Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-29
SHERMAN.
District Court Hard at Work on a
Very Heavy Docket.
A Negro Dies from Too Much EgEnog A
Card of Thanks.


trlct court met this morning, aud pro.
ceeded TO dispose OF various motion.
therein pending.
Henry Faber, charged and convicted OF
| highway robbery, was up before the court
on a motion In arrest Of judgment on the
| grounds that the language of the indict
ment on which he was tried was vague
aud indefinite, and not sufficient In law
His honor ruled that the clause com.
/ planned of was not I'm exact accordance
with his own ideas OF pleading but was
| still good, while another count was all
that could be desired in the way
OF pleading. The motion was
| overruled and defendant sentenced 10
/ ten years In the penitentigry under the
| verdict Of the jury. Notice Of appeal was
given. Mcdonald, the accomplish of
Faber is tho crime, entered plea OF
| guilty on his trial and got - years.
/ IN the matter of appeal in the John
/ Harrison case, the ailldavits Of two OF de-
| fendant's attorneys were fled With the
papers as part of the statement of facts,
and, on objection being made by the
county attorney, the same came up for ac-
tiOn by the court. His honor stated that
his attention had not been called TO the
said afldayits on the trial, he had not
signed them as part Of the proceedings,
and would not do SO now rs he knew of
but two ways to get such facts in the
record, which were by the recollection OF
the court or that Of bystanders, and he
did not recognize defendants attorneys
as bystanders, nor recollect the facts
stated himself.
Sam Cook OF Denlson, by his attorney,
Il. G. Mclean, made Il motion to compel
Standefer & Mosely to produce certain
papers in case in which they had been
discharged as his attorneys without the
payment Of their proper fee, which papers
they withhold to force settlement. AS
no law applying TO such state of facts
was produced for the information of the
court the motion was put off for the after
noon session.
All the criminal cases out on bond were
continued generally to allow the jail cases
TO be disposed of before the close OF the
term, which ends by law next Saturday
night.
George Leonard, charged with Burrell
Bond for the robbery of one Pierce in
gambling hall over the Crockford saloon,
WIS arralgned this afternoon and Il Jury
drawn from the panel of the week to try.
Bond was tried last week and got ten
years.
The mayors court was crowded this
morning with defendants and Witnesses
on the trial OF divers small OffenSes com
mlttcd within the city since Saturday
morning. Two parties were fined S25
each for carrying pistols and several fined
for disturbance.
While Policeman Burgess was conduct
ing two negro women to the lookup one
pulled away ana escaped, the policeman
fearing to follow, because he would
thereby release the Other and greater
offender.
The mayorimposed fines to the amount
OF SGs.
Justice Hinkle had full docket of civil
work before him, but the forenoon was
taken up In setting cases for future trial.
The telephone line to connect Howe
with this city was completed Saturday
evening, and we are now on speaking
terms with this neighboring village.
G. b. Wandelohr and family returned
this morning from visit to the family Of
Paul NAPLES Mt Gainesville.
Judge Gilbert of Denison was in our
court this morning.
The prisoners confined in the county
jail were so royalty banqueted ON Christ
mas day that they feel deep sense OF
gratitude therefor, and have furnished
the following letter of thanks for The GA
zErTE readers.
To THE Fort WORTH GAZETTE Please
allow MS space in the columns of your
valuable paper 10 express our thanks to
the kind friends In the outside world for
their remembrance of the unfortunate
ones confined behind the walls OF the
Grayson county Jail. We are especially
tn1uhta1 10 ID 4 =
torney, for his Christmas present to as,
and feel while he prosecuted us he has
but discharged his duty as public
officer. To Mr. NJ, O'Callahan, our ell
Gent jailer, we cannot find terms which
would adequately express our heartfelt
thanks for his untirng efforts in making
us have as merry Christmas az pos
sibly could be enjoyed by those con
fined in prison, and for the splendid
dinner furnished us, Mr.. T.. G., Douglass,
sheriff. Nj. O'Callahan, lailer; and his
two gentlemanly guards, the Chapman
brothers, acting under him, have always
done everything in their power to make IL
az pleasant as possible for those conaned,
aud on yesterday more than excelled
themselves in their attentions towards us
To Judge Sllas Hare we are also indebted
Tor bis Kindness towards us, and while
some on the outside world parook of
finer dinners than we, there were none
who enjoyed theirs more than we. In
conclusion to our friends, and especially
TO Mr. Il. g. Douglass, sheriff; NJ. 0'Call0-
han, jailer; Messrs, Wary, Clarence Chap
man, Judge SlaS Hare and Mr.. C. 81.
Randell, county attorney, we wish that
they, and each OF them, may live to enjoy
the return OF many merry Christmas
aud happy new year. Respectfully,
INMATES GRAYsoN COUNTY JAN.
Nelson Mitchell, a negro boy seven
years old died this morning in East
sherman from a singular cause. The
previous evening he went TO neighbours
house, whore Christmas egg-nog was
flowing, aud drank two glasses OF the de-
lighttul beverage. Shortly thert after he
returned TO his father's house near by
and took about an ounce OF straight
whisky. He soon went to sleep and
nothing was thought OF Il until after
midnight when his heavy breathing at
tracted notice, and an effort to arouse him
proved uuayailing. Or. Morrow was
sent for, but the case was beyond his
reach and death ensued.
THE ALLIANCE.