Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-19
DALLAS.
Killed By Indians : Departiux for North
ern Summer Resorts.
A Movement on Foot to Reinstate A. A
Whissen as Postmaster
The Profiigate Earl-.The Cotton Swind-
ling Cases--Other Notes.

brother, ID. NJ. Staples, by the Indian
N the extreme northwestern corner c
the Panhandle. In the early part G
May Staples, w. w. Hartsell ant
James Hicks started to go from Pal
Pinto county to Washington territor,
on horseback. In the middle of tn,
fatal day they met up with seven In
dians on the prairie. The latter show
ing warlike signs the white mer
took to q timbered ravine where they
made stand. The Indians advanced
on them and began to shoot. Staples
killed the foremost assailant and, pick.
ing up the gan of Hicks, who was
killed by the first volley. downed
another Indian. The fight continued
until five of the Indians were killed,
when the remaining two fled. Sta.
piles was shot through the abdomen.
Hartsell, the only one who came out OF
the battle uDscathed placed Staples on
horse and succeeded in reach
ing a ranch with him,
where he died that night.
Hartsell made his way back to Mineral
Wells from which point he wrote
Staples relatives in Talladega county.
Ala, who sent the letter to Mrs. Ar.
mold.
j. n. Simpson. who returned from
North west Texas few days ago, left
Iast night for Montana, where he has
large ranching interests. While in
the Northwest he started on the drive
for Montana via the Panhandle and
New Mexico, % 900 head of cattle. He
also purchased from A. l.. and II. G.
Wells $3.50 head of stock cattle at pri-
vate terms, but said to have been at
about SOB per head. The cattle are
located in Hall and Motley counties
and are of the 90 and x4 brands.
Mr.. Hudson, of Pueblo,
Colorado, to-day purchased
1000 head Of steer yearlings from n
MIR. Hudson of johnson county, at Sl3
per head.
Mr.. o. p. Scarce of Plsttsburg, Mo,
is in the city, endeavoring to purchase
from l,0O0 to 100 head of stock cat
tie to put on big ranch in New
Mexico.
The Houston & Texas Central rail-
road yesterday and to-day shipped to
Chicago, from Corsicana and Marlin.
twenty nine cars of beef cattle.
The following parties left Dallas, via
the Houston Texas Central railroad,
to-day, to spend the summer abroad:
Mrs. Charles Fred Tucker and family,
TO Staunton, Va; Mrs. Underwood,
Cincinnati; julius Winter, Jr., Louis
Vile; Mrs. q. Proberts and family,
southampton, England; Mrs. A.
Chetien and daughters, Paris,
France; Mrs. Miller, st.
Louis; Louis Van Grinderbeck,
New York; Mrs. James Anderson
Austin, Minnesota Mrs. Henry Boy
of Abilene, Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs
John Bartholomew, Liverpool, Eng.
land William Gilchrist of Corsicana,
Glasgow. Scotland, L. H. Scaggs
Bertha Scaggs and Anna b.. Scaggs
Niagara Falls.
Jack Brock, recently convicted o.
mail robbery and booked for lif,
sentence, was to-day denied new tria
by Federal District Judge Mccormick
The new criminal cases filed in tn,
federal court during the present tern
are TO be taken up on June 20.
Many leadidg Republicans ant
nearly all the Democrats here indors,
the movement to have A. A. Whissel
reinstated as postmaster at Dallas n
event of Blaine's election.
A gentleman from Big Springs say.
the report Is current there that tn,
earl OF Aylesford, the rollicking Eng
lish nobleman who for the past tw
years has been so prominently identi
HE'D with Big Springs and West Texa
generally. aud who a few months az
went to England on visit, has deter
mined not to return to the Unite,
States, as he has forfeited a large sur
OF money put up on an extensive bust
ness transaction. He is said to hav
invested in the neighborhood of 800
oO in and around Big Springs. an
that now he could not realize SIS OC
thereon, on account of prof gate cor
duet. The earl is represented a
having assumed the attitude of
nigh roller over in England. result
ing In his becoming badly "broke
up" physically and financially. FL
Is said to be suffering severely froI
the compound fracture of a leg. RI
ceived In horse race row at LOndo
Few weeks ago. He "monkeye
with the buzz-saw and found it ful
ming" In the language OF figurati,
slang.
The cotton swindling cases came u
In the district court this morning au
were postponed till next Monday. A
the indictments against G. G.. Wrigl
and number against Joe Lahnstei
and +. Baum were dismissed becau
OF defects, the foreman of the grau
jury having failed to attach his aut
graph TO them properly. The gran
jury Is In session and to-day returnt
= number of alleged copper-line
steel chilled and case-hardened indie
ments against Baum and Lahnstei
They are considering indictmen
against Wright, number Of which.
70 claimed, will be returned before q
j0urnment.
The grand jury. 1t is understood
have found true bills of indietme
against Jim Hunnicutt. IA princip.
and Joe Polser as accessory, for d
killing OF f. Il. Humphries. ri
grand jury took the precaution to
out and look at the body OF the q
ceased, and found from the charact
OF the w0und-a large hole In b
breast and small hole In the back
that the bullet must have entered
the back instead Of at the bress
which makes 1t appear that Hunnlcu
dired the shnt from outside the sal0o
In which Humphries WAS killed. II
tie credence IL placed therefore In r,
Ser's assertion tina he did the shootIu
at the annual election yesterd,
evening, all the old officers and dire
tors u the Texas Trunk Railroad COZ
Pany were reelected. No steps we
taken to extend the road.
MARSHALL.
The Death Ptualty Assessed--A Neg
Ikfoas A. .H-s.