Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-07
COOKE COUNTY.
District Court-Excltement OveF the
Recent Robbery-Losal News
and Views.
Corres1ondence Of Tho Gazette.


Gainesville, February 5,--our district 90 pr
opened yesterday Judge Z. q Potter pres1i
Ing, and our new district attorney, Capitals
Jonn A. Gordon OF Decatur, mt his post oi
Nduty. Wcthink the court Is In good trim TO,
work, and probably bc Juries. 10 foarlessly
aud promptly mete cut justice against the
| really guilty-for jlat about enough excite.
ment exists At the lal 9 robberies 10 make the
prejudice in iayor of the people and against
| lawlessness. The judges charge TO the grand
Jury was lengthy and sbie, embracing an e1-
| hauhtive exegssis OF the law and facts on the
| developing lav'iessncss Of the times. that OF
| fence gu ting. ir,stnrc .blsning, etc. IL Is now
| for The Jnrics To rise 10 the majesty of their
duty and enforce the laws against the illful-
| ly gulty, mitigate It's fcree against the TX.
| noranily and lnnoceDtly Euiliy, Justify where
IL is tobe justihed and turn the Innocent free
We look for good work from our new prose-
cutting attorney HE'S anAble young man,
and with the fame and hcaoT attaching TO
his noble paoiesscn at heart, We expect To
make a good reDort ofhim.
bur clay values 90 ON the upward scale
without heeitancy Stocks and properties OF
all k,ndsaye active. Last Thursday 25l shares
IN our gainesville National Rank were sold
at 10 for every 500 Invested, riteen months
before. cl j. II. stevens was the purchaser.
and the transaction embrand shares that
co 4 s25 U0a little more than 'a.ycar ago, bring
Ing their fortunate posscssor the handsome
sum of si5sl0y. Beat that capYOuY
our Hon. W. .. DAVIS, state senator, return
ed home last week and was honored Friday
night witipa serenade by Prog Eplers excel
lent band ana q host OF fricnts. The gentle
man was reused Que OF his bed, entirely SUR
and hearty cheers greeted tho savorlte OF our
section.
Great excitement exists still over the late
robbery, so,b,ld and N ~ the nity. The bold,
bud men secured about $50 la money, tnrce
yaln BILE fpld watches and silver watch,
footing up.fuu 81 900 Our cttizons have raised
by suDscrlpIiSn 400 10 cid In their arrest |
and conviction The amount Was subscribed
sl5 to $40 each. Another subscription
paper IL also being circulated 70 seclre II |
pack of the best blood mounds for the
shcrlfg Tnhk. II was headed with SO as |
soon as spoken OF
Your correspondent was.ronnded up by the |
young LractioRcr VINO ~ WAS stated han |
torn the recorded evidoncoin certain case |
before j lstioe Foreman, and over WHOM the |
county attorney raised -, chair and would |
have lci It's fun force fall but for the inter |
ference OF "a deputy sheriff He pronounced /
the statement u lie, but ~ is Too far back now !
to make any defense except TO add that there |
are plainly OF witnesses he officers and
M attorneys named above, i-tjd many cltlzons |
assuring us of the fact. Besides, u small fins
of SO was imposed by the justice for the act,
which he told. US would under no circuia-
holh and have withheld his name, hoping
thu, his good sense viii dictate TO him taat
In his greed 10 make saln there Is "A middle
further. thai force won't vim, We shall fear.
lcasly card facts, and TAX the consequences.
We have no desire be.do,h him an injury nave
nothing against HIN personally and wonld
not use ~ " we had. but we have "a calHng 10
MI that wo shall Mriye 30 honor ana twenty
Ave years have not boon spent In vain, we
are assured.
Two Important arrests were made, by our
sheriu yesterday morning, man namei
Roberts, alias MortOp,a pickp ic6'i I, VINO WAS I
arrested In thu, act at Coles circus last sum
mer and snncceIed In a brief cseapade. ise
killed his bsoihes-lD-law, EyanH. IN BensSn |
coanIy, Ark, last year, and for whom a re'
ward Of sac was offered.