Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-16
WACO
The Heartless Conduct Of YOune
Farmer Drives a Beautiful
Girl Crazy.
John AoLennnn, Pioneer, Dead--At
Federal Court Opened---A Dry
Tovn-sympRthy for Leach.

WACO, TEX, Nov. ia sad case OF
luuatlco de insuirendO came up before his
honor Judge Evans this morning The
subject IS young lady by the name Of
Minnie Barkley, who resides with her
reiatiyes near Mart, in this county. Some
time ago she became acquainted with Al
young man by the name OF Buck Doug
lass, q farmer, In the vicinity OF Mart
Their acquaintance rlpened into love,
and dnally they were engaged 10 be mar
ried. The day was set for the wedding.
Douglass came TO this city for his OUTFIT,
household furniture, etc, and intended
also to procure the marriage license.
But Instead of doing what he Intended,
and going back home with the joyful
udings to the one whom he had vowed TO
love and protect through life and make her
happy, he went home, wrote note TO the
young lady, telling her he had reconsld-
cred their vows, aud declined to consum.
mate their engagement. Thus a human
heart was virtually broken. The young
lady became morose and melan.
chollY from the day she received the
note, and finally physician, DIR. W. b.
Carpenter, was called. He saw that her
mind was affected, and pronounced II
AhNA"hNhNAAos WAS NAA Mttkh AEOt
and since that time she has had constant
attention, but her condition did not seem
TO improve, ana her relatives thought
best To send her 10 the asylum where,
perhaps, with kind treatment aud skilled
care her mind may be restored Miss
Barley is beautiful young lady, about
twenty four years OF age, and is a native
OF Georgia, She has been living with
sister IN Texas about six years. She was
adludged Of unsound mind, and the jury
recommended that she be placed under
restraint. She excited the sympathy of
all who SAW her as she sat silent in the
court room this morning, for she Is pass.
ing beautiful and her face was the very
incarnation Of despair. 1t rs said there is
much Indignation against young Douglas
in the neighborhood where this sad affair
occurred Miss Barley will be sent to
The Institution at Terrell,
Early this morning summons came
from the Dunnica farm, down the river,
TO physician in the city to come at once
and see negro boy who had been bitten
by n dog. On arriving at the cabin the
physician learned that the boy WAS
the son Of Reuben Robinson, and
that savage dog had jumped ON the
child and torn his lower lip away. IL is
a case the physician had never before
heard Of, and he says It Is something re.
markahe. The lower lip.is entirely gone,
the oog having chewed 1t on, aud the
child's lower teeth are left exposed The
upper lip was also bitten and had to be
sewed up. The doctor did what he could
and returned home. HesSys the dog had
not cen killed when he left the farm
There is considerable sympathy ex-
pressed here for DR.. Il. W Leach, whose
sentence of fifteen years In the peniten-
tiary was affirmed By the court of appeals
Saturday. DIR. Leach killed Constable
Joe Martin, at De Leon, Comanche
county, and was trled, convicted and
sentenced as above stated at the February
term OF the Comauche district court.
Rather strong expert testimony tended to
show he was Of unsound mind, but the
jury did not see III 10 acquit him. He has
en- interesting wife and three little
children, an when he was removed 10
the Waco jail pending the result of his
appeal, the wife and children came too,
70 be- near BIN, An effort Will probably
be made to secure executive clemency in
his case.
Uu!ted States district court, Hon A.
y Mccormick presiding judge, and uni
ted States Marshal Cahell IN 0tteno lBce.
The term will last perhaps q month, and
there are several important cases on the
civil and criminal dockets. The grand
jury was cmpar elled this morning, The
criminal docket was set for the goth inst.
Tie case OF the New York and Texas Laud
company Chlnited) VS.. j. o. b. Street,
question for preliminary Injunction from
Wheeler county, Is now on trial.
Local option has been Ia force at
Moody, In this county, since July, 1885,
cnd Moody mas become a stronghold of
prohibition case Of violation OF the
local option law was tried there Satur-
day, and resulted Ia the case being
thrown out of court, on the ground that
the election was null and void. The de-
feet arose in the fact that the county
court, In ordering the election, fixed a
date thirty-one days beyond the date Of
Issuance of the order, when the law pro-
yides that thirty days shall be the limit
The result was great surprise TO the
Moody people, az they Imagined every
requirement. OF the law had been met.
This places Moody with Crawford In the
list OF "dryn towns In this county. In
both instances The law was beaten by
technical defects in the petition or the
order Of the county court for the cleo
lions
August Bernhelm Bauer vs. |. Cohen
& Bro, an execution for S2,949 27, less a
credit OF $500 55 and costs, amounting
to Sl24 20, Is the style Of suit fled In
the federal court this morning, and the
marshal proceeded to execute the papers
by closing the doors OF the house whore
Cohen Bros. formerly did business. This |
stock of goods was formally attached, the
doors OF the house were closed, and |
Sheriff Harris proceeded to sell the goods |
upon an order Issued by the courts woich |
have proper jurisdiction in the case. Mr.
Sam Sanger became purchaser, and his |
purchase has been recorded, Mr.. San
ger says the goods are his
John McLennan, aged geYenty-two |
years, died at Cameron, Milan county, |
this morning, where he was visiting a
daughter, Mrs. Judge Ford. John Nc
Lehman came here in 1889 and helped
Maj George 3. Ersth survey the town OF
Waco and lay It Of In lots. The county
was named for his father, Neil McLeDDan,
who wvs q North Carolina man Of Scotch
descent. The experiences OF the family
here Ia the early days, when Indians
were plentiful, is full Of interesting and
stirring incidents. John McLennAn lived
10 see Waco grow from nothing TO $4,000