Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-16
DAYLIGHT ATTACK.
r,,n,rkable Scene Witnessed on the
Sabbath Morn.
IAN nismOunts and Attacks Pedes-
without Apparent Cause-BOth
rr.s-BIOOd Bespattered Raj
n,snt-OficerS Pursue.

- cidsrs. on their way to worship
morning, witnessed a start
y''', ...rs on South Rusk street, between
ns,oad and Daggett avenues.
A1 ,.vo.s pleasant sabbath morn. The
j. .vest with the perfume of flow
81 and the gladstone song of joyous
az, made humanity rejoice and enter
Di1, .no snblimity of the hour. Every
NV "a. quiet in the neighborhoOd in
dicsted. ,o-senan came riding
Prsk street at a lope. There was
Cow 's;,g neculiar in his manner, and the
noln,ns ~ the horse hoofs on the pave
ciaI.'' .s az but part of the natural
nsn I.fIinp condition OF things. The man
pre-" slouch hat, and his keen, piero-
Foi' ,-as neered sesrchinRly out from
lE the broad brim as though the rider
puuT leaking for some person or thing.
HD' Ion was walking down the street at
t.,.E mace, keeping on the right-hand
leak taking no particular note of
his surroundings.
he
,oon as the former saw the latter
~ ro5p TO the sidewalk and dismouuted,
g.5 his nag and approached the
'.tar Not word was spoken.
y when within few feet of the pedestrian
,sa borseman drew a dangerous-looking
.aroIver from his pocket, but did not
srsit. Grasping it by the barrel, he
l u. the pedestrian by his coat and be-
~ N heat him over the head with the
80, Thick and fast the blows fell and it
a. mot long before the defenseless man
,nrE 10 the sidewalk, limp, with clothes,
900 and hands blood despatched. and
-.ornntIv lifeless. His assailant let
a ~ walked backwards to his horse, the
While keeping the PROSTATE man covered
.-j,b his revolver, and it was not until
srmly seated in his saddle again that he
vitBdrew the weapon, olapped spurs to
,ba animal and went flying down Rusk
street.
The incident was done in the twink
ling Of an eye almost.
Il was witnessed by quite q few peo-
ME. but il was done so quickly that the
.nsctators we're unable to interfere.
They watched the rider as he scam
Dered out OF sight leaving cloud of dust
behind him, and were so intent upon
this that they did not observe the
wounded man g disappearance. When
he was looked for he could not be found,
and only q clot OF blood remained as evil
dence that the whole remarkable scene
Was not mirage. Where the man had
gone no one knew.
Officer Bob Mosely was at once notified
Of the occurrence, and he set out on the
trail of the horseman, but when he
reached the limit of his beat, the Gcity
limits, the rider was to be seen on the
horizon flying southwark. Sheriff Rich
arisou was then notified, and he sent out
posse TO scour the county, but up to
late hour last night nothing had been
heard from any of the party.
The movements of the wounded man
we're as strange as the rest of the affair.
Il was later learned that while the
crowd were watching the horseman, he
uawled of the street and into barn
near by where he remained concealed
for & couple of hours, when he emerged,
walked to the Santa Fe track and thence
Ont Of the city.
II was stated on the street last night
that the participants in the affair lived
on the South Side until recently, and
thst there is q woman at the bottom of
kan,