Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-21
GUILTY OF MURDER.
That WAS, She Verde Of the Jury In 6
Case AgElnss Tws SeR TrEsd
at FEET amttE.
The History OF the Or,ms-Fhe G7lleus
Looms Before the PriIon~rs-A Dark
Deso-OircumAtnnlsl Evidence.
special to the Gazette.

a FORC SMITH, ARK Nov.
A. n Il 20-rne case OF the
Va Uai:ed S.stes vs.. Henry ".
"a hiler and WIN. Woeds,
80 carr ssd with the murder VI
& Y Joaa A. Hantz of KlGsley.
~ KSs, came to close this
evening, by the jury return
ing O verdict of guilty as to both OK them
The evidences 1gLinst them Has al Cir
cumstspciaI, ana their friends sppe Ged
to be g;eAtly surprised st the verdict.
Itapo ars thsE on the 29 n OF Septem-
uer,s 1887, John Hsntz and William
Woods, Doth young men, who had for
years oeen associates, left their homes IN
Kins!ey, Ksns with three horses, 8
wagon and good camping and hunting
Quilt, for the purpose Of travelling
through the Indian Territory and
this state, their Otj-ct being to
hunt and lcok at the country.
Cefors reaching the Indian Territory they
fell in With Il snry Miller, stranger ana
TOOK him along with them. Alter tfEVele
ing through portion OF this state they
started back to Kansas, and on the way
cemped on G stream In Commodore Hollow
twenty miles southwest Of Cnotesu, Caer
okee Nation, for the purpose OF hunNng.
THE LAST kNkh 6hEN -.
oil young Hkntz alive was a. this camp;
Young Woods got back to his home p
KinsleY some time in December, slones
bringing two OF the horses, the wagon
Euc part Of the property they had tAksS
away. He reported that Hsntz rad goa
lest from them, and they knew not what
became Of him. On the lS;h OF March
last the body Of the missing oS5
was found in the stream about
one mile from where The party
were cEmped, with q bullet hole IN his
head; and the fsct WAS prompt y reported
to the father OF the murt cred map, VINO
ct once proceeded 10 the scene and fully
identified the b d7. Woods was arrested
AZ ouce, and it being ascertaiIed tb+t
Miller WAS resident OF Troy, Ksn',
his arrest soon followed. In
his possession WAS found the
wStch Of young Hsr'z, which he claimed
he traded for. Ga the witness stand he
testified that he and Hsntz went cut
hunting, leaving Woods 81 camp. They
became separated, aud when he got to
camp Haze WAS not there, and that was
the last he ever saw of him. The EVIL
dence of peopl- living in the vicinity,
however, showed tha. they did not
report the loss OF their ccmrade
or make any search fer him, but on the
contrary pulled up and started for Kan
sas Immediately sitter his disappearance
hound dog owned by H'ntz would moi
follow them from the spot where his mas
ter Was killed, but remained arauud there
for some time
ROWLING NIGHT AND DAY.
This attracted attention, buT nothing
serious was thought Of IL until the find
ing CT the BODY. The father teBt,ie I'd thai
this dog belonged to mis- boy. Many
other circumstances tended TO gtrengther
the chain of evidence sgSinst them, srt
notwithstanding they both bore
excellent characters by promi.
nent men of their respective
towns the case went against them, though
the jury recommended mercy in the case
of the boy.
Colonel Vanaerwoyt OF KIusley, Kss
assisted in the defeute Of Woods, while
ColoUelJ Close, prosecuting attorney OF
Doniphsn county. KS 4, rot only assisted
in the defense Of Miller, bu
testIf d TO his good character
having known him fo- fifteen or twenty
years. AZ there is no sppeal from TIL:
court, s new trial or executive Clenercy
is ne only barrier between these mer
and the gs!loWs.
There are now e'ght in ISL under con
vlction for murder, three having ALREADY
been sentenced,