The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-11
FORT WORTH FACTS.
TRYING TO KILL couRTwRIaHr
Suicide-A Lease Law Candidate
Some One Said the Game was
Thrown" and More Too
That'Importcd Team"

FoRr WORTH, Sept. TO- Special. -
Several nights ago three men who said
they were from New Mexico were in
the city and boosted they would kill
Jim COPYRIGHT, the famous detective,
before they left tho city. They said he
had arrested two friends of theirs. horse
thieves. a negro notified COPYRIGHT.
and his friends at once visited all the
dives In town looking for the men.
which probably caused them to leave.
At the time two negroes were
noticed with the desperadoes, but
nothing more was thought about it al
the time.
Tonight Mrs. COPYRIGHT was alarmed
by strange noise in the ward. and
opened the door when she was con
lr0ntcd by two burly negroes with six
shooters drawn, who asked for her hus-
band. They We're told he was up town
and the door shut in their faces and
locked \ i69y was at once
sent to notify Courtrisht, who
went home Mt once and saw
one Of the negroes ~ his front yard. near
/ the corner OF tie fence, with pistol in
| his hand. COPYRIGHT covered him.
| They made him hold up his hands.
wrcuched the pistol away and beat him
over the head with it, uticting eight or
| ten wounds. The negro is Andy Jones.
and he was soon lodged ia jail. The of
| ticcrs are now looking for the other
negro. IL seems llml Sam Farmer.
I former CITY Marshal, is tho man the
avengers wanted and confused him with
COullrght. The matter creates con
siderable excitement.
Aman named Preston, cook. is Iviuu
ut the city hall dying from chlornfornl
or mOrphine administered bv himself
with suicidal intent. lie was found
five miles from the city near NJ. j.,
Ellis IA ry, where he has been cooking
Tor the men. No cause is given for the
act.
There Is some talk Of running a lease
law candidate against MIR Pendleton
for the Legislature. Mr.. Pendleton was
regularly nominated by the County.
Convention, and but u corpuralis guard
could bc found endorsing any
such move. other subjects be-
sides free grass interests this county.
Manager Mitchell desires to say that the
telephone message sent to Mr.. Elliott, of
the Telephone Exchange was not sent
10y him, and that some one in Dallas
must have s0nt the message. Mr.. Eli
oft wants il distincly understood that
the message came as stated by him "that
he game was thrown" lie Thought
Nj tchell was the man speaking. Tho
message came, sure, no sort vi doubt
about that.
The Red Headed Pullbacks and tbe
Mother lluhbard's, two new base ball
organizations Of this city play al the
base ball parl, ON Sunday, In attire as
3 sgested by the name.
The Fort Worth club goes To Houston.
4 , nlttN AnnIuV AnnI..,a
then gees to Galveston.
1t would not bo profitable or desirable
To repeat all that Is said by base-ballists
and others, In regard TO their treatment
in Dallas, hut complaints are numerous
AMI uttered IN plain language.
ihe reason assigned for The
loss OF the games IL that Sner orr
pitcher was frightened beyond measure
at the display of pistols and threats
made by Dallas men, So nervous was
he that he would not eat breakfast until
Mr. Mitchell went into the dining room
with him. II is said also that Mr. j.. 4.
MrNchlus said in the presence of hny
witnesses that lac would win the turer
games II the umpire had to do TO-.
Property Of the dcfunct Texas Invest.
ment company was sold here to-day
under execution To satisfy uartly Tie
claim Of w. II, Byars, The effects were
u tent camping uutiit, wagon, harness,
etc.
Sherin Maddox went tO Bolton to-day
10 answer To a damage suit flied bv n
man named Young, charging false I'M.
prisonucnt.
The clt2cns Of the upper part of town
nave leased the Rector building. nov
neing erected on Main street, n,nr
fnurth, Tor use as pust.ollicc, and the
removal will hC made la a few day4
IN" un-inwn people were badly friubt. /
tned AT the prospect of moving Ia the
IuUItn ward,