Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-21
RAID AMONG ROBBERS.

evening Marshal Joe Beemau of East
las made successful raid on lot Of
negro su spects who had been prowling
around the vicinity of the coal shute by
day and doing their devilment at night.
The marshal had chase for his game
and one of his men fired a shot or two at
the scamps as a gentle reminder of what
they might expect. They arrested four
of them. One was arTaigned in East
Dallas court this morning, convicted of
vagrancy g, and given 81 so or seven days
and half on the East Dallas promo
nades. The remaining three were trans
ferTed to the county court this morning,
and are as follows:
Nat Whalen, robbery of Mr.. Thomas
residence on the Texas and Pacific road
where the street car crosses il East Dali
las, Wednesday night.
Peter Whaley and ] . J. Gerard for
assault and robbery of Mr.. Mcdonald,
a vegetable gardner, TWO miles out on
the Dallas and GreenYille road. The
robbers knocked Mr.. Mcdonald down
with heavy stick, striking him in the
head, and robbed him of 81 80, all the
cash they could find in the house.
Negro robbers and criminals of sup
posed worse intentions have excited the
people Of parts of the city the past ten
days by their exploits in and around pri-
vate dwellings at late hours, until many
residents have been prompted to take
more than the usual precaution to keep
out intruders.
ANOTHER TRINITY SLIDE.
The second slide within the same week
occurred last night at the Turtle creek
pumping station and again demolished
the suction pipe. 1t was only last
Tuesday this same occurrence was
reported, and it is but a repetition of
the affair that produced such a sensation
about year ago when the earth yawned
in that locality and threatened to gulp
down the dumping grounds and other
noted spots in the region. The superin-
tendent of the waterworks reported it to
the council at the time but he says the
members were inclined to laugh at
his apprehensions and he said moth
ing more about it. The region
thereabout, it seems, is subject TO
these depressions and slides on q grand
scale whenever there is an extended
rainy spell, such as recently existed.
AS a result of the slide last night the
city was left in darkness and without
water pressure.
HIS CAR CONFISCATED.
A reputed rowdy boarded a street car
on Nam street last night and took his po-
sition on the drivers platform. 1t is in
violation of the company rules for pas
TO ride there and the driver in
sisted on the passenger gong inside the
car orltO the rear platform. The passen-
ger announced his intention to ride where's
he ''d-m pleased, and when he bel
came Obstreperous the driver, WHOSE
name is WOmack and his car No. r, at
tempted to eject him Resistance Yasv
on the part of the passengarsi
who fired the driver bodily and drove
his car from HARDWOOD street to the Cen
trail railway, a distance of several blocks
There he left it with the passengers for
the driver TO catch up
OMAN IN NY ROOM.
In the wee sma' hours of this morning
several pistol shots disturbed the sleepers
in the vicinity Of Louis Wentheimer's on
Akard street. 1t seems that the servant
girl was awakened and alarmed by some
one in her room. She made haste to
avail herself of the nearest means of exit |
and jumped out of the window, all en-
as the French put it, and |
screamed at the top of her voice there |
was "A man in her room. - Waterman |
Johnson of Sanger Bros. 3 establish |
nent, who happened TO be close by, |
rushed up and fired his revolver as an |
alarm or TO brighten the burglar. An |
other neighbor came up and fired an
other shot, the two explosions serving to
iTaw together very quickly about thirty |
men, all with shooting irons. The house4
gas surrounded, but the man had disap- 7
)eared, and quiet was very soon re-
stored.
BAD, BOLD NEGROES.
About I2:I5 this morning, Officer
2egues relates, while he was going TO his
1eat in the Second ward in a buggy with
fastOn Ray, they passed two negroes on
he corner of Carolina street and McKin-
ley avenue. They took no particulars.
notice of the negroes and drove to tbs
nd of the block, about two hundre6Efeet
way, when a shot was heard. 1t came |.
rom the corner where they had pasSed&
he negroes, and the officer went baclzsts
ecOnnoiter. Before he reachedsssthe
orner he came within about ten feet of
legro. He asked the negro, twas that
-Ou shOOting?'' Eyes - az want
-ou, - Pegues SAID. You can 't-get me''
vas the response, and with that Pegues
.dvanced. AS he did so he looked across
he street and espied the other negro who
ad his pistol out ready TO fire. A sec
nd later there was a flash and a ball
vent whiZzing intentionally close to the
Ulcers head. The other negro then
rev pistol and fired. AZ the flash of
is pistol Pegucs fired at him. Then
here was an alternating cToss-fre, the
hicer catching it from each side of the
treet, and he blazed away at first one
nd then the other. The battle ragged q
ew seconds. in which the negroes fired ,
en- times and the officer emptied his pis-5
d of six balls. He stopped to reIs8d 4
Dolly and calmly standing as a target
uring the process for his enemies to4S
loot at. Before he finished, howevers
ne black phalanx had exhaused tliess1
rsenaI and retired from the field 49,
The officer again seated himself in the
uggy and started out Mckinney avenue |
/ the direction of North Dallas He
al not proceeded far when they nQtieed3
man lying on the sidewalk, but instead'
dead negro he proved to be only a
lite drunk and down. Resuming their
'urney they made about fifty yards
hen they saw the fash of q pistol and
iScOVerpd one of the ,1Porops bIozjDo