Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-05
WHISKY PBDDLERS.
How They Are Confronted With Hands
Up!" on Crossing Red River.
The Result.
Lewis Jackson, q ChOctaw Full Blood, Found
Dead iIisthe Weeds-A Second Victim
Drowned and Third Captured.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DENIsoN, TEX, Aug. -four whisky
peddlers from the Choctaw nation came
to benson aud purchased about twenty
gallons of whisky. At dark they left the
city with their load and walked down the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway to
the railway bridge across Red river. The
sheriff of Pamela. county, Chickasaw
nation, knew that an attempt would be
made to smuggle liquor into the territory
in a large quantity some time during the
week. Thursday night the sheriff and
posse camped at the north en-
trance of the bridge and waited
for developm edits. Friday night
passed, but nothing unusual happened.
Saturday night found the sheriff with
United States marshal and a posse of ten
men at the bridge At 80 o o'clock two
men crossed from Texas to the Territory
side. When they neared the north end
Of the structure a stern command,
Islands up, greeted them. They
obeyed the command and upon searching
them only pint of whisky was found.
The bottle was broken over the end of
tie and the men were allowed to go.
Upon the hill about one hundred yards
away stood a negro shanty, and at
CLOCK Murray and five of the posse went
up to supper, leaving the United States
marshal and three of the posse on watch.
Before the men had reached the house
one of the posse saw some figures moving
across the bridge, and after waiting
short time discovered that their men
were approaching. The officers stationed
themselves at the end OF the bridge and
waited for the game to approach. When
within twenty feet of the north end of
the bridge the officers called on them to
halt. Instead of doing SO one turned
and ran toward the Texas side, and two
with revolvers in their hands, rushed di-
rectly at the officers. When within about
fifteen feet of one of the posse the larger
of the two men thrust his pistol forward
to shoot. The four officers fired stimuli
taneously, but the Indians did not stop
and ran by under heavy fire and gained
the shore, turned west and started up the
hill to where the sheriff and part of the
posse were at supper. Shot after shot
was fired at them as they ran along the
bank. The man who started back over
the bridge was running for dear life when
the officers turned their attention to him.
Fully twenty-five shots were fired al the
center of the river one Of the bullets
struck him, he fell of the struc ture to
the water thirty feet below. Whether
he was killed could not be tcld and the
officers again went into camp. When
morning came heavy rain storm came
up and the officials were not able to see
what damage had been done in the
fght. After the rain they walked up
the river bank and about fifty yards
away from the scene of battle Lewis
Jackson, & ChoetaY full blood was found
lying in the wet weeds and grass dead
with his pistol in his hand. Two bullets
had struck him in the thigh, severing
an artery and he fell by the
path and died. His partner ran
down II the woods q short
distance and went into camp not over one
hundred and fifty yards from the officers
camp. He staid there all night and was
arrested shortly after the body of Jackson
was found. The one which fell into the
river was evidently drowned, as notraces
could be found Of HIM. The body of
Jackson was put into a rough box and
was buried close to where he met his
death. A close watch is being kept at all
the Red river ferries and bridges and 9TH
er arrests or deaths may be expected.