Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-13
FokT SMITH.
One Weeks Bustnefs In Uncle SAINTS
Biggest CrImiSsl tonrt- The
New Murder Cases
= "hiaxy OF Rasonis~-Noles Picked IN
around the Court-uouse aud jail
by a Gazette Reporter.

| ..f - wy chiNcu ohtct court Tor the
western district Of Arkansas convened
on Monday last, and the clerks record
shows large number OF cases disposed
Of mp TO Saturday night, as follows.
William Bowling, Texan, brought in
on charge OF murder, was dismissed.
The evidence not being sufficient to war.
rant the district attorneyin trying him.
sam Thompson and John Gross were
convicted OF larceny, and the latter com
mitted TO jail, having been out on bond.
Next, sam Thompson and Bill Simmons
were tried jointly for larceny, which also
resulted In conviction. and Simmons
was placed In jail, having been on bond.
John Anderson aud John w. LaughlIn,
charged with larceny, each entered plea
OF guilty, and were at once sentenced two
years each at Detroit.
Pomp Thompson, Introducing and SELF
ing spirltnous liquor In the Indian coun.
try, entered plea Of guilty TO each count,
but has not yet been sentenced.
Bill Buster pleaded guilty on two STINT.
lar charges and got off light--forty DAYS
In jail and Sll0 fine.
Squirrel Terrell and John Bigieather
tried the same game, but their record was
bad and they will spend one year each at
Detroit.
julius Henshaw, notorious whisky
| peddler who has been long on the range
and "stood off, many n deputy marshal,
was arraigned and entered pleas OF guilty
on three counts. His sentences aggre-
gate four years Imprisonment and $3.50
fine. julius was arrested by the late
Deputy Marshal William Erwin, but did
not surrender until after he had been Sc
yerely wounded In the shoulder, and he
Is still suffering from his wound,
| Plckens Benge entered plea OF guilty on
| two whisky cases, but has not vet been
sentenced,
James II McCallester, John 1, Jolly
and John Bray were arralgned Jointly on
q charge of larceny. Jolly entered plea
OF guilty and was sentenced to one year
at Detroit. His companions pleaded not
guilty. They are charged with robbing a
safe at Vinita, ]. I
Jesse Bridges, a lad Of about htteen,
entered a plea OF guilty to charge Of
robbing the mail, and was sentenced 20
two years hard labor at Detroit. Jesse
was riding the mail between Yellville,
Ark, and Isabella, Mo, and while en-
route between the two places, broke open
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package containing Sl60. He acknowl-
edged the theft AZ soon as arrested
John McGrath, George Brlley and
Joseph Barns were tried Jointly on a
charge Of larceny aud acquitted.
The same result was reached In the
case Of Isaac Meade, also charged with
larceny
I.ucisn Malone and VIM. Price entered
a plea Of guilty TO charge Of selling
whisky in the Indian country. Sentence
suspended until next term.
William Williams, same; sentenced
thirty days In jail and fined 500,
Charles Mynck, same; sentenced ten
days In jail aud fined $40
! James I. Pryor, bigamyi withdrew
! plea Of not guilty and entered plea oil
guilty. The court assessed his punish
ment at two years aud six months hard
labor in prison. He deserted a wife and
two children In Missouri, went down into
the Indian Territory, changed his name
TO Charley Darling aud married fifteen
yearold indian girl He deserved all he
got
Edmond Fleetwood, for contempt OF
court, was sentenced ten days In Jail and
lined $50.
Benjamin A. Rush, giving whisky To
Indians, was tried by u jury and ac-
quilted.
Jesse Walker aud George Boldlin, in,
Producing whisky In the Indian country,
both entered plea of guilty. Latter sen.
fenced TO fifteen days in jail and fined $25
Walker was not sentenced.
j In the following cases nolle pros was
entered by the United States Attorney;
John eagle, Noah Westmoreland, Es
lane Willis, assault with intent TO kill
Joe Palmer, Little Billy Kiog, llrceny
/ Thos. u. Park, one Powell and Long Jim
introducing whisky in Indian country.
The following cases have been ignored
by the grand Jury: Monroe Cox, assault
with intent TO kill; Sagatchee, Mack
McCllsh, one Condee, Moses Liggett, w
c. Beckham, larceny; George Moore,
Lea-tu.chee, Arch Mccoy, A. j. Skid.
more, whisky cases. Josiah Moss, Illicit
distiling,
COURT HOUSE MOTIFS.
There are. l0l prisoners behind the bars
to-day.
The murder cases have not yet been
reached
The prisoners complain that they are
very poorly fed OF late.
Conspicuous among those attending
court here during the week, was the
notorious bandit queen Belle Starr, who
stands indicted for demonstrating and
robbery. Wednesday her fourteen-year-
old son arrived here with the news that
her daughter Pearl Younger was quite
sick, and on Thursday about shutdown,
| having got leave OF absence until the 10th,
she mounted her Kentucky thoroughbred,
,buckled her six-shoeter around her waist
and struck out for home alone, leaving
her boy here. She Is fine horsewoman,
rides good stock and is very handy with
her pistol.
The murder cases TO be tried are as
! follows, your correspondent having
ascertained the facts in an interview to-
day with the prisoners themselves
James s. AlYerson Is charged with
being one OF three men who killed Bud
jackson, Tom Barlow aud Bob Reams on
the goth OF September, 1884, James
| Jackson and Ira Mckee, who never have
been arrested, were Alyerson's COM
panions. He says the three men killed
and one Tom Williams attacked them,
woundlng Mckee and himself, and II he
| can prove his statements in court he will
likely come clear. He also answers 10
| the name OF Sam Thompson, and IL the
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