Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-26
HE'LL NOT HOT ENOUGH
Two Little Daughters OF Grayson
County Farmer Repeatedly Out.
ragged by Negro.
Tile Black Fiend h. Iniicd Ntob At.
trmpts to Lynch Him aud tie Is
Carried ON Tor safety.



Special TO the Gazette
paNIsoN, TEX, oct. 25.--One of tho
most damnabe and ticlidish crimes that
has ever been committed In Denison for
a long time took place last week about
one mile from the city Mr.. Criss Baker,
a dairyman who lives east of Oakwood
cemetery, about two weeks ago hired a
negro man by the name OF Jim Germs to
work for him, TO help around the house
and do whatever came handy Mrs. (
! Baker left the children in his care several
times week before last while she attended
TO the sick-bed of one Of her neighbours
children. The first of last week the
two little girls, aged respectively
six and seven years, complained
OF being sick, but the parents only sup.
lposed they had got against poisonous
weed. But instead of getting better they
grew worse until the father called in DR..
Bayless to examine them, and to the hor-
rorstrickcn parents he said that some one
mad committed an outrage on the innocent
little children. The parents Immediately
began to question the little girls, but they
said that II they told the negro wouldn't
give them any more candy. They both
soon told the story Of the negro's irving
to outrage them. The negro had been
practicing his hellsh deed for several
days, giving them candy, etc. one of the
carpenters working ON the barn told Mr..
Baker that he had seen the negro aud the
largest daughter, aged seven years and
: few months, in chicken coop together,
and didn't like the actions of the negro,
aud at another time while Mrs. Baker
was absent the negro lowered the win
IpNN rurtntr mud bu1 hpth tbp rirIs In, t1,,
. room with him. MIR. Baker had proof
. enough against him TO convict him, SO
I, he informed the authorities of what had
: been going on, and Deputy Constable
u Garner went out and arrested Gorins
!. yesterday and lodged him in Jail. Mrs.
D Baker is almost heartbroken and cannot
T hear to talk about the matter of her little
q darlngs who suffer so much pain Lou
s Use, the oldest, is in bed, and last night
II her cries and shriekS of agony kept both
Il of the parents by her bedside, 1t will be
IT months, they think, before she is entirely
l. we'll. Little Annie, child of only six
2, summers, is also Il victim of the demon,
: and, although not so badly injured, she is
y suffering greatly, and ut times her cries
1T can be heard for blocks away. II was
. thought for awhile that the negro was
diseased, but an examination proved 9th.
Mr. Baker at his residence, and that gen
tleman informed him that he did not think
the cases were so bad, but that he hat
. had the negro arrested When asked Il
he didn't feel like killing the negro he re-
VI Piled that at times, when the girls agon,
TT was SO great that they would shrek Wit
u pain, nothing would do him so much goo,
as TO shoot the negro, but at the sam,
: time thoughts came OF his loving wife ans
t. little children and the trouble that i
would be for them, besides taking hi,
~ little farm 10 clear him and leave thcu
re- homeless, and he concluded TO let the law
~ handle and deal out Justice To the guilt,
~ negro. Mr., Baker and wife are OF Ger
~ man descent andarc Woodworking people
ny They bear n good name. Great sym
act patty is felt for them. Jim GorinS tn
as accused negro, is young man, betWecl
IL twenty and twenty-five years Of age, yer.
Us black, and OF pretty good size. He had al
US ways borne good name heretofore, ant
al had worked at several places in the city
oi where they had the utmost confidence II
ny him, leaving him alone many times wit
~ little girls.
IN A good deal of lynch talk was going o
w. last night ON our streets. and nlthoug
~ the news of the outrage was not general
IN known there was high Indignation anon
IL those who had heard II, and as more hca
Isl of IL the excitement IL still on the II
~ crease.
re- II was learned this morning that an a
ue tempt was made to lynch the negro on
ne lnger last night Fonr men went thel
and said they were officers and wanted
m nut prisoner in Jail The iailcr believii
-eu their story let them in and they then II
SEES themselves be known. The iailcr the
4 tafr off
rye once and went to Marshal Cutters saloC
ehl I'm his night clothes to inform the Office
the The men got frightened, however, at u
l9e shooting and left without their ma
us The taller recognized Charles Dotso
les, n bartender, was the leader of the me
Jhe and thinks that he knows the rest. DO
iul son was arrested and gave pail. so IN OF
acI Ger informed your correspondents III
.Wo officers are working hard, and are vc
ays mum about their movements. The excl
lth' ment is still on the increase, but the II
Dn- gro has been moved, and nobody kno'
us where, unless TO sherman
lol A. T.. Walton, a young man who driv
Us milk wagon for Mr.. Baker, the faith
seq of the little girls, was arrested ana lodg
her in iail on the charge of being connect
me with the outrage 1t was thought ii
ne the njrls were diseased, and the neg
ler being examined was found 10 be sour
re- so this young man was arrested on I
ION strength of story told by the negro, b
OF Walton, we are glad to state, was hon'
IA ably discharged about noon by our o
nat GERS, as there was no evidence agali
OF him. Doctors Fields, Baylcy, wills
nns and Gayard went out to the farm .
III morning and examined the girls, ]
ing doctors say they are not dlsea'
but that the eruption and hemorrhage
Sc caused from the penetration and presSr
leu- 60 which they were subjected. The lit
fur ,drls still adhere 10 their first story Il
tars Il was Gorins. the negro, who outrae
heir them. II was on their testimony ant
carpentcr's that the complaint was ma
~ ont ngninst Gorins. ~ present thiI