Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-11
WACO.
Charges OF Ill-Tresfment Of NcLea-
RAE Comfy Prisoners-Notains
Asre Brutal In Slavery.
FarmerS Alliance VIII RstsBish q News
paper at Waco-Msdie.I Association
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Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TRx., April 1o.-The AcLennar
County Alliance held their regular quar-
terly session to-day. TIE meeting was
the largest and most enthusiastic thai
they have ever held. Important business
on different matters has occupied theil
attention. Among other things they have
discussed and hs7e aoout decided to es
tablish and conduct paper CT their OWE
here in Wsco,t0 be controlled and patron.
lied by the Alliances OF this and adjoin-
ing counties.
The Central Texas Medical Association
held their quarterly session to-day. There
we're several visiting physicians pres
tent. The day was spent in the
discussion Of medical snd scientific SUBJ
iects and the reading OF essays on select
ed subjects concerning their practice.
County conyicts working out fines on
the Dor1in convict farm are again COM
planning Of brutal and inhuman treatment
by Superintendent Dorwin and his negro
guard, The County Commissioners in
Esestigsted these complaints of ill-treat
ment Of prisoners about two months ago,
and Dorwin promised thst he would not
give ground for any further complaints OF
this kind. One of the prisoners In an
open letter to the Evening Day Ct yester-
cay states that they are beaten unmerci-
fully on the slightest or no
provocatoa by negro guard
and made to work at
and cited several instances as proof Of
treatment, mentioned by the prisoner
IN hin open letter, be true, the days OF
negro slavery can show nothing more
brutal and inhuman than is being enacted
on the McLennsn county convict farm.
The unknown young man who was run
over by Missouri Pacific train near
Geneva about three weeks ago, and
killed, has been Identified IS the nephew
of B. f. Yates, Of Round Rock, and H
Dickerson, OF Tyler. The young man
had been going to school at Round Rock,
and had had some trouble with his
teacher and had left school and had run
away. BE was traced, and last seen in
Waco.
Frank Burchneld was arrested to-day
on q charge OF threatening to kill and
murder his father-in-law, A. J. Barlow
He was placed under piece bond. The
complaint was by the father-in-lAw.
The United States District court met
this morning snd adjourned until to-mor-
row without doing any business.
There was quite commotion created
on the streets for awhile this morning oV
the appearance OF mad dog. 1t WAS E
very small dog Of the black and tan spe-
cie5, but 1t made some very large men
move in very quick and active manner
The dog WAS finally killed by a police
offlcer.
In the District court argument COM
menced yesterday evening in the McLel-
land will case, Judge Graham occupied
the attention of the court last evening snd
this morning until noon. He spoke over
SIX hours. His whole time was taken up
in addressing the judge on the law in the
case. Judge Geo. Clark and his partner,
D. G. Ballinger, spoke this evening. Clark
will finish his speech in the morning
Hon. Seth Shepherd, who makes the clos
Ing argument in the case, will speak to-
evening.