Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-31
ABOUT A NOTE.
rsung Lady Feeling Herself lnsui'eo
by Note Tells Her Father, A. "
Brooks, About 1t.
} oe Rivers, the writer, Is Bunted w ~n"
the Result IL Rivers Is Now Dyins
from Pistol wounds
PARTISAN rNBRo0Lio.

pARIsIAN hAbftONAaNs
Special to the Gazette.
PARIS, TEX, Aug. S0.--This tROernoon
about O'Clock shooting dfray oc-
durred in front Of Murphy Bros drug
store on the south side OF tfie square, IN
which Capt. A. ID. Brooks OF this city ana
J oe Rivers Of Honey Grove were engaged
with Colts 45-caliber royolyers, ln
which the latter was dangerously aao
very likely MORALLY woitnded, receiving
two balls In his body, ore which entered
the right side just above Tue
hip-bone, passing tn torgh the BODY,
coming out below the. short rib on the
left side, tearing hole almost as large
as a mans thumb. The other taklng
effect about the right hip pocket, ranging
UPWARDS and lodged. Eoth wounds are
bad. Great excitement prevailed LOT a
long time. Brooks escaped unhurt, Wild
the exception Of blow in the mouth WIN
his ist. The cause of the shooting Is ABOUT
az follows: AS near as The GAZETTE
renorter could learn from outsiders as
the doctors would not let Rivers or the
lawyers would not let Brooks say any
\ thing about IL, 1t seems that this man
\ Rivers and Miss Nellie Brooks, daughter
of A, D. Brooks, were once sWeethearts
when Rivers lived here, but he had
lnoyed OF and gone West aud got broke
4 in business, and last spring came back 10
| Honey Grove and opened up saloon
which business he has since been engaged
| in. On yesterday he came to Paris on
4 visit and this morning met Mss Nellie
,liBrooks up in town somewhere and asked
i 10 walk home with her and she refused
him. lie then went and took q few drinss
| Of whiskey and wrote a note to Miss Mel
lie telling her that she had treated him
mean and had not been true to him
and other things that could not
be learned as the note was destroyed
This caused Miss Nellie to take ofense
and she told her father that Joe Rivers
I had insulted her. Mr.. Brooks then
4 hunted Rivers up and demanded him to
make an apology for insulting his
4 daughter NTH note he wrote. Rivers
said he did not intend that as an insulting
note at all, when some words passed
ana they agreed to let DR.. Hooks,
who was present, decide whether
Hit was insulting or not
About that time Capt. Brooks said 81
4 consider that q id insult" Rivers
at that struck him with his left hand in
the mouth, and drew his pistol with his
right hand and commenced shooting.
1 Policeman Hunt was standing near and
Il grabbed him, throwing his pisto. out of
I range, and was holding him wien Capt.
Brooks came up and shot him twice In
the back with the above effect. At this
time Rivers is resting very quietly
but Is under the influence of morphine
and the doctors say 1t is almost imposs-
BILE for him to live. He Is a son of old
u Gen. Rivers of Sommervllle, Tenn, and
is about twenty-five years OF age, and has
been In Texas about three years. He
has two sisters living here In Paris. Peo-
pie here that know his folks say that he
, came of one OF the most respected fam
, lies Of Tennessee, and his condition is
I deeply regretted.
Capt. Brooks gave himself up and went
oefore Justice Ryan and gave bond fol
$500.
, The Paris Brick company sold theil
machinery to Fort Worth company to-
, day, and it will be moved there IN a few
days.
j. w. Bryan, aged seventy-seven years
, last January, died at his residence this
: morning at O'Clock. He has been well
= known as godly member of the M. Il
: church for long time.
. THE NEWS AT HONEY GROVE.
= Special to the Gazette.
HONEY GROVE, TEX, Aug. SOL. P
: Rivers, liquor dealer of this place
4 while on visit to Paris to-day was sho
4 In the abdomen and back byA. d. Brooks
\ Rivers was engaged to Brooks daughter
4 but the father was opposed to tn,
match. Rivers is expected to die at an,
moment The affair is deeply regretted
here as Rivers stands high as to charac
ter.