Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-21
TEXARKANA.
Prisoners TO Escaps-WOman Fatally
IDiured-NGrand Jury Work.

Special to the Gazette.
TEXARKANA, ARK, March 20.-The
district court has been engaged two days
in the trial of John Pistol on the charge
of murder. The killing took place on
one of our principal streets on November
%, last, and full account was given of
the affair at the time. The defendant is
an old man who has evidently seen better
days but now is a pitiful object, sur
rounded as he is in the court room by
his large and helpless family.
Montague, the man whom he killed,
was also above the middle age, and left
a large family. 1t appears from the tes-
timony that a feud had existed between
the two families on account of mar
riage that occurred some time ago.
Young Pistol having taken Montague g
daughter from the convent at GAINESVILLE
and married her against the wishes Of
her parents. On the eve of she killing
Pistol was returning from duck hunting
and met the deceased on the street. He
lowered down his gun on Montague and
told him that if ne repeated the remarks
that he had heard of his making that he
would shoot him, whereupOn Montague
told him to shoot and be d-n. Pistol
then fired with fatal effect. Defendant
has been in jail since the occurrence, and
a strong effort was made to prove that
he was an insane man. This no doubt
had an influence on the jury, for after a
short absence from the courtroom they
returned and rendered a verdict of
guilty Of mansiaughter and assessed the
penalty at seven years i'll the peniten-
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announcement with Indifference, and
there was 10 manifestation of gratiffca-
ton by the family of the deceased, who
were also present.
ID. A. Hooper, whose home is near
the charge of assisting the prisoners to
escape from Jail. Some weeks ago
Hooper was arrested and placed III jail
here on the charge of using a game de-
vice. He was released from jail, and,
on his arrival at home, boosted, in the
presence of deputy sheriff, that he had
provided the inmates of the TeXarkana
jail with tools to cut out with. This fact
was made known to orr sheriff and, upon
examination, the prisoners were found
with variety of saws and cold chisels.
Hooper was arrested, brought back, aud
the jury to-day gave him three years in
the penitentiary. He is young man of
genteel appearance, and is said to be we'll
connected.
The grand jury just adjourn ed found
two indictments against a young man
named Jesse LOwerv, one for stealing q
horse, and one for stealing q mule. The
offense was committed only few days
ago, and the stolen animals were recov-
cred the next day. To the establishment
of the court and spectators the defendant
pleaded guilty to both charges and was
given five years iii the penitentiary in
each case. Lowery is a young man OF
splendid appearance, was neatly at
tired anG possesses more than ordinary
intelligence.
Yesterday evening as the construction
train of the TeXarkana Northern road
was coming into town woman was OBJ
served standing on a platform that was
used for rolling sawlogs on the fiat cars.
The engineer, Tom Charrell, discovered
on near approach that it was his
sister-in-law, Mrs. Hugh w.
Smith, who was waiting to get
on the train. The brakes were
pat down and the train composed of fiat
cars moved up TO the platform. Without
waiting for halt Mrs. Smith stepped on
the train and was thrown down on the
track. Two cars passed over her. 1t is
supposed she is fatally injured.
The grand jury is discharged. The re-
suit of its labOrs is sixty bills of indiet-
ments, six for murder, thirty-nine fell
onles and fifteen misdemeanors.