Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-22
OHl PITE0US SIGHT.
nan Adamant, that They Can See
s.,b scenes and Not Make a
Law Unto Themselyesl
Did Thsy stop in the Execution Of
the Merited Punishment on
the Fiend.
dance of the Gazette.

court adjourned yesterday, having
aisposed of quite a number of
n clyil and criminal, and con.
~ over TO next term stil n
a ~ number. George HOCKEY (col-
was convicted Of burglary and
n ,ced TO confinement In the peniten-
a a. a term of four years.
isst Saturday, during the sitting of
IN court, intense and uncontrol-
a excitement was created here
4 No information of the most hor-
and flendish crime that
4 shocked the people of our county
=. r. T. Smith, an estimable and ex-
& 4 citizen, was here doing service o.
A nber Ct the grand jury, having left
4 emtiiul and accomplished wife and
4 little children, a boy and girl aged
a md six, respectively, at his peaceful
4 pentliul country home, fifteen miles
a II this place. The startling news
~ here Saturday that ON
4 Thursday or Friday previous
A Some had been Invaded by a demon
q .nons in human form, who had as.
HI Mrs. Smith and then murdered
E,rd her two little children and robbed
Zbouse. There was a spontaneous up-
II, OF the people and u Fastening to
4 sene of the unspeakable tragedy,
4 me unfortunate husband had to be
&orted in his frenzy of agony. Mrs.
\ was found in a lot to which
4 had been dragged, as shown
8.oplous streaks of blood along
4 pathway from the house, living
4 the almost frozen ground, where
ysd made, apparently, her last strug.
h pools of blood which were now
q her skull crushed in three places
n ,portion of her brain exposed, being
[eled and pulseless and incrusted In
Il gore. She was unconscious, speech
4 and almost hleless, and had evidently
II left for dead, having been stricken
In with heavy bludgeon. In
house, behind bed and in the chin
tcorner, where they had instlnctively
kied to hide on seeing their mother
Aken down and outraged, were found
Eltle boy and girl in pools of blood,
n skulls likewise fractured or crushed,
n they speechlesS and unconscious, but
mot quite extinct. The furniture of
q house was badly disarranged and
rpS and chests were broken open and
.bei Of their contents.
Aedlcal aid was Immediately sum-
fsd, though little hope was entertained
tstOring any of the victims to even
|tcOusness, as it was evident they had
yed their injuries and been left for
81 a day or two previous.
n little girl was the first to
eyer consciousness under due appli-
4, Of the healing art and the admin
faOn OF stimulants and food. She
Nnbered clearly,and distinctly related
n Jackson Bennett, bright mulatto
fi,wenty years of age, who had previ-
a been hired on the pace
EWhOm she knew well, had Knocked
Brother down with the big club, which
Hound lying bloody and hirsute in the
N that she and her brother had ran
Ehe house and hid; that the murderer
came in and killed, as she thought,
Brother, but did not find her. She
been so suddenly stricken and
"a Of consciousness that she was not
n OF the cause and nature of her
n Injuries, though she complained
ply Of soreness of her head where
skull was broken in. She
Pred until next day ana
II Mrs. Smith has recovered con-
%lsness and power of speech, and cor
mates the awful story told by her
daughter. Slight hope is enter
n dof her partial recovery. The little
4 still alive, but still unconscious,
n p ardent wish may be father TO the
Nh that his life may be saved.
fNe companies of determined men
IL the country until Jackson Ben
4 The author of the foul CRIME was ar
n, but, after his arrest, he
feded in making his escape
u the darkness of Saturday
n On Monday following he was
4 arrested by a colored man to whom,
22ehs, he applied for aid and food, and
Refed into the hands of deputy
~ of the county, Mr.. Cat
who secretly lodged him in
here before the en-
d people knew anything
\ Since that time lie has remained in
outraged and determined public feel
4 smg restrained by universal respect
Won. James Masterson, our district
a and for our sheriff, Mr..
d eimonton But, as court has adj
&ed, and Judge Masterson this morn
EeoS his departure for his home in
Won, | "knoW not what tomorrow
3oring forth"
SiR,-Dec. l9.-To-day the arch
JACKSON Bennett was found by the
authorities dangling from amajes-
II IN the woodland about one mile
town. After midnight the sher-
au his posse of brave men
Ivy took the prisoner from
y and started with him to Houston,
cfeuitous route, out Of the abun-
VI caution, to reach the road lead
RI Oourle on the International & Great
lleIn railroad, the sheriff having been
~ 10 writ issued TO him from
N MasterSon to transfer him TO the
4 lsh OF Harris county. They could
-oWeyer, evade the vigilance of ar
svd indignation, and when about a
Honl town they were surrounded and
'isel by several hundred masked men
WIN shot-guns, and compelled to
v the prisoner.
@gn last night and yesterday there
-leG unusual calm and tranquility,
ENG no drunkenness or ebulitions
~ Iac dead body was found at p.m m.
" f. Sanders repaired with other
Y Shd Jury of inquest to the scene
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