Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-29
TREASURER HILLS MURDERER.

The Son Of the sheriff of Panola County
Oonfssses, Giving all the Details.
special TO the Gazette.
BKcKvILLE, TEX, Feb. 2s.-About noon
yesterday Tom Forsyth, SON of the Sheriff
of Pamela county, w&s arrested for the
murder of County Treasurer Hill on Feb
rusry 10. Young Forsyth has been under
suspicion since his finding the sack Of
silver near the yard of the negro barber,
Tippett, and has been under close sur
veillance since. When arrested he is
said to hGYe endeavored to throw the
crime on Tippett, but Immediately after
wards weakened, saying: "No, he is in
nocent. No one had anything to do with
1t but myself"
He is ssid to have confessed that he
committed the murder while court was
adj burned for dinner. The details OF the
confession are said to be horrible In the
st degree. The widow of the murdered
treasurer is said to have lost her mind,
and the mother of young Forsyth fell In
the street upon hearing the crowd crying
out that her son WAS arrested and was
making 8 confession. Two of the best
women in ths county are thus plunged
into living death, and numerous rela-
tivss throughout the county are worse
than horror stricken. Forsyth is but
twenty-five, and does net look like vii
lain.
All but $500 OF the money has been re-
covered. Being 80 far from teIegraphic
facilities makes 1t impossible to get par
ticulars.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Special to the Gazette.
LoNGvrEw, Tex, Feb. 25 For sew
eral days Ulcers and citizens have been
secretly hard st work on the Panola county
murder case, Thomas Forsyth being the
suspected murderer of County Treasurer
Hill on the 10 h inst. He was known to
have gambled very freely with the con-
struction crews on the new railway
nearly completed to Carthage, losing as
high as $500 in one night, and this money
all bore the stain of blood on It's face.
Several of these blood-stained bills were
proved beyond doubt to have been in
the treasury at the time of the murder
snd robbery, but on account ofthis 7ourg
mans social standing his arrest was
deferred I'LL the lsst possible mo-
ment, or till the evidence had
piled up so high that nothing
else could be done. The arrest was
made as quietly as possible, but the fact
few like lightning and 1t was shouted so
loud through the streets of the quiet
little town that Forsyth's mother heard
that her son was arrested and had made
full confession, the details of which are
said to be horrible in the extreme. Mrs.
Forsyt fell swooning on the streets ep-
parently losing her mind, while at the
home of the murdered County Treasurer,
it is ssid, his widow has become hope
less maniac. Young Forsyth Is scarcely
twenty one years Of sge, and has acted as
deputy sheriff for his father for seven or
eight years, having the esteem and con-
4 renee of sill who knew him. The only
part ofhis confession known here is that
be killed Treasurer Hill at noon
Friday while the court mad adjourned
for dinner. 1t will be remembered
that young Forsyth WAS the man who
found the money buried near the resi-
dence of the negrn barber Tlppett who, he
now ssys, had nothing TO do with the
murder or robbery. Great apprehension
is felt for the safety OF young Forsyth
agsicst mob law, but as his father is
sheriff. it is likely with the assistance Of
100 sworn deputies, he msy be saved till
he is moved to place Of safety, which Is
the plan suggested. Nearly all the stolen
money was recovered. Owing to the alb
sence Of wire, and only one mail each
day, but few particulars are obtainable.