The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-11-06
TAKING THEN To TASK.
the Reotnr " WORTH Episode
courifi. hi's Ap"iogi-is aud ireiands he
tractors late, rogaied - "ii"nder
into Caesar that which IN
1ussnf's"-A Few Facts

We have bad our ears open Toe some
local news but to no purpose. Tho news
| readiug people Ot ih'S cay and country
arc absolutely disguised with suh,er-
,ugos resorled to hy the Gazette aud is
correspondents 10 shicld Fort Wort from
/ The many aud Disgrace brought upon
that city by the conduct of the mob.
"idle, curious, and sensatioual-lOving
people" rs civ 10 would say, ON Saturday
night, October lS IL looks bud enoush
Tor tho mob, by iorCe 10 take murderer
i,om The officers OF the law on the pub
'ic streets ia broad open daylight In u
city ol 2D,O0O people In Time oil profound
peace throughout the countryi but 10
Insult common docenCy and the officers
of "A thus violated law, the Gazette, Civic,
aud Mr.. neudloton attempt 10 SHIFT the
odium on 10 the shoulders of poor "ON-
cart John' and "i'iney Woods John d."
IN sundays issue tho Gazette entered
II plea OF guilty and very Justly con-
dcmnod iuO shameful conduct OF the
mob on the night before, and said IL had
brought n Icproach upon the city of Fort
Worth, the effects of which IL would take
wears 10 Iehuyo, In tho Same issue the
GaZetic gave u detailed accourI aud "a
correct one tooD OF the "wild aud hideous
wells of no mob and ol The speeches of
MpSS. ;. Swayhe, Hood, Caps and
sheriff MadoS. 10 the mob there ut
so thai lho shenn OF Tarrant county
could ron@ 'rt Tho prisoner back 10 the
,ail. Atm ilme the Texas a Pacific
ram on which they expected To carry
the p iSonor, had been gone fully one
hOui. Now comes the Gazette, tivic,
aud M. pcndietOu aud say the governor
and attorney general Of our state are TO
blame for the whole Thing. Now, Mr..
Ediior. your correspondent went over
from Dallas on the tain that was eS-
pectcd 10 cary the prisoner 10 New
MeNico and heard hose wild aud hide
OuS wells OF The mob, OF which the Ga
Zette spoke 50 grapically on Sunday
mo ming. and ESQ heard the speeches
made by Mess :. Hood, capps SwaYue
rud Sheriff Maddox. The readers Of the
liE"ALp viii remember chat the Ga
yeiie said in its Sundays issue that the
MOP was very bI,ter IN It's denuncla-
IONS of the governor on Saturday night
because he mad promised not 10 grant
,cIeGuisi,jOn for Cour,ri9ht, and also
said the governor WOUld lose many
votes in Fort Worth on account of hay
ing granted the writ. IL was soon
learned that the governor had made no
such promise, aud MAT Fort Worth was
lett with the odium Of such shameful
conduct without Il single palliaiing cir
cumstance. Now, on the 2lth, the Ga
Zrtte goes back on its statement and in
stead of condemning the mob, IL joins
civic and Mr.. PeudletOn and condemns
IN the most cruel and unkiud manner
the efforts Of the governor and attorney
general in trying TO maintain the dig
nitv of the law which they had sworn 10
enfofce, and says one re'-
son lhe mob acted as it
did was because they thought
Courtr;ght was going 90 be "spirled
away without the authority of law"
This statement of the Gazette will not
do, for. as stated by that paper on Sun
dav the 18th, the mob denounced the
governor on Saturday night for having
granted the roquisilion. Hence it will
Oe seen that the mob knew then and
there lhaS he was not being "spirited
away without authority OF law" but
held by writ issued by the chief ey-
eculiye of the state. Not only this, but
The mob was told there at the depot by
Judge Hood and CaPps, City Attorney
Swnyue and Sheriff Maddox that
COPYRIGHT was in the hands of his
friends and thai they need not have any
uneasiness as To his safety. Still they
persisted in releasing him. Not only
This, but the veritable Jim himself APP
reared at the window Of the hotel at the
lepot and told them that he was in the
hands OF his friends and that "they
need have no uneasiness as to his
Safety and requested the mob to dis
perse and go home. They seemed at
rs noint to take new courage i'm their
determination TO release him, and their
Lii, hncane. for a. Time deofpninw.
IN, Nr pandleion. Civic and the C;o-
a,,Itnoli Know. if thew know ANYTHING
about it ut all, that the above facts are
literally true. Not only did their de-
nunciitions on Saturday night show that
The mob knew the governor had granted
, We ,, mjiI IInow .hat he was Held not oniT
S',o ~, ih,e %nvernor's writ. but bv the writ
~ ~. haNs,S cnrnus also. which was issued
% ", no. dnnnt nv Jud1o Hand for he
az r'0 WI nIhers Told Them SO
~ thor sneeches at Ihe depot,
NJ ~. Cnmrtrirht was not Released
-,,'t;l sunday eycninr and not on Sat
,rdoy ni"ht. when lie mob was eyci-
~ End Gstore thev nad had rinIr to
'ou -, ~ Cha r.tnre IF his arrest. as the
H, a. ", ,,',,id nave Inn nnnnIe believe.
~ $780,, vo',c ,.nrrnsnondnnib heard some of
~ iyaJars NJ iha moi declaro that
"ioht on The streets nuhIicIv. after
GnSn u had been MT in iail. that
,.T;n, GSnrtr,~ht never shoujd he carried
,yav 10 New Mexico" Did he go?
NJ II NAV be that Mr.. PendIet0n.
E EU"i, nor the ;azaite heard any of these
S Sa',io, n1i INF Tour corresnosdeut
, ~ naness.rv ,rive The names of
eau, mani II citi@ens 5of Fort worth who
p Pr, iiaartbem Givic Mr. Pendletnn and
az az G iieat vr cnndemn ihe rovernor for
sne Hmno. no ststa ran~ers tn Tarrant
semu ,,r Tbew are civil of,icers of the
coun'S ,,d ara ,nnointed tn helm enforre
s.a d ,, aim tha edi~nitv ot the laws of
anu L ntata ,vhorevar ,beir nresence is
me ss1'G Tnr " that nn,nnse' We're thew
moetoS , at ,Snrt With IN SATURDAY
neet,eu oct ' 1s $50 Lot outramed ms
n,sh', 49, i0 vhn.o - I'm CGnrtr;;gbt
w we d ans "Wbare wouId he have been
w., .o-a" ~ aio.,;tv of Tho law baan nnheId
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