Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-13
SHERMAN.
Reiributlon Oyeriates Two Colcred
Criminals, and Both are Sent
Upfor a Long Term.
4 Farmers speedy wooing- nd Nau-
seam Moonshinc whisky Farm
House Butnod.
peciai to the Gazette.

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SHERMAN, TEX, Nov. ~. The district
court disposed Of eight felony trials this
morning on pleas Of guilty by TWO Oad
negroes, who rot four sentences cacn,
and Will serve the state 10 atone Tor helf
dcyllmcnt during many years. Inc de-
I PENDANTS are Milo JOurd0n ana DICK
Smith. They were arrested several
months ago III Sherman on charge oil
assault to rob Elich SIMPSON, who kepla
small grocery store in the northwest part
/ OF the city. They came upon SIMPSON
| after night, aud boldly walking INTO ms
store ono attempted to rob the drawer
while the other held q pistol on
him ana ordered him to hold
lup his hands. Instead Of
doing as ordered, he grabbed pile Of
weights aud threw them, while the NO
grocs snapped their pistols In MS ince,
but fortunately they did not tire, aud
SIMPSON finally drove them away. lie
promptly reported them, with deScrlp'
ton, to the officers OF the city, and before
the following might Marshal Blaine and
the police found the negroes ~ a coon
den ia Ragtown and took them in, with
their effects. Goods that had been stolen
from the farm houses Of Mr.. Fallon, near
Soulhmaydc, and John NJ. Buchanan, two
miles south OF Sherman, we're found ia
heir possession, and these Identified the
negroes with the burglary aud theft OF
both. The grand jury found
bills against them for theft and burglary
IN each case, aud also for assault to rob
SIMPSON. Milo JOurdan got an aggrc.
gate OF twcuty-lour years and Dick Smith
got eighteen years. They would never
ten, while in jail, anything of their past
history, but after the above yerdicts Jour
dan told one OF his counsel that lie was
born IN Louisiana but had spent most Of
bis lifu in the indian Territory, He was
charged with killing an Indln there but
came clear, and afterwards moved to
Gainesville where he, together with Dlck
Smith, were charged with knocking man
down and robblng him, shortly before
the oifenses were committed
in this county. They both got
clear in the Coo ke county cases ana ia
few days landed in the Sherman Jail.
Smith failed to remember his place OF
birth, but says he spent the past eight
years about Gainesville Neither OF them
are over twenty-five yeGcs ofagc.
Willis Collins, co,Orcd, was convicted
Of buIEarizing the house OF Henry
Mcclure on Choctaw street, cast OF the
city, and was sent up for two years
Matthew Wright, colored, got four
years and six months for assault to muir
der his wife in Deuison.
Justice Ilinkle was engaged in trying
the case of Donaldson VS.. Donald.
son, ON u scqucstration suit Mrs.
Donaldson having separated from
John A. Donaldson, who, once
occupying the tender relation Of u hus-
band, now seeks to hold possession Of the
house they lived Ia, but the same is the
property OF her stcps0n john, and he
wants II himself. They have been in con-
slant strife for months. Sultupon suit
Of some character has disturbed the
courts, ard forciblc cjectmcut has been
rcsortod 10, but neither party is disposed
to give up, aud no man knoweth when
the end will come.
Judge Ricketts, was engaged to-day on
the case OF Joe Tarplcy Of the Nation, on
~ charge of assault TO murder james
Blaylock. Joe now files counter com
plant and accuses Jim with uSsaulting
him with murdcrous intent. 1t will take
time and lots OF hard swearing to de-
yGlop all the facts in the case.
Jim Lynch was brought before the
Judge to-day on charge of making moon
shine whisky in Cooke county, about ten
miles southeast OF Gainesville, In the
Cross rimbers. l4um Johnson, deputy
marshal, has Il good nose for smelling out
such infraCtlons of the law, and catching
the trail freed still and nXtuGs in a
storm house on Mr.. l.yuchs place. He
took possession OF the apparatus and
held the fort while Lynch was absent,
and when he came home arrested him.
The place aud machinery is said to be in
good working order, with small stock
of grain and an excellent sample OF
spiritus frumcnti on hand to testify for it.
self MS TO the business carried on there.
The above Is the substance OF the officers
report, but the trial will develop the
truth or falslty Of the statement.
A telegram from Hot Springs was re-
ceivcd by Sheriff Douglass to-day, an
nouncing the capture of two Young men
and the recovery of two fine bay horses
belonging to William and Ben jennings,
that were stolen three miles north OF
Sherman on the night Of October 81.
Mr.. j, j. Gray, Il substantial farmer
from near Whitesboro, came Into the city
last evening with the precoucefted notion
that he would act a final
answer TO an offer Of marriage
from handsome widow TO whom he had
proposed ON his last visit o the cuy. lie
put M at McDanicl's wagon-yard and be-
ing invited into a neighbours house was
introduced to another lady OF suitable age
and attractive appearances, with whom he
had a very Interesting chat aud was well
pleased, Toward shutdown he met an ac-
quaintnncc Of the lady he had come to see
and was told that he must wait until this
morning for an intculew,as She never re-
ceiyyd calls ut night, He thought the
matter over awhile and, becoming lone.
some, concluded TO repeat the visit to his
new acquaintance aud sat and
chattod for long time. This
morning he told his landlord that he
had no need to make call on the lady
who had put him on, for he had formed
another attachment aud arranged to lead
his acquaintance OF last evening to the
altar OF marriage at 4 O'Clock sharp this
afternoon. The two met at the clerS =
Office and got the necessary credentials TO
make j. j. Gray and Eliza j Fox husband
and wife, aud ut the hour appointed
Justice Hinkle tied the knot How is that
for quick work.
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