Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-11
ON THE BORDER.
All Available state Troops Ordered TO
Maverick County.
Prospect of Mexican Invasion to Ar
rest rwo Americans.
History of Three Murders Which Have
Aroused Bad Blood.

Special to the Gazette.
San Antonio, February lO.-Tele-
grams were received here to-day from
Capt. Oglesby, sheriff of Maverick
county, asking assistance from the
state troops, but giving no reasons. III
| is supposed there is prospective ftlu
| from Mexico to recover two American
citizens who killed IL Mexican a few
DAYS ago across the river. Others sup
pose that Oglesby Is resisted by n
dance house and gambling clement,
which he has been trying TO wipe out.
Some twenty men leave here tonight
armed 10 aid the sheriff, headed by
Ferdinand Niggli.
AFTER. Capt. Oglesby, sheriff of
Maverick county, and formerly com
mander of company II OF the state
troops, is n man who would not ask
aid from the outside unless there was
good cause. Considering the fact also
that there are nearly one thousand
United States troops stationed NJ the
posts of Forts Duncan, Del Rio and
Clark, Duncan being ut Eagle Pass
and the other two within forty miles,
ii is thought there could be troops
enough brought to lhescene, ii needed,
without calling fot state aid, ana
which troops would be called on in any
federal affair. The governor, however,
has been communicated with, and all
available state troops on the railroads
in this section are reported rs ordered
to the locality United States Marshal
Gosling has been wired to for armed
aid, and his chief Deputy Niggli leaves
here at the head of the
San Antonio crew, which
has G ,ZETrE representative with it.
1t is said two men, claiming American
citizenship, are held ut Eagle Pass,
who killed one Rodriguez at Iaragoza,
eighty miles west of Eagle Pass in
Mexico on the 9TH instant. Rodriguez
was shot early in the morning, five
buckshot taking effect, and causing
death; The murderers were
trailed to Pietras Negras, where
they crossed the Rio Grande
to Texas. The Mexican killed was an
influential politician, and his friends
are reported us determined 10 rescue
his murderers by force of arms. The
MeXicans are certainly greatly irri- |
tated over the recent release of Trim |
'le, the Mexican train robber, and |
have much sympathy on the border,
which, on both sides of the Rio |
bad men of either side.
STILL LATER-On Christmas night |
m old man named Perez and his son |
Lackey, nephew of Henry Ware of |
Del Rio The shooting occurred in
George Beckner's saloon. There was
| drunken man ON a bench, and Alvino
Per Upset. the bench, and to this eX-
f., hnt col T.,
Tom Lackey, who did the killing.
1t by Alvino, who is about
struck Laokey over the head with "a
ell from his hip pocket, when he
through the throat, killing him in
family. Lackey then shot Alvino
Perez through the abdomen once, and
th:5ugh th3 right leg again. Lackey
hen gave himself up, and was placed |
under 81, o0O bond. Lackey on the Sth
inst. Went to Eagle Pass junction to |
meet his wife, and was followed by |
Manuel Rodriguez, a cousin OF young |
Perez. Lackey went with his wife |
from Eagle Pass junction to Eagle |
Pass, thirty-four miles, and near |
Flowers saloon Manuel Rodriguez
pulled pistol on Lackey, when |
Lackey ran in front of |
his wife, and Rodriguez ran
into Flowers saloon. I.ackey
then fir ID five shots at Rodriguez, two |
of which struck, killing him. B. l.. |
Flowers and AL. Roberts the latter !
formerly prominent stoclman, who |
has served both as ranger and deputy. |
sheriff, are now in Jail at Eagle Pass.
This, ii seems, is the sequel to the |
trouble above referred to. Manuel
Rodriguez turns out to have been the |
of sheep ranch |
in Kinney county, but who
claims Mexican citizenship Roberts |
and Lackey both have many friends |
Dn the Texas side, and Rodriguez has |
about the same standing in Mexico.
Marshal Gosling left this evening
Tor I'll Paso oil United States business. |
He arrived from Laredo this morn
ing with four prisoners charged with
Capt SEEKER is in the city, and will
tomorrow remove his headquarters
from Uvalde to Brown county.