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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
MURDER AND MYSTERY.
by Surveying Party in Jones
County.
No Clue TO His Name or Identity ST.
lent Witnesses 10 Dark and
Bloody Crime.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


Arson, April 5.-This morning
while Messrs. J. X. Little, sur,
veyor, and w. II. Smith. county
and district clerk, both of this
place, and Messrs. Lockett and Fet.
tiers of Brcnham, were out in the
western portion of this county on
Dry California creek surveying and
dividing some lands, and while com
ing down the creek looking for water,
We found the body of young man
who had been foully murdered and
hidden in the bed Of the creek. He
had been shot through the back of the
head, aud his brains had oozed out at
the bullet-hole, His murderer had
placed him on a pallet made of his
saddle-blankets, and placed his saddle
bags under his head for pillow.
About two or three feet from his head
was good (nearly new fair or red.
leather saddle of Steel Bros. pattern of
trees, and on the side of the bank Of
the creek, about four feet from the
body, lay his bride and spur.
He was n man of about twentyfour
years OF age, blue eyes, rather dark
hair, short beard, very well dressed,
and had on n white linen bosom shirt;
he also had in pair of black leather
saddle-bags two other white shirts and
one colored shirt rolled up in part Of
Courier.Journal, and in the other
r pair of drilling drawers and a
pnir of cotton socks, all lately washed
and ironed. There was also large
hat-band, made after the Mexican
style and beaded with white and blue
beads. He had n white hat lying
about two feet from his head, with the
initials III. j. H." written with u
lead pencil oil the brim. He
had boot on his right foot,
With his pant legs inside of the
boot; his left foot was wrapped
with clean white cotton cloth with
an old shoe that had its front or vamp
cut out and tied on the foot; i think
the foot had been broken.
He was killed about the evening of
the 4th inst, and on close investiga-
ton | am certain that the man was
| killed somewhere else and put in this
very secluded place, AS there were no
signs of the body ever having heen
moved since it was placed where il
was found. IL seems that he had en-
tirely quit bleeding before being placed
in this spot, as there were not over
twenty OIppS vi piuOi W NC lOuuu VII
his blankets or clothes. The body was
found about four hundred yards above
where the Abilene and Double noun
! tains road crosses Dry Cali
) fornia creek, some fifteen miles
from house, and in place that is
very seldom visited 10y anyone.
Esq. j. II. McClendan has gone
with Sheriff Cole and jury to make
furthur Investigations and bring thl
body to town for Identification.
This certainly is one of the most fou
murders that was ever recorded, and
as yet wrapped in q clouded mystery
, Every effort, however, will be mad,
! to identify the body aud ferret out ant
. capture the murderer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

The News is being reminded by
some of the papers that 1t SHE'D the
first rock at the Post, while the legis-
lature was in extra session. For eX-
ample, the Statesman reprints the fol-
lowing special telegram from Austin,
which was sent to the News and print
ed in that paper on February 9th,
ultimo:
Those well posted on the real state of nf-
fairs assert thst the real nroprletors OF the
Houston Post are getting tired OF diving Into
their pocNe for the wherewithal TO run the
concern, and that In n short while II Will
take big tumble and unload. In cons!dera-
tlon of past services the governor Intends to
provide n safe place for his journalistic
henchman. II Is said that the Pest in It's
present Inflated condition is losing on On
average Of $50 q weak. 1t Is asserted
here -aad the assertion is backed by more
than gosslp-that the re.or sanlzstion OF the
Post is mere blind.
The course of the News, in printing
these statements, was not defensible
from any standpoint, for the pickering
grew out of the excitement anent the
appointment of the commissioner to
the New Orleans exposition. Several
of the papers remarked at the time
that the News should stick to its tex
and leave the Posts private matters
alone. But, while all this may b'
true, the Posts subsequent assaults OF
the News were far more grave anC
sweeping than anything said by TIN
News of the Post, and the latter pa
per's course is not to be defended be
cause the News did wrong. Tw
wrongs never made right, and never
will.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

seek his spiritual. welfare hsa'n'
mitigating circumstances not oe'ei-
oped prior to conviction, may CONF "
light warranting respite, communal
ton or pardon. Society has recog-
nized the force of all these cohs'uer"'
tions. and IT, in. isolated cases. they
have served to defeat justice, inc az
crepate result has been satisfactory
we cannot believe that the ONO iegis-
lature will give its consent to the prop
osition that legal execution may be
had forty.eight hours after sentence
nor is 1t probable that judges, possess
ing such discretion, would yield 10 the
temptation TO pronounce summary
sentences. But to be on the safe ana
humane side, the proposition ought 10
he repeIled in Ohio or anywhere eise'
Summary executions are tie method
of drum.head court-martials in time oil
war, and of Judge Lynch, who hoids
his courts at all seasons.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Summary Justice.

