Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-06
WACO.
Two Hackmen Attempt to Beat a
Barber One, Tom Scott, is Killed
by Policeman Amonett.
The Other, Tom Tatum, Is Knocked Out
of Time-Great Crowds Come to
Hear Revivalist Jones.
Special to the Gazette.

Special TO the Gazette.
WACO, Ten, Oct Sat 4 o'clock
this morning on Austin street Tom
Scott, hack driver, was shot through
the heart, killing him instantly, by NJ.
f. Amonett, policeman. Another
hack driver, Tom Tatum, was rem
dered hors de combat by blow from
the butt of Amonett's pistol. Imme-
diately after the shooting the police
man left the scene of the difficulty
and was not seen until 10
o'clock this morning, when
he appeared at City Attorney
Blair'a residence and at the advice of
that gentleman surrendered, Mr..
Blair going with him to the Jail. A
coroner's inquest was held at 2 o'clock
this afternoon. Tom Tatum, the
wounded hack driver, says he and his
companion, Scott, were having words
with barber who had insulted them
when the officer came along and COM
menced abusing and threatening
them. They resented this and the
policeman opened fire, killing Scott
aud stunning Tatum with the butt OF
the pistol.
The officer says he was patrolling
his beat and heard difficulty on the
opposite eide of the street. Hehurried
across and found that the two hack
drivers had a man who proved to be
: the drunken barber) down and were
beating him up. He ordered them tC
desist and they both advanced ON him
and he struck Tatum with his pistol
Scott then drew a knife, and Tatum
having recovered himself both men ad
vanced, Scott with his drawn knife
the policeman backing into the street
; AT this junclure. Amsnett says, he
; fired, aiming to kill both men and be
lieved he had done so until he surren
dered. The barber, who had fled as
, soon as the policeman had made thI
hackmeD leave him alone, eorroborate:
: Amonett's statement that the two meI
were beating him (the barber). M
one saw the stabbing, save the tive
hack drivers and the policeman.
Public opinion rather sides with
Amonett, as he Is one of the most re-
|. liable men on the force-sober, good.
. natured and discreet. II Is generally
believed he acted in self-defense. The
i two hackmen are fair samples of theil
T. tribe-pretty hard-althOugh Tatum
= who didn't get killed, is the harder oil
: the two. IL is known he had grudgC
against Amonett and had threatened
! TO ''do him up.n Scott, the dead man
came from Galveston to Waco and has
. wife and children. The policeman
: Is also married man and has chill
= dren.
Revivalist Jones, who breaches a
. 9 O'Clock every morning, heard OF til,
killing in time to make 1t specia
|. theme, and attributed it TO thew o
: the devil in Waco
= Perry is a little town on the Hous
ton u Texas Central railroad between
= Waco and Martin. The post-ofiiee !
kept in the general merchandise stor
of MOzier n Schultz, Mozier being tn
postmaster. AT p. m. yesterday
young man named Frank Green cam
into the store, and at the point of
pistol compelled Mozier to pay him s.
/. Green said that several weeks ago b
4 mailed at the Perry post-Ofilce "a gol,
ring worth S.. The ring had neve
reached its destination, and he In
3, tended to make Postmaster Nozzle
IS pay Its value, as he believed the post
master had stolen 1t. At lsst account
y Green had not been arrested.
= Several thousand people have III
3 tened TO revivallst Jones at his fou
services to-day. At p. IN. h
It preached 10 u congregation compose
z of men exclusively. He holds fort
under the big shed in the Methods
Y church yard. Country people came /
u by hundreds TO hear him to-day an
h trains brought scores of visitors ffor
adjoining railroad towns. He draw
~ almost equal to 4 circus.
The Houston & Texas Central raj
lie road put ON new time-eard to. da,
- arriving here at 6:l0 p. IN. from m
ie south, instead Of 400 p. m.
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