Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-04-30
DALLAS.
A Jury Impansled in the HunniCutt
Case and the Examination Of
Witnesses Begun.
A Sudden Death from Mysterious 0ause
"A JOINT Stock Association to
Supply the Lager.
Special.


DALLAS. Ten, April 29.-The jury
In the case OF the state against Hunni-
cult was finally made up about IL
O'Clock. IL is remarkable from the
fact that 1t is composed almost exclu-
sively of town business men. About
o'clock the first witness was intro
duced. The defense Is that the de-
PENDANT did not fire the shot that
killed Humphries. This witness
worked for Hunnicutt's brother-in.
law. He testified that on the night of
the killing Hunnicutt came to his
brother.in-law's house and informed
the witness that the deceased drew a
knife and advanced on him and he
then shot him. The defend
ants counsel to break down the
testimony asked the witness If
he had not been indicted and
convicted in North Carolina for
horse.theft. The defendant refused to
answer unless he was allowed to ex-
plain the whole affair. This liberty
being accorded him he said that he
rented his mothers farm and horse
and some cattle for five years. After
the first crop the old lady wanted to
sell the horse, to which he objected, as
il was in the lease. She went before a
magistrate, who issued warrant
against him for horse-theft and tried
him for 1t. The North Carolina squire
fined him one dollar and costs and
would not let him appeal the case. His
character.did not suffer from the testl-
mony.
The wife of Mr.. Vanslyke, wealthy
COW man, but q resident of this city,
died on Sunday. She leaves q baby
only few days old. Her husband Is
absent on his ranch in the West and
is probably oblivious of his great mis-
fortune.
Andrews Gibesback, German,
worked for Il. G. Knight, who lives a
few miles north OF town, last season.
Applying for work again few days
ago he was employed. While at work
in the field yesterday his fellowwork-
men were surprised to see him fall to
the ground, and rising, with foam
flying from his mouth, with uplifted
hoe, run into some bushes. Thinking
he had gone crazy they followed and
found him in the bushes dead and
stiff. A coroner's jury returned a YER
dict that BE came 10 his death from
causes unknown.
The Wagenhauser brewery will soon
be the Wagenhauser Brewing associa-
ton. Before the first whistle of the
establishment was blown Mr.. Wag EN-
hauser had put $4,000 into the con-
Germ. Some OF the business men here
in order to make the brewery success
beyond question have subscribed
sac, 600 more. 1t will be Joint stock
company.
Sheriff Douglass of Grayson county
passed through last night with G. Q.
Davis, whom he arrested. He takes
him to Llano county, where he Is
wanted for the murder Of man named
G.. Bannon last summer.
The stable lot of A. s. Clark al
Hutchins was visited this morning
about | o'clock by a couple of horse
thieves who succeeded in getting 8
horse. They had one animal on the
outside of the lot and were leading an
other out when u negro appeared or
the scene and they became frightened
They carried one animal with them
The alarm was given and posse
started after them, but lost their trail
The river continues to fall, and to
day travel was begun over the turn
| pike,