Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-13
SAN ANTONIO.
Further Details of the Troubles on inc
Mexican Border.
The WATSON Pardon Conflrmed--An linz
portant Land Claim.

Special to the Gazette.
San Antonio, Tex, February T.
The troubles at Eagle Pass inulca.e
deep laid plot to assassinate, anu my
involve several persons prominently
connected. An effort has been maue
to obtain habeas corpus nearing lor
Bond. but IL is not known what the re-
suit will be. Two prominent cltlzens
of Kinney county, it Is said. VIII pun
up $4,000 TO obtain the release OF
Leaky, against whom the main charge
rests. He undoubtedly shot Manuel
Rodriguez, and A. G.. Roberts ana
VIM. Cooper are under arrest as acces-
series.
Roberts is now Undergrad, suffering
from too much whisky. There were
two iuries of inquest in the case, the
verdict of one of which was not recog-
nized for the alleged reason that there
were friends of the murderer on the
Jury. and that Roberts, afterwards ar
rested as an accessory, was summoned
on the jury.
A negro named Willis Yates said
that he saw two men standing at the
saloon door, one of them a tall man
with an overcoat on, and the other a
short square man with short
COAT He also said the tall
man did the shooting. This led torut-
ting together chain of circumstances
which laid the killing ut the door OF
Tom Leaky and Roberts, and the sec
ond inauest was ordered by Judge f.
G. Dell! which was done to enable the
state to avail itself of the testimony of
Justice Terry, who, at the second in
auest, was put upon the stand and tes-
titled in effect that upon the morning
of the murder he was in Wares saloon,
and that Leaky came in, called Roberts
out for a moment and then the two
returned. After taking a drink
together Leaky stepped into the
club room Of the saloon in
company with VIM. Cooper, the
barkeeper, who soon returned and took
up double barrel breech-loading shot
gun and put it at the end of the bar at
the door of the club room, where
Ieaky was standing; that Roberts
also went into the club room, and the
steps of the two, as he supposed them
to be, were heard on the walk outside
of the saloon. the saloon being under
cover of thick tent. a few minutes
later, Terry heard shot in the direc-
ton of the place where the man was
killed, aud shortly after heard steps
along the walls of the tent, and some
one enter the club room by the back
door and immediately go out and re-
trace their steps and come in at the
front door. The two men who came
in were Leaky and Roberts. The YER
diet of the jury held Leaky, Roberts
and Cooper responsible for the killing,
Cooper and Roberts will be allowed
bail in 5000 each.
Manuel Rodriguez was a prominent
Mexican citizen of Ilragossa, Mexico,
and he had only been recently married.
Both Leaky and Roberts are gamblers,
and Cooper bartender. The Mexican
officials are justly indignant, and the
consul at Pieiras Negras says his PEG
pie are Mortified to know that Next
can citizens can be murdered with
impunity by American citizens, and
that there seems TO be no stern law in
America TO bring the murderers to
punishment. In Mexico they gen
orally shoot the murderer the next day
after he is caught.
The release ofTrimble seems to have
thrown both borders into chaos, and
much trouble is expected. Governor
Ireland Is greatly cersured
for not demonstrating with
Secretary Frelinghuysen against
Trimble's release, when his crime rs
the American leader I'm the Mexican
National train robbery was known.
Capt. Oglesby has u strong force tn
back him at Eagle Pass, and will do
all in his power TO prove that some
American officers will do their duty.
Heavy rains, accompanied by terrif-
ic thunder aud lightning and some
hail, fell over the West in all direc-
tions heard from last night, and water
is generally abundant.
News has reached the city of the
death at Norfolk, Va, of Mrs. General
Trevino, oldest daughter of the late
General Orr, and wife of general Ire
vino of the Mexican army.
Frank and James Dignowity have
located and obtained patents from the
state, on actual measurement, of the
Sunset railway depot and rouud-house
at De Rio, Kinney county. The initial
points show difference of about n
mile and half between the location
held by the railroad aud as measured
by the Dlgnowity brothers. The sun
set authorities purchased from the
international railway company. The
Sunset company Ia ave about $50, 900
worth of l.. pr0vements on this land,
which embraces 800 acres. They have
sold many lots and We're putting up
water works, from which they have
been enjoined.
The reported pardoning of Major
Wasson Is considered fact on the
grounds OF good conduct, and he VIII
he let loose ana given his chances. The
feeling here Is that Wasson has suf-
fered enough during the months of his
confinement.
Stock has gone up in price to-day on
account OF The heavy general rains last
night. fearlings are in great demand.
ms are also COW ponies, and the supply
is unequal to the demand.