Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-20
RTY OR DEATH.
,i,ht Escapes From His
- while at Supper.
n plan skillfully Executed by
the Prisoner
Arrives in the City and is
conveyed to Jail.

s,om his guard in the Mer-
.,.urant on Main near the
/. s,cond street, and q scene
hlch surpassed the demon
'caused by his arrest on
|.ovious evening. The
.,ovd which had gath
catch a glimpse of the
Ne came from the county
s,inper, and which crowded
0efihe restaurant in anxious
stter he entered was seen to
,houeh hurled back by an
force. COPYRIGHT was seen
N tbe outside TO suddenly
n second street, mount q
a GALLON swiftly down Second
ads the city hall and dis
Rusk street. AS he
the animal he yelled
croWd TO clear the
eleyating o pistol he fred
MES into the air. A second
Al. 4 pistol shot was fired on
II near the entrance and the
MAD CROWD
that direction and for n
,ourtrieht was forgotten in
lrcilenent. Sheriff Maddox,
been standing in front OF
grIg office, was seen rapidly
lovp Second street and was
In the waving sea Of
aCourtright has escRped!n
he do it?h "Was anybody
"Dld he get hurt?h and a
other questions were heard.
horseback ran wildly through
! mass Of human beings, at
lnent risk Of tramping on a
& persons. Every avenue lead
scene was filed with men
hurrying with pale faces and
breath towards the center of
LAD. About the restaurant
crowd was massed until those
renter gasped for breath and
Ned 10 those pushing from the
b desist.
BID then men emerged almost
u from the throng TO be be-
4 hundreds seeking Informs
were answered by the single
Hon
sRTRIGHT HAS ESCAPEDW
10 rangers and Mr.. Richmond,
querque chief OF police, We're
i TO be seen.
fully fifteen minutes be-
intense excitement died
efficiently for the crowd
! nationally, and nearly
before ii began TO disperse.
Z manner and mode of his
sas learned. After taking
leand precaution with their
during the preceding night,
Iifmes. Corporal Hayes and
hmOnd brought him to the res
/ for break fast against the adj
Sheriff Maddox. A great
|Rthered about the place but no
|tlSilon was made beyond a
D get q look at COPYRIGHT.
leaklAst the prisoner was taken
the jail, followed by a large
Tbs was repeated ut dinner
crowd was larger than 1t was
fast, il was almost impossi-
Hep the crowd from blockading
Ausant. The dinner was eaten
~ AID the guard and pris-
marched back to Jail.
be evening when the
the courthouse clock began
y crawl towards 6 o'clock the
anticipating the arrival of
iii had gathered ut the usual
q several mysterious whispers
md, The guard and the pris-
ne down the street and Court
lllied 10 some of his friends,
4erlng The restaurant as the
ave way TO them they seated
We ~ the table. Suddenly
pc cause unknown one of the
Asappeared.
1T IS SIX o'cLociS,n
2 nervous thrill through the
~ COPYRIGHT was seen TO sud
4 lse rom his seat with a pistol
liand which he threw down in
u tile astonished guard with
slallon something like,
iIsAY TURN Now.n
sol men crowded around and
gov between Courtright
~ guard. COPYRIGHT
olI the rear or side
and a moment later was
. horse on Second street.
I'suea IN the restaurant could
aihed. Some assert that the
NV Their pistols, others say
Iete prevented from doing
crowd. Before the guard
I've gotten on the outside
Ri, I. was many blocks away IL
~ pistols which Courtright
''Vsn In the faces of his
"ele procured from under
Nhere they had been
HUNG ON NAILS:
IIppluatposely dropped his napkin
| s'I1ug secured the pistols. 1t
E y, plan, skillfully executed,
prisoner J, is free.
| s.y afternoon prior to the es-
sba LITE " reporter visited Court
ns jail. and found him sitting
I my talking with some
"a she room was filled with
' ~ every one of them had his
l isSuy for immediate use.
IIaa,S, who had charge of
n sat directly in
,.hr,, MIN with his pistol
\ Mus Mug belted about his waist.
~ n'ue eyes We're almost CON
h IN sne prisoner, and only
Al '.sr directions for q few
[jo,,., nine. Several times he
o,e ING IT'S friends 10 keep