The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-09-17
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desoc,od boarding car OF tho Missouri
Pacific railway, on n side track In tnu
| eastern part OF tho city, haiIe1 from
DsniAon, whore his father, William
Parsons, formerly "a conductor on tho
Houston IL Texas Central railroad,
now lives. Hisialher, ~ response =
a telegram from Marshal Rea, arrived
n this, city Today. ana will carry
home the romans Of the youth who
attempted 10 buffet tho waves of lite
TOO early. All day long the officers
have been searchirg the city FOR Jerry
Roach, who wss aisle p with the youth
In tue Gar wGsn he died, but some one
had told him the officers
woie going to arrest
h a, and ~ vet 10 has not been found.
Tho following eV'dsCcs was adQuced
before Justice Ilnn, aching "a coroner,
this afternoons:
JOHN FOWLER
hGing duly swOGp, says: l 1.-Two in
Font Worth, and my parents are liv-
lug; lave lived here about three y ears;
came from Deuson to tins place; am
10 years old; have known the deceased,
G6of2e Parsons, about7 yagrs; lie ran
away from his paJeuis, aJ nenison, last
Nsar; ha wont OF with S5lls' crcus;nis
father was aconductor on the Houston
& Texas Central railway; l dOn't know
what tho boy did for Nlivlng;I know
ne begged he had no regular plade TO
stav at nights; he siatd mostly In the
Third ward; he runs with Inc boot
blacks; there Is one b Y that ne staid
with mostly; that was the boy that
was with him when ha died; l have
not seen him since Sells circus was
hero; the boy that ruos with him, jerry
Roach, tod n man in my presence
40 iAaanapga 81, "A
fever; jerry Roach, who was
with him when he died, says that he
a tho deceased went 10 the deserted
hosrding.car on the Missouri Pacific
railway 20 have nap just before noon
yesterday, and that be told the de-
ceased that il he wanted any water or
anything no would got it for him.
Cbey bolh went 10 sleep and when he
woEe M the boy was dead; no stayed
in the car Two hours after the boy died
and tnen Went 30 the rouad-h0use and
told the master mechanic of tho death;
don't know what made Parsons leave
home; he was MOI hired to Soils cir
ems; nv father is an engineer on the
Fort Worth q Dauver railroad.
Miuon Fowle, a youth Of II years,
est tled that the deceased Told him
tour days before his deeth that ne had
been baylng chills and FOYER.
George Edwards, another youth,
testified l1aC he was living in Fort
Worth now, but HIS homo WAS in Dem
iSOp; where no had known the deceased,
a1d that he had been having chills,
sud looked sickly all the time,
Ai.ec the evidence had bean brought
in, the coroneps jury retired a few
minutes and broagut IN u verdict that
George Parsons oied on September 10,
1885, between theshours OF ~ a. IN. ana
3 y. M, from causes unknown to them.
Justice linn, in conversation with
The HERALD COZ respondent, said
there was no provision in the law
whereby q physician would be paid
for examining dead body, and conse.
quently no evidence as to tho cause of
Inc death was adduced, and the COR
Oners very s5nsibiy retTrned ver-
dict that tue boy was dead, but they
dion'G undertake to say why or where
fore. A very sensible body of men.
A CLUE.
This afternoon officer Charles Ecott
arrested a boy named Smith, who had
IN his possession a great many new
engaged in selling out his stock of cut
tlery for some weeks past, and the
officer has all tho while had an eye
upon his movements. Mr.. Scott, hay
ing first ascertained that w. L. Lake,
the hardN are dealer, carried in stock
the same kind OF knife, and this fact
coupled with the Knowledge that one
night during the reunion, in last
August, that establishment was en-
tered aud a quantity OF goods carried
of, when he saw the boy, this evening,
took him under his protecting wing.
There are other parties, also, vino
have been selling knives, and the
officers have them spttad. 1t js not
store, but it IL probable that ne knows
who did. This arrest is an important
one, as it is likely TO lead 10 the appre
hension of the burglars.
THE COUNTY COURT.
In the county court Eugene LAM
beth was LYied Tor gan. bling and found
gully and fined S25. Mat Kramer
was fined $40 for betting on game,
and Bill PeLty, on the same charge,
WAS found not guilty. W. Il. Barton,
on charge of aggravated assault, WAS
fined $25, aud for carrying a pistol he
was fined S25. Charles Dixon, charged
with exhibiting a, faro. bank, was
found not guilty by q jury. w. III.
sault, was found not guilty. There
are some 70 cases on The
docket against gamblers, to be
tried at this term. Some time
ago man named Fleming, of Wealth
erfor6, came to the city, and alter
few hours among the sporting fro
ternity, be lost all the filthy lucre he
possessed. Nettled by this, he spent
some two weeks in the city, taking
dots on the gamesters, and hence the
unusually large number ofthe knights
Of the green cloth In trouble at ihis
Term. The assistant county al
orne no,, says the nnd sports Tho must ,,n
law, the offense is punishable not only
by fine, but also by imprisonment.
This being the case it is evident that a
crusade AGAINST the gentlemen here
after willmean something.
ANOTHER SUDDEN DEATH.
Late vest rday evening officer Tuck
or, of the police force, picked up, on
Houston street, near First, in beast
ly state of intoIication, an old man
who is well known here as tramp
that pays periodical visits to this city.
He was put in tho calaboose, and after
q few hours seemed TO sober up con-
siderablv. About 10 O'Clock last night,
he called for water, which was given
him, and that was the last heard of
him alive. This morning when the
turnkey opened the door, he was
Mortified to see the old wanderer
stiff in the silent embrace of death.
Esquire Nance summoned q jury Of
inquest and a verdict wss brought IN
that the old fellow came to his death
from the effects of an old disease. The
old man Is well known in the city,
having been here repeatedly. Marshal
Rea says that within the past two
years the old tramp has been in the
city at least on 20 different occasions
and every time he would manage TO
get drunk. He was partially para
lyzed and has never been known to
nave struck lick OF work since he
has been frequenting this city.
Nobody knew his\ name.
UNITED STATES TROOPS.
Parts of companies H., r., i. and D.,
OF the United States csvslry, that have
have hpan waiting here einca vasfer