The bar association of Cincinnati Is
formulating for presentation to the
Ohio Legislature nov In session, sev.
eral important changes In the crlmi-
nal code OF the state. 1t is Anticipated
that these Will be adopted while the
spirit of reform Is hot. One OF the in
novations limits the defendants per.
emptory challenges to jurors to six,
and the states to four. Perhaps the
most startling suggestion Is that which
provides that in cases where capital
punishment is the penalty awarded,
at least two days must intervene
between the sentence and the execu-
ton. OF course the court may desig-
nate q longer period, but II the change
suggested We're to made, there
would be no bar to summary execu-
lions. 1t will occur to most people
that this 10 reform with vengeance.
Civilized people desiring to avoid even
the appearance of Observation-Disclosures In
carrying out capital sentences, have
always provided for u decent interval
between execution and sentence,
Where the statutes are not specific se
to this period, the unwritten law Of
public sentiment has decreed that II
shall not be less than thirty days. II
- held that the condemned identified
to this prolongation Of life that he may
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

GENTLEMEN who say the revenue
rerormers are blunderers and impracti-
cable politicians who will give the
Democratic party over to defeat, should
review the record of blunders made in
the past, when the sagacious states
men OF the East were directing the
party. In 1872, when 1t was quite on
the cards 10 beat Grant by an able and
square Democrat, they nominated
Greeley for president. In 1850, when
the people thirsted to rebuke the cleo
toral fraud, they failed TO renominate
rilden. To supply other instances,
Just prior to the presidential election
of 1876, they admitted Colorado as a
state, which gave the Republicans
three electoral votes, and without
those three votes, counting Louisiana,
South Carolina and Florida for the
Republican ticket, Mr.. Tilden would
still have had sufficient majority. III
the young Democrats Of the West can
make better record of blunders than
this, they must go to work pretty
,uioly
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Hnsnitalitu Non. Political.

Fort Worth will endrnvor 10 make the del
gates who attend the stats Republican con
yentlon In that city on the 10Th moro than
welcome, and the local committees arc al
ready at work making tho necessary prepa-
ratlons.-san Antonio Light.
Just so. Fort Worth votes the Dem
ocratic ticket, but the people of Fort
Worth are broad-gauged and cosmo-
poitan as TO ideas and policy. The
Republican convention will find am
pie accommodations and courteous,
hospitable treatment here, and we trust
the attendance will be large. We want
Republicans rs well as Democrats to
come to our city and see it. Aside
from politics, we find many worthy,
intelligent and useful men in the Re
publican ranks. Judge Binkley, the
chairman Of the Republican commit
tee, is one Of the finest business men
and personally estimable gentlemen
in Texas. We may say the same OF
Hall Gosling, /, q. Tracy, Judge Moo
nan, and so on throughout the state
Every county has lis worthy men who
are Republicans, aud we hope TO See
them at the Fort when their conven'
ton meets. And finally, they will
have the benefit Of report, in the GA
zErTE, absolutely fair and accuISt,
and as full as they could desire. Ii
short, Fort Worth will do her Who'll,
duty by the stranger who is within he
gates, no matter what his politics.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
What the Tart IT is Doing Every Day
detroit Times.l

The only way in which wages can
be permanently increased In this
country Is TO make America what En-
giand Is to-day-the workshop of the
world, When we are manufacturing
for Mexico and South America. for
Australia and China, then there will
be plenty of work for all and wages
Will rise. But while we are hampered
as at present with taxed raw mate
rails our latorers too quickly Hood the
small domestic market with their pro.
duetions, and then, there being no
work for them 10 do in the factories
they must go to farming. Talk about
tariff diversifying industries! IL is
every day driving men out Of manu-.
featuring.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Il Has Fallen From Grace.

