Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-26
SHERMAN.
A Man Hanged and Brutally Beaten
by Feur Men TO Extort a
Confession.
Tile pocvar Restored Her Eyesisht, "hioi
Caused Cupid 10 part an Arrow 20
Good Effect.
spcs,elto Inc Gazette.


suraY,v. TEX., Nov, %. The iifst
business considered this morning IN the
district court was a motion fora neW
trial made by counsel for j. n. Harrison,
,vlo was convicted last week and gwen a
Lifetime sentence In the pcnteHtiary,
The motion was ably argued 10y hai. g..
\ Bucklcr, but tho court Overruled IT,
end proceeded 90 pass sentence on the
,prlsoner, after which notice " appeal
was given and the case will come MP for
revision hy the highest tribunal W The
state before the prisoner bows TO
the dire decree OF penal sorvitnde 20
which there rs no end but deapA
The case Of DO Stewart, charged by IN
dictmcnt with the crime of rape upon thr
person nf Mrs. Belie Ashworth, on the
2lth day Of August, seven rilles north ot
Sherman, WIS callci and the ceremony OF
selecting jury begun. The special
venirc wss exhausted when nine compe-
tent men we're impanclcd, aud az the
noon hour che sheriff was Instructed TO
summon tairty-sX others TO make up the
lawful number.
A young man named Bill Smiley, for
mcrlv OF Missouri but for the past few
months p resident OF the Basln Springs
country, about twenty miles northwest Of
INC CIV HNI.M ll'l. lllIN ilNltiiNrf ifiNaA
grave charg. lo make against four OF his
ncighbors, and several evident mari. of
rough Treatment on his person To- bear
witness TO hts story, lie says that no has
been llyinu with % MIR Miller, but last
Sunday night went TO the house of Henry
Fowler nBd while there was taken
ont by four masked men, who
charged him with the theft
of lot OF harness and o saddle, and
questioned tu know where tho articles
could he found. Tie told them hC knew
nothing 81 the theft nor the articles, but
the four were filed with unbeici and pro-
cecdcd so tie rope about lia neck with
the threat that they would hang him If he
did not make a clean breast of the mat
ter. when he protested his innocence
thoy threw the rope over The limb of a
tree pud hauled their yiGuCn up till he was
nearly dead and then let him down
Tor confession, but as he had
none 20 make, they huistcd him
cain snd nearly finished him before he
was let down again Whom he recovered
speech he still protested his innocence,
ard the party then said thDy would give
him choice to die hy hsnging or being
shot He prcicrrc TO die by the gun,
and the party closed around him with
cooked weapons, two being shOt,guns aud
two pistols, and Smiley says the click OF
those guns sounded like Il terrible death
kncll 20 him, but having told NIL he knew,
ne could only resign himself TO
death with brief prayer TO
God to be more mcrciiul
to mir than his tOrmCntere wore. At this
point one OF the four spoke for his COM
panloGs and told Smiley If be would leave
the country IN ten hours they would spare
his life, hut II they ever met him again he
shoull die He promised of course, tut
turn Il up In sherman to-day to,ehOw the
grand Jury his abraded neck and tell the
story nbovc given. he will give the
namcso OF the partic. who hung him, a. he
believes 10, but under all the circum-
-tancoN viii az like rs not have some in
nOCent parties In trouAlC before the end
comes.
Jim Holder, charged Ivy indictment with
theft OF cattle in this county, WAS ar
rested yesterday by Deputy Rob May
and now languishcs in jail with
siNty-alS other uufortunatts The
crowded condition ~ this pris-
IN makes comfort impossible,
and II behuoves our commissioners
court 90 take some strps Co remove the
thieves from the county or provide bet
ter quarters for them.
Many months ago Miss Lizzie Malone
called on Dr q. S. Argo OF this city 90
treat her eyes, which had been blind for
several years, aud all rcmcdiuA heretofore
had been OF no avail. he proceeded with
phenomenal success, aud when the re-
stored orbs began 60 look their gratitude
at the doctor, the piercing chances
reached deep down into his heart, and
touched responsive chord that
sounded with the sweet notes Of mutual
love and soon brought him to her feet In
humble applications TO cure raging
passion that made him blind to all else
but Lizzie and her charms To day about
the hour OF noon doctor and patient
called at che home OF Esquire lIinklc and
presented The usual authority for becom-
ing husband and wife. The squire soon
pronounced the Solemn decree, and sent
them forth as happy as two souls with
Duta singh Thought can wei. be-. Let
MS hopo the romance will not
end here, but while life is
spared 10 teen they may enjoy perpet
ual poem SGT to hlissiul music, and cach
be forever blind TO the faults al the ether.
II any they have
Judge NJ. 4. Baker and w b. Bolts,
Esqo Of Houston, attorneys Tor the Could
system OF railroads, are in the city on
business fur tkcir client.
Il @ Ileau, ESQ., who came home sick
utor visit tu Tennessee last week, was
able 20 be uul "a day Mr.. Heads father
iuadc him a present OF n inc young mare,
and the same arrived by trair
from sumner cOunty tuesday and went
Into the lrmds al 4 ". Wiuhitc yestcrdav
TO be broken and trained.
MI trains over the Missouri Pacific
road camo FROM WAItesb0ro "a sherman
and Bells to-day herause Of a wreck east
oi Whitcsboro that tkoy could not pass.
thanksgiving turkvls are abundant in
the market to-day aad sell readily at as
cents to 5 25 according TO size.
Coz j, II Brittan, =, II, Brown and
Landlord johnson ot the BnkN house
have u lat "p0Seum" IN soak, and will
give timnks tomorrow aud "possum am
sweet 'tatorS
Gen. Lewis, whom we announced as
~. aH. Dol il ts4.s D.