Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-19
SHERMAN
Full History Of Killing for winch
the Defendant is Now on Trial.
In The District Court.
A untf.niind Tailor Accused OF Libeiing @
Lawyer by n Derognto1 Pub
lication.
special to lie Gazette.

/ special to the Gazette.
snreMAN, TEX, NOV. ls.--Thc district
court has been engaged to-day 10 inahlh2
no "A Jury to try the case J. II. Harrison
charged by indictment with the murder oi
| Jack Goodwin on the 9th day OF August
! past In the Bank saloon on the northeast
corner Of the square in sherman. inc
circumstances OF the Killing we're widely
published at the time, and II Is dilllcult 70
| find men who have not heard enough
about It 20 form an opinion as to
the guilt or innocence oi inc
d fendaut. when the court adj
lourncd at noon only FIVE competent
men had been selected out OF & large
number tested One special ycnlra OF
sixty men and nearly as many more picked
up on the street were exhausted IN get
ting eight jurors
The cause of the difficulty has So lar
remained shroudcd in mystery, but yarl'
Gus surmises and spcculations have been
advanced to explain the actions of the de-
PENDANT. when II taken on what APP cared
at the time looks like hard case TO de-
feud. Harrison had been a police
man up to few months previous,
when he was taken down with
rheumatism and was compelled TO relin-
qnsh his position. lie spent several
months at Hot Springs and returned in
fair health, but his place on the police
force was filed by another, and, up to
the time OF the killing, he had no con
slant employment. He, with his wife aud
one Child occupied room IN the Andcr-
son House, on Crockett street, while the
Il min fNi
had a room up stairs Immediately above
them John Boland aud wife, Who is
the sister OF Mrs Harrison, also lived in
a rear room on the ground floor
of the same building. The talk was
that before the killing some hard words
had passed between defendant and lie
ceased, growing out Of family affairs, but
all that was told was not sufficient TO cN-
plain the deadly nature of the settlement.
On the 27th of August Harrison entered
the. saloon where Goodwin was employed
as a bartender and without q word
walked in front of the counter behind
which Goodwin was mixing Il lemonade,
and drawing revolver shot him down.
The second shot was fired from the front,
aud after Goodwin had fallen to the floor
Harrison walked around the end Of the
bar and continued to shoot until ball
hit him in the neck that stopped his
pleading for mercy and ended his life
Two pistols were used and when the first
was cmptied Harrison laid It aside and
drew another, with which he finished his
deadly work
The impression now seems to be that
some grave insult to his family prompted
in the natter hut as he Aaiycd
nm examining trial the public Is left in
darkness as to what the defense will be.
County Attorney c. d RandeIl, assisted
10y Judge j, Y, Cowlcs, il conducting the
prosecution and Judge Silas Hare, Capt.
T. j. Brown, Nat Guntcr, Mayor c. n.
Buckler and L.. G. Mclean represent the
defendant
VIM, l., Ayers of Sbcrmpu was arrested
On an alias capias to-day issued from the
Donlcy county district court, whore he is
by indictment with publishing
libel on county Judge G. A. Brown, for
merry OF this city but at the time of thu
oifenSc II resident OF Clarendon. Mr.. |
Ayers gave bond for his appearance
there some time last year, but when |
the time came he was too feeble !
10 make the trip, and sent certificates |
from his physicians TO that effect II np- |
pears these certificates failed TO reach the !
court, and his bond for 5000 was declared !
He has been unable to get an attorney
TO represent him there, because there Is !
only one lawyer at the Clarendon bar be- |
sides the county attorney, and that one IL |
Judge Brown, the complainant I'm the
'asc. Mr. Ayers Is an old half-blind
.ailcr whose feeble health makes II din- |
'ult to get a scanty living at his trade, !
md he has the sympathy of ali
our citizens In his trouble, |
The nature OF his offense was that he !
published a card dcnounCing the Judge In |
lard language for refusing TO make an
equitable settlement of accounts when |
le left sherman, but, instead of paving |
ash for work, offset the bill with an old !
Judgment of third party, which Brown
lad obtained as an attorney some time
previous. The sheriff took him around
o-day alter his arrest and he made an |
'thcr bond 10 appear on the first Monday |
n January, 1856, with j. II. Cole and II. |
e. Smith rs sureties.
III, Il. Sanbom returned from his ranch |
o-day on the way back to Houston. lie |
cports the loss OF II line percheron stall |
ION Monday night from cholic after one |
lours sickness. The horse was highly |
red black, and his owner valued him at |
5000 Several colts on the ranch have
lied within the past ten days from dis |
asc that effects them very much like |
ounders, but 1t may be congestion of
ne stomach produced by worms,
DR.. lighthall, the diamond king, as he |
s pleased to call himself, has billed the
own for Friday morning only, and every.
ody about here Is feeling his teeth TO see
ow many he can spare while the pulling
an be had for nothing.
DR.. Markham Of Mcknny came up last
light aud returned home to-day.
Col. :. II. Russell, H. Lone, A. II. COT
N, Esq. House and other Dcnlson nota-
les were here to-day attending the
onnty court
II, II. Haley, once deputy sheriff OF
his county, but now Gainesville cow
lan, spent yesterday aud to-day among
Id friends, and left for home this even
lg.
PARIS.