Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-17
WACO.
The Sad Means by Which q Noble But
Reckless Young Man Lost
His Life
He Was Foresd to Marry His wife-Ar-
rested on an I'd Charge OF Murder
Committed In Kentucky.
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
WACO, TEX, March 16-One OF the
ssddest and at the same time one OF the
most horrible occurrences that ever hap
pened in this community took pl2ce at an
early hour this morning. Sydney Evans,
the only son Of the Hon. A. j.
Evans, of San Antonio, and one Of the
leaders in politics of the state, was
run over by the south bound Missouri
Pacific passenger train due here at 1:I0,
g. m, and was so msngled that he died at
II this morning. Sydney Evans
was just Of age, was CT !. 8
generous and magnsnimous nature and
possessed no mean abilities, but of late
he had become very much addicted to
strong drink, ana very reckless of him
self under the influence of LIQUOR, but
was gentleman Of modest bearing when
sober. 1t is thought, and the evidence as
far as known substantiates the SUPPOSE
ton, that he WAS drinking
and had attempted to get on the train
while passing through the city, and had
allen between the cars. He was dragged
about forty yards, and had one leg cut
of and the other crushed. Conductor
SWSriz and Engineer Walker knew
nothing OF the tragedy, though 1t hap
pened in about 100 yards of the
depot, Snd they passed on through the
city without discovering what had been
done. People living in the neighbour
hood heard his moaning and waillng and
crying for water for over two hours but
thought it was some drunken man and
paid no attention to it. About
Ill
by an old negro man half unconscious
and all bloody aud mangled. He Wes i'm
mediately carried to mis- fathers old
home, where his sisters and uncle 1--we;
where, in broken and hslf-unmeaning
words, told the pitiful story
of his misfortune, saying that
it was the result of
his own recklessness. 1t is known that
he was in town last night up to IL O'Clock
drinking very hard and had been drinking
for several days. Sydney Evans was
born and raised in Waco, and there was
no one but liked him. He was faithful
friend and honorable. But whiskey and
evil associates wrought his ruin.
Captain Joe Waller Of the Hall & Wal
Ter Detective Agency arrived in the city
last evening in charge of G. W. Mathews,
VA 4SSOo SOuuhJs hC N dS
arrested in Ssn Angelo byICaptain Waller
on requisition papers from the Governor
Of Kentucky on a charge of murder COM
mitted in that state several years ago.
He is young man and is said
to be very popular and to have made
good oflcer in the west. He is considered
desperate man and the arrest WAS dan
gerous one. He will be taken immed;-
ately to Kentucky. Mathews has made
considerable reputation since he has been
in the state, among officials.
There is : sensational Iaivorce suit on
trial In the District court to-day. Knute
PAulson is suing his wife, Margaret Paul
son, for divorce on the ground that he
was forced to marry his wife by her rela-
tiVes. She admits that force was
used, but that it WAS u.s.
tiflable because ne had seduced her. At
the last term of the District court Paul
son was ordered by the court to pay his
wife an alimony of $40 per month. Paul
son now petitions for divorce and prsys
the court to relieve him from
the payment of the alinony. The
case is contested on both sides
by the best talent at this bar. At this
writing the case has not been decided.
This is the case reported IN full in THE
GAZETTE few dsys ago, when the plain
tiff was compelled, under arrest from
special order Of the court, to pay DELHI
quent alimony due his wife.