Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-31
a STRANGE CASE.
! Newly sYr''d Mao Dies at Sherman
From las Fff sc;s o. asrpdine Ad.
EllIis.sred IA Wins.
tecG.v. oooiety From which he Could
Not oblAin Release.
Special so thu Gazette.


[gl,.. HERMAN, Tex. Oct. so.
III ~ The mysterious death
Va of E w. Shrite, the yours
a, msn whu cied suddenly at
IA lis home en- Ess. street
~ Va this morning q. O'Clock
ID ID has caused intense excite
A@Ni ment, ard though every
@6@s EFFORT has been made to
OBTAIN Gil the fsc:s Ia sae case concerning
its origir, much still remains shfouded In
mystery, though tia. portion known to his
Family and friends Ia as follows Oae
day last week the deceased and Miss
Mary Denlson were married st the resi-
dence Of the brides parents on East
street, AID have made their home ct that
place siscs the wedding. Young Shrite
WAS only about twenty -ole years OF age,
and came with his parents from Plat'
county, Mo, to Basin Springs in this
county, where the latter still live. A day
or two after their marriage young Shrite
informed his wife that he WAS member
OF detective association or some kind
CT Secret society which hiss Its head
quarters in Indians aud thst Us
members were bound tcge her by the
strongest bonds, and that the only wky he
could get released from il WAS to m,rry,
though it's members VINO live in Denison
still insisted OF his continuing In their
service, aud that they owed him S4C0 In
cash for services rendered. He totd his
wife Yesterday morning that he VAS going
to Deniscn to get his money snd would
return with it on t1s Afternoon trala.
It appears that instead CT getting
of at the Ulion depot That
he went on to Dallas with two CT the man
which belonged to the secret order, or
detective association. He returned home
Iss! night between 8 and 10 O'clock, and
must have arrived on the special train
which returns from Dallas at night. He
knocked at the front door which opened
into the room where his wife slept, and
she opened the door and he entered, tell
ing her that he believed he hsd taken
some moonshine and TO no. let him go to
sleep. He explained 10 her that while
in Dallas he took four glasses OF blsca-
berry wine with the two men, and that
when they could not persuade him to re-
main they boarded the train with him aud
saL by him on the same seat; that he felt
drowsy from the eff OF the wine and
slept till 8 short while before they
reached Sherman On nearing the depo!
the two men still insisted on his going
with them snd made him drink twice CT
the blackberry wine cut CT the bottle
The last drpk that he took ne
swallowed only one mouthiui, the
second moutaful having such & bitter
taste that he spst i. out sud when lie
reached the depot had to give tae mer
":he slip" to get aFsy from them. He
went to bed as soon 80 he entered the
FOOT, snd as he said he believed he hat
taken morphine in the blackberry wine
his wife and mother in law, Mrs. DEM.
SOB, worked hsId an hour or two to kee[
hiNswake, srd seeing shout midLigh
that he grew worse they sent Tor DR.
Scott, VINO Administered sntidotes
hoping that he could revive him, uuti
this morning. st O'Clock, wheI
DR.. PurdeY was called. DR.. Purdey ex
amined the patient, and finding him in
critical condition, did not feel warranted
in proceeding win the case without ad
ditional assistance. D Doctors Thompson
aad Stlnson we're also summoned, bu
only arrived in time to see the sutfere
breath his last about . O'Clock.
The inquest held over Snrites' bod.
this evening revealed but few facts, fur
Their than those that have been stated
DR.. Scott stated before the court tina
Shrites did not seem to be inclined t.
give the names Of the two men who wer
with him; that one CT their names L
something like Subj or Grubbs
and tha. they live in Tex
arkxna. It has been dis
closed that Shrftes was connecte,
with q branch detective association
hsving received his, kppeIntment taroug
man rsmed Reid. BE lived in thi
county In disguise for several months u
to short time ago. snd through Ills In
strumentaiity several fugitive criminal
from other states were captured in thi
county. NJ.