Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-22
DALLAS.
A Man Named Hopkins Stabbed Five
Times by Chance Acquaintance
In a Bar Room.
John Crum Arrested for Wife Murder
Committed seven Years Ago.
Heavy Mortality.
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DALLAS, TEX, Aug. lat late hour
last night man, considerably under the
influence of liquor and bleeding from o
number of knife wounds, entered a Main
street drug store for asst lance. He gave
his name as William Hopkins, and stated
that he had been stabbed five times by a
man whose name he did not know, but
with whom he had struck up a
chance acquaintance IN bar-room. The
two went from one saloon to
another drinking, and Hopkins says he
had Just left his companion and was GO
ing out OF the front door when his new
pledged friend called to him to stop a
minute. and, going up to him, caught
him by the throat and began stabbing
him. Hopkins yelled for the police, when
his assailant fled. AS both men had been
drinking very freely, 1t is probable that
the cutting was due to drink lather than
to any purpose Of assassination Hop
kins' wounds are not considered serioussI
ARRESTED FOR wIFE-MURDER.
Some seven years negro named John
Crum murdered his wife in Trinity
county in fit of jealousy, committing
the gatrocious deed with an ak. Crum
fed the country, and has succeeded in
eludIng the officers ever since. Late
last night Officer Wood arrested negro
who answers the description of Crum TO
a nicely and lodged him in jail to await
the coming of an officer from that
county. The man under arrest
insists that he is not the man wanted for
murder, as he was never in Trinity
county in his life. The officers, however,
think otherwise and will hold him.
HEAVY MORTALITY.
The weeks mortuary report shows
total Of thirteen deaths, made up Of
suicides, accidental drowning and all
ments brought on or aggravated by
the extreme heat and too free
use of alcoholic stimulants. The
usual weekly mortality is about
two-thirds less than that recorded for
the week just ended Physicians say
that II the extreme heat had not been
broken by the rainfall OF yesterday, and
the consequent lowering of the tempera-
ture, there would have been an almost
unprecedented amount OF sickness, es-
pecially among children, and perhaps
very heavy mortality. 1t is thought the
cooling off of the atmosphere, even for q
snort time, will greatly improve the gen.
eral health.
ADJUDGED INSANE
In the county court this morning w. H.
O'Banon was adjudged insane and will be
sent to the asylum for treatment. Mr.,
O'Banon was sent to the asylum some
six years ago and remained there until he
was thought to be cured, when he was
The character of Mr..
O'Banon's madness is not violent. His
mania is religion, and he is apparently
of thinking or talking of any
thing else. Only yesterday, another
patient was adjudged insane by the same
tribunal, the form of his madness being
the same, except that he was sometimes
violent.
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
freight train on the Texas & Pacific
railroad was wrecked this morning about
a mile west Of the city, near the terminus
OF the trestle work on the opposite side
of the river. Five cars loaded withlstoc
aud csboose were preolpitated from the
which was about twenty
feet high. The five cars were badly
wrecked and some cattle were killed or
There were other cars loaded
with live stock attached to the train