Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-21
DALLAS.
A Fellow Executes the Draft Racket to
Perfection. and Is Badly Wanted.
The Gonzales Death still Mystery-Numerous
Thefts and Fights Doings OF
the City Council.

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He is described as about I've feet ten
inches high, slim built, black mustache,
| dark clothes sack coat aud either black
or dark brown stiff hat. Yesterday the
man went to two or three saloons ,bougnt
liquor and gave in payment checks or
| drafs for amounts ranging from
| So to So, and obtaining the
difference between the purchase and the
draft in cash. A draft for ST was drawnby
the Paragon publishing company on
man named Duke, Linden, Texas. The
| Endorsement shows the na me OF Darling
ton. The slick passed tie craft, him
self indorslug it in the name of Frank c.
Noble. This s no, probably his name,
however, as Of '.+r drafts have shown up
! all in the same hand writing, but with
different set of names. One
was drawn on some person in
Austin. A number of these small drafts
have been presented at the Americans
national bank for payment, aud on all
payment was refused. The would he
"Noble' is supposed to still be in the
city, as the game was worked again this
morning. If such be the case the gen.
tieman (?) will probably be under arrest
before many hours.
This morning /. w. Rylie, a fireman,
ana Leslie Wright, a nineteen-year-old
school boy, were before the police judge
charged with an utfray. The former
was fined $40 and tho latter was re-
leased. 1t appears that yesterday even
ing party of school boys were on their
way home from school, a couple of the
smaller ones had q fight near the Bryan
street fire station. Rylie ana Wright, IN
some way, had words over the matter,
and Rylie struck Wright, who i'll turn
struck Rylie with his pack of school
books. The men clinched, and during
the scramble, Wright had one OF his ears
badly bitten. The ear matter. however,
did not come up in the police court.
Last night on the arrival of a freight
tram on the Houston and Texas Central
railroad, the caboose was left standing
on Il sidetrack in the yard Us is the usual
custom. Some of the trainmen used the
car es their sleeping apartm ent, and
had in their trunks and valices,
in which they keep their clothes.
After the men left the car to get their
supper some thief entered it. broke open
a trunk, stole the contents, consisting of
an overcoat, u suit of clothes, shirts and
undercothes. The matter was referred
to the police and an officer put OF to look
up the thief
Mystery still surrounds the death of
Antonio Gonzales, the young Mexican
who was found dead in his bed last night
at his boarding house, No. 702 Commerce.
street. A letter was found in his ro0tn,
written but an hour or SO before his
death, and which bore the address of
Mrs. Syrena Johnson, No 1850
Boss street, Shreveport, La. When JUS
tee Lnuderdals opened the letter ut
the inquest it was foun from the
contents that the deceased and Mrs.
johnson had been sweethearts, but the
tone of the letter clearly shows that O.
ding had come up betweeiE'
them. He claimed that he was blamed
for statements rot true, and longed for a
reconciliation and for the time when
they would be living happily together in
Dallas. His lsndlaiy say that on yes
terday he received letter, and
as soon as he had read it he destroy ed :.
the same. Other papers amoug his posSe7
sessions show that he had BEEN sailor,
as there were Il number of seamen's dis
charges, all giving the man a cool char
acter. Mrs. l.. Gonzales, mother of the
deceas d, has wired an undertaken to
the man took his own life?
About two weeks ago two negro BOYS,
Walter TAYLOR and Waller Nickerson,
were arrested for stealing pants patterns
from in front of the tailoring es,ub-
lishment of Hamblend g. Ehrick-
son on Elm street. Another boy,
Harry Holland by name, was in
with the gang, and he too was
arrested to-day. The boys are about
seventeen years oil. The stolen goods
were taken to another tailoring estab-
lishment, where they were left TO be
made into pants. The goods were found
by the police. and they have them now
in their possession.
j. ~. Dodson, young lawyer, lives
with Mr.. Parks at 104 Ross avenue. Last
night thief entered Dodson's room,
pointed pistol at him, and told him to
get up. Dodson sat up on the
edge of the bed and at last j
fled the room The other in
mates of the house then appeared
on the scene just in time to see the thief
leave the room, taking with him Mr..
Dodsou's pants, containing about So in
money q knife and some papers. !
On last night the city council held a
meeting, and among other things fixed
the mayors salary at $500 year, to- |
gether with the fee system. which has
not yet been arranged. Harry Oben-
chain was elected city attorney. An oc-
cupation tax is being arranged.
=. S. Hogan and George Clark depart |
Tonight for Mexico, where they go to |
fetch Mr.. Thomas Donohue Il will be |
that MIR. Donohue was at |
one time superintendent of the Texas
Trunk railroad; that he subsequently !
went to Mexico, where he became de- |
since which time he has been |
confined in Mexican asylum. His |
friends go to bring him to his old home
in this state.
In the county court writ of attach
ment was sued out for $40 .942 against
F. c. Van Horn by the American white
lead and color company of New Orleans.
Deputy Sheriff Darby has served writ |
by levyi on lots and s, Exposition
park. Mr.. Van Horn had the misfor-
tune to have bis stock of paints, oils and |
wall paper consider bly, damaged by fire
about two weeks ago.
John Crowdus is an ex-policemau.
On yesterday evening he beat his horse
heavy with stick and was arrested for
cruelty to animals.
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