Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-26
DALLAS.
4 Fifteen Milute' TrsaI-Jsek Dun
cans Case ContiDu d-Reinhardl's
Invoice and Attachments.
stabhing ARRAY at a Bsnce-Sult for Ma
Ecious Pros. cuiion-Sns Charge
Against John Purcell.
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Special 20 the Gszstte.
DALLAS, Ten, Jan. 25.-The trisl Of
Jim and Ben Hughes and Henry Carer
ia the United States court this siternooD,
charged with rotbIDg the Fort WoEth and
Denver passenger train in December,
1886, wss one of the quickest tFisls, where
so grave charge YVES made, in tee annals
| of court records. Three Witnesses were
examined by the government and not
cross questioned by the defence. The sub
stsnce OF the testimony was that the three
were not the men who robbed the train
that night. Jadge Mccormick instructed
the iu-y te return verdict il favor OF
| the defendants, snd ordered the clerk =
write verdict which the foreman signed
and the men were dischar- Ell. The trial
! lasted from beginning TO end perhaps Is
minutes, and the young men were freed
from this charge, but were not set 5:
liberty. The Hughes brothers were con-
vcted st Graham 81 the last term Of TIE
Federal court there, for completely
in tie Gordon train robbery, bUt
were given q new trial by
Judge Mccormick. Harvey Carter is
held under the charge OF murder ct PAl0
Pinto.
Henry Coleman, colored, was before
| United States Commissioner Burf0Vd to-
DAY charged with assisting IN forging tie
name CT LsDus Bluet to 4 postal order.
Coleman was bound over in the sum Of
! $500 and went to jail.
1he case of Jack Duncan, the detective,
charged with bribing postI I'll &c clerk,
and securing letter which gave
the celebrated McDuffee into the hands
| CT the officers, was called to-day
IL the Unitad States court but was con-
tinusd by the government.
TIE exac. amount Of I. Reinhsrdt &
Co.'S goods for invoice, is Sll4 200. The
attachments are c little less tran
S100, 000.
The criminal docket OF the United
States District c0urE was closed this
evening and the civil cases will De re-
sumed to morrow.
A creditor CT Reinh&rdt & Co.teIegfaph-
60 here to prominent lawyer what ae
should do under the circumstances. The
lawyer replied: i" trust in ,I5sua."
Bill Watkins, ".he KID" and Jim Mad
docks had fight st q late hour last night
st 81 dancs in East Dallas. Watkins
stabbed Ma6docks with dagger in the
side, which laid him out. physician
was called who examined the wound End
pronounced it very dangerous and prob
ably fatal Officer Beenan arrested Wat
kins, who is now in Jail.
Miss NJ j. Biggs led O. suit &c Gay
N the County court against W. d. McNa-
ms, resident book agent, for malicious
prosecution az law and for damages &c
character in the sum Of $500. 4 week or
ten DAYS ago MCNsma had Miss B;ggs ar
rested at Greenvilie and brought TO Dial
las under the charge OK eubt Zzling SO So
The examining trial before d Justice O!
the peace brought out the fact that the
lad, had sert the money by express tC
MIR McNams, also that she hsd written
and teleeTsphed such information, and
Wss discharged.
The grand jury OF Dallas county ad
Iiourned today sine die. They hayi
found and returned during thls-te rm -
dictments against fii;y-four perso1s.
OalY two Witnesses, Eastogfs whe
turned states evidence, end Mr.sBrown
attorney for the Texas and Pacific R.H
road Company, have been examined n,
TO O'Clock to-right in Joseph Loein
STEMS case, charged with cotton swfad
ling.
W. c.. Brum wss tried in the United
States court to-day for depositing ST
obscene letter In the mail, etc. He wa
fned slo0 and costs.
The Dallas Cammsndery No. {, kaight!
Templar, are in session for the purpose
of comforting the order of the Red Cross
on ten candidates from Colorado city.
The substance Of the charge agsins
John Purcell, the arrest OF whom TIL
GAZETTE mentioned Yesterday morning
is that he put Rufus Williams, 8 merchsn
ST Wylie, into Bon Lsnd's hack in tr0n
OF the Board CT Trade saloon, while
Williams was drunk. When William
come TO himself he w.s minus $40. IL
does not know whether he wss robbed o
he lost the money. Purcell denies th'
charge.
J A short time since The GAZETTE con
/ tanned an item detailing the ciIcum
stance Of one Willism James hsVlI!
been picked up st the Union depot by al
officer blind and destitute, trying Il
make his way to his parents home in Sal
Patrlco, having lost his eyesight while :
work On railrood Tanuing. through I'll
alkali plains of Nebraska The fsthe
! learned through the newspapers CT Ill
| Sad scC;Cenc; snQ - HOW On MS WAg u
Dallas, grateful for the Information CD
tanned.
A msn was arrested here tonight or
!, descriptive telegram from Wylie, Tex
suspected OF having robbed party ther
Of o gold watch and 500. as direc
charge OF robbery is not yet made, IL
officers refuse TO give his name.
J. NJ. RicharGsCn,s well dressed youri
man, registered ST the cslsboose ~
night from Denison, under arrest 70
Carrying and Furnishing 6 revolver 10
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