Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-17

Margaret Minchew. know the defend,
ant in.,hs case. lie is married 20 my
daughter. have seen the brand In two
different places on my 4aughter's
person, Is disnguros her. II seems
TO be lasting brand, aud think
Il will remsin there as long ~ she
lives. found Il out by getting letter
which had been sent by the child TO her
grandmother In California, and which was
r. turned to me. | then came here 30
Texarkane at once investigated and
found that she was branded. ono brand
is on the font OF the person, and the
other on the thigh
The defendant here requested 10 DO al.
lowed until morning TO get up some wit.
nesses, and Justice Cannon adjourned
court at his request,
Indignation ran very high here over the
! barharous outrage, and men were out
1 spoken right In the courtroom In saying
/ that Howard ought 70 be mObbed Stella
Howard is p,le, thin child OF fourteen
and seems to bo in ll.health,
TnE BRUIE LyNcnRp,
| About O'Clock last night II was ru.
mored that a man had been hung ON tho
trestle OF the Texas & Pacific railroad,
about quarter Of a mile from the square,
THE GAzKrrR reporter at once repaired
TO the tIestle and found that the rumor
was too true.
The man who had been suspended by the
neck from the trestle, was lying upon the
ground and II was James Howard, the
man who had been on trial during the
evening for branding his child
wife lie was stone dead
and a largo rope was tied around hls
neck, while there was big hole In tht
top Of his head, showing that q q or 40
callber bali had penetrated his BRAN
While Justice Cannon and a jury
OF inquest was being summoned, your re
porter learned the particulars ofthe ANAL
from the officers who we've guarding TIT
body. lt seems that Otllcers Edwards
Lawler, Williams, Parker and Hargeu
had been guarding Howard all night
They had not lett him for a moment uuti
about ~ o'clock, when Edwards, Parker
Lawler aud Williams went away from tn,
Jail 20 get a luncn. The men who wantey
Howards life must have been
WATCHING rnE oFFicRRa,
for no sooner had the officers left than
mob at once broke IN the all door. The,
grabbed Deputy Sheriff llargeit, who wa
lett IN charge, and overpnwpred him
binding him and taking his gun and plsto
as well as the prisoner away with them
. uargett refused 90 tell where his key
were, aud after short search, th
men who wero on the grim mis-
sion OF death, found the keys, aud 10
tw,nkling they were on with their prls
onor. When the officers returned the
found their prisoner gone They yer
readily tracked the crowd bnt when the
, arrived at he trestle
HOWARD MAS no MORE,
though his body was still warm
showing that he had bee
hanged about 1870 o'clock. Alcald
Cannon was az once sent for an
; Jury OF Inquest empanelled, The yer
B diet was that he deceased came 10 hi
! death at the hands Of parties unkuown.
1, A note was found under the gun whlc
! read, "this properly helongs 20 lilo jail
Another note was fastened 10 the dea
mans back, bearing the following solcm
! legend 1--WE will protect our mothers
a wives, daughters and sisters under an
and all circumstances"
.. The remains OF the poor wretch wer
buried to-day. IL IN another blot upoi
the fair name Of Texarkana and Bowl
} county, and Is deeply regretted by thi
, people, though everybody agreed tina
Howard deserved death