Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-17
SHERMAN.
The Men Accused OF Killing MCPHERSON
in 1888 Now on Trial For
Their Crime.
Evangelist Williams, and Ills Methods TO
Redeem sinful Humanity from
the Burning.
Special to the Gazette.

SHERMAN, TEX, Noy lG.-The district
court consumed the forenoon OF to-day IN
selecting Jury in the case Of the state
". Jim Green for the murder OF EliCh
Mcpherson, committed in Denison at
Tom Foxs saloon during Christmas,
1883. Jim Green and his brother Bob
were Jointly indicted for the killing, and
both have been tried mt former term OF
the court One year ago Bob was adj
Judged not guilty and discharged, but
the Jury failed TO agree In Jim's case and
not being able to make bond he has now
been confined IN Jail nearly two
years. Defendants friends claim that
the Green brothers were set upon
by rough lot, and they chose
TO cut their way out rather than TO be
abused and beat up In this cutting
Mcpherson got u wound in the side that
resulted fatally few days later After
challenging large number Of jurors
the panel was at last filed about . 80
O'Clock this afternoon and the trial is
progressing, but will not be given to the
jury before tomorrow, If that soon.
Capt j. ID. Woods and Attorney House,
of Denlson represent the defense, and
c. b. Randall the state.
The sheriff brought out three bad
negroes this morning and the court
passed sentence on them. Matthew
Wright gets four years and six months,
Miles Jourlan twenty-fOur, aud Dick
Smith eighteen years.
The county court was engaged this az
tcrnoOn in an effort TO make a final settle
ment of the Alexander estate, which has
been in one shape or another before the
courts Of this county for the past twenty
years, and which has been contributing u
large share of the fees at the Sherman bar
during all this time. Fortunately, how
ever, there Is Il handsome property left,
and the heirs can at last sit down under
their own vine and ng-treo with no process
of court to annoy and no lawyers nor
officers to make them afraid.
Evangelist Williams finished his work
here at the opera-house last highland his
farewell was listened TO attentively by
as large an audience as the house would
hold. He spoke fecingly of his lahors
among the brethren of Sherman, and OK
pected to carry with him through life
pleasing memories of the friends ne has
made during the past two weeks. Many
persons attended to hear his parting blast
at one old sinner whom he had several
times threatened to expose before he left
but they were not gratilied. His rancor
has sOitened down with the growth of
grace in his heart and, instead of max
ing the threatened party public, he cx-
pressed desire to be forgiven for the
hard things he had said about some of the
folks here Those who feel themselves
benefited spiritually by Mr.. Williams
are only too willing to forgive
for they sustained him throughout, while
those who resented his hard language
will, of course, bury the past and hope
ne may not feel called upon to repeat the
hackneyed charges of degradation in the
city he goes to that made his name a SEN
sation in Corsicana, Dallas and Sherman.
by the way, the gentleman was called
upon Saturday night to give the name OF
the horrible drummer he described in one
of his Sunday afternoon talks TO "men
only" He said he was personally rcspon-
slblc for what he uttered ana would
tell the name of the man he meant to any
gentleman who demanded IL. one of our
bcst-known citizens, who does a little
drumming himself sometimes, demanded
the name OF his man and the evangelist
said he did not know him, but got the
make it public without the consent of his
Informant. He then drew off with the re-
mark that he must help some ladies'
on the street cars and ended the interview
by disappearing in the crowd. The policy
OF making startling assertions to excite
curiosity and draw his audi.
ences may be justified on
the principle that the end
sought sanctillcd the means, but it could
not be excused on any other grounds.
The party of hunters mentioned last
week, DR.. Grant, Eliza PaXson and Sandy
Haley, with Mr. Blackford and wife, who
went on visit to Paul Naples ana fam.
lily at Gainesville returned this morning in
high spirits at their success. The gen
tlemcn camped on Il lake up Red river
and killed number of ducks, ranging
from l20, rs reported by the most reliable
witnesses, to 800, as counted by the fel.
lows who took their observations through
the imperfect Tense formed BY the bottom
of glass, They left them all In Gaines.
vile, however.
Our old surveyor, j. T.. Hopson, ESQ,
has been down with the denguo for two
weeks past, but was able TO NOPE around
a little to-day,
your correspondent, In company with
MIR. Baker, the cotton man, accompanied
II. b. Sanbom to his princely ranch, west
OF town, last evening, and this morning
visited the large ponds on the place for n
duck hunt. II turned out that very few
OF these were lingering about there, and
none were killed, One solitary goose
was goose enough to come within range
OF our "Carverlann aim, however, and
VIII grace the writer's table when the
time comes.
We had the pleasure of looking oven
the horse stock Mr. Sanborn has been
breeding for the past seven years aud
found much TO admire that we have moi
time 90 record now, The ranch embraces
ten thousand acres OF beautiful land,
south of the Texas & Pacific road nj
Southmeydc station, and has over SOC
Improved horses and cattle on II AT
present II deserves better notice, bu,
we reserve this for future visit.
Two men named Woods and Ferris
We're arrested at Pilot Grove on a charge
of burglary and theft from the stores OF
Budderie aud j, Nj. Neatherly aud
brought to sherman and Jailed Yesterday
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