Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06
SHERMAN.
An Unhappy Wife Leaves Her Husband
and Charges Him With n
Dctostable Crime.
sncclnl 70 Tho an,nltc.


| Special 10 the Gazette.
| SHERMAN, Tx, Dec, IT, Several days
ago II woman passing under the name OF
| Mrs. Mills, with II family Of children, AR
rived IN an immigrant wagon, In the
neighburhood OF Mr. ScwCliA farm, five
miles south of the city, and went into
camp, whore she remained several days.
a few days after her arrival her husband,
attended by two other men, came In search
uf th, M aud 10 appears demanded that hls
wife and children should accompany him
home. TO this the wife and mother OBJ
! jcCtod, and came into the city 10 lllc com
plants Of cruelty against her husband az
II reason why the lnw should protect her
from him and his authority. She went
before the grand jury and complained
that her husband had been guilty OF incest
with their daughter and demanded his
arrest on that damnahlo charge. The
| grand Jury dlSbcllcyCd her story, and be
ing about TO adjourn for the term turned
/ the matter over TO the peace officers OF
tho precinct for further investigation.
As no arrests were made IL was natural
for ncwS-gnthercr TO inquire the cause,
aud IL was usccrtulncd that the daughter
denied, aud Il medical examiner decided,
that no such offcnso had been committed
| az alleged by the runaway wife. This left
tho affair TO be settled 10y the usual urb-
/ ter OF family Jars and nothing further has
been heard.
Clabo Cownu crippled muatto who
runs negro barber shop on North Travis
street, went 10 the house OF colored
woman, named Douglass near the Texas
Pacific freight depot last night aud pro-
CCcdcd TO raise the dcVil.
with the assistance OF an
other coon ho pitched the hnturc
about the room and tore down the bric.n-
brac and articles Of "ycrtun that hung In
classic beauty on the walls. Not content
with this, he piled up n lot of combustlblu
material In the middle OF the floor, and,
settling fire to II, drew his pistol aud or
dered the landlady 10 skip
out, while the fire nond
destroyed all evidence of his
wantonnoss. Before the flames
had burned TO greater extent than u
small hole IN the floor and 'slugedn
things generally about the room, some
ablc-bodicd parties lutoricrcd, took the
rampant Cowan In charge, put out the
IRE aud carried him % the lookup TO
qui0l his nerves lie was nrraigued be.
ioro Mayor BucklGr this morning and a
iinc OF 80 and costs imposed for disturb
ing the pence, but before he rot out of
the temple OF Justice complaint came In
from the Justices court charging him
with the grave otfonsc OF arson aud Clabe
now contemplUtcs tho narrow walls of
! the jail through tho checkGrod bars OF
an Iron cell.
The case Of the State OF Texas against
George w llArtwcll, for murder, which
htafg Ia. Ia. ti..l.t al.
The center of lp'srcat by the bar and a
, ..s'Rv nuuioo, of citizens from the neigh
horhood OF Van Alstync, who have been
, present during the trial The evidence
was not an IN AZ 3 O'Clock p, m, and con
siderable discussion occurred between
the counsel on the subject OF the udmi,-
I sihilly OF certain statements made Mt the
, limo, and shortly after the difficulty, by
both the defendant and his victim, Pat
Ollerrohi who lived i've days after the
ihlal knife wound was inflicted The owl.
dthco failed TO establish higher
+ grade OF o0enso than nanslnughtor,
a aud before II was concluded many per-
sons believed that llartwcll would be- nc.
. quilted. Defendants brother, who is n
, lawyer from Illinois, and his brothcr.n-
1 law, Dr. Shecly OF Collin county, to-
a gethcr with several ladies Of the family,
. nave been Ia constant attendance on tho
z Trial, and have watched the proceedings
with Intense interest.
Y All the testimony was In nt = O'Clock
y and the argument was begun by MIR.
c Campbell, assistant counsel for tho state,
IN a calm aud concise roylow of the law
OF the case, MS applied TO the facts elected
from the witnesses introduced by both
the state and the defendant.
Tom BrJdlcy, W II, Dugan, and G. G.
Napplngton returned from hunt In the
Nation Inst night with three antlored
4 monarchs OF the prairies as trophies OF
q lhvlr craftsmanship They report Il vast
domain Ia the region of Allen Bnyou, ON
n INC line OF the Chickasaw and Choctnw
nations, burned over, aud thnt grass viii
i ~ very scarce before the wlntor is ended
Tho butcher shops Of tho city are
l. apundnntly supplied with yenison from
!. tho Nation, So much OF the country has
Y been burned of the deer have concentrated
gu we spots OF grass lett standing, and
y hunters have little trouble Ia nndlnp
. ihom' The consequence Is that almost
any novice can take down deer or two
I per day without The trouble of hunting
Q over large territory.
Telegrams 20 friends ia the CITY say
: 'hat Col. Britton aud George IIardowick
were ON The train wrecked near Gordon
hurt WV
There was an entertainment given at