The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-11

forty minutes. The vehicle presented a
very novel appearance moving over the
prairie by sail and attracted great deal
of attention.
Wednesdays special from Eagle Pass
says: About week ago two citizens of Mon
clova suddenly disappeared and their
whereabouts was unknown, even to their
families, until yesterday, when horrible
crime was brought to light by the finding
of their dead bodies. They were discov-
cred at the bottom of deep pool of wat
er, and when taken out 1t was found that
heavy rocks were tied to them,and both of
them had bullet holes in them and showed
other signs of having taken part in ter
rible struggle for life. They are supposed
to'hsve been murdered on account of an
old feud: for the Mexican, ike his ances-
tor, the Indian, or his model, the Italia =,
carries his hatred around with him all his
life and oides his time till an opportunity.
offers to stab or shoot his foe in the back
A Tuesdays special from Blossom
Prairie says: "W. l.. Walker was arrested
at this place this morning by Deputy
Sheriff r. p. Saunders on the charge of
murder. The arrest was made on a tele-
gram from Clarkesville. Walker stated to
the officer who arrested him that in diff
Guilty with Thomas johnson at Ammonia,
Red River county, yesterday about
O'Clock johnson drew a knife and advan
ced on him, when he, Walker, picked up a
piece of plank and struck Johnson three
times, once across the breast and twice Oh
the head, but did not know that johnson
was dead until his arrest. After the diff
Guilty Walker jumped a passing freight
train and came to this place. johnson
lived some three or four hours after being
struck. The sheriff was warned by tele-
gram to be careful, as some attempts
might be made to interfere with his pris-
oner. He did not know whether from
Johnson's friends or Walkers; the tele-
gram did not state which. Walker is
tall, slender young man, some twenty-five
years old, fair complexioned, and was
raised at Ammonia"
Matte johnson is the plain and pas
toral name of one of the inmates of Carrie
Wise's establishment on Acquia street
the house made famous in the criminal
annals of the county by having been the
habitat of Lille Gibson. Before mid
night Tuesday Matte went to the nearest
drug store and purchased enough NOR
phine to kill an elephant. Then she went
back to her room, gulped down the drug
and curled up in bed to die. Somebody
found it out and called Policeman Seffel.
She was in a deep sleep when the officer
arrived, and DR.. Braunnagle had to be
called in post haste to save her life, which
he did by vigorously applying stomach
pump. When the woman was sufficiently
resuscitated to speak she SAID she had
taken the poison because she wished to
die. She had had quarrel with her lover,
and what now was left for her to live for?
However, the next time she tried 1t she
would 60 off where assistance could not be
summoned.-Sa Antonio Express.
Tuesday morning, as Mrs. W. A. l..
Knox, wife of the secretary and treasurer
of the Farm and Ranch Publishing COM
pany, was walking on Elm street, in Dali
las, the half of brick fell from the third
story of the new building that is in course
of construction for Colonel James B.
Simpson and struck her on the back part
of the head. Mrs. Knox fell to the side
walk unconscious, in which state
she was removed by two gentle
men to Hoyt's drug store. A
surgeon was Immediately summoned and
he found the lady suffering from a severe
scalp wound and conclusion, but with the
skeA not broken. From the best that
could be learned it appears that the brick
fell from the scaffolding in the third
story and struck window sill by which
it was diverted from its direct course and
so fell onto the sidewalk, which by ap-
parently some strange neglect,
was not fenced off at this
point. Fortunately the blow was
glancing. Had it hit square on the head
it is the opinion Ct physicians that Mrs.
Knox would have lost her life.
News has been received Of tragedy
which occurred day or two since at a
point between the Expresses twenty miles
northwest of Marshall part of the
county with which there is no Geographic
communication and from which news
comes to the outside world with the slow
ness peculiar to oxscart timee. Nose
Reed, colored, and j. L. Jones, white, with
a number of other men were working a
road. The two had quarrel and Reed
tried to kill Jones with en- ak, but was pre-
vented by on-lookers. The crowd finally
dispersed and Jones went to his home, 60
ing two miles out of the way to avoid
meeting Reed. Reaching his home he
picked up shotgun and started down the
highway to deliver it to neighbor, he
claims, frcnl whom he had borrowed it.
He had gone but short distance when he
met Reed, who began to curse and ad'
vanced upon him fourishing an ak. Jones
cried: "Stop, or I'll kill you" The ne
gro continued to advance. Jones fired
and put load of buckshot through the
negroes heart, killing him instantly. Reed
was under indictment in Harrison county
for killing white man in 1885. Jones was
allowed to give bond in the sum OF $3.50
to await the action of the grand jury.
The Waco Day is authority for the
statement that at q meeting of wool
growers the other day at Walnut Springs,
Bosque county, subscription OF $1,000
was raised to be used IS an anti-Mills
campaign fund.
Sometimes the omission of small
punctuation mark changes the meaning
of language entirely, or at least renders
| it ambiguous. A Houston paper says;
Judge Gustave Cook Of the criminal
district court has resigned the position he
held to the surprise of his many friends