Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-13
PAI.O PINTO COUNTY.
4 Farmer Near Strawn Shot Down In
His Field-The Cattle Trade
--Breyities.

palo Pinto, April ll.-Palo Pinto county
steps into the rank of crime again, and adds
on, more victim to the roll TINT is being
daily called by the GAZETTE as well as Otuer
papers of the state. Day before yesterday
ar George Engle, farmer LIVING near
str,lwn in This county, was plowing in his
Held, ana fiom the sigAs in and out OF HE
hciu il seems That party Went 10 him In the
field on not and shot him with pistol, and
Engle 1t seems broke TO run and leached tue
fence and fell over ana got up and started Tor
his house, which was about ouehalf mile
distance, when outside und near the fence, u
seems that party ON horseback approached
hun and shot him again, both
Shots taking effect in the back. lie must
| have fallen near where The last snot struck
| him, when the party on horseback rode up TO
| hun and put mis- pistol near his forehead ana
hred, the ball entering MS brain through one
| eye. lie was then shot twice In The body,
making i've shots in AL. The shooting and
! kngle's hallooing were done in thv morning,
and his body was found near noon 'tlii IN
death. The horses of the parties who killed
| him Were trailed from the spot about four
miles that evening but IL seems the tr.tl was
,ost and could not be traced further. IL is
thought 10 he the act OF pWrties who did not
want TO trust juries with c.iees OF illega! stock
handling. EiI.le, IL is said, belonged 10 II
| gang of bad characters who have bealon the
courts for "a long time.
We have given tne particulars of the kill
ing ms near rs we could get them from parties
/ familiar with tue facts. AS 10 Engles being n
member of a gang Of stock thieves we know
nothing, only from nearSuy, We haze To say
la regard TO the murder that 1t was foul and
10 be law-abidlng. But we cannot expect
anything tut To hear OF such deeds, unless
. tue Jurles of our country quit framing donbts
; for criminals and giving them tue benefit OF
such framed doubts, allow them 10 go uu'
punished.
, not like to question the veriics ofjuries, but
am an earnest advoc ate Of some new method
of selecting juries, SO that We car
get men who would neither
, Recognize friend W foe when it comes 20 6
matter of JGslice. Men VINO have inteliect
l and conscience enough. know what n serious
, thing they are dol q when they take The oatl
of juryman. The Rothschild anu Nur
. RE cases seem 10 be coming west, and the
ball is opened up at Dallas in The Adams
Burns murder rhc GAZETTE correspondent
: i'll Dallas seems to be a man that speaks hi
i opinion freely, regardless of the influence OF
the wealthy; ! commend MN Tor II; II
$ be exposed to the world, not rs n hero but u
I "A william, regardless of wealth or position.
Our couuIy Is suffering for rain BADLY
s Vegetation il very slow coming to the fionI
The csttiemen OF our county wl start oI
l, the spring rouud-ups about the lith. Con
II siderable complaint is made by them OF th'
= short grass which is very backward on nc
o count OF the late spring. Some of the stock
= men complain llttle that 10 few beef mel
come among us ID purchase cattle. one o
u two men In TINS county monopolize the cal
tie market, and by having 3 their own wa,
Is they pay just about what suits them Tor cal
i tie. a number Of parties here talked {
l. throwing their steer cattle together and oilel
Ing them for sale through the GAzETEE an
~ Stock journal,
IS our county surveyor, as agent for the hor
II CRADLE land board AT Austii
Or cried off number of bids on schot
T. lands in our county last Saturday. Nointeres
If at ali was taken in the sale, not n single bi
being raised on the purchase or lease highe
20 than than the prices fiSeu 10y law. The Ian
H. board pulled the wrong string on the elgh
lie and twenty cent resolution ar Palo Pint
)n county. They are only making money IL
owners OF patented surveys.
lis President Duke et the Franco-Texan Ian
last iss Hs says The WE an
IN board OF directors for the company VIII ieaN
he Pa is, France, and visit Texas in May
es- June next They Will look over their lane
81 in Ten counties west of Parker county.
Il, hope t, be able TO visit their Paio Pin
up lands with them In person, and Will endeA
mt or 10 disabuse their midds in regard to IN
ne value, and Try TO get them 10 put their ian'
4. SO that n poor maa can reach IL.
iH Falo Pinto is on a building boom. Ihe %
he Fellows and knights OF Honor are building
ut hall In the northeast corner of the squai
rs. The methodist- are building church. U.
q Click Is putting up residence. j. O. NJ
ed Query, our sheriff, has Just mad n nice re
no dence iinished, which would DO creeit 10 III
oI town.
'er and more coming. The eighth man Tor u
rs, Office il lust Matched, and IL n Grecpbacki
ie, Wen wager n hat That he SIPS In, as !
~. Greenback vote Of this county IL estimated
tie three huudred. Take this from, twelve hu
w dred and we have "A Green hacker, as nine hu
WIS bred are to be divided among seven others
a We say hurrah for John l.. Hughes, all.'
IL man elect from the Fourth watd in nc
70. Worth We have known John personal
'ill since 1881, and found HIM TO be clever re
ice, tI.man John L, and your corresponds
he came from the bottoms Of Coosa riN er in
ny state of Alabama aud n dishonest, bad IN
or never sprouted over there. commend II
es. ia hls constituents and hope he VIII ma
M AN efficient alderman.
as Miss Maria Bedding. daughter OF Mr.. Hen
ley Bedmg, one of Palo Pinto county,s pest q
of zens In v sitting her friends in Palo Pr
md tbi, week. She is stopping with Miss he
s5S Evans of stephens county ut the residence
ter Mr. I l., t'upninghsm,
lie rh- Pnlo Pinto News is in tho hands of
ich devil this week the editor being oil on "A IL