The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-20
THE ALAMO CITY.
A Flying Correspondents Crisp Contri
bution-A Ceit brated Case.
Topics that Agliate tho Dweiiers u
Bexar's Capital.
And Notes by the wayside.

popdence IL have been unable 70 wv
my usual Iett.rs from the simple isnt tnal
have been away nom nome loI aopu.
week. and even now | find myself Ia the
sdioining room wherein fell The noble ola
Ran Milan, the hero OF the Alamo aud tho
Veremaudi mouse. CouriOnP) matters nave
occupied my entire attention Tor mo past
week, with bright prospects lOr conNuu-
apce. The courts here have been qulte IN
teresting during my stay hero in their seV-
er.i hr.nches. The district court has been
somewhat extensively ongogtd IN the irihl
Of the CITY end county officer, Tor allowing
The violations OF the Sunday Law to 20 IN
noticed. Mayor French, Sheriff McCan,
Marphhl Shordno and others are omons
them. Mccall has been acquitted: French,
transferred TO the justice cuurt, To be ttled
by the justice who IS himself acouseu y. t t..e
/ have just returned from Csstroyiilo.
where 1 went to attend ths trial OF
w, y. Word Tor the cold-blooded
murder of Mr.. G. Il. @. FLY, known better
as "Bob" Fly; The case 70 ses Tor W peT y
Wallace, Hon. George w. s. Fly aud Hon.
w. s. Davidson, the latter two OF Con
xnles urosecuiing and III. 3. Gosling, N.
q. Green and Il ward De Motel defending.
The case Is very bsd one, though Ward'e
friends have done ell IN their power 10
make IL appear otherwise. For instance,
when the Jail was brokon down at
Oastroylle and all the prisoners escaped
EXCEPT Ward. A telegram was sent to the
San Antonio Express saying that oil tne
Jail birds had flown except Ward, VINO hon
no desire 10 leave bsceuso he ana MS
friends were confident OF his being CLEARED
of the charge pending against Kim; That the
D other prisoners tried to got him 10 90 out
he refused for the reason eboVo gwen.
Tho man who wrote that telegram Knew
that II WIS we'll known aud wll be proven
that Ward had his shackles filed and ~as
irving to get away; that he had a piece OF
blanket or quilt wrapped asouna ths re-
mainipg pnrts Of the murderer's chnlns,
around bis legs, 10 prevent noise In his ee'
xpe. and vet for such q telegram 20 be
sent an truthful statement 10 an outrage:
But that telegram comedies exectiy win
the affidavit made by one Of the attorneys
who had been in daily attendance on tne
prisoner from the frat day OF his Arrival In
fyastroville tin the day the case was called
in tho district curt, and until that day,
which WAS over month, tho attorney
awore that the prisoner was unnole
to remem Der anything about whom ne nau'
met on his trip when be murdered bod
Fly; bnt or that day his mind became as
clear rs q nell npd he remembered tnrt
there were some three or four men, naming
them, who liv.d perhaps over a hundred
miles away and who knew all ABOUT tae
case, consequently they were mol feauy LOT
trial and PRAYED for continuance, simply pc
cause thoy knew that the witnesses could nor
be found in time, II at al, ana YET Ma,u -
not guilty. Great God! can one man walk
M to another, shake hands with him. drink
with him and then when the man turns MS
head, for the other to shoot him through
the brain without warning, and then niter
his victim has fallsn dead TO the floor, step
across his body and say: Pm the Wilo
BIZ who killed the -. ea1 LIN
hob Fly was young man OF about
twenty-thres wears. He had seen perhaps
more of the world than WAS for his sood;
vet with it oil there were but few men nis
age his eoucl and none his superior. Warm
hearted. noble and generous 70 greadi
were mum bered by the thousands: But in
one short moment the deathly ball sped III
vav through his brain, and now the Law
must yindicata his death. Able attorneys
are on both sides and a hard struggle is al
ticipated. ehsll give particulars OF tht
trial as IL progresses, as 1t IS one Oh mucn
interest.
A young couple here have come pretty
near getting themselves in trouble by
eaoh irving to bluff tho other in
marriage. The young man bought the IL
,cenee and was going to have the girl OF
win the joke, and he SUGGESTED IN the iat-
tar. for when he called at the young lady
residence with the license she was perfectly
amazed, end he would have been more sc
had she joked him to the church: I'M
gentleman IL d prominent youns nltoTne,
6ere and the yonng lady one OF tbs BELLE
Of tho city, having lately returned iron
college.
There Is nothing going on here in politics
Every one seems to mourn the death OF tn,
sewer baby, but the dear li,tle a3oO,OV
darling was too expensive, aud the poo
people could not feed 1t, conseq uently !
died at the bsllot-box. PAscHo.