Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23

pal owner OF tGe SeSpS
ranch. The circumstances attending the
tragedy snd subsequent developments
r+sd lit Iomsoce and disclose one Of
the most
PERFECTLY PLANNED CoEsPIRACIES
&c put out OF the way wealthy
and eX ensive land holder tins. has
been developed since tie conspiracy CT
the Saspe sqlstters, watch resulted IN
the killing OF 7. Wallace MJore ca the
same rsnca nesrly ten ysags ego, ard for
which F. ". Sprague served ten years
penal servitude.
At the trial which closet yesterday the
following facts were shown: The Sespe
Land and Water Company was organized
three years ago and sec red control Of
Is, 900 see: OF rlca EgnculruTsl snd oil
lsnd. Il. J. Crow OF Los A0geI.s HAs one
of the heavy stockholders and Digs WAS
made superintendent. Crow is several
times millionsire. Business fec ltntIy
cflled Crow to Sespe. There he m=: and
BECAME KNAMoRED
CT the besutful wife OF Dye. M. Dee,
though the latter 1as married
man. Mrs. Dye WAS the ccpstant
recipient OF letters from Crow $40 Of
Angeles, which was OF frequent occur
renee. Dyes suspicious WAS frs: aroused
in the early part Of August, 1856, when
happening home Unexpectedly, he espied
his young wife carelessly drop note in
front Of his home. He noticed Willie
Hsines, eon CT Herman Hsines, pick up
The no!e and Start tGxaGd HE saddle
horse, which WAS hitched resr the rsnch
house. DYE told The bow 10 60 10 = p:kCe
on the rancn, distant five miles, ar d de-
liver . verbal message, and hastily
mounting his horse he followed the bog
and oVertsking him procured the note
N Dye had written to Herman
Haiues. Tie note showed tnat
Haires acted as iD!ermedilry for
Crow in the correspondence between the
levers, and also thst Hines possessed
the secret between Grow and a6e womIn,
and had demanded . clanGsssine meeting
with MIS- Dye and himself. Win the
note Dye returned home FAD confronted
his wife. scene fol!oTed, in which an
old mrl's love for his young Wits aud
Anguish over her IL fidelity, we're dramsti
c7iiy portrayed. Dye, stLer assuring MS
wife thts al was over between them,
r21ped letter to Hsines,
DIsCHAR6ING HIM
and Esblrg him TO Fever S2s!1 pu. his
foot en- the ranch, end Fever mtss OF
speak to him agatn. Shortly GiteT o. curing
possession OF the means given her by
Dye, Mrs. Dye left for her parents home
in Oakland, leaving baby boy and llts
tie girl Hsines daily si:er his discharge
threatened 10 take Dyes lie CT sight,
and, isarflI OF trouble, DYE !ef. tha ranch
ard went to Los Angeles, Hhsre he re.
msired some time. R.tur cipg in August,
1886, he accidentally net Hainef in
store 10 the little town OF Santa Paula
armed with a heavy RIA. H,ires in.
suited Dye es the latter passed him. Dye
slapped Haines in the face, and an sltsr-
csIion followed IN which Dye fltally
| wounded Haines. Dyes counsel IA Sc
curing evidence for his defense uneslthed
AN ATRoc1oUs CONSPIRACY
between Crow and Haines to get Dye out
Of the way. They read 10 the court cor
respondence between Crow and Hines
and Hsipes and Crow and Mrs. DEE,
clearly establishing the existence Of Illicit
relations between Crow and Mrs. Dye and
the fact that after this discovery By Dye
the two men had conspired to remcve Dye
either By the result Of the disclosure or as
sasinss,on. The pToGut Il IN CT this evils
dence created inteeee excitement. So tire
Jess hive been the Efforts Of Dyes attor-
ueys that depositions h2d been procured
ON Guatenals which substsniis..e cd the
evidence Of the conspiracy. TbS nicst II 4
portslt lettsr wss one written 10 Crows
private secretsry Iwo days before Haiues
was shof, disclosing the fact that Halpes.
mad contracted to kill Dye. the W,iteI.
ssid there would be NO safety foS hlmssM
| or Grove with Dye in the county. ThE
jury promptly acquitted Dye.