Wegreatly fear that the Texas Siftings
has not grown in grace since it moved
away from Texas and cast its lot III
Gotham. AS to the tone Of the paper,
1t Is the same rollicking, genial Sift-
ings that it was in it's earlier days,
whe9 its circulation was mainly in
Texas and it gave preference TO Texas
topics--when IL had a column a week
for the Old Alcalde and chatty give
and-takes, with Its Texas contempora-
ries, Dan McGary ct al. 1t Is national,
in fact cosmopolitan now, paying very
little attention to Texas, although as
interesting and readable as ever. But
we note some changes iii its spirit
Take, for example, its offers to new
subscribers and clubs. When Sitting
was Texas institution, 1t neve
thought Of such thing as offering
pistol rs apremium to new subscriber;
! Now it tells, In seductive lines, of tn
dead-shot, big-bore, gold-plated revoly
er IL will give for so many subscriber;
Upon what times have we fallen
Books and watches and chromos ar
admirable, but pistol! We must dra'
= the line at q self-cocking, gold-plate
a revolver. We repeat 1t that our ono
= mild-mannered and conservative IA
belt rolllcking) Siftings cannot !
= growing in grace or it would new,
: have come 10 this. A pistol is abol
the last thing any well-regulated ma
g. or boy wants or needs. There are /,
lie many pistols in the country alread
s. We are cursed with the pistol. "
n implore Siftings to set n better exal
20 pie. Offer anything else but pistS
ii get up u lottery-anything but the
O. volver II our friend had stayed wi
n us here in Texas, these appeals Won
ie never have been needed But it Il
re gone among strangers and wander
so into strange ways. For the sake
Ell old times and its many friends we b
1t 10 forego the pistol offer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Important TO Fort Worth,


1t has been telegraphed from Denver
that work will be resumed on the Fort
Worth " Denver City railway i'm n
very short time, and that the road will
be put through on the original survey.
which runs through Vernon. The ex.
tension of this road is of the greatest
Importance to the commercial interests
Of Fort Worth, for when it penetrates
Northwest Texas to come point ada.
cent to the Panhandle region, the
trade of that country, which now goes
to Dodge City, will be turned to Fort
Worth. This would also increase the
business Of the road at least fifty her
cent, for AS it is, it handles but a very
small fraction Of the Panhandle traffic
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Increased Facilities

Iha sAsErrE has Just had atlas he'd 10 us
nos nquele,csiinder press two folders. and
pastors mat work by tho operation OF the
press Mr.. J. n. Burk or Tho stoneme,,
raper Fo.ding Machine company In romarls.
apis snort time set up and attached Two or
tne iolders, and they are certainly the pa,fec.
non IN ART With the prew delivering .t,tv.
'onr papers to tho minute, these folder
worked without the slightest defect. wo
prsierred the stoncmotx folder, being the n n,
daily paper In Texas to use one. and We have
never had cause 10 regret our choice. Tls
iirst one put In, about SIX months srs 4
sliii In constant use, and gives as good salts.
faction To- day rs hen hrst used, their son
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
THE QUAKER CITY.
Philadelphia Echoes of Fort Worth's
Enterprise and Progress.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Philadelphia, April Al take great
pleasure not only in reading your val
liable daily paper, but in showing it to
my friends who are astonished TO find
III Texas the Fort Worth Daily
GAZETTE, rivaling in size and busi-
ness enterprise, our largest daily
here, "The Press. )" ] am glad TO hear
the Fort is still booming; that men of
large means are coming in, establish
ing new banks, with capital from
$500 Geo to $500, 600; of new railroad en-.
terprise; of your large and extensive
Beef Packing association, rivaling, l
am told the Chicago houses in size and
improved machinery, making the
Fort with her large bank ing facilities
the Chicago of Texas in The cattle
business, and also The great distrib-
uting point of the wool business. No
wender, when you have all the big
Trunk railroad lines. | see YOU are
now claiming 10000 inhabitants. 1t
strikes me you are growing Quite as
fast us Chicago when she was of your
age. i cannot see why the Fort, with
her five great Trunk lines already in
direct communication with the whole
world, should not be a city worthy of
the great empire of Texas. Certainly
she has now the natural advantages
that few of her rivals have, in water
and stone, and q county unsurpassed
Tor fertility and beauty. She should
organize thoroughly, watching every
interest and encourage manufactory as
much as possible.
Our Quaker City is making rapid
strides in quiet way. Sine il moi ao
wen advertised as other cities, but [
think she has built more houses the
PAST year than any city on the CONT
neht' She certainly has more and is
increasing AS rapidly in population.
Last year one millionaire commenced
the building OF 500 houses, ali fine
buildings. hear tx ensive arrange
menls are making this year. One par
w alone is to build one hundred houses.
me new granite postoflice, just finisL-
ed, is one of the finest in the country
much larger than New York. me
new marble state house, in NV opju-
ION, Is more beautiful than any of the
public buildings in Washington.
enclose you an item in the morn.
ing's Ledger from the retiring MAYOR
OF our city to the council. You iii,
notice thepopulation OF New York and
Philadelphia: y = y
The following comparison of tina
ponce guard of several leading cities
Is gwen ny The mayor, in the belief
mat knowledge on this subject will
Tend to show that false economv In
.ne methods of guarding life and
wise: WAL
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Fort Worth's Alliea.

