Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-02-27
DALLAS
Damaging Testimony Against Mon.
trssser, Charged With Assault
on Emma Knapp.
The Town 0yar-Run With Burglars
Ulysses s. Grant, Jro Lodgedin
Jail-A Suit for slauder.
special.

DALLAS, TEN, Feb. %. The allah.
sorbing topic 10 the case Of the outrag.
eous assault by Montresser ON the Ger.
man girl Emma Knapp. Montresser
was brought before Justice Schulz thls
evening for examination. The street
around the office WAS thronged with
people anxious to hear the details.
There was no atanding room in the
court Montresser made a statement
to the reporter. He was In jtl at the
time and was badly frightened. He
said the whole story was false from he.
ginning to the end and that IL was A
scheme OF Knapp to vet reyenpe Tor a
petty quarrel which took place be.
tween the two some days ago. He de.
MED that his name Ia Mciufosh INT
Gays he had been called by that namo
because he was raised NV
q man OF that name. A printer
here says he was formerly OF Council
Blutir, Iowa, and while there stole
800 and was jailed for II. He broke
jail and turned up In Dallas about Ave
years ago. The girl testified fully TO
tho outrage and she could not be
shaken in her statement by cruas. px .
animation. There ia one weak npot
about her testimony and that IA this ,
She can't talk word OF FnRliRh and
he not word Of German, ana vet she
says he told her te come to n room aud
assist him In hanging up pictures, or
something OF that kind. This might
be explained away but II standB out
as rather tnconeistent. The crowd Ia
quiet and orderly A policeman aud
several officers are standing at the
door OF the court keeping the atreeta
clear and order about the prtmiaee.
Now and then some one SAVE the
prisoner ought TO be hung, hut these
are mostly OF the kind that don't
lead ~ unceremOniouR hanRinHa, In
the excitement OF the occasion thew
manage 10 get drink or two and their
interest centers here. The beat people
are severe In condemnation, but will
allow tho law TO have its course. Drs.
Ball aud Carter testified 20 the childlg
| condition. Both bore out her teati
mony as TO the Outrage. The case h
still being investigated.
The burglars are working the town
pretty thoroughly. LAST niuht Mr..
sim Sligh'e house on Grifiin street.
was entered and 500 appropriated
THIS makes the fifth or sixth house
robbed within the past week. There
are suspicious characters about the
town and under the surveillance of
the police. They will probably "niove
on before the last of next week.
Ulysses IS Grant, IT,, has turned
up again He was wanted here
for indiscTetlons OF n dis.
honorable kind, such as thlev-
cry, embezzlement, etc. He came in
last evening with a lot OF trRmps and
was collared before he had time 10 say
dOod evening" He was lodged
In jail for his last ''play, d
TO wit, procuring one hundred dollar
under false pretenses. He 10 a son oil
Parson VIM. Jesse Grant, who bap
tised John Logan OF Illinois. He
banged the Bible IN this city for some.
time, but Is now deputy United States
marshal In the Indian territory.
Miss RebeccA Huckaby, most 90.
tlmRble young lady living about ak
miles east OF Dallas, has brought suit
for Islander against A. s. Hum6ert, one
OF her neiRhbors. She laws
her damages at $25 900. She
has employed good legal talent and
says she viii punish her traducer.
her attorneys state that they are not
after dollar OF Humbert,s money.
but are employed 10 punish him and
show the falsity OF his statements.
They further say they will prosecute
him criminRlly. Humbert il well.to.
40 and both families are respectable.