Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-06
Fort SMITH.
Thc Federal Court Continues 10 Grind
Twenty-Five Sentenced TO
House of Correction.
Elght Awritins Esscuiion and One Await
isR psatencs for Murder Ceie.
bfnted Case.


tinted states court Tor The Western dis'
triet Of Arkansas, and the 0tst question
ihoy sqk II from whence comes oil these
law.breakera3 Right here is proper
place 90 answer this question, by saying
that ,hey come from from all portions ol
the Indian Territory, many Of them being
brought from distance ~ Two or three
hundred miles, and IN iustlco 10 the IN.
dams "a may bg said that ma.
lOrlty of them arc whites and .
large per cent. negroes, Many
lawlese white men driit ia from the Dor.
derIng states Of Missouri, Kansas, Arhan.
aas phd Tcxas--Inen who are compelled
20 seek the seeluslon Of the rod mans
broad aud apafsely settled country 90 Ga
cape Justice for some crime committed In
the states. Being outlaws they usually
continue their lHWlosanesa aud lead The
indian into "waya that are dark aud
tricks thgt are ynin," thus
bringing him into bim fcpuio IN the eyes
Uf the world aud cause his beautiful
country 60 be lDokod upon aa a regular
pandem0nlum Nyhero crime rides rough.
allud uyGr law and good morals.
fHn FgnrHAL COURT
hnfo " D. coming terror 30 oylld0cra ~
that country aud the better class oi cltl.
Irus out there are ruhdy ~ al times To
agsiat Ne officers IN bringing criminals TO
Justice, houcn the vast amount " Grim
inal business transacted hero During
the past week the following cases have
been finally disposed Of, mud
eHrfrNcEg pAngEb.
Hd Newell, sentenced one year 40 De.
trolt house OF correction for larceny
John = Robinson, for perjury, goes up
for form VI three years. His case Ia
rather remarkable one and deserving
of some comment John In cOlored
dude, wears bocgum hat and looks
wlgo Last summer he struck the neigh.
bgrh0od " sandtown, Cherokee Nation,
and was aYlng his kite pretty high, he
grossly inRuted colored girl, aud her
brother gave him severe ohu8tisinW Ia
order 90 got even with them hu came
here aud swOrc out warrant for THUR
arrest. charging them with having
knocked him down and robbed him ~
$3.50 These men were arrested aud
lodged In jail here, and upon trial proved
ihAt Robinson had no money al the time
aud never WaR known To- have any before
They wcfo acquitted, and Immediately
awore Data warrant Tor Robinson on "A
charge OF perjury, thus turning the tables
pn bin very clearly, Tor ~ they walked
out ~ the Jail Robinson won't In aud Ia
stlll thoro M the disposition Of hlR case
shows
Henry Moore goes mp eighteen monthB
one year for larceny aud ak months for
introducing and selling whisky IN the In
dian country
Horny Burlington. Tor petldling whisky
10 the indian country, viii serve the state
Of Michigan eighteen months and pay
0ne Of 9l00
kllhn Frazier and Jefferson Lawrence,
assault with intent to XII, sentenced 10
three years each al hard labor IN the De.
troit honse of correction
W. Hunter Cochran and ed Colbert,
assault, et0., eighteen months no Detroit,
James Leedy, who entered pleas OF
guilty Oh two whisky cases and was then
with assault with intent 10 KIN,
had nothing TO Hny why sentence should
not be passed upon him, whorcuron the
court assessed HIS punishment nj fonr
years aud six months Imprisonment
three years for assault aud eighteen
months ON the other cases. Leody belongs
90 one NJ the ilret iamlllrg ui Missouri,
hla hrolherln.lnw being IN Congressman
Wsdarll Jim seems TO have heon The
black sheep Of the family, dtlitod into the !
Territory several years ago, aud has been
IN several previous scrapeH, Heretofore
hls relatives have assisted him to rot out, |
hut thla time he appealed them IN vain.
John Slower, introducing whisky IN the |
Nation, thought TO get on easy by enter
Ing n plea Of guilty,b but Johns record was
had, and he was little aatonlAhed when
the court entrrpd him for twO.ycare'
term at the Detroit house NJ correction.
VIM llanlin, Simon Dry aud Lewis
Mitchell al got OF with abort Jail sen.
lonces for Introducing whisky In the Ma.
ton
CARLOAD.
rhls makes the number now awaiting
to Detroit twenty-five, ali
Di whom have been convicted during the
present term, which commenced first
Monday IN February, and nv u IA q very
good carload they win likely ho on the
road before this reaches the readers Of
rnE nAhNrtn They always wait until
they get tull lnnd, then charter car
aud take them right through
AWAITING EXECUTION
There are eight men under sentence
awaiting execution, which takes place ON
The asa OF April With one exception,
mono oi these condemned men have AZ
yet made any effort 90 sock forgiveness
Tor their sins, button the contrary seem
10 BE- the julliest lnmatee OF the iail
Robinspn Kemp, who wae sentenced ON
Saturday last, IL becoming serious, aud
On Tuesday requested that he be allowed
20 cnuHnlt minister vigorous effort
wlllhe made 70 obtain PARTON for Merl.
doth Grow, convicted Of numbering Cub
Courtney, 10 1870, Petitions will be cir.
nulatd IN lekse, whore he resided be.
Tore aud after tio killing, aud also IN the
Chickasaw nation, where the hling oc.
CURED Tho petitions viii be well backed
aud, IN the oplnlun oi your correspondent,
his ease n entitled 10 favorable consd.
Grafton NJ the hands OF The powers that
be A Washington.
rBn Jan. rtiLin
AZ this writing there are one hundred
and ten prisoners behind the bars, which
Il about as many as can wnll DO accom-
modated aud 'Htill there's more 70 fol-
iow,r for there are several matehals out
ON Nfuund.up'' who win shortly report
AZ headquarters,
CEIEnRAfEn CASH
The trial Of Henry Woods OF rahlequah,
IL f4t fha ttltlnsr al A .,,an