Between Fort Worth and Brown-
wood are the thriving. and progressive
towns OF Granbury, Stephenville,
Dublin and Comanche. With the ex-
ception of Dublin, all are without rail-
way connection. They will do their
full part toward the building of the
Fort Worth & Rio Grande road TO
Brentwood. They are intensely in
terested in the road, and the citizens
of those towns will not be behind. hand
in responding to the call, when it is
made, to put up fair proportion of
the money to build the road. The pro-
posed route will bring each of these
towns within few hours ride of the
center of railroad distribution and con-
nection of North Texas. over it they
can send their cotton, corn, wheat, cat
tie, sheep and. wool to market, and re-
ceive their supplies of merchandise di-
, rect from the wholesale houses without
) change and without breaking bulk, at
t rates for freightage which the present
J. slow wagon-trains can offer no COM
Y parison with, either in quickness or
q cheapness. The difference in the cost
n of transportation Of goods to and farm
a products from those five towns, by
J. wagons and by freight cars, will aggre-
.e gate a heavy sum in the course of q year
v In favor Of the railroad.
a. The road will traverse
/! a country rich in native wealth, and
,e the counties OF Hood, Erath, Conan
w che and Brown need only popula.
ID ton and commercial facilities to assure
ce them that development which they In,
II. Nite. A railroad to Fort Worth will
be meet the want of transportation facili
er ties. The road will bring immigra
ut ton and induce higher development.
IN The increase in population and wealth
90 of the counties enlarges the market
v. of the towns, creates for them goot
We local trade, and adds to the value o
M property. The benefit TO both tow
oil; and country is reciprocal. Eacl
re- thrives upon the prosperity of tn,
It'll other.
lid Fort Worth is the natural and mos
las convenient point for this road TO ia,
ed the Gould and other systems. 1t i
of nearer by thirtyo or forty miles, and tn
Seq route TO this place lies through bet
ter country than any route to an,
other point Offering the same .advan
tages. Railroads dverging here 70
!, 40 all points south and southeast, ems
'no and west, north, northeast and north
w west, give us advantages not possesses
-. In equal degree by any other city il
WV Texas. and combined with the savin
,n' OF thirty or forty miles in haulin
'n- freight over road from Dallas to th
'e'' same points, these advantages came
IA be omitted from calculation.
.ne Perceiving the superiority of a roa
, from Fort Worth, the people of Graz
'ua bury, stephenvllle, Comanchc, Dnl
'eu' lin and Brownwood will help to bull
' sn' that road. A subscription OF $50 90
,."- worth Of stock from each of thes
~ towns, aggregatlng Sl5O,OOO. suppl,
nse mentlng Fort Worth's efforts, viii a
, wy sure the building Of the road.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
WEDNESDAY MORNING. APRIL o.
Campaign Price.

The Daily GAZETTE will be sent to any adj
dress, by mail only. from now III January Il
,ss; for q, In advance. The GAZETTE Is pub
,ished every day In the year, aud is the largest
one of tbs two papers in Texas that PRINT
,aven issues week. This makes the GA
zsrrR the chespcst daily in Texas, and his
reduction viii enable every one TO take 1t Tor
the campaign year. The GAZETTE publishes
the high court decisions, full line OF state
specials, full telegraphic report by Assoei-
atcd Press, add market report excelleI ny
no paper In The stn,e.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Shot-Snns for Rioters.

