Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-12
!. L,s and Tender Years Merge
I n, Common troubles in
the Grave,
h Ms Head Upon the Lap Of
|''N' !, , Youth TO Fortune and
y Fame Unknown"
r,.,chcd stairway of Debnueh
r' Il the Dark Chamber OF
" Misery ard Death

~ ~. ar five years past 4 human
= nam nobody knows has been ply
81 IA ont of Fort Worth, dependent
,,ched existence upon the tender
.s. Of sympathizlng strangers.
o from exterior appearances, he
yorthern origin, about forty-tlve
" ace, tall aud slender, and bear
y gery feature the traces of long
dssipation. one side was com
N, paralyzed, and he could barely
n ~ shout with the assistance OF a
| Tim, after time he has been in
~ .,,ed IN the calaboose, hut the kind
'sDIsls merely put him there TO wear
n sAe effects OF
souE Long DEBACCI,
q :. soon as he recovered he was
..d often times furnished inI adj
nsro NTH ailcket to otherpoints which
r desired to visit. On Wednesday
.sipr while a heavy rain was falling he
p.,oaehed GAZETTE reporter, near the
ssser stables, with the request to
IA him to the city ball, forgetting in
4 mbecility frequent haunt. Painfully
Struggled on toward 1t through
min and managing after mich effort
Z Climb the steps, was again given a berth
A ,he calaboose. Thursday morning he
! ..turned ont, and on Thursday even
"A, an officer found him down "a the
sgets IN a wrctched condition. He was
J,,ad hack in the calaboose and cared
X AZ well as the accommodations of
Redistribution would permit. lestcr-
M morning the keeper on entering
IN room found him dead. Al
Il o'clock in the night he called for
sster, and on being given 1t relapsed into
|suftude. He probably died at ? or 3
|,tlock in the morning. \ jury of in
I,reS was Summoned by Justice Nance,
,pd returned a verdict that the deceased
anne to his death from dissipation and
bng disease. His remains will be in
|pned BY the authorities. The name OF
ae unfortunate man is unknown, but it
/ thought he was originally from Corsi-
cana,
ANOTHER CASE.
The remains of white boy twelve or
thirteen years of age were discovered
Yesterday morning by the police IN a de-
wrted boarding. car belonging to the Fort
Worth Denver railway. 1t was stand
hg In the yard of the Missouri Pacific in
DE eastern portion of the city. From
Joung acquaintance and companion of
DE dead youth named Jerry Roach it was
sSertaned that his name was George
Parsons, and that he was the son of an
afpnductor on the Houston s. Texas
CENTRAL now farmer near Deni
sua' During the eX-Confederate re-
mlon he ran away from
home and came 10 Fort Worth. Since
hen In company with Roach he has been
xinderlng about from place to place,
Eyng the profession of bootblack.
Physically he was not strong enough to
endure such rugged existence, and re-
Gently he was attacked by spell of the
chlls and fever from which he never re-
covered. Roach, his companion, says that
be appeared no worse when they
if CREPT IN THE CAR TO SLEEP
Thursday night than he had been, and that
Be was very much surprised on waking
P yesterday morning to find him dead.
Y he coroner's inquest Roach did not
appear to testify, having apparently he
come alarmed from some cause and con-
Vealed himself. The officers have
thoroughly searched the city, but he can
nol be found. No suspicion Of foul
pay attaches to the death of Parsons, as
Mere were no marks of violence on his
erson. The verdict of the jury was that
" dledfrom causes unknown. His pa
nnls lave been tclegraphed and his body
Will be held to await their reply.