Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02
4 STRANGE CASE.
L Naw!y ARrr;ad MAE Di.s at Sherman
From soc Eff .c,s Of Morphine ld.
m'uis:ersd In Vice.
ae Belonged TO SGms Kind If stcre, Dc
teosiva aooistY From which as Gould
Net Obtain Release.
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| specjEl 30 tn6 1hz6Ek5.
(%SEa HERMAN, TEX, Oct. 80
ET II The mysterious deast
Va of W. Shrite, the your
| -Ss man who died suddenly Gl
~ bis home On East street
81 Va this morning at O'CLOCK
IN !. ~ has caused intense excite
MI. menr, AID though every
-SsSaS| effort has been made to
| otsin al the fsc.s 10 the case concerning
It's origin, much still remsins shrou ted In
| mystery, though that portion known to his
| family sud friends is as follows: One
| day last week the deceased and Miss
Mary Denison were married at the resi-
dence Of the brides parents on East
street, and have made their home 1T snst
place sirce the wedding. Young Shrite
was only about twenty one years of age,
and came with his parents from Plat
county, Mo, to Basln Springs In this
county, where the latter still live. dsy
| or two after tdnir marriage young Safite
| informed his wife that he was member
| OF q detective association or some kind
& q secret society which has its head
quarters in Indiana and that It's
members were bound .ge.her by the
strongest bonds, and that the only wsy he
could get released from it was to rasrrS,
though Its members Who live In DeDiscn
still insisted on his continuing in their
service, and that they owed him S4o0 IN
cash for sarVicss rendered. He to,d HE
vile Yesterday morning that be WAC going
10 Dsniscn to get his money ard would
return With it on tas astaracoa treia.
l. appears that Instead of getting
Of C.. the U5ion depot hat
&c vent on ,Ep Dallas with two CT the men
which Delayed to me secret order, oE
ssetectiv JAZZ ocistiou. He returned home
ID 8: nissHNetween snd 10 o'clcck, snd
Ssnust $aesEerriVed On the special train
ss{alsa refEEls from Dallas at ntg1t. He
khocked sa2,e front door which opened
into tie coS5n Ihershis wife slept, snd
size openetaRe doskdhd ne entered, tell
ing her thstaH ieved he hsd take|
SONG moonshils and 60 no. let him 60 to
s!eA he explained to her that while
ia Gkllss ne took four glasses of blsck-
bXH wine with the two men, and thai
%&sn they could not persuade him to re-
MSh they boarded thu train with him and
sssBy him On the ssme sast; that he felt
drnSsy from the effects CT The wine aud
seq IL short while before they
resSaHEShermsn. On nearing the depot
TIE Two men still insisted on his going
with them ,nd made hiu drink twice Of
the blackberry wine out of the bottle
rGe lsst drink that be took he
ewallCwed only ore mouthful, the
eecond mouthful hsving ouch a Glitter
taste thst he spss IL ont and Nhen lie
rescaed the depot hsd to give t1e men
The slip" to gep-sHsy from them. Hs
went to bed sEFo0r So he entered the
rooT, sud Esshe Sid he believed be ha1
taken metH1iDe in the blackberry wiEe,
his wisa$hd mother n-lEw, Mrs. DEM
son, EaRked hard sn hour or two TO Keep
hiaeske, and seeing about midnight
III ne grew worse they sen. Tor Dr..
Scott, VINO Administered sntidoteS,
hoping that he could revive him, until
this morning st O'Clock, whe1
Dr. Pardey was called. D.. Purdey ex.
smined the patient, and finding him in =
critical condition, cid nc: feel warranted
in proceeding Win the case withou. sd-
ditioesl assistance. Doctors Thompson
and S!llson we're also summoned, but
only arrived in time TO see the sufferer
breath his last about 8 O'Clock
The Inquest held over Slrites' body
this evening revealed but few facts, fur
Their than those that have been stated.
Dr.. Scott stated before the court that
Sarltes cid not eeem to be Inclined to
give the names Of the two men who were
@iEh him; that one CT their names Is
something like Subj or Grubbs,
and thsa they live in Tex
arkara. It has been dis
closed that Shrites was connected
with q branch detective association,
hyving received his appointment through
= msD named Reid. he lived in this
county in disguise for several months up