Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-06
DALLAS.
Case OF Lockjaw- candidate for FIoater.
Money Obtained Frsudulenty on Lot
terry Ticket-Oak Cliff to Have
q Saloon.
Srecial to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Tex, Sept. last night Just at
dark a colored woman was seen crossing tie
railroad st its intersection with Live Oak street
when she suddenly fell to the pavement. A
crowd soon gathered when it was found that the
woman was afflicted with lockj2w. but from
what Cause was unknown. The woman was
known as Aunt Caroline and employed as a do
nestle. Two colored men carried her TO a house
near bv where attention was given her but If is
not expected that she can recover.
James w. Crsyton, Jr., of Rockwall is in the
city. Mr.. Crayton Is q candidate for reelection
SIS fioater from the district composed of Dallas
Tarrant and Rockwall counties and has been
Endorsed by the Democracy OF his own ounty
and is now looking after his interests in this
county. The primaries take place next Satur-
day. Rockwal county Will say that it will nave
no representative IN the next legislature unless
1t succeeds in electing the floater, and as t5s
next session is bound TO be an important one il
is anxious TO have at least one home man to rem
resentit
LAST night for Houston in response to telegram
from that city stating that they had under ar
rest one G. L. Goss, who is supposed to be the
party wanted here for fraudulrntlv obtsining
Mr. kaufman says that Goss presented Louis-
lana lottery ticket No 49, ass to him. and as that
number had drawn $50 he paid the money with
out question. kaufman sent the ticket 20 New
Orleans TO be casheG, and in few DAYS 1t wss
returned TO him unpaid and with the statement
that the number had been changed by cutting
out some of the figures and FASTING others in
their place. The work was nicely executed and
not readily detected. This all happened over a
month ago and now word comes from Houston
that they have the man. Mr.. kaufman also
went with Capt. Arnold in order to IDENTIFY the
man.
lector Gillespie $50, and requested the issuance
20 him of a license empowering him TO sell LIQUOR
at Oak Cliff. Mr.. Gillespie refused the money
or TO issue the license, and gave as his reason
that he believed OAK Cliff was under the work
iucs of the local option law, and that as q sworn
officer of the law. he could not issue the license
MIR jenkins intends to make 4 test case of the
matter. and on tomorrow Will commence the
sale of liquor all the same.
One OF the cheekIes. thefts on record came TO
light this morning and the party perpetrsting
the set is now in the county jail. When A. D.
NcCloskey, 8 farmer living near Cochrsn's
chapel, arose this morning he missed bale of
cotton from his yard and 81 once came to this
city in search of the same. He found that B.
Davis had Just bought bale Of cotton from s
stranger and that he had just sent the man with
the same to the compress, requesting him to re-
turn for his pay. McCloskey followed up the
trail and recognized the cotton from the marks
and ST once returned to Davis, and when the
cotton seller returned for his cash was con-
tronted by the officers of the law and placed
under arrest. he gave his name William
Finiay from Collin county.
Ella Giiber swore out a warrant for the arrest
murder. They ousrreled over some trivial mat
Ter when Alkaline drew knife and tried to cut
EllS's throat. Parties are all colored, and Ada
line is now at the county jail awaiting orders.
The last grand jury found an Indictment
against James Hitchcock for robbery and to-
day Hitchcock was landed in the county Jail to
await ttiaL
It is reported that boxing match OF eight
rounds for $50 q side has been arranged to take
place sometime this month between Mike Con-