Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-08
DALLAS.
4 Very Sensational Scene on the Streets
Of Dallas in Which Mayor Brown
Makes an Arrest.
very Young mother--Linn stin Aiive.
The Texas state Fair Makes a
Statement
A SENSATIONAL scENE.I

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. IA sensational
scene was witnessed at the corner of Elm
and Sycamore streets this afternoon be-
tween IL and O'Clock. About that hour
Mr.. w. 2. Siler was walking down Elm
street, a lady by his side, when J. J.
Kertin, as reported, pointed a pistol AZ
him saying, "now run, you -" Mr..
Siler quickly obeyed the command ana
spared no effort to get out OF the wav OF
the weapon as speedily as possible. The
man with the pistol started In hot pur-
suit, but owing to the crowd OF people
which quickly gathered was unable to
shoot with any certainty Of his aim or
without great danger Of wounding
some unoffending citizen. While
the chase was at the most ex-
citing point Mayor Brown put in
an appearance and Selling Kertin by the
arm, relieved him of his pistol aud
marched him off to the station-house,
where charges were lodged against him.
There are rumors enough afloat as to the
cause OF the attempted shooting, but the
facts will not be brought out until the
hearing before the mayor on Monday.
Meanwhile 1t is enough to say that there
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sERIoUs-cHARGEs.
Mary Allen, a thirteen-year-old maiden
of rather prepossessing appearance, went
before Assistant County Attorney Hanson
to-day and swore out an affidavit against
Nathan Goodwin, charging him with hay-
ing threatened her life. Goodwin claims
to be the grandfather of the
girl and to have supported and educated
her and to be DESTROYS Of still further
caring for her. The girl, on the other
hand, says thatsshe has lived with Goodwin
ever since she can remember, and that he
had always told her that he was her
grandfather, but that he shamefully
abused and mistreated her and latterly
had made Indecent proposals to her and
had tried to force her TO a compliance
This story she told some time ago wher
the conduct Of the alleged grandfather
was such as to drive her from home anC
cause her to seek the protection OF some
of the members Of the church she was il
the habit of attending. She was givei
employment in respectable family, anC
after time the old man finally wen
away, having failed to induce her to re
turn to his house. He returned day o
two ago, and meeting her on the stree
threatened to kill her II she did not com
0 back to live with him, and hence the at
tldavit.
YoUN g MOTHER.
young mulatto girl in East Dallas
said to be only, eleven years old, ha
given birth to baby which tips tn
scales at two and half pounds, an
a which, though dimlnutiye in size, appear
. to be quite healthy and vigorous. Whe
. the young mother was first con6ned he
parents did not suspect the true situatio
+. and administered qulnine and other met
. icines, supposing that she was merel
: sick OF q fever.
: SCOTT GIVES BOND.
Jim Scott, who has been confined
> the county jail since his arrest in Califo
mia, whittier he had gone sometime aft
. killing "Big Mack" was to-day release
u on,giving bond in the sum OF $4,000.
u FATALLY HURT.
Charles Starke, a colored boy, abol
D thirteen years old, was struck on Il
u head by falling rock while at work on
new building on Elm street. The bio
rendered him insensible, and he had
\. be taken home on wagon, where he WI
attended by physician and his wour
dressed. 1t is said the injury is likely
prove fatal.
II Inns CONDITION.
Rufus Linn, the young man who W;
~ accidentally snot by George Bea'
yesterday, is still alive, but the attendil
physician does not think the chanc
very good for his recovery. He is I
ceiving every possible attention and sa
IA he does not suffer any pain, yet his Ii
: hangs by thread which may be snapp
! at any moment.
DIVORCE WANTED.
= In the district court this morning Mr.
Mary Cherfant filed petition for divor
from her husband, Eli A. Chaefant. S
alleges in her petition that she was me
ried to Eli Charfant in Alexander count
Illinois, in Decembery 1884, and that tn
lived together until January last, VIII
his treatment of her became so unbearat
that she could not longer live with hi
She asks that she be allowed to resur
her maiden name of Mary Mcdonnell, al
be allowed the custody of her child, nj
ten months old.
The Stockmen and the Fair.
nj 1t will be remembered that Messrs.
nq M Hunts and w s lizard called a met