Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-03
SHERMAN.
Fight Between Onlcers aud Colorcd
pespcrudo The Latter Receives
Mortal Wound.
An rSaggorntcd Picture -Iiorsc.rhicyes ON
tlso Rampage Libel suit Dismissed.
smart Noung Man,


Specisi 10 The Gazette.
SHERMAN, Tx, Nov, ?, I'D 6. llurs-
ley, John n. Parker and Ed Coomcs, who
/ live five miles northeast of GordonVillc,
arrived here this afternoon, and report a
! tragedy there yesterday. 4 transient ne
gro named jackson entered the house of
another negro saturday night, aud at
I tempted 20 ron the owner, claiming that
/ he owed him i've dollars. lie was driven
OF, and ON Sunday made threats that he
would Kin the man OF the house aud slip
over ~ the Nation. The threatened party
I swofe ont warrant, and put II Ia the
/ hands Of Deputy sheriff Sanford Riich 20
arrest jackson for house. breaking and
1 threatening 90 Kill, Ritch summoned
Jim Mllhgan TO aid, aud found Jackson
ON L. b. BUTTS farm, near BY MtCh or.
dercd him TO throw up his hands, while
Mllllgan would take his pistol; but Jack
son stood Milllgan of with a knife, and,
suddenly drawing his pistol,
fred at Ritch, missing him.
/ Ritch returned the shot, striking Jackson
/ IN the side The ball passed through his
pistol belt and body and lodged under
the skin on the opposite side, lie fell to
the ground, and both men approached TO
take the pistol aud knife from him. As
Ritch stopped over him the negro
snatched the pistol from his hand, and
would have shot him, but Milligan hit
him assuming blow ON the head, and he
was then disamcd, The officers left him
az the house OF a negro, Eeck Coz, near
the scene OF the shooting, and our IN
formant says he will certainly die.
A ninc-year.pd son OF an emlgrant
from Todd Ky, named Bartholomew,
campod on Choctaw, fell from pecan
tree about twenty-five feet To the creek
bed this morning. and broke his arm in
two places near the shoulder aud below
the elbow. The blood gnShed from his
nose and ears and his Injuries may prove
fatal.
Mrs, Il. II. Rue died at her residence
last night, and will be buried at ? o'clock
tomorrow
our report of Evangelist Williams dis.
course to the male portion OF our people
Yesterday was necessarily brief, because
the remarks OF the gentleman were of too
coarse o nature TO admit them 20 the col
umns OF TIN GAZETTE. His wholesale
condemnation OF this community was
most gratuitous aud his estimate of the
immortality Of our people was SO badly
oycrdrawn that no decent gentleman
would recognize the picture, Tho gen.
cnl belief among those who heard his
discourse is, that he drew largely upon
bis imagination for his facts and must
have arrived at his estimates of
existing RIGHTEOUSNESS here from his
own past experience, rather than what hc
knew OF the community where hc had so
juurued only for two on three days His
/ cphbets, "lou Internal old fc0undrc"
and ''you licontious old wprobutpy YOU
, know whit say is true, and don't deny
. IT, taken In connection with his grace.
less assertions about the general want OF
respect Tor female purity and virtue III
4 The masses of our citizens, Wcro SO IA
from true, and so far outside the province
OF distinguished evangelist ON such an
, occasion, that Il created feeling uf dis.
gust, rather than one of admiration.
Such deprMlly as Mr.. Williams de-
scribcd never existed IN sherman, aud no
single individual who ever lived ia this
. community within the knowledge OF The
oldest inhghtant was ever SO dehauchcd
and sinful as was his picture OF the aver.
age man of yesterday
lie admits that she has becn there" and
knows the depths VI niQulty to which
men can and do descend but he fails 10
( remember that all men are not equally
: vicious and depraycd aud that few men
ever enjoy the wealth of experience In the
school Of iniquty that hc can boast.
Such wholesale ISLANDERS on the morals
of a city could only be uttered behind the
p protecting shield OF u pulpit, and II
the speaker will station himself ON the
street corners and comment on passing
ladies' az lie says nipcty-nine out of every
hundred citizens do, we propose 10 lay n
wager for the benefit OF the church that
he win get the life pounded out of his
slandcrous heart before he has stood
guard single hour.
The effect OF this sensational discourse
was 10 crowd the opem-hOuse last night
with vast concourse Of curious people,
and hundreds were turned away for want
OF space, Tho services were conducted
with decency, however, and nothing
WAS SAID 10 which decent folks
| could properly take exception At the
close OF the discourse all persons desir-
ing the prayers of the church were asked
30 rise aud Il large number stood up IN.
I'll recognized by the preacher. These
were asked TO romaiR after the congrega-
ton was dismissed, and did 80, but
nearly half the audience remained also,
20 witness the proceedings at the altar of
prayer Other ministers Joined In the
work OF prayer and special instruction 20
the pcnitcnts, and laborcd with them for
bali M hour or more before the final
hymn and bcnodiction was pro-
nounced Services were held In
the tabernacle (tent), at 10 O'Clock TO-
day aud at this afternoon, aud
the place was crowded tonight notwith-
standing rival attraction, "1hg PRO.
feasor,n was on the boards at the opera.
house, which also had a very fair
audience.
The exhibitors az the far were busy
getting their premiums paid of to-day,
aud recovering their articles on exhibit
tion IN the hall. Mr. Frank Rynn was
overwhelmed with business all the fore
noon but Kept level bead and dis
patched an applicants 10 turn to the en-
tire satisfaction Of all concerned The
board held meeting this afternoon TO
sum up results but we have
been unable 20 get exact figures.
Suffice II 10 say the association
has met with encouraging succcse.