Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-09
DALLAS.
,.,let shop Operator Decamps with
|ssds but is Arrested at Toronto,
canada, by o Detective.
sufferipg from Coat Famine
me bogus ohs ck swlndler-The
r.atherford Mail Robbery.


&O,toher ), H. MVDuuy, youog gen
IL occupying . confidential business
IN al waxahachie for the firm Of S.
IA & Co., bucket shop managers OF
with various branch houses 10
~ concluded to make a hasty pill
~ 10 Canada, and, acting upon this
e-Sion. took $4,000 of the FIRMS
snd departed Detectives were at
a gM on his trail, and to-day a tele-
Il rom Toronto announced his cap
.as,erday in that city by Detective
noncan " Dallas. McDuffy when ar
4 twns ssiln un1erth Ia, alias of Marion
ds MIR. 5 erart Of this city, agent
"a . Floyd & Co, Is now in Toronto
IA * raditiou papers, and expects
"a nh secure McDuffy's surrender by
snsdian authorities and his return
lsyanschle. 1t Is not known here
M the embezzled money was found
eDnf7's possession,
two alleged confidence men, who
= r,used by Mr.. NJ. A. HOrto OF Ellis
NJ Of robbing hun, on Friday last, Of
rheu he was attempting to accom-
10 them In making change for $50
n niece, after they had ia lied to work
"A hopns check racket ON him,
uhou he identified on a Houston G.
Central train Saturday night, with
d purchased for Corsicana, and had
arrested and j4iled, were before
- Braswell to-day for preliminary
M Each was held in the sum OF
"a Il default OF which they were re-
Y M 20 jail. Williams claims Fort
AZ h as his home.
IN DAYS ago two mail pouches were
Al the Texas & Pacific depot In
hertord. The pouches were found
,ward, rihed of their contents, which
ded number of registered packages.
IN Deputy United States Marshal
Inn broug I to Dallas M. j. Scog-
q an employe of the Texas & Pacific at
hartford, and negro named Samuel
4 who carried the mails from the
''sherford postofilce to the depot, and
& we're up before United States Com
acner Burford this aft rnoon for
Ina. 1t was developed that Jones
siet OF Police Battle of Weatherford
he mail was to be robbed, before the
was committed. Jones accuses
lns OF having taken the pouches,
eatened him with death II he made
zbwn The amount of money or val
secured by the robbery has not
made public, but 1t is believed to
Il been considerable. The result of
herring was the dismissal of the
hes against Scoggins, and the bind
fyer OF Jones in the sum of $500, in
Biz Of which he went to jail, Scog-
showed that the only thing lie did
10 loan Jones key-a customary
Ito unlock one of the depot doors.
b )pears that the robbery occurred in
toom that this door belonged to.
important test case was to-day dis
Liza of in the county court by Judge
from whose decision in the matter
& Is no appeal. 7. j. Moore, n team
recently employed ON the Dallas &
7nyille extension Of the Missouri Pa
srailroad, brought suit against j. Il.
|Eannor & Co of This city, contractors,
lf4cover pay for the work zone, amount
% about 500 O'Connor & Co. re.
payment, alleging that they had
j the sub.contractors, who employed
pnt. The question to-day was
III her men owning teams and using
y had laborer's lien on the road.
Bower decided that
~ was laborer within the
Ing Of the statutes whether he
J, hand shovel or shovel drawn by
\, aud gave judgment for fore
Pc There are upwards OF eighty
1ls OF the character OF this test case,
are virtually subject to the effect
~ decision. The amounts involved
pate several thousand dollars. The
hctors announce that they will
ate the aims tomorrow and avert
csure.
be cold, chilly winds of December"
drought very prominently TO the
the TACT that all Texas IS suffering
coal famine. There was not to-day
tticle OF coal to be purchased at
W the yards in DAllas--complete eX-
pom being rep rted from the marts
Rde and barter In black diamonds
Hihe Indian Territory, Alabama and
ylyania alike. All the coal mer-
are now, and in fact have haen all
uf, at the mercy Of the irate tongues
vering humanity, whom they cannot
flce that a systematic conspiracy tx
keep the market bare that high
may be exacted. TIE GAZETTE
pondent tackled e. Y Childs to
4 up" some of the wardness
a. operated 10 produce and prolong
foal famine, believing that no
malicious and mercenary motives
possibly prompt good men to keep
|I u the freezing kind among their
ofs and townspeople, and that,
.VRs, some tangible explanation
put the people in better humor,
ID not reduce the great surieit of
W comfOrtn with which they are
FL Mr. Childs said in substances
Is no conspiracy. The coal famine
Voldable. The dealers Of Dallas,
~ fact of every town in Texas
coal, are doing and have done
IN their power to better
The only source of supply is
aes In the Indian Territory. They
p supply not only Dallas, but vir-
AZ the railroad towns In Texas, to
tning OF all the railroads. The
presumption In such vast empire
lnous, and the distribution has to
.cloos and as near equitable to To-
es II can be made. All points
oe supplied, aud almost stimuli
Wy, causing scant amount at
AZ points at the same time. The
q The coal is not the drawback.
Vetput from the mines is
limited - it's the means OF
RoF'atlon that is short. The Mis-