Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-09
LYNCHED AT PARIS.
A Mob Gains Entrance 20 the Jail and
Takes Therefem r. T. Garrett,
clay Davis Murderer.
He Is Found Near Town with a broken
Seek Dangling from an OAK rrsc-- None
o. the Mob identified.
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PARIS, TEX, Feb. S.--Thls morning be.
tween | and > O'Clock Jailer Bal Twin was
called 10 the door by someone without
who said he had a jail-bird there for MIN.
Mr.. Baldwin recognized the voice, as he
thought, to be that of Police Officer Gul.
lick. Mr.. Baldwin says that when he
opened the door several men confronted
him and told him TO be quiet. He drew
his pistol IN theirfaces and ordered them 70
begone. One OF the men lodged and
knocked the pistol up, IL discharging and
striking the ceiling above. When asked
what they wanted, the men replied that
they wanted Garrett, the desperate who
killed Clay Davis last December. Mr.
Baldwin told Mrs. Garrett TO lock the
door TO her room where Garrett was,
which she did. About the same time the
mob rushed In and pushed the door open,
but in the Emcantime Mrs. Garrett had
opened the back door and had managed
TO get her husband out into the backyard
When the inturiated men broke open the
door and could not find Garrett they
came back aud demanded MIR. Baldwin
TO tell where be was and to give them the
keys. Mr.. Baldwin replied that he did
not know where Garrett was, and that
they already had his keys, In the scuille
he bad had The keys on his arm. They
had slipped up to his shoulder and no had
not seen them, so he thought the mob had
them. After the discharge OF MIR. Bald
wins pistol he was overpowered and
choked considerably, the skin being
/ broken In two or three places. After
few moments some Of the men came back
through the jail dragging Garrett, with
I a ma ~ nQgh cfNa ~
rushed right into the street and put In a
hack, which drove down North Main
street about three-quarters OF mile.
Here Garrett was taken out, and without
much ado he was swung to the
limb of red oak tree. When
found this morning, about O'Clock, he
was dead, his neck being broken
lie was hanged with small rope that
looked as II IL had been used as a plow-
line IL was double and was tied In II
hard knot. CARROTS hand was tied with
a small piece of cotton rope. Mr..
Baldwin says his wife tried TO sound the
alarm, but as the bell was out OF fix she
could not make It work. She then went
TO the window and screamed for help, but
as fast as any one came he was stopped
and held under guard by the mob
The only clew had at present as to who
the men were is u hat that was left in the
Jail. CARROTS body win be shipped to
Arkansas for burial.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
hanging of Garrett returned the follow
ing verdict
We, the jurors OF inquest, find that the do.
ceased, X. i, Garrett, cRmo To his death ut the
hands OF mob of unknown persona ON the sth
OF February, 1870 In Lamar county, by hang.
ing Signed. j u, Ryan, j p; l.. q. J. Bennett,
PIES James, l., H. Ryan, Doc liearn, II. Il. Glib.
son, q. N. Groves
The body of r. 7. Garrett was shipped
to Magnet Cove, accompanied by his wife.
The citizens here kindly made up enough
money to pay her expenses there. a cir.
cular has been distributed around town
this evening asking the people of Paris
and the surrounding country TO meet at
the courthouse tonight to express their
feeling and sense in regard TO the lynch.
ing Of X. T, Garrett last night, and Ia
take steps toward catching and Furnishing
the law-breakers.
@. b. Maxey, THE GAZETTE circulator,
took flying trip TO Brookston yester.
day.
b. A. Bywater Of Brookston came IN
last night and gave us his name for TIN
GAZETTE. He says he must have it.