Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-03-30
HIGH TRAGEDY.
Further Particulars Of the Latest
Tale Of Bloo6shed in tho In.
dian Territory.
A Noted Negro Desperate Meeta Well
Deserved rate-A Lat Of The
Five Victims Murdered.
Gainesville Visited by a Disastrous
connagraticn- vsluabla HOrsea
Burned.
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GAINESVILLE, Tax, March .--
Parties who arrived from the Nation
to-day, bring further nawa Of Che
bloody tragedy which occnrTad at The
foot OF Arbucklo maunsAine. The
latest Information IL, that Dick GLARS,
the notorious negro outlaw, waa badly
shot by Officers Meadows ana Culp
and when approached by the latter he
suddenly drew his pistol and inatantly
Killed Meadows and badly wounded
Culp, Those who arrived on the
scene shortly aitcrwArd found the
negro dead. Calp waa taken 70
neighboring house whoIs ho now lies,
with some hope o recovery. Mvadows
body will be brought 10 thiscounty for
intorment.
Dick Glass, the outlaw, bad nany
crimes TO account FOR. and found tho
Indian territory hia eAfest fend, evoue.
HE fra, known villainy was TO mur.
der a boy for NOT fnfulehlng him
whisky without money 10 pay for Il.
: Not long after tbis he killed two
young men who were assiating a dep.
uty marshal In mailing nm arrest. one
being killed outright, aud the other
fatally Wounded.
stu being sought for by authorities
He was next overtaken just across
Red river from Delaware bend, this
county. lie WAS with q gang who
were being arrested on charges OF
various crimes and taken 10 Fort
Smith. Here, also, he resietod the
marshal, and successfully turned upou
him aud killed him.
In consequence az these many
crimes large rewards have been offer
ed for his capture, and now two OF
the best anu moet popular officers
Cooke county ever had are reported ~
having fallen victims TO the fatal re-
sistance OF this desperate.
The scene Of the fire yesterday
morning waa visited by thousands
during the day. II was n horrible
slight 70 all, aud notwithstanding to
many, TO see the caroasseB of so many
noble brutes So they lay smoldering
where they had stood In their stalls.
Among the horses burned were some
extra fine stock, including match
teamp, fast driving horses, family
horses, favorite driving horses OF
business men and professional men,
draft horees, together with some ten
or fifteen head Of live stock aud an
endless stock OF vehicles, harness,
saddles and provender. The fire was
evidently the work OF an ineendiary,
who seemed determined n make
succets of his effort. The old build
ing on the corner OF Hudson and
Chestnut streets, containing hay and
feed, as also the hay In the main
building were frcd ut once.
Yves and I'D Burney had Just driven
In from Burneysville. /. II, and put
up treir team Of fine blacks, buggy,
/ harness aud oyercoats, all Of which
were oremated,
John Washington had just arrived
from the nation aud put up two good
horses, both OF which burned.
J. Il. Hlghlower and John Weose
had ridden all night through the stiff
norther TO reach this city, delivering
their horses ut the stable about twenty
minutes before the con0agTatlon.
Hightower lost two horses worth S7b
each and a saddle worth 20. Weese
lost an $50 horse and saddle worth
s45. These gentlemen were from Yer.
non, Wllbarger county, and had Just
reached the city by forced travelling
The whole loss 10 estimated at from
$50 600 10 900, 600. Much sympathy IL
expressed for Mr.. Burch, who, IL IL
said, IL left Rlmostbankrupt,
IL wna the saddest aud most fearful
work OF the FIRE lead that ever visited
this city. Toe frightened animals In
many Instances refused 20 nc led from
the burning building, aud when dor
20 would rush back Into the flames.