Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-29
WACO.
] Ola Negro objects TO Young
Rival and Brains Him with
an Ak.
rSmers stopped by ;sirhvnymcn and Re.
1icvcd Of Their Coin-Charred With
Ismbvsglemcnt-B Rival Theatcrs.


sHclai to The Gazette.
WACO, Tx, Oct. 2S.--As 6 o'clock
thS morning Jerry Reagan, colored, took
aiaN and hraiued piukncy Davis, also /
cdcred. Then Reagan lighted his pipe, |
sal down near the corpse aud smoked uu- |
titan officer came to arrest him. The |
mtrder occurred IN Reagan's house, in |
TIL western suburbs OF the city. Davis |
w4 lying IN bed when the fatal blow was
stack. Reagan Is an old man, and So
crippled he caunot get al out without
crttches. He has wife not more than
twenty-five years old. Davis was a
Young negro man, and boarded at Rea-
gaifs house Reagan saw that his wife
and Davis were too intimate, aud
FREQUENT quarrels arose between the
TIVE men about the woman. Reagan says
Datis awoko this morning and began TO
tault him (the old mani about his wife.
OH made me so mad,n said the old
negro, "that / took my ax and killed
| him. He never spoke after hit him. |
,lued % XIII him and would doit over
iagGn. tie was In with my wife and when
I / yet after him about 1t would curse aud
| beat men At the coroncr's inquest to-
| day the woman testified that Davis was
1 IN bed asleep and that the old man muir
deud him without any words. The
woman's story does not get much ere
| dcncc
Three honest grangers, old man Greg
Dry his son and Edward Kellum, came to
Waco yesterday and sold their cotton,
starting homeward late IN the evening,
each man In a wagon. Four miles west
OF the city they were halted in cedar
brake by three armed men, who wore
white masks over the lower part OF their
! faces. One of the highwaymon carried n
Winchester rife and the other two had
! pistols. The farmers were compelled to
! hold up their hands while one of the rob
| herS went through their pockets. The two
Gregorys gave M gl25, while MIR. Kcllum
1 was scoopod TO the tune of 500. Then
| the highwaymen told their victims TO
drive on and not look back. Another
farmer who came along few minutes
/ later saw the three highwaymcn mounted
and riding away. The robbed men got a
/ few men and secuted the woods last
night in search of the trio of robbers, but
1 to no purpose This is n game practicet
on farmers in this section during ever,
cotton season, but Is the iirst one this
year,
suit was instituted to-day by the attor
ncNS OF StNetul Uft insurance. COmpault
against j b. Winslett as principal, an,
his surcties, for the penalty of the bon,
given by said Winslett when acting q
agent for said companies in Waco Tn
companies allege that Winslett has en-
bczzled money belonging to them. Their
are four of these suits, and the penalt
, OF the bond is $500 in each case. Win.
lett viii have his trial at the present teri
OF court on the charge of emhozIlemen
:, The rival opera-houses here were /
! fun glare and blast tonight, with Bell
, Moore and the "MOuutain Pink in on
!. and Baird's minstrcls in the othe
Burnt cork rather carried the day, n
q though the little soubrettc had u ia
n house.
!. DR.. Sam Houston of this city, Il son
n Old Sam Houston, has been rendered q
inspectorshlp in the custom-housc at
Paso. and will probably accept.
The county commissioners met to da
and elected W. NJ. sleeper, young LAY
{ yer OF this city, justice of the peace
c precinct No. /, which includes Waco.
Cotton receipts TO date, &c, $50 bales.
y j. NJ Garrison, superintendent of q
Il county poor farm, died to-day,
u Weather clear and cool