Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-10
MONTAGUE.
Arrest of supposed Murderer rrohibi
ton Left ny 900 Majority.

Arrest of ~ supposed Murderer rrohibi
ton left by 800 Majority.
special to the DAsettc.
MoNTAouN, TgN., Sept. a.-.-The read
ers Of Tux GAZETTE VIII nmember an
account OF mysterious murder com.
mttcd In Montague county some time
during the month OF june During the
heavy rain we had about that time one oi
our citizens, In seeking place to cross
Salt creek, In Belcher's pasture, between
this place and Red RIVER station, ON AN
old time by-path, discovered a fresh pool
OF blood near the stream, and trec-
Ing the blood back from the stream .
short distance found a mans hat nud
Signs whore wagon and horses had hut
recently stood, From the hat % ihe
stream Il appeared evident from the
signs left upon the ground q man had
been killed and his body dragged and
thrown into the creek, which was
much swollen at the time.
As the marks left upon Che
ground were fresh an investigation was
/ nt once instituted, and the body o. the
murdered mNn WIS found lodged ma dfiit
in The stream, short distance below
u whore the murder had been committed.
As the dead man WIS "A stranger he was
not recognized. An attempt wasat once
made 70 arrest and bring to justice the
murderer whoever he was. Pursuit was
rewarded with description OF tho ofen-
der, who was seen just at daylight on the
morning the body WIS found, travelling
IN the direction OF marlborough IN u two
horse wagon, and wns continued untll nll
tmeee of him were lost. Ina the
meantime he was identified az one
: Allen Bnggott, who was almost raised
IN the Immediate neigliborhood whore The
murder was committed and who, II ape
pears, had been In Red River station on
the very night of the occurrence aud had
! taken AWAY his two small children who
were at his mothers 30 that place
A short time after the bloody act iWo
! men from Cooke county came 70 the sta-
, tion aud had the body Of the dead lnan
/ taken up and recognized II ns their broth
0 or, whose name was Lisscnby and Who
( | had recently before bis death started from
some place west OF the Big Wichita 70
+ Gainesville after his wife with the wagon
D which was seen after the murder IN the
/ pothchslon vi bhNp'll WI piS way N'HN
ward.
y ON last Monday news which IA very re-
i liable vas received by our sheriff that
@ Baggett was arrested In Brown county,
Il and was In jail at brentwood. Sheriff
4 McClain at once started after the prls.
y oncr, and VIII doubtless return with him
!, this week.
I Baggett's mother and other relatives
i live In this county, where he also resided
/ himself until few months ago. lie went
= 70 Wichita Falls, whore, II ~ believed, ht
G met with Lisscnby ON his way TO Cook
county, and travelled In his wagon 10 tht
place Of the murder, which ~ now sup
posed 20 have been committed 20 gel
I. possession OF the wagon and team
d The facts, however, viii all doubtless
l. come 20 light at our district court, whicl
!, n to meet next month.
Il The returns from the late election on
II the question Of prohibition In this COUNTY
o have all been received, and II was !
d "waterloon 10 the Prohibitionists, Onll
l. three small boxes In the county gave then
d a majority, and the only precinct 10 ~
e county where the law had been adopte'
% going against prohibition. The m0i0rlt
VI against prohibition In about 500.