Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-03-01
Intense Interest In The Trial OF the Sher-
man Cotton Fraud Cases.
Indications that Commack has Turned
states Evidence.
Lease OF Railroad Reservations FOR Ice
Houses and Brewcries.
An Insane Young Man-0ther Topics Of
tie Times.

transient peOpie slONHiuS ~ thS wy
in the hearing to-day in Justice Ken
dall's court in which +. Baum Is pros
ecuted hy the state and the Texas &
Pacific Railroad company rs a party Il
the fraudulent cotton bills of ladinp
transactions at Sherman in October
and November last. The hearing was
set for ten o'clock this morning, but :
continuance until 1850 p. M, was
granted on behalf of the state, rs Mr.
Brown, principal attorney in the
case for the Texas & Pacific II. II. Go.
had notified States Attorney Clint
that on account of sickness in his fam
ily he could not reach ID alas this
morning. Chief Detective Furlong
arrived from st. Louis this morning,
and q numuer of witnesses are in the
city from Sherman and other points
A buxom looking "coon" girl, with
complexion about the consistency ol
n good article of brown sugar, came
down from Sherman this morning.
She was soon observed Wend-
ing her way toward the
court house, with we'll
known detective in the service of the
prosecution close by. The girl went
10 the county attorneys Office and was
consulted 10y County Attorney Clint.
Reportorial efforts established her
identity as being Ida Fry, of chamber
maid antecedents mt q Sherman hotel.
1T was some time ago developed that
she and Elston were somewhat lamil-
lar about the date of his bills of lading
escapade. and she became possessed of
one of his photographs and other
leepsal5es Detectives worked out Of
her considerable information of inn
portance, and which is said to have
aided materially in the arrest made mt
Ocean Springs, Miss. When her testi
mony is given it will probably be
rich and interesting The long.
looked for railroad attorney, Mr..
2:30 Justice K.ndalps court was
den-ely packed. The prisoner and his
counsel appeared in court. The
crowd was SO great that Justice Ken
dali found it necessary to adjourn to
the county court house. County At
torney clint announced that the state
was ready Ia go into the hearing, but
that he would not introduce all the
states testimony, because all the wit
nesses were not here; they were scat
tered all over the country. He had
consented To go into trial because the
defendant was incarcerated and una
BILE To give bond. w. j.. Crawford of
counsel for defendant announced
ready, and asked for list of the states
witnesses. which was furnished. All
the witnesses present were then
sworn and put under the rule, and the
taking of testimony was begun.
Only one witness, Il. F. Smith, man.
ager of the Sherman compress, was
examined. He did not know Baum,
and he testified that Joe Lahnstein
shipped no cotton from Sherman in
October last. After Smiths testimony
court adjourned Baum gave boud in
the sum Of Sl4 900 for his appearance
from day TO. da' w. L.. Crawford, w.
b. Wright. and II. +. CGwart, his at
torneys, becoming his sureties, and he
was set at liberty. Court Ie-assembles
ut 10 II. m tomorrow.
Among the list of witnesses to-day
announced by the state appears the
name of MORGAN Conmack, arrested
ut Ocean Springs, Mississippi, with
fastOn, and now I'm Dallas iail. This
almost positively confirms the state
ments made by reporters for the past
ten days that Commack had turned
states evidence. The announcement
of his name among the witnesses ere
not announced H. witness FOR either
the state or tbs defense.
Messrs. w. G. Conner, j. NJ. Brit
ten, Morgan Jones, Il. 7. Cowan and
others have arranged with w. ~
Abrams, of the Texas & Pacific land
department, Tor the leasing OF the rail-
road reservation in Fort Worth, and
most Of the cowpany's land In Dallas,
on which are to lie erected extensive
ice factories and breweries. The latter
feature of the enterprise is in coniuuc-
ton with rich brewers from the West
and Northwest, DESTROYS OF investing
in Dallas and Fort Worth. Work Is
TO begin on the enterprise soon.
Deputy Sheriils Brown and Elem
ing, of Ellis county, passed north on
the Houston & Texas Central morning
train to-day, conveying Zimmerman
loungblood, AN insane youth, back to
his old home at st. Louis, No. The
unfortunate young man is about nine
teen years Of age. He and his moth
er, a widow. moved from st. Louis
about year ago and settled OH
farm near Ennis. He has been steady
and industrious, working faithfully
all the time 10 aid his mother in build
ing up II good home. On Sunday last
hp oeuNthIg iCthluc Violently
insane-toially bereft of his
reason. He has not sirce eaten
anything and has been singing loudly
almost constantly. Although of slight
build, his insanity appears to have
given him hercillean strength, and IL
took the combined efforts of several
men TO bind his arms and legs with
ropes, which it WAS found necessary
10 do for safety's sake. He was thus
tied when he passed through Dallas
this morning. His griefstricken
mother occupied another ear separate
from him. she could not bear to wit
ness the wild conduct of her terribly
afflicted son. he will be placed In AZ,
asylum In vt. Louis, where he can be
looked after by his relations living
there.
large party of land prospeetor-
from the Noriiiwest--none OF your ex-
cursionists. bur the horny handed kind
with homespun clothes, paid-for tick
cts and sloshing about In the smoking
ears and second class aud eniigrant
coaches- passed weHt last night on
land hunt in Wee. Texas. Among the
number was party OF surveyors with
Instruments. All VIII stop of and
view the country around Abilene,
Bald, Colorado City aud Big Springs.
Laborers are tearing down and re-
moving The old frame buildings In the
block on he south side Of Main street,
between Lamar and Austin, which
are to be replaced by fine threc-story
hri.k 4trtscftlr.. tftx, c6nt s....t ~.