Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-23
SHERMAN.
He Makes Oath to a Falsehood 10 Get
His Friend a Wife, and Goes
10 Huntsville.
A Respectable Lady, Arrested on Friv.
oious Charge of Stealing Few
Turnips, Promptly Acquitted.


indicted lOr perjury, was Calleu from Jall
TO answer the charge, and cut matters
short by plea of guilty, on which the
jury assessed his penalty at two years
confinement in the states prison. The
romance appears when we look back to
the cause of this young mans trouble,
which began in the month of July and
ripcned into prosecution for felony with
the above result One George p. Bed
ford, an operator in the Western Union
telegraph office at Mckinney, became
enamored of Miss Lula Wylcy of that
place and told Mcdowell that he
had the young lady's consent TO
a marriage but her father OBJ
jectcd and notified the clerk of that
court not to issue license in which his
daughter was to be a contracting party.
This story when told by the stricken Bed
ford TO his friend Mcdowell excited his
deepest sympathy, and he agreed to ac-
company him to Sherman, where no or
ders had been issued to prevent it, and
get marriage license from Grayson
county They came TO Sherman, hunted
up the clerk at late hour and when the
usual affidavit was required certifying to
the age Of the lady, Mcdowell, who had
applied for them while his friend sat out
side in a buggy, sworc she was over
eighteen years old, and pcrsonatng Bed
ford, signed the latter's name to
the affidavit The next mornings
Courier from Sherman contained an ac-
count OF the issuing of the license, which
fell under the notice of the fathcr-iu-law
TO be, who took prompt steps to stop pro-
ceedings, and came at once to Sherman
to investigate the matter. He saw the
false oath as to the age of his daughter
and fled a complaint charging the parties
with perjury. Both Bedford and Nc
Dowell were arrested and the county
clerk identified the latter as the man
who did the swearing. He was indicted
by the grand jury and now takes a felon's
stripes and blighted life as Il reward for
his acts. In connection herewith it may
be proper to say that the lady in
question promptly denied any engage
ment with Bedford, and asserted that
his conduct was to be accounted for on no
other grounds than that the scamp was so
badly stuck on himself that he presumed
to forestall her answer to his suit and pre-
pared marriage license before asking
her hand in marriage.
j. IL. Evans, indicted for assault to
murder conductor in Denison, made
motion fuT continuance and the same was
granted by the court.
The case of Burrell Bond, charged with
robbery, was called at o'clock and de-
PENDANT made n motion to continue and
the case was put upon trial, which was
overrued.
Mrs. Dixon, who was arrested ycster-
day on complaint of s. O. Doan, was
promptly discharged by Justice ninkle
when the testimony was heard. 1t APP
pearcd on the trial that the parties live
near each other and that Mr.. Dixon
had purchased lot in the rear Of com
plaiuant's premises, on which the latter
had raised q crop of turnips, but had
gathered and taken them TO his own
grounds, The lady proceeded to clear off
her husbands purchase, and was engaged
with rake when complainant ordered
her off as trespasser, She refused to
obey, and complaint was filed charging
the unlawful taking of a few turnips left
from the gathering. OF course such Il
prosecution failed, and the lady's friends
are indignant
A serious accident happened on the
square about o'clock to-day, in which
twelve-year-old son OF widow named
wilson came near losing his life.
farmer named Thomas Runnells
was driving along at brisk walk
when the little fellow, who was in
romp with another boy, ran directly be-
fore the team, and, being struck by the
wagon tongue, was thrown to the
ground, and one of the front wheels
passed over the middle Of his body be-
fore the team could be stopped. Every
bystGndcr yelled out "back" to keep the
rear wheel from passing over him also,
and by so doing the same front wheel
came near crushing him again before the
child could be rescued. He was carried
to the Office of Doctors StinsOn and
Thompson, where prompt surgical aid
was obtained, and, while he is seriously
bruised, his injuries are not pro
nounced necessarily fatal. The
wagon had bed full of cot
ton seed, weighing 1000 pounds, and
Il five hundred pound bale of cotton, be-
sides two men sitting on the seat.
John McCurdy, an unfortunate dropsi-
cal patient who was sent to the county
farm few days ago, died there this morn
ing.
Preliminary arrangements to make
Christmas enjoyable in the country brings
n large number of people to the city every
day, and as Il consequence many lively
fellows spend at least one night here be-
fore returning home. Hence it is that for
the last few mornings the mayors court
has been cnliyened by the presence of
number OF weary individuals whose eccen-
trio ramblos of the previous night led
them into the embraces of the policemen,
and TO n bed in the calabooSo to be safe
when needed.
Granville Graham of Gainesville was in
the city to-day.
j, w. Bailey, one of Gainesvilles most
prominent young attorneys, passed south
to-day via sherman to play next best man
In q wedding 10 come of ut Dallas
Sam Kline OF Dallas spent the day in
| Sherman.
The preliminary trial OF John f. Webb,
for slabblug julius Schirck, which was
set for tomorrow, has been postponed
until January 6, 1886. John Webb came
up from Mckinney to day, TO be ready
when needed. The wounded man will be
able TO appear as witness, without
doubt.
j. II, Parsons, representing the st,
Louis Republican, spend Sunday in the