Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-25
DALLAS.
The Jury FINDS that II. II. Evans Was
Killed by a Train and Was
Not Murdered.
sewing.Macbine Mnn EpJoined-Jlm scott
Indicted-Two Picnics by the Masons.
Absent-sIinded.
FILLED m TIE TRAM.

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Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. June "a As stated In
THE GAzETrE's special yesterday, the In
quest in the II. II. Evans case YVES to be
continued to-day. II will be remembered
that Evans body was found Tuesday
morning at Mliler's switch, some FIVE
miles south OF here, and that at the FIRST
inquest conducted by justice Schulz
the Jury found that the deceased
came TO his death from heart dis
ease. After the verdict was rem
dered and the body of deceased
was being prepared for interment II was
found that his neck was broken, his col
lsr.bone and right arm and several Of his
ribs on the right side; also his skull was
supposed TO be fractured SO IL became
necessary and the friends OF Evans de
manded another inquest, aud 1t was
begun on yesterday, as announced, ana
assumed a rather criminal appearance, so
the proceedings were postponed and the
remains demanded OF the undertaken at
Lisbon, when they were Inferred. They
were brought to the city aud post NOR
tenn examination had this morning, which
proved all that had been supposed In
reference 10 the amount OF mutllation OF
the body. But the physician, DR. Gibbs,
testified that 1t could not, in hi3 opinion,
have been done without more external
ebrasions with small club That IL re-
quirfd a very heavy instrument, some
thing like moving train, 10 so com
pletely smash up the anatomy OF man
and leave no external signs. The jury
brought in The verdict, which was to the
effect that the deceased came TO his death |
by being struck by moving train on the |
Houston Texas Central railroad, near
Miller's switch, on the night Of June 81
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STATE CHRISTIAN sUNDAY-sCHooL.
The State Christian Sunday-school |
convention met again THIS morning and
had the report from the finance commit
Tee. II was that this convention shall
raise the balance OF last years salary for
the Suuday-school evangelist and pay
him for the ensuing year $1,000 and tray-
cling expenses
The next convention will be held at
Denton on the third Wednesday In June,
1857,
The committee selected as president,
9. Mcpherson OF Waxahachie; j. s.
Kendrlx, vice-president, and II. II. Smith,
secretary
The delegation was addressed this
afternoon by Mr.. a NJ Mclean Of Gin
cinnati, who is corresponding secretary
of the foreign missionary society.
To-night there Will be Il grand mass.
meetlng and addresses by the prominent
delegates,
DALLAS COUNTY TEACHERS.
The Dallas County Teachers associa-
Ion VIII meet again ON Saturday at 2
o'clock y, m. at the Dallas Female col
egc building,
Mr.. ). 1. Irrelevant, Jr,, vlce-president
II the Merchants excnange, called !
meeting OF the directors this morning,
or what purpose " Is not known. a
IBELous POSTAL CARD.
u j. reported that a business man Of
DALLAS was indicted before the recently I
adjourned grand jury for sending libel d
'us postal card through the mail to a d
'arty wlO he claimed had swludled him. /
An absent minded little negro girl J
picked up parasol la leading business ,,
lonso yesterday and carelessly walkt d off
With II The officer went after her but
he got wind that he was coming and
urried back to the place where she
licked 1t up, and said she was absent
minded and thought for while that the
'arasol WAS her own.
TWO PICNIC5.
Two Masonic plcnics are In progress
o-day' One uuder the auspices Of Duck A
'reek lodge, II and A. NJ, the other
lnder the auspices OF Cedar Hill lodge, s
!. aud A. NJ. Many people have gone
rom the city to attend them. a
Dallas has just secured lighting. dog !
market, or rather is headquarters for an
owa market.
JIM SCOTT COMING BACK,
officers with Jim Scott, charged with
nd indicted for the murder OF "Big 2
'iack" the hack-drlver, are expected
rom Los Ang, les tonight. 1t required !
he third grand jury To nnd true bill {
gainst Scott from some cause or other.
An Injunction has been granted the
View Home Sewing Machine company ,
'galnst w Q. Digger of Kyle, Tex, re-
training him from collecting money due
'aid company,
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