Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-24
A DAY AT DALLAS.
The Easton. Commack Cotton Cases--A
Sensational Crisis Expected.
A Notorious Character Recently Lynched
In Arizona.
Excursionists The Billiard Game
Current Topics.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special 10 the Gazette.
Dallas, February 29.-A carpenter
named Thockton Tell from a building
on which he was working, fracturlng
his left leg and arm and sustaining
other serious injuries.
There has been great activity to-day
among court officer, lawyers, detec-
lives and others connected with The
Easton .Commack fraudulent cotton
transaction cases, and the opinion nre'
walls that "A sensational crisis IL close
at hand. 1t is given out tonight as
fact that Commack yesterday ana to-
day has been in consultation, under
guard, with County Attorney Cliut III
| the office of the latter, and That he
has requested to be permitted 10 turn
states evidence. but has been refused.
! Gould attorneys from distance are
here. "a are also detectives from 81.
Louis, Denver. Chicago and other
points. Furlong chief of the st. Louis
detective force, departed for home to-
night. He has been in close consul
taiion with the railroad lawyers
Court officers say the cases will un-
doubtedly come to trial early In April.
John Heath, who was yesterday
lynched in Arizona, was notorious
rested a sore or more of times and
confined in The county Jail in this city
on charges of horse and cattle stealing,
burglary and other crimes, but he al
ways succeeded in standing off the law
rs far as final conviction and punisn-
ment was concerned.
An excursion party of about fifty
people from Indiana. Ohio, Illinois
and other states arrived here this
morning, and are still in the
city. They are to depart tomorrow
for New Orleans TO witness the Mardi
Gras festivities Among The number
are Y. n. Fitch OF Loganspor-, who
served Indiana in the United States
senate during President Buchanan's
administration. DR.. j. A. Adrian OF
Logsnspurt, Hon. ID =. Baldwin,
ex encouragement of Indiana Many
of the excursionists are accompanied
by their wives and other ladies.
Among the latter are Mrs Consul
General T.. NJ Peterson and Miss
Trowbridee of Vera Cruz, Mexico
The sporting fraternity are much
disappointed At the failure of the bill
lizard mstch to have been played to-
night at Fort Worth between Morris
Fleming of that city and George
Stone OF Dallas. Many of the friends
of the latter hope to see match mate
between their fayofite and Frank
Magiola of New Orleans.
Galveston and New Orleans have |
drawn largely on Dallas yesterday and |
to-day in the matter of Mardi Gras tx
cursionists.
The colored suff'ragans of Dallas are
holding frequent secret meetings of
late. 1t is rumored that the leaders
are just now keeping close lookout
for the contents "f the pocket-books Of
the army of candidates for the mu-
nicipal offices to be filled at the April
election. Thus tar the race is n free
fOr.all, no party conventions having
been held or called.
Mr.. II. +. Kerr, of the paving COM
pany OF Barnes d Kerr, Galveston, is
N the city. His business is to put III
a bid for the paving which the council
IL about to let. The material which
he proposes /" use is mesquite, and h..
will endeavor ~ get the council to So
change the advertisement ~ to include
that material. He maintains that
mesquite is quite AS durable as bois
d are.
MIR. T. J. Harrison of the banking
firm of Harrison & Co, OF jefferson, il
In the city with the object in view of
starting IA bank here. He makes
to Dallas that h- will
put in 500, coo against Sl00, % 10 by any
Dallas MAI or men, for the capitol of IA
bank. IL is reported that he has found
men of money who are ready TO em-
bark in such AN enterprise.