Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-01
The Murder Of County Treasurer OF
Pamela County Avenged by the
Death of Tom Forsythe.
He Is Taken from jail by Unmasked
Men and with q Rope Round BIS
Neck Leaps into Eternity
HIS Neck is BrOken-Ths Body is Gut
Down and Placed in the Spot where
Hill HRs Killed.
HOW IT WAS DONE.

murderer Of County Treasurer Hill has
zone to meet his victim. In the court
bouse Yesterday the confession of the
terrible crime WAS listened to by an ex-
cited crowd. With his hat tipped back
ou his head, cigar in his mouth and
1eps crossed over the corner of 8 table,
Tom Forsythe told the story Of his crime,
and while the cheeks of brave men
bI,uched at his recital he himself wss
calm, cool ard collected. His coufes-
sion condensed, is that having $40 gold
niece to change, he went to Mr..
nm 10 get Il changed. While the old
gentleman was stopped at the safe the
sight Of the money overcame aud tempted
him to the deed, Snd an ak
Wing handy and the courthouse being
deserted for dinner, gave him en- excel
lent opportunity. He felled him with the
Ak, striking number OF times. He after
ward cut his throst with his knife. After
locking the door upon going out, he put
the keys in his overcoat pocket.
At 10 O'Clock last night large number
Of men got possession of him and told
him, "You must die tonight"
It is said his mother SO far recovered as
TO send word to please
NOT BURN HER SON,
which 1t is reported WAS not the inten-
ton. At that hour he was talking beneath
s tree, when ne said: "Dons haul me up.
| want to die and that quickly, and If you
will let me get on to the limb l will Jump
of when you tell me you are ready"
BE was allowed to do this, and after
seating himself on the limb he asked for
a drink of water which WAS given him.
Immediately afterWSrd he was told all
was ready, and he leaped into eternity.
His body was AIKEN down, and by mid
night was lying in one Of the Offices Of the
courthouse.
A feeling Of intense sadness ervades
the entire county over the many tragedies
which have been the outcome of wild
and reckless life, and great is the sympa-
thy existing for both the victims widow
and the heart, broken mother of the muir
derer.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Special to the Gazette.
LoNGvIEw, TEX, Feb. 29.-L4st night
while the news Of the arrest of Tom For
sythe and his confession of the murder
and robbery of D. C.. Hill, treasurer OF
Pamela county, was being flashed over the
wires from this place, quite another scene
was being enacted at Carthage which has
no teIegraphic communications. About
400 men were taking out of Ill by force
young Forsythe who offered no resistance,
but begged only to be spared death by
Ere He climbed up q ladder while both
OF his hands were pinioned behind him,
snd at the word jumped of, breaking mis-
neck and dying at the end of the lynchers'
AyENGIEG ROPE.
All this WAS done quicker than 1t takes to
record 1t. No masks were used and the
bright moonlight at 10 p. m. shone as
BRIGHT IS day, disclosing the familiar fes-
lures of about 400 of Pamela counts
best citiz ems. The scene was In the court
yard right in plain view of the hotel
Verandsh After life was leXtInct he was
cut down and carried by the lynchers to
the very spot still stained with the blood
Of County Treasurer D. G. Hill and laid
down in q similar position and the mob
quietly dispersed and friends took the
young mans remains and prepared them
for the coffin. His body WAS taken to
Beckville for intermant.
THE CONFESSION.
Below we submit in few facts and
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Parker, who worked up the case and who
deserves great credit for his shreWdness.
Mr.. PSrker's first suspicion was aroused
when he took young F0rsythe to
the spot where Treasurer Hill was
murdered and from that time on he
eft nothing undoue to find out where the
money WAS concealed. He first succeeded
in getting young ForsYthe to believe he
81 ha
By turning all suspicion BE brought
young Forsythe up to this place osteDsi-
81! to shadow Tippet whose father lives
ne'e. While here young Forsythe gam
bltd, and being broken borrowed money
from Mr.. Parker which he psid back at
Carthage when he returned. The young
nm continued TO lose and replenish from
ths stolen money, each visit to which was
closely watched until
THE WHEREABOUTS OF TIE MONEY
vas located. Mr. Parker wishing to locate
ne silver, which Forsythe seemed never
o resort to, asked him II he could not get
him some silver as he could not
:s!se any in town, to wbi;h For
sythe assented and soon was Swallowed
to thicket In the woods near Carthage.
After some search broken pine limb WAS
found, under which fresh dirt was dis
covered. Upon digging the silver was
touud and guarded. Then further devel-
opments we're waited till Monday, when
the arrest WAS made and the lynchIpg
was deferred by the promise of young
Forsythe to confess in open court and be
protected, which WAS promised but which
mortal could not hSve done. The money
was found in young ForsYthe's
trunk in his room at his fathers.
Young Forsythe, in his confession,
said he killed Treasurer Hill at
noon while no one else WAS at the court,
aud buried the money in an old out
house near by and rode out in the coun-
~ 20 see young lady that evening
Returning late at night he took the bills
TO ais room and buried the silver as
sAtsd above.
A full statement is promised by Mr..
Parker, who lives here, which may dis
close interesting facts which have never
been published.A