Gen. Sheridan says that the terrible
rifles used in modern warfare should
not be used against mobs, at least un-
ill u milder form of ammunition is
tried. Buckshot are recommended by
the general as better than the heavy
conical balls which make such fright.
full ravages. In such cases small shot
chat scatter widely and do no great
damage have been recommended by
the coolest and most experienced men
as frightening more than they hurt b,
distributing themselves over large
| area.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
We Gn BY the Bible,


Now, that Fort Worth has secured
the state Democratic convention, it
would he interesting to know what
she Will next be clamoring after.
Whatever it may be, she will be very
apt TO get it, for when the Fort wants
anything it never foIgets to obey the
bible injunction of ASK, and We shall
receive; knock and it shall be opened
unto you" Fort Worth has got the
cheek to ask and the nerve to knock.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

Two brief telegraphic dispatches in
the same column tell u tale that vol
unes could not give greater emphasis
to:
= Philadelphia, April 5.--Thrce hun
dred and nifty Hungarians passed
through this city to-day on their way
70 the mines, where they will be en-
ployed in place Of strikers.
Pittsburg, April GA colony Of
twenty-five families left Piltsburg to.
day for Seattle, w. r., with the pur.
pose Of making 1t their future home.
Foreign immigration, which is crowd.
ing them out Of their trades and Civ.
Ing employers the opportunity to
reduce wages, Is given as the reason
for the seeking Of new homes. Several
hundred more will leave shortly il the
reporta from the colony are favorable
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Drakemen's Strike Ended.

Pittsburg, April s. = A Meadville
N, special says the strike
OF brakemen on the New
York, Pennsylvania & Ohio rail.
way, which has closed freight traffic
Tor week ending last night, Ia com.
promised. The basis Is understood 10
he that the men resume work nndsr
the new order of two braken,ep and
after ten days committee comnoseS
OF train men, conductors, epvineers
ana s1perintendents will decide M 10
~. q. !. NECESSITY Of the third man, The de.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Not Written by the Fighting Editor.


On the whole, ii doesn't pay n man
to fight because he is called n liar
whether he whips or gets whipped
The charge, whether it be true or un.
true, is folly and it would be worst
than folly to roll in the mud and be
scratched all over and have ones
clothes torn of because of it. Let VI
be rational, fellow citizens. Let u:
preserve our dignity and put,ou conf
dence in the truth of history.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

MEMREBs Of the NJ. IT,. Church,
sonth, In Texas will DO gratilied 10
learn that the venerable Bishop Nc
Tyeire win preside over the confer
ences Of thnt church held In Texas
during the present year at the follow
Ing times and places: West Texas con-
ference, sHan Antonio, October 10Th;
Z Northwest Texas, Waco, November
9TH; North Texas, sulphur Springs,
November 18th; East Texas, Long
view. November 10Th; German Mis-
Won, Houston, November eth; Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Unctu0us Whispers.

lspringtown Pilot
The Pilot in its modesty, has re-.
Trained from saying anything about
the two greatest institutions of Fort
Worth-the GAZETTE and ]. p. Smith
1-loi fear Its language might be con-
strued MS tautology, but right here we
are going to say that enterprise re-
ceived a handsome Endorsement in
that city last Thursday, when the peo-
pie reelected Mr.. Smith mayor, and If
there is anything in Texas. entered at
the postoilice as second class mntter,
that can down the GAZETTE, it has not
reached this office.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

.,ruc,ion being 80 durable and simple that a
small boy can take charge ofand successful.
ly operate H. in fact. It is tho only successful
folder. paster and trimmer we have ever
seen, except those whish are n part OF the
large psrfeciing presses. To our brethren OF
the craft we say emphatlcaily, II you are
thinking OF increasing your facilities by AT
taching a folder 10 your press, or using one
Independently. do not hesitate to use
stonemetz folder, for wo have tried them
and know whereof we speak.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09

ONLY the advance sheets Of Blaine's
book have been given to the public,
yet he has captured The Chicago dele
cations from Pennsylvania and two or
three other states. No telling what
he will achieve when the book itse!l
comes out.