Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-22
FROM JERUSALEM.
A Pair of Female Gypsy Peddlers Tackle Paris.
Two Men Arrested for q Drunken
Frolic-Their Doings.
Correspondence of the Gazette.


making their way from town to town
| peddling goods and successfully evading
the payment of licenses. AT Petty when
the town marshal called on them for the
license the younger one promptly tainted,
and so worked on public sympathy that
| they were, so 10 speak, given the free
| dom of the place.
Yesterday they came into Paris and
Joe Mckee was sent to interview them.
| They were found near the corner of
Sherman and Division streets.
"What have you GOT asked Joe.
At once their wares were displayed.
prices quoted and Joe was besieged with
| entreatles to purchase.
'Where IS your license?''
- "Mo no STAN Eenglees. Me way off
from Jerusalem. -
'That's all right about Jerusalem, -
said Mckee, "but you must get license
or you get out of town.
ono lie me-from Jerasalem-got ave
Children
"Can't help it if you've got twenty
five children, you must have
"No! Mol No twenty-five children
five all. No can see good"
eyes, but
"Good morn - and away they scut-
tied in different directions, leaving Nc
Kee wondering which would come near
est paying the license. He finally de-
clded on the youngest one and after
round about chase headed her off and-she
fainted-and then she came too and be-
gan to talk pretty good English, but no
license would she pay, finally agreeing to
leave on the morning train for Texar-
kama where they thought the two towns
would give better field of operations.
Yesterday afternoon Sheriff Gum was
notified that three men had held Charley
Hood up on the Biardstown road short
distau ce out. Warrants were sworn out
against them for carrying a pistol, and
about three miles from town one of them
was found lying asleep In the shade of
barb wire fence, and having a pad case
of jag. He had an exasperating looking
22-caliber revolver and a 3S-caliber bull
dog; the haudles OF the weapons were
bloody as were the mans hands, and
with his rambling replies give rise TO
rumor that the other two had scrapped
and one of them had been shot.
Shanklin took charge of the prisoner,
whose name is John Fry, while Sheriff
Gum went on after the others.
Shanklin aroused his man up and tried
to get him towards town, but only sue
ceeded in getting him about 800 yards
into the shade of a bois arc where he
sank whisky sick and exhausted. After
O few minutes he revived and made some
inquiries as to the probable result of his
froic. He next asked Shanklin to let
him get inside the fence in the shade
which was permitted, he sat there
awhile and suddenly arose up. gave
quick shuttle of his feet, throwing of his
shoes which he had united and calling
out to Shanklin "good evening, sir''
started in hurry down cotton row.
Shanklin tipped his hat to the fugitive
and called to him "good- bye'' and
watched him putting in some good run
ming.
When he thought the fellow had taken
exercise enough he got on his horse and
galloped around the field, came up to
him as he was thoroughly pegged out
with his hard run through the soft
ground.
shanklin had to send to town for a
conveyance and got him in about
o'clock.
Capt. Gum found the other two near
Biardstown and brought one of them,
Tom Crouch, back.
Crouch g head was badly cut upon one
fence, and il was from tying up his head
that Fry got the bloody hands. The
third of the trio was boy named jack
son, who was sober and had nothing to
do with them beyond being in their COM
pauy. He had reached here yesterday
and was gong out near their neighbour
good.
After leaving town they met Charley
Hood and pulling their arsenal on him
made him crawl down from his wagon
and do some lively and exhausting dano-
ing in the black mud, accelerating mis-
steps by a shot towards his feet when
they grew laggard.
Leaving Hood they met another man
from whom they captured wagon whip
and piece further on they captured
colored man whom they made dance in
the center of a mud hole until he looked
like hog. At present they are sober
ing up, and at the next term of the
county court will settle the bill for their
frolic.
The reports of Mrs. Gordon g condition
were more favorable yesterday evening.
She has rested fairly well all day though
not entirely conscious at times, but this
is thought to be due more to the effect of
opiatss than her injuries. The only IN
favorable thing is the splitting of blood
which continues and the cause for which
has not been determined.
Mrs. Gordon's horse was recovered
yesterday near the Jennings place; he is
uninjured but shows signs of the wasp at
tack as he is covered with wells and
Jumps from their stings.