Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-17
DALLAS.
a Conviction for Selling Opera Tickets
Max Thomas Opera Com.
pany Stranded.
no" Two Young Girls Were Deceived Fran,
st. Louis Under Promise OF Hon.
orabic Employment.
AFTER THE LOTTERY.

special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Sept. Gain tho cor,,,.
court to-day 2. p. Martinez was tried and
committed for selling lottery tickets his
hned being assessed at $40. There were
zen cases against MARTINEZ, and the coun.
sci Tor state and defense agreed to take
one and make test case Of il. therefore
II VIII be taken to the higher courts far
the purpose OF having all the law points
settled. Judge Bowers charge 10 the
jury was In substance: That II defendant
SOU lle witness part of lottery ticket
ne was guilty OF violating the law. and
.ney Wotld find him guilty. II he took
tne money OF witness and afterwards
gave MN the part ticket in consideration
thereof, he was the agent both of Tho
purchaser and of the lottery company
ana they should find him guilty. Marti
nez mas been selling great many tickets
LOT the Louisiana lottery company and
II ne Is estopped by the miniops Of Inc
law the boys will have to send for their
own tickets or else chuck their relt NJ
some other game. County Attorney C1nt
Is after all such offenders os
Col. Martinez, and IL he can
get the proper jures to back him nm. hc
VIII down the whole gang of law-dodgers
Clint is not as big as Mr.. Cleveland ana
nc. not as good looking as the average
newspaper man, but he's daisy and the
eVader OF the law who gives him the slip
BUSTED.
Tho o1No,sn ,,~,,.t -. 49,. .--.--...
giant, and has failed to find lodgment In
WeOstar's Unabridged, but 1t is strik-
lngly appreciablc at times, and describes
exactly the condition OF the Max Thomas
opera company. 1t made dismal fail
ure at the opera-house last night
aud Mr.. Greenwall discouraged the com
pany from attempting to play there again.
The members are all fat broke, and
among strangers in foreign
and, and some Of them are in really
pitlable condition. They are organizing
\ comedy company, and as they say they
have some good specially novelty people
lmong them, it Is to be hoped that they
viii succeed better than they have in
opera. There are some good individual
voices and some very clever people i'm the
-roupe, and it is to be hoped that they
VIII meet with better fortune soon.
GAVE HIM THE sLn'.
Barney Dempsey, charged with robbing
section-hand named LeaIy, at Corsi- |
ANA, was arrested here by Officers Rus
'ell and Mullen Of the Dallas police force.
)ficer Mullen of Corsicana came M after
lin and started home with him, having
borrowed n new pair of hand-cuff, |
rom Marshal Arnold and locked |
hem on Mr.. Dempsey's wrists.
Proceeding TO the Central depot, !
here to await the arrival Of the train,
Mullen allowed his mind and his eve to
wander away from his prisoner who i'm
nediately reciprocatcd the courtesy by
away from him. He is still on
he wander, the last tidings of him having
,een brought In by a negro who saw him
bout six miles up the Central track, !
making tracks for blacksmith shop, |
wherein to get his limbs mshacklcd.
AND COSTS; STAND ASIDE. |
Leonard Harroldson, who beat up Mil |
CT, the saloonist, with brass knucks. |
since, was found guilty of ag-
,rayated assault in the county court to- /
lay, and fined twenty-five dollars and |
osts.
MATING.
Jno Winfrey and Mary Pullen, AM