Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-09-07
DALLAS.
G. L. Flemmiug of Louisiana Takes
His Own Life-POor Health. Cause.
A Coal OIL vIcHm-The Cid story Again-oak
Cliff Belt Line in operntioD-Henry
jenkins Arrested.


Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS. TEX, Sept. 6.-Last evening whlle
Mrs. Ids White, who resided at I7Il Elm street,
was lighting fire with coal Oil, the oil ignite
and the can exploded with great force setting
fire to Mrs Whites clothes. Mr.. White, who
was asleep in the house. heard his wife scream
and rushing to the kitchen saw her enveloped
with flames. He at once went to her assistance
but she broke from him and rushed tranctlcalIy
to the yard. People passing ran to her aid ana
one Bob Donnely smothered the hre WIN ,I =
blanket Mrs. White was terribly burned about
the body and limbs and on the removal OF ner
clothes pieces of flesh came off with them She
was so badly burned that she died last night at
1880 o. clock Mrs. White was only twenty-t
years old and came 10 Dallas from Fort smith,
Ark
Commencing with this morning new passen-
ger route is opened between this CITY and Oak
Cliff The Dallas and Oak Cliff belt line IS
finished to the foot OF Main street, and cars VII
leave there every twenty minutes for Oak GIN
and West Dallas, and passengers can now take
this route or go by the old way from commerce
street This new road VIII be great conven-
fence especially to the residents OF West Dallas
as they for the first time have convenienttranslt
IT viii he remembered by the readers of THE
GAZETTE that about three months ago fran
chise to build a cable road on Elm street was
r-iven to the Pacific cable construction company
and thst great expectations were counted on
from the promises made by the representatives
OF the company, yet months have gone by and
nothing has been done except to tear up some OF
the pavement and leave II to the Inconvenience
Of the public. c. J. Pittman has 8 contract with
this company to furnish them gravel. The con-
tract was signed on July T. 1880, and was to be
fulfilled within sixty days. On the strength OF
the contract Mr.. Pittman made an outlay OF
nearly $4,000 for gravel and other preparations
necessary to conduct the work. He now brings
suit to recover this amount, claiming that ne
was restrained by the company from complying
with his part of the contract until after the time
Ionis Palmer. n white bow Of only eleven
years, again figures in the police courts for
theft. Louis is a hard case, and often figures IN
The courts, invariably for some petty theft, and
IS pursuing q course that will eventually land
him in the pen unless he mends mis- ways.
An account was given in yesterday GAZETTE
that Capt. Arnold had gone to Houston IN re-
spouse 10 a telegram stating that they had I'M
der arrest one Goss. who was wanted in this
CITY for obtaining $500 from A. /. Kaufman on a
fraudulent lottery ticket. The captain has re-
turned with his prisoner, and the man is now
within the walls Of the county jail he now
claims that his name is h. l.. Rosenthali and
that Coss was sn alias.
Tom scoggins, colored. was jailed to-day for
aggravated assault.
for assault TO murder, but gave bond and is now
Real estate transfers for the past twenty four
Bank ciesrings for this week amount to
81 So Ji2 81, an increase over the corresponding
week OF last year Of IS per cent,
Henry jenkins, the party who to-day opened
a saloon for the sale of liquor at Oak Cliff, was
arrested on q warrant sworn out before Justice
Whitaker Of that place on charge OF the un-
lawful sale Of LIQUOR. Col jerome kirby. as at
torney for jenkins, sued ont writ OF hapeas
corpus before Judge Hurt OF the court OF APP
peals writ returnLhle ct 10 O'Clock 4. m. on
next Monday
A laborer by the name o. Myers was badly
injured this morning while assisting in tearing
down house IN East Dallas. \ scantllng ielI
from above and struck him on the head, causing
= very serious wound.
On lsst Sunday Nj. G. L. Flemming, treas
urer OF Madison parish, La, came to Dallas
from Tallulah. La. for the purpose OF making
this city his home. h engaged board At 23o
Patterson avenue. where some friends OF his
also boarded. and during his stay in his city he
had been perfectiug arrangements by which on
next Monday ne was TO assume the man 2Genlent
of large mercantile house uolng business On
Elm street. On yesterday morning Mr.: j. ID.
Grant resident agent for the Queen and Cres-
cent route. received a letter through the man
from Mr.. Femming, in which he cited the fact
that for months he had been in poor health
caused from attack of hay fever, and that
life had become bu-dPn to HIM, ana that ne
intended to take his own life. He also wrote
instructions to his friend as TO the disposition OF
his body and the winding up OF his personal
affairs. Mr.. J. T. Norrld, another irienu
OF Flemming also received letter from MIN by
the same mail that brought My. Srants, asking
that he concur with Mr.. Grant as TO the requests
in his letter 20 that gentleman. Messrs. Grant
and NorrId then began instant search Tor their
friend but after hard day s labor and up until
late last night no trace could be found OF Flem-
ming About O'Clock this morning man
rooming at Il2 Griffin street heard from an ad-
Joining room the fall OF some heaVE cOJeCt anu
on investigating the cause found man dead on
the floor and investigation proved IL 10 De I lem
ming. His friends were at once notified. IT ap-
pears on investigation that the deceased had not
been seen at his clearinghouse at ~ FaLteTs on
avenue since Thursday evening. He called at
Az Griffin street on that evening and engaged
board and stated that he was tired and unwell
he would retire and did not wish TO be dis
turbed. During Friday forenoon he was seen to
leave his room twice and 90 TO 4 drug store near
BY but as he had complained OF being SICK,
nothing was thought of these visits From yes
terdav noon until his room was entered this
morning nothing more was seen OF HIM. A view
OF the body in death revealed the fact that he
had deliberately set about taking his own life.
With 4 pen knife he had opened one OF the ar
teries in his left leg from which he oed pro
fuselv. Then with the same instrument he mad
stabbed himself twice at q point just above the
heart Two bottles that had contained NOR
phine were found in the room, but
whether the contents had been used to
relieve him from pain is not known His friends
have taken charte Of his body, and Will carry
out his last requests as far as possible, The re-
mains will be sent to Delhi, La, for burial,
where he has two children living. his wife being
dead. Those who have known the deceased Tor
many years say hat he was an intelligent, So
ciable and progressive man, appreciated oy al
who knew him and that protracted poor health,
which caused dependency, can be ths only ex-
cuse for the rash aC.. He IVES member Of the
Knights OF Honor. K nights OF Pythlas and the
Order Of Railway Conductors, he having tor
years been railroad man,
o. s Harris prominent attorney OF Balm
ger called at THE GAZETTE bureau this morning.
II. q. Thompson, general passenger agent,
and II. K. Irvine, division superintendent Of
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad, are
in the city.
Travelling Passenger Agent Fegan of the Texas
and Pacific, returned from a western trip this
evening.
Mr. ReInfeld ia at Maddox & Ellison 4