival has been observed In waco u
day with more general heartlness ina
In any previous year. There was II
suspcnsion of commercial business, $
to say, but there was iaXity and II
many instances employees enjoyed
half holiday. The banks, postoilic
and telegraph offices were closed mos
of the day and all the schools turned
the children loose. Religious service
were elaborate. The union services a
the Filth Street Methodist churcl
were according to programme, Rev
DIR. King of the Presbyterian churcl
delivering an ominently appropriate
sermon. couched In eloquent and beau
tiful language and breathing Il spirit
of fervent devotion. gratitude and hu
mility. The church was crowd
ed and the contributions, ut the
close of the services, for the poor
were liberal. Ten ministers OF
the gospel sat in and around
the altar. At st. Paul's Episcopal
! Church, which WAS lastly decorated,
Rev. +. II. Starr preached a short but
interesting sermon. Here, too, con-
trlbution was taken up, forswcet char
ity's sake. The colored congregations,
including the conference now in SEES
sion, held n union meeting Mt the a.
NJ. T. Church, Rev. &. w. Porter de-
livering a timely address. The social
aspects of the day came out strong,
hospitality and good dinners being
general. Tonight the festival has an
appropriate ending in u hop" at
NkT.ll.,Il.. hall ,,p,1..u lao nf a
cotorie of youn, gentlemen who know
how to make such things enjoyable.
For the generality of people in Waco
it has been cheerful Thanksgiving
day.
VIM. Allen and c. w. Kennel are
two of the -four crooks arrested in
this city on the Huh inst, charged
with robbing farmer Lawson. They
have been in the county Jail until last
night, but have departed now. Mr..
Buchanan, one Of the Jail guards, gave
the pair permission To come into the
barracks room. they being to the APP
pearance securely ironcd. All at once
they sprang to their feet, rushed each
TO window and down they went to
the ground, eighteen or twenty
feet beneath. In moment
they We're up and using their
legs in putting distance between
themselves and the Jail, disappearing
in the darkness. The guards pistol
was not at hand, and the sheriff and
other members of the jail force were in
another part of the Jail building
asleep, not deeming their presence
necessary. II is surmised that the es-
g ped men had somehow managed 10
secure possession of II key, which UNI
locked their irons, enabling them to
throw aside their shackl"s when ready
to take the leap in the dark" Up to
this writing they lave not been heard
from. Sheriff Harris offers re Sard
of 500 for the arrest of the men. This
is the first escape from the present Jail,
which was built in 1873.
This morning, before Justice II. w
Davis, Mr.. Edward Lynn, brother of
the late \. o. Lynn, made affidavit
charging ID. w. Cline and John Skin
ner with the murder, Cline rs princi-
pel and Skinner n accessory, of A. G.
Lynn. Justice Davis ut once issued
warrants for the arrest of the men
City Marshal Luke Moore and Consta-
bile Joe Ellison made the arrests,
which were effected very quietly,
Cline and skinner submitting readily
enough, although they were evidently
very much astunished They were
until Monday, VIII n the grand jury
meets again. Lynn, IL will DC re-
membered, was killed at midnight,
the night Of October 3lst, the
shots being fired by ID. w.
Cline. Cline surrendered himself
and the next day an Investigating
trial was held before Justice Evans,
which continued two days, Uerminat-
ing by Cline being placed under 5000
bond until the grand jury met. He
gave this bond and has been at large
since. Up TO this time SINNERS only
connection with the case has been as
IA Witness mt the coroncr's inquest and
investigating trial. 1t is said that
Edward Lynn, who arrived here
shortly after the tragedy, has been
busy collecting evidence, etc clnnect-
ed with the killing, and that the de
velopments warranted the arrest OF
Skinner as well os Cline. SINNERS
arrest was somewhat OF II surprise To
the community. lie and Cline are
both sporting men.
The president of one of the Waco
banks IL in receipt of letter from u
II capitalist of Geneva, y, Y, who had
about completed arrangements to in
vest S300,000 ia Texas property. The
news of the fence-cutting in Texas has
reached him and he has decided to put
his money somewhere else, where the
rights of property are respected.
a few days ago party at Mt. Calm
Limestone county, entrusted 10 an
other person $3.50 to he deposited III
the Waco State bank in this city.
The money and the person have never
showed up at the bank aud the Mt
Calm party is mourning.