Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-21
DALLAS.
The Hot Siege Is Broken by a Good
Rain and the People Rejoice
Greatly Thereat.
An Inquest Held Over tho Drowned Trio,
An u~nidentihed HcrO-Heayy Pines.
Insane on Religion.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Aug. 2O-After a long
siege OF unprecedentedly hot and dry
weather the ioodgates OF heaven were
opened this afternoon, and the rain came
down In sufficient quantity to cool the
atmospheric II not to food the cutters and
sewers. There have been only a few
days within the last six weeks when the
thermometer did not register rs much as
100 Fahrenheit in the shade during the
day, without going very much lower
curing the night. The prevalence OF
congestion and the number of sudden
deaths recently are attributed In some
measure TO the extreme heat, and every
BODY Is glad TO welcome the change 10
the temperature marked by this after
moons shower. The hope IS generally
indulged that the worst Of the summer Is
over, n that from this time on the
nights at least will be cool and pleasant.
INQUEST ON II DROWNED TRIO,
Justice Kendall held an inquest to-day
on the bodies Of Mrs. Beach, her son
Eddie, and a strange man, as yet uniden.
tined, who were drowned In the Trinity
river near the brewery last evening
Carleton Arbuckle testified that he was in
the river, opposite the brewery, bathing,
when he noticed some ladies passing
along the bank, and a little while after
his attention was attracted by cries for
help. He ran out upon the bank aud In
the direction from which the cries came,
and saw a woman In the water with one
hand up, but a moment later she disap-
peared and he saw nothing more OF her,
After the body was recovered from the
water and brought ashore he recognized
1t as that Of Mrs. William Beach, who
resided at No. IL Cochran street.
Miss Kate Gardner, who accompanied
Mrs. Beach and her little son 20 the river
testified that Eddie Beach went in bath
ing and Swan across the river and back
and his mother told him to swim across
again (the channel AT this point was deeJ
but only a few feet wide.) Tn,
boy swan across aud started
back, when it was noticed that h
was struggling and apparently sinking
The mother cried out, ooh, my sonl'
and plunged into the river, regardless O
consequences, TO rescue him. She caugh
hold OF HIM and struggled to reach tht
shore, but In vain. A man who had bee
observed sitting on the bank OF the rive
a little way off heard the cries, aud see
ing the struggle going on Ia the rivel
plunged boldly into the water and caugt
the drowning woman just as she saul
but went down with her and did not ris
again. Mrs. Beach, who had sunk ono
before, wen down again, and the lltt
boy followed, still holding on to h
mother, A little while afterward tW
colored boys, known as Dandy Jim an
Ben ~Edmundson, went into the water
recover the bodies, and finally succeed,
in bringing them out. The verdict OF Il
Jury was accidental drowning.
Mrs. Beach was the wife of Mr.. WI
I Beach, an engineer on the Missouri p
u cifc railroad. Mr.. Beach came In on Il
train last night and learned of the ter
BILE fate Of his wife and child immediate
; on his arrival. The name Of the strang
who lost his life in the effort TO resc
. the drowning oma and child
still unknown, as there was moi
, ing on his person by which 10 iden
= fly him, and no n seems
v know anything OF him. His remains We
taken charge OF by the citizens and we
I laid out in the Armory hall, where tn
} have been all day. A subscription W
7 taken up to defray the expenses of a q
cent burial, the determination being,
! Mayor Brown expressed II, that a M
J who had so nobly sacrificed his life shou
: not be allowed to lie 10 potter's field.
= NoN CoMPos MENTIs.
y DR.. Moses Sanders has recently lost /
{ mental balance by reason, it is said,
Z religious feryor. Within the last few da
he has shown signs at times of inten
. madness and has been so violent as TO
y quire confinement. This morning a ia
. Of inquest took testimony in the cour
court in reference TO his mental conditi
aud rendered a verdict Of insanity. 7
o doctor Is confined TO his bed by eXlal
+ ton, but as soon as his condition "
,, permit he will be transferred to the luz
le tic asylum for treatment.
- HEAVY FINES.
u Justice Schulz appears to be det'
"a mined to use his best endeavors to p
- serve the morals Of the city and to !
u his judicial foot iatly down OF those W
W are brought before him on charges of
81 decent behavior. To-day he fined I
women who were charged with bel
drunk on the public streets 500 eal
and remarked that he intended to pun
such disreputable conduct whene'
brought before his court TO the full
tent Of the law.
A. j. Mccain Of Fort Belknap was
the city to-day looking for two runaV
re boys, his son, Lee Mccain, aged 70
teen, and his nephew, James Mecca
aged sixteen years. The two boys
ST away from home about a week ago, I
Y, ing with them two gray mares. He 81
he traced them to Fort Worth, where
ne lost track Of them and has not since b'
able to discover any trace OF their whe
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