Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-12

Rival Lovers at Country Church Try TO
Settle Difficulties by Using Knives.
John E. Burke, Arrested for Grand Lar
ceny Committed in Alabama,
Admits His Guilt.
The Notorious Belle Boyd Off TO Chicago
Gathering Material for
Divorce Suit.

Special 10 the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 11.-An afiray,
which in all probability will prove ia
tai, occurred last night at the country
church at Duck creek, this county,
between two well-known young men
named respectively William Tucker
and John Blue. They were each
very devoted admirers of n
young lady of the neighborhood,
showing her marked attention, and 1t
Is understood an engagement. for mar
riage existed between her and Blue.
The latter IL represented as having be-
come jealous of Tucker, and recently
meeting him and the young lady out
horseback riding, he rode in between
and separated them i'm the highway as
an act of insult to Tucker. The two
men met at the church service last
night and personal collision occurred,
In which quirt whips were ut first used
but knives were soon resorted 10
Tucker was badly stabbed In several
places, but II Is not reported that Blue
sustained any serious harm. The
wounded man was this evening re-
ported TO be In critical condition.
Chief of Police Arnold to-day arrest
ed John Il. Burke, aged about twenty
one years, but who could easily pass
for seventeen, on the charge Of grand
larceny, alleged to have been COM
mitted at Montgomery, Ala, on
the I'd of August, and for
whom n reward of 800
Is stsnding. The prisoner was
last night run In AZ vagrant, for
sleeping In "A box car, and was fined In
the mayors court. While seated in
the prisoners box, Chief Arnold APP
preached him and informed him
that he had II description Of
him in his office, which he
proceeded to produce. The descrip-
ton fitted Burke perfectly, but
he denied stubbornly his identity I'm
til informed that he would be jailed
and held to await the arrival OF an Of
iicer from Alabama, when he admitted
that he was the right man and would
go back without requisiti0n proceed
ings. He congratulated Chief Arnold
on having captured him, stating that
after committing his crime he went
back to Montgomery In disguise and
took several drinks with the chief of
police without betraying his identity.
The notorious Mrs. Hammond, nee
belle Boyd" the Confederate spy,
departed Saturday night for Chicago.
II IL understood her mission Is to work
up material against her husband,
whom she Is suing for divorce. Mr..
Hammond In also absent from the
city, and may be away on similar
mission against his wife, IA he also il
suing for matrimonial uuhitching.
The four men arrested aud Jailed
Saturday evening because they were
in possession of nine horses and ~
saddle, the latter Of which was stolen
from Cleburne Wednesday, prove not
all to he thieves. Mr.. T.. l.
Brown of Fort Worth came
to the front this morning and
said that three of them are in his
employ and that the niue horses are
his. This, ofcourse, induced the OIL
Gers to liherate the three men. but the
other man whose name IL Patterson
and who claims to own the CIeburne
saddle, IL held until his innocence is
established
j. w. Thompson to-day sold the
5Ox200 feet lot adjoining Marsalis &
Co. = building on the west on COM
merce street, To H. G. Clark for $l0,-
600 Mr.. Clark will at once commence
the erection of a50x2OO two-story build
ing ON 1t, which, when Completed
which will be about October /, will be
occupied 10y Armstrong Bros. of Louis
Vile, Ky, rs wholesale grocery
house.
More interest has been aroused in
the three league games OF base ball be-
tween the Dallas and Galveston clubs
ON Friday, Saturday and Sunday next
than In any sporting event Of the sea-
son, and the indications are that with
fair weather big crowds will attend.