Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-27
DALLAS.
Two Hen Taken Back to Illinois, Where
TAey will Answer to The Charge
Of Cattle Stealing.
inquest Over the Remains Of Bensdikt-Lso
Oahn In Oourt-LOcG md
Personal Notes.
speeIal TO the Gazette.

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DALLAS, TEX, March 26.-Lewis 81.
FrizzeI, sheriff of Johnson county, lli-
nois, arrived in Dallas tonight having In
charge Dew Gold and Lark Belts, wanted
in Vienna, ILL.,, on several charges OF cat
tie stealing during the year 1885. They
we're arrested in Rockwell last Tuesday.
Dow Gold had been tried and sentenced
to five years in the penitentiary and Belts
was on trial when they escaped from the
officers. Officer Frizzel!, with his prison
ers, took the east bound Texas and Pacific
tonight for Vienna.
Justice BrasWell conducted the inquest
over the remains Of NJ. Benedict this
morning. The slayer, Leo Calm, was
brought into court. He felt indisposed,
and was taken back to jail before the in
vestlgation was ended. There were only
two witnesses introduced, and these test
fled as follows:
T. =. RNaLKDoN
testified: "I knew Max Benedict. He Is
dead. He died yesterday about noon. 1
suppose guDshot wound Was
the cause of his death. The last
time saw him WAS about five minutes
before he WAS shot. 1 heard three
shots up stairs over Benedikt's store,
corner Elm &nd PoYdras streets, ran up
and found Benedict and L. Calm to-
gether. Benedict WAS lying on his face
on the hOor and Calm was standing over
him swapping pistol at him. hallowed
at Calm but he didn't say word. He
came down the steps behind me and went
out the front door and said TO me as he
went out, al will give myself up" Ben
edikt had no weapon that l saw. Cshn's
pistol failed to go of when he WAS snap
ping 1t at Benedict.
DR.. H. K. LEARE,
testified as follows: "About l o'clock
on the 23i instant was summoned to at
tend Mr.. Benedict, who was said to be
wounded. found him at his store room,
Elm street, in the city of Dallas, upstairs.
He was IN sitting position, held up by
some one, and DR.. Peters was probing
the wound. Finding that he was too
much shocked by the injury to admit OF
any fur her examination, he was carried
to q prepared bed on counter
near By and allowed to rest about
two hours. After that he having
reacted sufficiently, was given chic
reform and q thorough examination made.
The wound in the bSck Of the neck was
then enlarged And explored as far as the
spinal column, which Was found to have
been injured by the passage of q bullet
that could not be located exactly. His
wounds were then dressed and he trans-
ierred to bed in an adjoining room
where he was treated until his death
which occurred between IL and IL O'Clock
on the 25th instant, as I have been in
formed. l made post mortem exsmin6-
ton Of the body, the result OF which Is es
follows:
AUTOPSY.
There was only one wound Of the body
Of q serious character, one other existing
-an insignificant confusion Of the nose
caused by the fall Of the body forwards,
probably consequent upon the reception
of wound in the neck.
"The latter is the one which finally
caused death. This wound WAS the
result of the passage Of s bullet which
eute red the back Of the neck about one
inch 70 the left of the line of the spinous
processes of the Vlrteb!e, thence
passing toward the front and
somewhat upwards striking the poste-ior
arch of the atlas (the hrst bone Of the
spine) close to its left articulatiDg surface
and completely destroying the former
which was fractured in several detached
pieces; from this point the bullet was de-
fected doHnWsrds and rested about an
inch from below where after death it was
discovered imbedded in the softer parts.
The immediate cause of death WAS pres
sure on the spinal cord by the displaced
fragments of bone which paralyZed the
respiration"
DR.. Leake stated that before death, while
conscious, Benedict made q statement
in his (Leske's) presence to the effect
that Calm had demanded money Of him,
which IVES refused, and then followed the
shooting.
MINOR MATTERS.
". E. Moore, Paris; J. 7. Collins
Paris, and o. P. Lane, Dallas county
registered at the Alliance Exchange to-
day.
The Dallas Milling Company has pur
chased the Todd mills for 100000. The
milling company is composed Of Alliance
men of Dallas county.
PERSONAL.
William Ferguson, president Of the
Texas Press Association, and editor Of
the San Antonio Times, is in the city IS ,
representative of his city in the interes
OF one or both of the Democratic stat;
conventions.
Colonel StillWell 81. Russell Of Denisol
Is in the city to-day.
DR.. C. W. MGcune Of the Alliance Ex
change, returned last night from Calves
ton.
MERCHANT OF TERRELL.
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TERRELL, TEX, March 26-Mr. Bene
dikt, who died at Dallas yesterday from
the pistol wounds inflicted last week wa
for many years prominent merchant il
Terrell.