Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-28
Citizens Committee Of Safety and the
Council Hold Important Se-
cret Sessions,
They Swarm M Congress Avenue, They
Besicgc the Jail, They Surround
the Court.lIouse,
Hut the Prisoners are In Beiton Ja,i.-
mrs. nanss Daughter
Found.
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AUSTIN, Tx, Dee. as.--Thc latest dc.
yelopments to-day M the murder bnsl.
pcgS are that the twolve.year-old daughter
Of Mrs. Mollie A, Fanes, charged With
tae murder OF her sou, was to-day found
safe aud under the protection al citizen
named isaacs, vino vouched for her
safety, and 80 tine glrl has not been n,nr-
deretl rs &C first supposed A letter has
been discovered tending 20 duplicate
Courtney, the young lover OF Mrs Eanes,
IN the murder ~ her son, Mrs. Eanes IS
ln the Travis county jail.
The two men calling themselves !, r.,
ana J, Il, Norwood, arrested az Bolton
Yesterday, charged with holnn concerned
In Thamdsy nights murders, have not
been brought IN yet al this writing. II IA
stated tho sheriff II afraid to rssk them
ON the streets for fear OF 3 mob. Excite.
ment Is dying ont, as II usually does IN
such cases,
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AUSTIN, TEX, Dco. 2T,--Latar, g,i5p.
m.--rhe International train IL Just Ia and
stopped at tins Union depot, but the two
prisoners from Bolton were not on the
trim. A rumor soon spread over the city
that the sheriff had gotten on with them
north OF the city and was bringing
them In around another way so clude tic
crowd.
AT this moment an immense crowd II
swarming up Congress avenue In the
direction OF the county Jail, hut their
object Ia not developed beyond Nero curl.
osity.
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AUSTIN, THY Dee ~ -sua later,
$3.50 y. m.--Nast aud dense
crowds packed the sidewalk around
the courthouse aud the ontrence 70 the
jail, They showed no excitement but an
Intense interest, The people IN TIE
crowds said little but thcro were occa-
siona mnttcrings that spoke plainor than
actual words. The rumor became cur
rent In the crowds that tho sheriff aud
prisoners had got OF the train at the
water tank north OF the city aud that the
two men were actually Ia iail, but depu.
" sheriff appeared and made statement
that the Norwoods had positively not left
I Bolton, where they wore still held 20
await developments. The deputy said
he bad no Interest IN tnIine
Il lie, After this the crowds quietly seat.
Nterd and the e0nrt-hnuee and ian again
assumed the usual aspect. Tho deputy
stated TO TnR GAZETTE man that sheriff
Horushy had thoroughly Investigated the
Norwoods, and believing them Innocent
ho did not propose 20 bring them Into
Austin 70 be inDbhed.
II seems the Norwoods are known In
Anstin. Tho deputy also said Il was his
opinion and that OF nearly all other ON.
clnls here that the authors of the Thurs
day night murders are stIll IN Austin and
never left IT,
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HAVE AN IMPORTANT Ci.Kw
AusriN, Tx, Dec. ~ The city conn.
ell and the citizens committee ON safety
both held prolonged sessions last night
with closed doors, considering means Tor
nnearthing the perpetrators OF the series
of crimes that have Mortified all, and for
preventing the summary execution oi
criminals when apprehended IL Is be-
lieyed the committee on safety has dia-
covered an Important clew. Several
thousand dollars has been subscribed IN
this city TO aid In iorreting out the aesasslns