The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-26
The Missouri Cases Against Frank
James Dismissed.
AND HE IS AGAIN A FREE MAN
An Annihiiatcd assa-sin's Anteeedents-
Hal Goslipg's Warming - Eight
n Texas Conviots at Large
shooting Mt Houston.
THE DAYS CRIMINAL RECORD
Reported Capture Of tho Murderers OF
sheriff slack.

&, Shetlu lhch.
SHERMAN, Feb. 23,-lSpecial.l News
was received here yesterday OF the cap
ture and Incarceration of three of the
persons who are said to be implicated
In tho killing of James III. Black, the
latoly elected sheriff of Lamar county.
The HERALD's informant gave the par
tculars OF Tho case abuuG as follows:
"The race for sheriff i'll Lamar county,
In November last, was very exciting
one, between Mir. James III. Black and
McCook, the former sheriff of that
county, and at one Time during the can
vass they came to blows. This seemed
to increase tho ire of some OF McCook's
friends, who, after it became certain
that Black was elected, to remove
the object of their revenge,
~ is said, hired CON
I victed horse lhef by tho name of Mid.
dieton,, and who was, imprisoned
In the county jail at, tn"
him down. 1t has been charged that
quito II number OF McCook's friends
were Implicated in the affair, but who
aud to what extent, until within the
last few days, nothing definite was
r known. the friends of the murdered
sheriff soon made up reward OF $4,000
for the apprehension and conviction of
the murderers, and Detective Jack Dun
can, of Dallas, was employed 10 ferret
out the guilty parties. He has been dill
igently AT work for some time
-;indcr very difficult circumstances,
from the fact that any one in Paris or
Lamar county who was bold enough to
express any opinion OF the matter, or AS
to who tho guilty parties were, received
Immediate notice TO ''sbut up" and keep
quiet, or they would he called to the door
and shot, even threatening the editor
of the Paris Forth Texan that II any
thing was said in his paper about the
matter he would pay the forfeit with his
life. The whole thing has now been
sifted 10 the bottom, ana Jack Duncan
now has three of the guilty
parties in jail. The circumstances OF
the capture or who the prisoners are
have not been learned here, but the
identity OF the party and their implica-
ton in The murder OF Sheriff Black Is
claimed to be well established.
THE NEWS FROM PARIS.
PARIS, Feb. % Spt cial. Paris was
stirred to its very center this morning
over the arrest OF eX' SheriiI Mack
Crook, ex-Deputy Sheriff James Yates
and ex-Jailor Newt. Harris, on, the
charge of completely in the murder OF
James Ii. Black, who was elected Sheriff
OF Lamar county last fail, and ioully
murdered before he could take the oath
OF office. Black was called to his front
lSoor and shot dead in his tracks, ana vi
10 th S time the murder seemed TO be an
impenetrable mystery. Detectives
have been at work ON the case ever
since. A day or two ago
they arrested in the Indian Territory a
man named Middleton, who escaped
from Jail last fall. 1t is alleged that
this man Middleton did the actual
shooting and that he has turned states,
evidence and has implicated the parties
arrested this morning. Mack Crook,
one OF the parties arrested, has served
ono term as sheriff of Lamar county,
and has heretofore been highly es-
= teemed.
= w. l.. Crawford and w. r. Wright,
of Dallas, and Dudley IL Mcdonald oil
Paris, have been retained as counsel
for the defense.