Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-11

casket. There was no parade or excite
ment about the funeral and no carriages
or attendance.
THE GOVERNOR ON tbs GROUND.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 10.-A spe-
cial to the American from Birmingham
Ala, says: "Goyernor Seay arrived
here at I1:35, and is now in conference
with ColoneT Jones. Governor Seay, in
an interview, said he. came to
satisfy himself by personal OBJ
servation of TIE situation here, to
learn what the public sentiment was and
to decide whether or not it would be best
to take Sheriff Smith away until
the excitement had passed. He SAYS
from reports that he has received
by telegraph he thinks Sheriff Smith
only did his duty. AT midnight the city
isperfectly quiet and very few people are
on the streets. The, excitement is fast
srbsialps = sHilmore, one of the
wounded, lis dying tonight. He was
shot through the body.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
A brief history of the crime which led
to the riot Saturday night Is as follows:
The dead body of girl eight years old
was found Tuesday morning December
4, at East Lake, a suburb of Birming..
ham. The child was well dressed and
there was every indication that the little
one had come from a good home. The
Birmingham Age-Herald of December
says: All day yesterday. the little body lay
stretched out i'll the under
taking rooms and during the morn
ing no less than 1000 per-
sons called TO look at it The spectators
were of every size, age and complexion,
but each one passed by without identity.
m no ms Oh ',Ip i'm,
the afternoon, when young Mr.. w. o.
Franklin, Il South Side butcher, dropped
in ana at once recognized the child as
May Halves, the little daughter OF Rich
ard r. Halves, an engineer ON the GeOr-
gia Pacific road.
Eyes, l know her well, - said Mr..
Franklin, when asked about the child.
u saw her last on Saturday afternoon.
She came to my shop after some meat
and in the course of conversation, said
that her family was going to leave town.
She said that her father was that night
going to Meridian, Miss, and that her
mother and the three children would fol-
low in n few days. / know that they
moved away from the house before
Monday evening aud supposed that they
had all gone to Mississippi
Some of the witnesses before the coro-
DR.. II. S. Duncan know the child
TO be a daughter of Mrs. Halves, who
lives near the base ball park l was
called some time since to the bedside of the
mother. The girl was her only nurse,
and the mother was recovering from a
beastly drunk. Two days afterward a
man giving his name as Halves called and
asked what had been the matter with his
wife. told him | thought she had been
drunk, and he said it was as he had eX-
pected.
Mrs. C. F. Carrodine-I think it is
May Halves. l did not know her very
well nor her mother, although | did do
some sewing for her mother. My hus-
band told me that Mrs. Halves bore Il bad
character, and had as little to do with
her as possible.
Eliza johnson (colored) -Yes%it is May
Halves. ! have known the family two
years and furnished them with their
meals for a year. Mrs. Halves drank
very hard. Mr.. Halves, a month ago,
lived with his family when in town.
Jimmie Bealle (colored)-I think it is
one Of Mrs. Halves children. She was
a pretty lively woman. Drank heavily.
I have drank with her. :.
Charles 5. Chapman-T am acquainted
with R. r. Halves and family. The
body is that of Mamie Halves. ] saw her
last about or 10 clock Monday, De-
cember 3, ut her home near the baseball
park. | did not see Mr.. or Mrs. Halves
there. l was in the house. l saw no
other members of the family. | was told
by Fannie Bryant that neither of them
were there. | do not know where Mr..
HAYES is but understood that he was to
be married to-day at Columbus, Miss.
Airs. Halves has told me that they
were married, but | was told Monday
evening that they had been married but
had been divorced. l was told by the
mother that she was the mother of the
deceased and he the father. The fur
niture was moved Saturday morning.
Mr.. Halves told me it was to be taken to
the auction house of Mr.. Bandman.
When at the house on Monday
morning the Bryant woman told
me that Mr.. Halves was ut 23l3
Second avenue, and Mrs. Halves and the
the other two children had gone to At
lanta. She did not state why, but said,
ask Mr.. Halves, that he (Air Hawes)
had dried one man up that morning. l
knew Mr.. Halves was at 23l3, as he
told me he would be at the Singer office
and pay me- Mr.. Halves paid So and
signed the lease Monday. He said Mrs.
Halves was i'll Peoria, Ill.
Fannie Bryant knew Mrs. Halves,
but not her husband. She lived near the
baseball ground. / lived near there and
washed for and waited ON her. They
passed for man and wife. She was pack
ing jip things Friday aud Saturday. She
said " Fannie, be sure TO come back and
help me- l went Sunday at pa. IN.
and found The little girl and her father
in the house. The girl said her
mother had gone off, but she did
not know where. "She got mad
about papa carrying off Willie and said
she was going to Atlanta and bring him
back. - Mamie came to my house Sun
day afternoon and l carried her back.
nj. Halves asked me TO return and help
them Epack the pictures, saying that
Emma; his wife, would probably |
return I went back n q. IN. |
Monday and found them there. He said |
ne was going to take May to their board |
ing house. He asked May what she would |
do when he brought in his girl, asked |
if she would call her 'mama?' Yes, |
sir ! VIII call her mama, she replied. |
1T will be some time before you see her, |
however, because l am going to put you |
in school, said her father. He asked me |
what would charge him to work for him |