The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-29
FOR WeR Il LOCAL NEWS
MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF ARoY
mains OF boy-she Mystery Not
soiyed-Gsnerai Court News.
Personal Mention and
Other News Notes

FoRT WORTH, Sept. 2S.-lSpeciai.l-
Some boys while hunting Sunday
evening came across the dead body of
a man almost concealed from view
In thicket OF tangled undsrgrowth.
One of the boys, being somewhat in
advance of the others, noticed peou-
liar smell, aud upon invest;ga-
zion made tho horrible and
CHASTITY discovery OK the body.
The body was badly decomposed and
nearly naked. The bows immedi-
ately returned to the city and told
their parents OF Whist theY mad found.
They Immediately notified Esquire
Xinp, who snmnosed Jury to-day
and proceeded TO hold an inquesJ,
The body wss found ABOUT three inilos
FROM town IN tina Trinity bottom, aud
jas. rs the boys had lefl 1t. On exam
nation the right side of the skull was
found mashed In aud tho body had tho
appearance OF having been dead some
two months or more. A Mr.. Rix was
f0and who recognized tho body % q
boy who has lived with him and VINO
went by tho nsme of Frank.
Drs. II. @. ChSmhsrs and Mcknight,
who examined the skull arc OF this
opiuion that the fracture was produced
b. blow or blows of seme blunt in
styumenr. Tho testimony OF Mr.. Rix
was then taken, which is as follows:
] know apeVro boy heta cen II and %
years old who lived with MIR. Charles
Uotpiuger tor about three years. His
given name WIS Franz; | never know
his other name. Mr.. Copplngar left
for England about the l7th OF june
last aad left me- here ia charge OF his
place Spd the boy here with
ne; about three weeks after
Cnpringer loft tho negro BOY
disappeared. In tho morning
drive sate cattle in out of the field.
de took a bridle, and won't down be-
hird the house atter q horse / uevor
saw tho boy aitsr that or heard OF hinl.
In fifteen minutes after he left saw
tho horse ssst OF the house grazing
with tbs bride on. Tho boy told nae
he had \ brother aud sister in town,
but | do not know where
they gro. He had on brown ovsralls,
hlne shirt, brown vest aud hrogAn
boots, whom he iett. lie had gate
key, = match to tho ono 1 have. |
should say that the pants, shirt, Voat
etc, shown Ins are Sha ones worn by
,heboy when last srw him. Tho key |
take to be th9 gate key h9 carried. The
boy had nos sold anything about leav-
ing, and when no did leave he left his
clothes in my house.
The jury, after taking ina ebova
testimony md that of tho doctors,
agreed upon tbs following novel vsr-
diet:
We, the j1ry ofinq1eqs, sitting at an
Inquest held on tho body OF an I'M
known negro hoy, upon our oaths do
find that -aid boys nam9 vas FranE,
and that lac had lived with Charley
Copp5uzer, and that ho came to his
dsath about August /, 1855, by q blow
OK blows GA the right side OF his skull
by party or parties unknown TO this
jiry.
la tho recorders court this morning
10 cases we're tried. Ten were found
llilty aud W'gN tlued various sums.
amounting 60 $3j,
a mau by the uamo Of Joha Beavers,
who stands indicted Tor adultry ia
palO Plut0 county, was arrested last
afghan tho Theatre COmique. He was
released on $500 bond this morning,
Tho thaEtro opous tonight with
Keraauds' miustrals and Judging from
tha looks Of the boz shast, standing
room will DO alta premium.
PERSONAL,
MIR. MAX E!ser rdmrn9d from ~
North Lest evening.
Mi. y. Blum, Of Galveston, il In tho
Fort spending q few days. He gsys
Galveston is s,i.l doing business at
the Old stand.
dir. Harry Woods, late OF Galveston,
but NON . 81. Louis tourist, Is In tho
Fort on husuess.
Mr.. J. w. Britton Is reported RS be-
ing dangerously i'll, With consumption
OF the buWels. He ia not expected to
live through the night.
Shoriff Walter Maddox, who has
besp down with typhoid malaria, IN
rapidly improving, much TO the graft
tication or his many frieuds.
Deputy Sheriff james Maddox
made HIS appearance on the etroets
to-day. He has been down with the
dengue.
James G. Head, who was shot Sun
day morning by shoemaker named
MgFArlsnd, died last night ircs tue
effects of tho wound received in tho
abdomen, Ho was wanted at Weath-
oxford as u witness in tho famous Mil
hken murder case. He was tho
principal witness for the state.
a preliminary trial will be heard to-
morrow Az o'clock, Mr.. ID. Kent hiss
been employed TO dolend mcfarland.
4 motion VIII be made TO have the
grand jury rso0uvened 50 as to indict
Mcfarland and have speedy trial, as
all Tho witnesses arc In the city, and
should the case have to be put OIL II
will be hard to got the Witnesses. Nc