Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-09
WICHITA RALLs.
Resume OF tho work Of the District Court
Rain Needed.

I NAfnuWtt OF tuD NNohH - 49, ~Te"'-rN
Rain Needed.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
WICHITA FAILS, TEX, May 7.-DistTct
court convened on the 9Th inst, with
Judge Williams on the bench and \. ID.
Finley district attorney. The dockcts arc
not SO large as usual, yet some old cases
are undsposed Of which will probably be
tried the present term. The frat week
was principally spent IN the trial Of two
civil causes Tire criminal docket was
called, and the Douglas case, charge OF
murder, was continued. The State vs..
Matthews, cbpTge Of robbery, was also
continued A vtrdicr OF not guilty 10 the
Cassidy burglary case was rendered With
out the iury leaving the box. The case Of
swlndling against Bonner, the Seymour
lawyer, was dismissed on motion Of the
district attorney, as tho defendant Is
dead.
In the case OF State vs. Sam Hinton,
charge with assault with Intent to murder,
the Indictment WAS quashed aud the court
decided q was too late to reindict, as IL
ha pas ed the statutes Of limitations,
The case Of the State vs.. Julius Fulton,
charged with theft OF property over the
yalne of $50, was continued
The second week Robert Zacry, white
mao, was put on trial charged with as
sault with intent 10 murder Joe Green,
colorcd, and the jury found him guilty
and assessed his punishment at two years
Ia the penitentiary.
The case Of the State vs. Willis jack
son, colored, charged with shooting John
Broadrck, white man, with shot
gun with No. shot, resulted In a dis
agreement OF the jury, after being ont
sixteen hou~. jackson, il seems, shot
Broadfiuk in the night, thinking be
was another man who attempted 20
break into his house and insult
his wife. Jackson has been in jail seven
weeks, and made his escape last Friday,
but was recaptured about one mile from
town Opinion seems To be divided as to
what his punishment should be for shoot
ing an unoffending citizen when he al
leges an honest mistake. The evidence
shows he was terribly excited and oxas-
perated, thinking his wife had been gross
ly insultsd while in bed with her eight
months'-old baby.
Tom Tugglo, colored, who vas indicted
for aiding Jackson in shooting John
Broadrick, has been out on bail, and his
trial resulted In a verdict OF not guilty.
The following is partial list OF visit
Ing attorneys Judge Combs, Dallas, w.
II. Gross, Honey Grove; l.. W. Hart,
Archer City; i. C. Sparkmau, De-
catur; j. M. O'Neil, Fort Worth
l.. w. Booth, Fort Worth; Judge Plem-
mons, Barrett, Steve, Swan and Bomar
OF Henrietta. The grand jury were dis
charged last night, and the Judge said
they submitted the most comprehensive
report he ever received from the hands Of
a grand jury. He further congratulated
them on their lahors, saying while you
hayefo found several Indictments this term,
they are not of such nature as TO show /
the human deprayity we sometimes ind
in new country
lt has been long time since 10 rained |
in this section, and the crops win soon
be suffering from water, and all agree a
short crop will be the result unless rain /
comes soon
j. c. Hale's dwelling and contents was
burned one night last week, resulting IN !
a loss TO Mr.. IL. Of about two or three
dollars. The fire occurred in his |
absence, and, as he says he doesn't know !
OF an enemy on earth, no one seems to
know how IL caught fire.
Maj. Foreman of mill-dam fame saws n I
good Touring mill will be built here the
present summer, aud all seem TO have
faith in his ability to accomplish all he
proposes, as wichita Falls has not a
more enterprlsing gentleman inside OF the
city limits.