Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-23
SAN ANTONIO.
Another Victim of The Thompson Irag-
edy-Death Of Joe Foster.
Collector PlatO's Case Curious Outlets
OF the Law.
Vote on the Sewerage Question: Qui.
etus Given.

| Special to the Gazette.
San Antonio, March -. There vii
be Il motion made for new trial il
the case Of Nelson Plato, convicted IL
! the federal court yesterday on the
! charge of admitting alleged smugglec
! property, consisting of q railroad con
tractors outfit, Plato being at the
| time collector of customs Mt Corpus
Christi. The McKernon Bros. who
were charged with having struggled
the property, were tried in the same
! court and acquitted the day before
Plato was placed on trial, and it is con-
sidered strange verdict which con-
yicts one man for cause
from which Others had been
previously acquitted. The probability
ia that Plato will suffer removal from
office on account of this verdict,
though he this morning telegraphed the
secretary of the treasury ut Washing
ton full statement of his position in
the case. In the event of Plato's re-
moval, his predecessor, Sam Johnson
of this city, will most probably be re-
instated.
The Express Austin special this
morning reported the appointment OF
Judge Sabin of Galveston to the fed
eral judgeship for the Western district
of Texas. Jack Evans is now
here, and his main opponent
has not received any such information
though the impression is that Sabir
will succeed. Republican officials in
this district dread Evans on account
of his cold-blooded prosecution and
ceaseless and indisCrimiuate blows al
their conduct
The slayer of Ben Thompson died
at ] O'Clock to-day and will be buried
Mt 3 o'clock tomorrow. Joseph C.
Foster was born in Missouri about
1896 OF 1889. At an early age he
struck across the trail for
California, where he worked
as a machinist or blacksmith
until lie became infatuated with a
GAMBLERS life, and went to Santa Fe.
y. NJ, in 1896, and practiced his pro,
fession. When the war between the
! states broke out he espoused the Con-
federate quarrel, and was mustered into
service by Major T. Il. Teel, now of
San Antonio, the then inspector.gen-
eral of New Mexico, with number of
wild reckless comrades. He became n
member of n company called by them
selves the partisan rangers, - of which
Capt. Phillips, afterwards killed in
san Antonio, was elected can.
tain, This company fought for
two years In New Mexico. and
then came down here in 1862, and
finally broke up In Houston. Foster
secured an interest in gambling sa.
loon here, which he ran for few
months, and then came here and ioin,
cd Capt. Bob Shobes' company and
fought until the break.up. Then
with John Lagalere and Mat Wood.
lief, the desperate OF Houston. who
was killed few years ago in FIGHT
he started gambling saloon here of
which he afterwards became sola
owner, and maintained until the pres.
eht time, and amassed consid-
cradle wealth. lie was about
iorty-seven years old. and
leaves wife TO regret his death
me funeral occurs tomorrow after.
noon.
Inc vote on the sewerage ouesiion
to-day was very small embracing not
more Than one-iourth of the tax pavers
me sewerage people polled 3si votes
ana the anti'sewerage people $50. the
being 572. The people v wouid
vote solidly for drainage. bpt nn,
under corrupt circumstances. n - i,
mad not rained yesterday to muddy the
streets the vote against sewage woniJ
have reached fifty TO one. "''
John Il. Ingram, sheriff of Raylo,
county, arrived this afternoon to con.
vsy 10 his county one A. ID. Freano,oon'
charged with burglary at Sevmnnr
Freshman broke jail once at &Ihnnn,
Shaekelford county, was re.arrestad J,
Abilene and taken to Seymour, whs~e
he broke Jail second time last chr;st
mas n year ago. '''s'-
The train on the Southern ps.,ao
due here at $50 this a. m, arrival n ~
$50 p. m, being twelve houss lay a,e ~ a.
account of n washa "'e oh
New Mexico. TS Ssnout in
been little rain west of here unti, n a.
day. The rams in New Mexina 20,
In Coahnila Old Mexico hava anu
unprecedented. save peen
Col. T. w. Pierce left for Cblhuah,.
yesterday. N"'iu''iiua
There IL an order for about ssoo ooo
OF railroad work beyond tbs 'q p
river, Texas, which Mill sb"r, e ieeoS
line about eleven miles. 'eh the
breckenridge, president of fha 9
Antonio National bank, is oa nr s aaa