Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-12
SHERMAN.
A Hard-Working MulattO Robbed o
His weeks Earnings by Mid.
night Footballs.
Preparations for ~ Big Time 1T the Fnl,
Grounds-runcrnl Of NJ. j. Parker
Largely Attended.

special totbe Gazette.
SUBURBAN, Tx, oct. li.--North-
east Sherman was the scene of
a dastardly robbery this morn
ing between ~ and / O'Clock, In
which All honest and Woodworking mu-
latto named Felix Franklin was the vic :
tim, Felix IL engaged at the sherman
Oil mills, and was on the night force UNI
I'll the time to close at midnight. lie
drew his pay, 81 .G5, and started for
home, nearly half mile distant on the
street leading out to the Denison road.
On the way he saw four men lurking at n
corner where they had no business, but
he turned off toward the Central railroad,
and saw nothing unusual until he came
to where College street crosses the Cen
trail track, when his attention was d.
rccted to an object lying in the weeds
which he took to be all
small animal 1t proved to be a man,
who sprang up and caught him by the !
arm. He pulled loose and started to run |
OH the track, but three other men APP /
pearcd In front OF him. and the four SOON
surrounded and captured him. In his |
struggles to get free he halloocd "Mur- |
der" "Hclp," ETC., but one Of them (
| knocked him down and the money was
taken from his pockets. His cries !
aroused the neighbors, and Mr.. Charles /
| Wells, who lives nearest, came out with |
pistol and fired IL in the air to scare the /
ASSISTANTS, as he was afraid TO shoot at
| them for fear of hitting the wrong man.
/ The robbers started to run in different /
directions, and Mr.. Wells fred at large
man wearing Il white hat, but in the
| darkness failed to hit him. In u few
moments the whole neighborhood was up
in arms, and, on learning the state of az
fairs, about twenty determined men, pro-
vided with one or more good strong
ropes, deployed in the directions taken by
the several robbers and patrollcd the
town for several hours to find the miScrc-
ants, but failed to get any further trace
OF them. If the right parties had been
found there would have been several cor
oncr's inqucsts to-day
The addition TO the grand-stand at the
fair grounds Is almost finished and will
furnish about one thousand new seats for
the accommodation Of the big crowd that,
q from present Indications, will certainly
be here on the 10Th, when the exhibition
begins Dick Walsh has purchased the
saloon and booth privileges For
the week, and gets the selling OF
pools at his mammoth room,
!, the q, T. saloon up town.
y Prof, Frank Kobler has been engaged to
furnish the music for the week and has
engaged some of the best horn-blowers
in the West to assist him. The manage
ment have contracted for a splendid dis
play of fireworks at least two nights
p during the meeting, and may have fancy
fire display every night If Il il found to
please the public.
Capt, f. NJ. Goode, who for many years
was Il citizen of sherman, but has been
engaged in merchandising in savanna, IN
Is the Territory, The past two years, re-
$, turned with his family yesterday and pur
r. chased the residence OF Capt j b. Tyns
IT on North Travis street. Mr.. Tyns vii
lc begin packing up TO move to III paso i'm
re- mediutcly and the new occupant vii
nc move in Wednesday next. Capt. Good,
g, returns to Sherman to get the benefit o
G. our splendid schools for his children
le whose education was necessarily neg
&c lccted in the Territory. He is a live bust
lg ness man, and will be valuable acces
e. sion TO the city.
ne We regret TO announce that Mrs. j. +
ne Cunningham (nce Miss Gatcwood) Il
is lying very low ut her home, on Soutl
T. Walnut street. and her friends have de
SPARED of her recovery.
NJ Mrs T.. j. Brown Is very sick
NJ Mrs Joiner OF Fort Worth, sister Il
m Attorney r. T.. Smith OF Sherman, cam
rs ov,r on the morning train to visit he
Ms brothers. family. They had not met be
er fore in a period of several years, and tn
H. meeting to-day was extremely cordial
y. The'tuneral of NJ. j Parker took plac
ed this afternoon at 8 O'Clock from his resi-
is dcncc on West Jones street The Masoni
cr fraternity turned out in force, and a larg
he procession followed the remains to tn
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