The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-29
TEXAS JACK SHOT.

TEXAS JACK SHOT.
A despatch from Spirit Lake on Sun.
day last reported that Jack Miller,
known as "Texas Jack" was shot.
Despatch stated that he was boisterous
at Calvin's store. The marshal order.
ed him TO keep quiet. Jack went to.
ward Milwaukee depot, still boisterous,
followed by the marshal. He drew
revolver on the marshal. Latter re.
turned to town and got arms and, as
sistance. The sheriff joined him and
both mounted on horseback, with
Frank Wright on foot. set out to make
the arrest. Sheriff Mott demanded
surrender. Jack replied, ''you son of
A., III shoot the three of you," and
fired at sheriff, missing fire. The sller-
if then shot twice, and the sheriff dis
mounted and fired again. Marshal
then fired and Wright fired two shots.
Then sheriff and marshal both fired.
Jack kept firing back. The sheriff
emptied his revolver. Finally, Jack
fell, shot below the heart.
Texas Jack has been known for some
time as Il desperate character. His
father lives at Split Lake and was
formerly proprietor of the Minnewau-
kon House at that place and Deputy
Sheriff of Dickinson county at one
time. Jack, it seems, spent some time
in Texas, and thus acquired the name
of ''Texas Jack.' lie is reported to
have killed a number of men, one in
Minnesota. ~
Jack passed through Worthington
last winter and stopped over from Sat-
| urday until Sunday. Saturday night
lie visited Pettinger's saloon and asked
for liquor but was refused. He at
tempted to raise disturbance but was
stopped by Nightwatchman Wells, and
searched for arms. From there he
went to McDowel.'s saloon and was
also refused liquor. lie exhibited 4
lathing Ratchet and informed Mack
that lie intended to chop Frank Wells
with it. lie boosted that lie had killed
i've men with that Ratchet. Mack
Slipped out and informed Wells who
went promptly to the saloon, and before
Jack was aware of it, Frank drew his
revolver on him and ordered him to
throw up his hands. Jack obeyed and
| Pete Banks took the hatchet from him
and he was then taken to the lookup
where he remained over Sunday and
| was released Oh Monday on promise
| never to return to WorthingtOn.
Since the above was written we learn
| that Texas Jack died on Monday.
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GRATIFYING THE FOOL
Not satisfied with lis newspaper pro-
ject ut Wortlington, the ''dude" Bloom
is trying to immortaIize himself in
writing letters to lis late exchanges,
some of which crafty the fool by pub
fishing them. The Reporter received
one and found the stove the best place
for it.-Windom Reporter.
Huntington, why didn't you send it
! to US? Yesterday morning we received
another one from the st. Peter Tri-
bunc Office accompanied by a note
which says: II send you part of let
| ter from one Bloom. The balance get
last in the waste basket. We have no
use for it," 1.-The balance,'' we Judge,
was a dirty personal attack upon us,
and the editor did not like to send it.
In this letter to the Tribune the UNI
princip]ed liar says: II had the bulk
of the Job work and all the advertising.'
The truth is an assessment was made
upon certain politicians 1--WE have their
names aud tie amounts paid,) to keep
his blackguard sheet going until after
election. On this $500 the beast run
Ills paper through the winter and then
petered out.
lie sold the office and all the furni-
ture to Sheriff Miller for Mr.. Penn, and
then the sneak took a number of small
articles from the officer lie sold the
good will and got lis money, and then
spent week trying to induce business
men to withdraw their patronage from
the office. lie was such an unprin.
cipled imhecilc liar that his partner, a
relative, had to withdraw from him.
DR.. Bunce took him into partnership
to sell patent medicine and kicked him
out in a few weeks because he was the
most unblushing, villainous, foul
mouthed liar the DR.. had ever encoun-
tered. lie was noisy, profane. foul
mouthed, lying blackguard, and yet he
| played the Dude to come it over the
girls, and he left Worthington with the
contempt of every decent man aud is
still the laughing stock of the CON-
munity.
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