Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-01-31
|I01n7 BLUE DUCK
r..roEec Found Guilty OF
i'''s ..,ar A white Man in
the Territory
.,,,. in Regard to His sup
,gs'e 70 ,,,ce WHISKY the Cause
80 ,,,ount Of tho Murder

4 81 'lb' W ,pw Jan. 30.--In the
n lppi sal,,.i,o.day Blue Duck, a young
\ WI eou i,ss convicted of the murder oil
,,oseel We FAMED wyrlck, In Flint dis,
h. rslil pau Eau" nstien. The jury failed
M chsrOA,vo, william Christie, his al
isrees .,,ntlicc in the crime, VINO was
y sceS slm They stood eight for ac-
q via ! n ,anr for conviction, and were
" IA Ss,s and nights .
y W. oyopy on THE CRIME.
i, he large volume OF testll non IN.
iv. ~s h appears that on tne SSu Jay
i'sso , ss Blue Duck and Christie,
luuei XIX IN others, we're at the house OF
n s, YEN, three miles from the scene
H s,Sc puck and Christie left
~ ,o~ether and went to the house oil
NV w Manner. where Wyrlck was en-
tril n ,nd was blowing in the field.
iea ~ ~ was pretty drunk. Christie
q p ,Sst he went to Hopper's to get
" y, nj Ma and Hopper's having by acci.
Ai a.i ~ changed at a meeting OF
~, me day previous. Hopper was
~ ~ - hut Christie said he would
. ay he came aud accordingly he
u ST, pucS got of their horses and
l.s re house. Blue Duck remained
y ,,S minutes, when he remounted
"" while Christie lay down on
. Nv and Mrs. Hopper went to the
y some 800 yards distant, for a
Y, n water Before she got back
~ house dive gun-shots were heard In
j ssg where Wyrick was at work, and
A .dI,tely afterward the horse he was
Z. Inv came running up to the house
n the pillow attached Presently
a mick came up from the
z. mrction with an empty
.l,,, in his hand and asked Christie
4 i've him some cartridges to reload it
N Ileboasted then and there OF what
a S,5 done, telling Christie and Mrs.
,,sr where they would find Wyrick.
ss.,Ie refused to give him the cart
z - when he went off down the road
Svb.re he had left his horse and soon
lined With the animal. He again
A a lor cartridges, and Christie finally
4 \ hin a round. He then mounted his
~ and started off, but IL seems he was
5rtipq for more blood, for iustas he
INA Of an Indian boy named Billy
I'M came riding up, and he
{nhlm. Then ; c proceeded to the
ne Of Hawky Vol aud shot at him
4 OF three times, wnen lIawky took the
<p away from him. When Hopper
4 Il home soon after the murder, he and
ktstle went 10 the field, where Il ey
9nd Wyrlck lynn in furtow, shot
h times 10 different parts of the body,
/ The bullets having passed clear
sOugh. Tie matter was kept so quiet
u but few had any idea who did COM
h ihe murder, and the marshals who
tiRd the locality to work up the case
Nnd It q difficult matter to get
<asleHt testimony to warrant them in
barring out writs for the arrest of any
4 DE suspected parties.
'Iinally, Hopper himself was arrested
4 brought here, charged with compile
/ 10 he murder, but was released by the
tiied States commissioner for lack OF
sitHce to bind him over. About this
te he officers obtained information
Alch satisfied them that Blue Duck was
X o. the guilty parties, if there was
flt ihSn one, but he had commenced
putting to keep clear Of the officers, and
lSg considered dangerous and des-
fnR man II was some time
slafe they succeeded in maturing
eAnfor bis capture. Christie was also
HsFcled as being implicated, and the
Fen had writ for him on a charge of
producing whisky In the Nation. They
DIN that II he would arrest Blue
W 10Y them they would have the wills
sa'es sgainst him dismissed on arrival
lon Smith, telling him nothing Of their
F'PsiOns as 10 his connection with the
'la'f' This Christie agreed to, and Sc
|aHg NE assistance of two or three
'les, soon placed Blue Duck in the
y y Inc marshals. At the eXamina-
otIore the commissioner enough
brought to light TO warrant
holding over OF Christie as
as Blue Duck, and he was
E-uh'ea 70 jail TO await trial, which
" on Thursday last in the shape of
" nose cross-ilre or three-correred
\, each defendant having his respec-
ASlels, while the United States at
~ attended to both of them. Christie
az story Of the killing about as re-
sssVOSe, bis testimony being corrob-
INV " several witnesses. Blue Duck
. Story just the opposite, but was
,'agpeHed BY any OF the testimony.
4 I. I'D ~ use told several parties that he |
r,.nyflck, and they testified to the
'F''oas' As Hopper is now on the
IN y ! supposed he was the
A'oi Of The crime. as Blue
Ad spoken to Christie on
1sl, ny % Hoppeps Of killing Wyrick.
4 N, %ssald that on the morning Of the
/ T,sl ~ iouag man asked Hopper for
y NV, uue MN, as he wanted to buy
M rr,r ,lss when Hopper told him TO
y sra ,a s'S :, dinner and he would give
4 lIc. clothing 20 last him as long
s5eises me defendants prosecuted
IN N. leaving the government at
!, y y, y. ns!e TO do. Christie's story
In \ 'a .,asple and so well supported
lslss,lv NsueIaily believed his Innocence
llf,,: ! s1,n9lished while Blue Duck
NJ. r, ~ y hung The killing was, no
|sstos ~ , y,go Ny bloodthrsty nature,