Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-02
SHERMAN.
Ths Jury IN The Case Of PETE Var
bropgh Returns a ferdiei
Of Guilty.
A t,s,arsut IN tho Merchants and Plan
tsrsf Battle-Ground Town--Per
sonsi and Society Notes.

1T wouLDN'T oPgS.
Special " the GAeite
SHERMAN, Tax, May i--Yesterday
afternoon the cashier Of the Merchants
snd Planters bsnk, having some
occasion to get into the safe Of that iusti-
tuition, found that the big door didn't
Weld 70 his manipuistions worth
cent. An tis efforts In that dlrec-
ton ne1ted IN failure, as
did those Of tie other officials who tried
their hands ~ the unlocking process.
None Of them had a magic "open sesame"
so u 70 speas, and the more they tried
tho more they dldnit succeed. In the
earlier part VI the day, that clever expert,
Mr.. NJ. II Enren oi Fort Worth, repre-
eeutiug The Starr Safe company OF st.
IsoBis, had been cleaning up and exsmin-
Ing the cafe 20 see that u vas IN proper
trim, but had taken the Fl.
ternoon train for the Fort. TO bis
surprise on arriving there he found three
kilograms awaiting him, requesting mm
70 hurry back 10 Sherman on the first
train, AS tn4re was hlost OUT In the
Merchants'and planters' bank that needed
his immediate attention. To say that the
officials OF that institution were worried
at the time Of sending those mes
sages 10 Mr.. sursn is putting II
mildly. But when tb9t gentleman
arrived ut iii40 this morning
he was greeted with smiles and the cheer
iul announcement that he was no longer
needed.
"What was the matter7"
non, nothing; only the time lock had
been set on guard without anybody know
ing II, which guaranteed that nothing
short Of dynamite ~ that could Jet them
IN before . O'Clock a. m. They thought
that maybe some OF the machinery bad
rot out Of FIX and IL wouldn't do
70 have all that Pile Of "fltby lncrs"
where II couldn't be rot et in minutes
time"
Suren smiled, but no smiled still louder
when President Randolph said II was
their time 10 "set 'om up" aud Cashier
Dorchester went out after d box Of I'M
ported Ilavanas.
TINE YARBROUGH CASH.
The celebrated case OF the State vs..
Pete Yafbrough, for arson, the de
tails OF which we're given In TIM
GAZETTE when the arrest was made last
November, Is attracting great deal Of in
terest, judging by the crowds Of speCta.
tors a. the courthouse. The evidence
against the defendant Is circnmstantial
yet pointed, though a witness for the de-
Tense swore 10 his presence al another
place OF the time the burning occurred +,
proving a clear abb. County Attorney
R4ndell, however, Offset thia with an
effort at impesching the credibility OF
the Witness An the testimony
vas in, argument beginning this
morning with brief opening
speech by the county attorney. Hare &
Head and Lawyer Mclean represent y ar
brough The jury, after staying out
about two hours, brought In verdict Of
guilty" with two years In the penlten-
tiarY.
LOCAL suoRT.sToPs.
A picnlc given by the knights uf lfon0r
at Van Alstyne to-day drew a good many
Shefmanites Hon j n Cole OF this city
delivered the Grafton. The Sher.
man band furnished the music.
Among th6se who went were: MIR.
j. y. Wheat and family, Mr., ReEben
Nicely and family, Misses Nina Fitch,
Lily Bonham, Mary Dalnall, Eliza Faull,
Lizzie VOrls. Julia Scott, and Messrs
Cam RaylOrd, A w. Powell, Scott Jones'
Walter Pitts, william Scott, Jim Saddler,
John Fault and VIII McMahan.
NV 1Vhhk'l 'i'HiNHb Hiu1tu ONtI 10 "
grand ball at night. Many more would
have gone had the weather not looked SO
threatening.
Tom Gilroy was arrested yesterday by
Sheriff Douglass at Bonham for enihcE
element and gave bond, Tom Ia accused
| OF some crooked transactions IN horse
flesh at DenisOn. His father and brother
are also under bond for the same cause.
The ladies are getting up dinner and
supper for Tuesday, the proceeds TO go
to an orphans home
social gathering and Ice cream les
tlyal which took place at the Sherman In
stltute this evening was largely attended
and passed OF most pleasantly
Judge H. II. Gaines, a leading citizen Of
Paris, was In the city to-day.
Judge J II Dllls, the former CORE
spondent Of Tnr GAZETTE here, has gone
to Dallas Ia the Interest of the Stats Fair
and Exposition association. All who
know him are aware Of his great abilities
IN engineering any scheme OF this sort,
aud predict for him the highest success.
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