The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-12
FORT WORTH FACTS.
A THEME FOR GENERALIZATION.
Courtright's Assailant Dying-Infamous
Belligerent Attorneys
Missing Artist-Morphia--
A Thieving Tourist.

FORT WORTH, sept. ll.--lSpeclal,l r. !
Let Dallas put on sack-cloth and kneel
in ashes, for her glory has departed.
the imported Dallas team, brought from
Africa, was defeated to-day by Fort
Worth coons 10 to 10. What yell was
there, my cOuntrymen, when the score
was announced.
All is not lovely in The Fort Worth
base bali nine. Davis, Harmon aud
Noelkor wero released to-day, contrary
to tho wishes of tine directors, ii is said,
and a meeting is now being held to right
matters or disband the club.
Andy Jones, the negro beaten by
COPYRIGHT last night is said to be dying
| Several rows occurred to-day in the
niger hole of the city, and it would
seem that the plethoric negro body poll
| tic will not recover from trouble except
| by blood letting.
The Erie Telephone company sent its
first message TO Decatur to-day, over its
torty-two mile line. Nine new tele-
phones put in to-day.
An infamous case of kidnapping oc-
Cured here this morning. Mrs. Eva
Guernsey separated from her husband,
Tom Guernsey, three months ago at La
redo, because he beat her in "A shameful
manner. BY agreement she was to keep
the child girl three months old,
siging away her right to homestead,
Tue noble little woman came here and
went TO work for q living, at present
being in the employ of ~. Hyde at his
restaurant. About two weeks ago
Guernsey came here to induce his wife
: to return with him, but she refused.
Guernsey then enlisted Mrs. Peace, the
lady's mother, and q woman, Minnie
Roberts, in his behalf. He per
suaded Mrs. Peace it was better for her
daughter to live with him, and gave the
Roberts woman 800 to steal the baby,
Yesterday the grandmother had the
T child brought to her house, as had been
the practivo lately. Minnie Roberts
stole the child, and has gone to Laredo
with her. Mrs. Guernsey was heart.
+ done, and was told she could
Y be with her child If shC
/ would return to Guernsey, but the
e mother says she knows what life SHE
q and the child will live, 50 refuses to go
n but has called in the State to aid her
y and "A warrant for kidnapping has beer
/ sworn out against the inhuman fathc
n and his tool, Minnie Roberts.
: j. y. lI0gsett and w. Il. McLaury go
q into difficulty in the county court
: room this morning. Both are lawyers
/ |
n when llogsett said 81 object,
q whereupon McLaury remarked that h
If had been told that IIogSett had bee
q employed To make frivolous objection
and rob his client of his just due'
lIogsett walked over and collared No
Laury, demanding retraction, br
70 this McI.aury refused to make. Th
!, deputy sheriff stopped the row. Judp
y" Priest fined the men $50 piece an
to threatened Judge Cummings with Xix
is visitation if he did not sit down, tn
m Judge desiring 10 make an eXplanatio
p" and stop further proceedings. Iestel
20 day Ben Ayres was fined $40 for con
~ tempt of court in the same case.
Prof. V. Lyle is an artist. He ha
70 been rooming at II. NJ. Taylor's, O
n Third aud Pecan streets, but has M
- been seen since Monday, when he di,
!. appeared, leaving his paints, n numbt
N II portraits and scenes, brushes, pa
ia lette, two valises and other effects. II
owes nothing had money and no reaso
can be given for leaving.
Preston, the man found on the prairi
-. Yesterday, died to-day. A coroner
Jury said death from morphine.
III bob Hamilton,a negro, was arrested q
"a tho Mansion hotel, asa well known toul
of list hotel thief. His trunk contained
"a fine pistol, stolen from Lady, the show
!" man, a diamond ring, Il pair of oper
e glasses, silver drinking cup, wearing ~
y, parol, geld watch and chain, all stole
~ from guests in the last fow months.
M City Attorney Sw2yne succedo
w in convicting one Of tho div
o' gamblers arrested on TUESDAY
' cases will probably stick against all
those arrested for betting at the game.
Work of moving the postoilice boga
IT. to-day.
A Burglars tried to get into the house
~ a notorious woman, Willie Johnso
OF about o'clock this morning, but faile