Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-21
DALLAS.
Found Desd on ths EEseT-Hsxr: Dis.
casa supposed 80 be shs Cause
Well KHsWG Brsker.
Charged With AsssuI, With Intent to Rsps
"A spis fer Damages sReinst the
Etx.s and Fac ifs.
DALLAS, Tx, Nov. 20.
Special to the Gazette.


ss;z,sss.~-...-- HIS morning when the
81 oftics boy entered the
IW otti &c OF r dii: & Og-
i Gen, brok-Es, IL the op-
Mn * : ers house nulding, he
s+$ found Nj L j R)ddis,
the senior msm Der OF
the firm, living upon the floor desi. He
gave the slsrm, and soon the l1rge circle
OF the dasd mans friends we're shocked
beyond expression to learn OF his sudden
dsIth.
A physician WAS summoned and an eX-
animation made OF the remains, but no
discovery WAS made which would indi-
cate that any violence whatever produced
death, and It is supposed that heart dis
case was the cause.
M. Roddis was the best known
broker In the state OF TsxAs,
and Is sSid bV those with
whom he dealt to oe 5 remarkable man.
he had everything connected with Els
business ct his fingers eIds, and could
determine matters instantly which require
laborious work by other people. He has
been In business In Dallas for the past
ten years and he Is known by nesrly evsry
reputable business man IN Texas. He
was recently elected secretary OF the
Merchants Exchange Of this city, but de-
! ined to accept the Office.
Roddis was man who made 3 crest
deal OF money, bus he spent G great deSl.
de ma, it easily and spentit easily. He
was cornwall In his tastes and lived a
| very fsst life. He WAS an EDglishman BY
| birth, came to C>nsda from England, to
| Milwaukee from Canals, and to Dallas
! from Milwaukee; is about thirty-eight
years CT aga ard leaves wife and dsugh
ter, together with host Of friends to
mourn his death.
@Just!ce BrssTell viewed the remains
srd will take evidence Tomorrow. The
remains will be shipped to Milwaukee to-
morrow morning,
G1NK BY THE BOARD.
The proprietors Of the Bee Give novelty
store fled . chsttle mortgage and sp-
pointed j. G. Denny trustee, with In
structions to sell the stock and pay the
following debts: C. Denny, $1,000;
CITY National Bank, $3.50; C B. R1uss
$1,000; Mccormick & Spencer, sl00.
COURT NOTES,
| VIM Fogle, cl srged with assault with
intent 10 rspe, will have tabeas corpus
hearing Thursday.
| James G. Alexande, this morning filed
damsge suit against the Texas sDt
Psc.f; r ilwsy Com any for $4,000. Tae
allegations forming the basis Of action
are that on the goth Of Oc ober the wife
of plaintiff purchased q ticket ever the
road from DslIks to The fair grounds. II
the evening when sac went to return or
the ticket through mistake she boarded
the wrong Car aud ws5 carried four miles
from the city Def ne the mistake wss dig.
ccvsred. The conductor stoppsd tht
train and forciblF elected her from tht
csr The petit Il further alleges tia. nc
eGt:ion or dwelling house wRs near and
SIZE was left alo IL to SILVER IL the cold.
CrarleslKendell, charged with burglary
was Iried in distrlcs court this morning
md acquitted. The charge sgsinsI
Green Darby, charged with the same Of
tez sc, alleged to hsvs been committed =
the same ume, was nclls pressed.
The Times Publishing Company fleC
proceed ngs To- day sg4inst the Dslls!
Electric Light Power sad Manufacturing
Company Ter illeged falure TO compll
with 9 contract into which the light com.
psny entered to supply the pubhshisg
company electic power for their motor
WuI~u "ho w a. PASCos 4HS pAnAA
til su7 for actual damsges In the sum c
1895, exemplary $4,000.
The recorder Is Offering 5 reward o
$40 to any attorney who will collect
forfeited oond, and s.s.es that not IN tn
history OF the city has there been tor,
tei!ed bond Colle:sed IN the recorders
court.
! Colonel J. A. kBsker and Mr.. j. Waldo
two railway chieftsiue, are in the city.
Among the Fort Worth people in Dslls
to-day were: Messrs. D. a. Ross and
C. Hickey.
The residence CT Charles Mcclure, ol
Corinth street, wss burglarizad las
night.
Ia the county court to-day JEFF Clerl
was fined 500 in cash and assigned +
jail for thirty days for totipg pistol.
Rev. r G. BackBsr is out in an opel
letter asking tnst Sunday, December %
be observed by sll the churches in tn
stste IS Orphan Home day.