The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-19
FORT W0R Til LOCAL NEWS
PATHETIC STORY OF A MOTHER
How a Family Went to Ruin-The Crank
on the White Horse--Sudden Death
a Bold Burgiar-Careless
Merchant Notes

Fort WORTH, July lS.-[Speoisl.l III
Confined in the county Jail here is a
maniac mother with 2yesr- old baby,
kept in the same cell day after day. 1t
seems that several years ago there
lived in Somerville County,this State,a
man and his wife named Messenger.
They had nice little farm and lived
comfortably and happily. They were
plain people, but were generally re
garded honest, and had the goodwill
and respect OF their neighbors. The
husband was charged with stealing
| cattle. His neighbors said they he
| lieved him an innocent man, but the
| evidence against him was strong. A
trial resulted IN q conviction and no
was hurried off to felon's cell, a
miserable being, leaving behind a
| heartbroken wife. The lawyers fees
have absorbed the little farm and
| the unfortunate woman wandered out
| upon the world without money and
| without friends. About five months
after her husband was sent TO the peni-
Tertiary the then almost demented
creature gave birth to child. In her
wanderings she came to Fort Worth,
something over a year ago, and the at
tention OF the authorities having been
called to the woman, 81 writ of delun-
atico inquirendo was tried and she
was consigned TO mad cell ia the
county jail 10 await vacancy in the
lunatlc asylum. And there The Door,
demented creature sits day after day,
with only this little child ,uttering con.
stanily 10 1t Jhe wild ramblings OF her
dlsordered imagination.
THAI CRANK.
Colonel Andrew Jackson Wheatley,
the crank from Tennessee, paraded the
streets this afternoon, mounted upon
fiery, milk-white charger, followed
by braes basd and tho shouts of an
amused pOpulsce. This was merely
preparatory of his lecture tonight at
Rosedale Pavilion. His rig as he par
AIDED the streets was decidedly gaudy
and loud. All the colors of the rain
bow were represented In his jacket
with -trong predomlnance OF fiery
red. Spurs with rowels six inches
long graced his No. los, while his
knee brooches displayed ~ "gauzy" Il
pair Of ehjns rs Clara Morris ever
stuffed behind tho foot lights. He had
large audience Mt the pavilion to-
night to hear his lecture, and he sue
ceeGed in convincing his auditors that
no is @ first class crank i'll whom there
is no harm. He announced in the
early part of his lecture that he would
take no particular subject aud he Ger
tsinly followed none.
SUDDEN DEATH.
To-day about 1880 O'Clock William
Hinchen, a waiter employed at the
Mansion Hotel, in this city, won't out
> in the yard to get q bucket of water.
f While walking across tho yard he sud
, donly foil down in fit. lie fell with
such force that his neck was broken
and he died instantly. About two
l months ago ho had q similar fit and
f the doctors had told him that he had
4 heart disease. Hinchen was about 80
! years old and leaves a wife and child.
He came TO this city from Greenwood
: Louisiana, whero his body will be
: taken for burial. Justice Xnn, act
ing as coroner, held an inquest and
the Jury rendered verdict in aC-
cordance with the facts given.
. BOLD ROBBERY.
b Late yesterday evening Mr.. AleXsn-
4 der Canto, who has moat market al
q tho corner Of Houston aud Sixth
streets, having occasion to come NJ
town, did not lock his doc 9, but
II simply turned the knob of his safe
Q half around, just enough to throw the
bolts. 1t was yet daylight and he
went on his way thinking the $40 he
d had left In his safe as secure as In his
n pocket. Whom no returned about hal
an hour later no found that the combi
nation had been thrown on and the
safe locked but hls money gone. Cir
- cumstances point plainly 10 certain
r individual,
"a WIFE BEATER.
~ The officers are looking for JOIN
70 Williams, who lives at corner of TIy,
l. lor and Weatherford streets, About l.
o'clock last night John proceeded Il
y administer chastising to his better
10 half-not a moderate correction, sucl
IN as tho old common law allows the hus
q band. The neighbors were aroused
came out and importuned John as HI
ii stood in his seoond-story window, u
70 deslst his racket. John remarked TIA
rs 1t was his wife and that he was run
r ming "der merchine." The recorde
issued warrant for Williams and
@, is not improbable that he will 500
Vt. nave an opportunity of intervlewin
no his honor.