Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-30
ASSASSINATED.
Two Men Killed and Three
Wounded---Ruf Harvey
MURDERED BY THE MATTHEWS
Who Charge Him With the Seduction OF
Their Sister-The Matthewses Are
Badly Hurt - Ely Eosbor-
ough Slightly Injured.
Special to the Gazette.

Special 10 she Gazette.
MARSHALL, HARRISON COUNTY, TEX,
Nov. 29.-The following was published in a
Star extra to-day and gives further account
of tragedy that was published in to-day's
GAZETTE, as well as full account of
another:
Two terrible tragedies occurred in Har-
rison county Saturday night, in which w.
f. {Ruf) Harvey and Hilary Saunders
lost their lives, John and Luther Matthews
We're badly hurt, Ely Rosborough slightly
injured and horse or two ruined.
W. Z. Harvey, Gene and Hilary Saunders
Were in town together Saturday, and went
home together in wagon. At about $50
Saturday night Harvey was called to his
gate by Luther Matthews and shot with a
gun, falling in the gate. At the time his
wife and sister putting supper on the table
and heard the gun fire, but supposed that
Nlld Harvey had fired his gun 10 get his dog
back. About =! o'clock Hilary Saunders
went TO the Harvey residence to stay with
Mr. Harvey that night. He saw a man
lying in the gate, but supposed 1t was
negro who had been TO town and came home
drunk. On going into the house he asked
for Mr.. Harvey, but was told by the ladies
that they did not know where he was. He
took i match, went to the gate and found
that his friend was corpse. He immedi-
ately came to town and reported the fact,
when Justice Perry, Constable Hunt. Dep
uty Sheriff Hec Mckay, County Clerk E. L.
Rosborough, Frank Cock. VIII Powell,
John Coleman and George Wolz mounted
horses and rode out to hunt for the assas-
SIN. John Murrell joined them in the coun-
try.
When the party had reached point about
seven miles from town lone mile north of
the scene of the murder), Messrs. Powell,
WOLF, Hunt and Coleman, who were in the
lead, met two men in the road, riding in {.
walk Coleman nntipni that of the
carried gun, and spoke Of the fact, asking
Constable Hunt if it would not be well to
stop them. This crowd turned, and the
parties they had met put spurs to their
horses and ran down the road the others
pursuing. Powell fired about three shots,
without doing any execution. someone of
the rear party from town heard the horses
running and said: Listen to those horses.
We had better get out of the road" Frank
Cock did turn out of the road. Justice
Perry was run against by one Of the fleeing
parties, who proved to be John and Luther
Matthews, and nearly knocked from his
horse.
John Murren pulled his pistol and or
dered the parties 10 stop, but they did not
do so, and he was about to shoot when
Justice Perry told him not to do so. Ely
RosborOugh and Hilary Saunders, the
latter q cousin of Harvey, heard the firing
and supposed that the murderers had been
Cdugnt up Win. anu put their nurses dG Iuil
speed, in order to assist their friends.
These two and thes Matthews met in the
road, and the shock was terrible. All We're
thrown down. Hilary Saunders skull was
burst open, killing him almost instantly.
One of Rosborough's ankles was sprained,
and one finger knocked out of place.
Luther Matthews was badly hurt about the
head, one eye almost knocked out, and one
leg broken. He was splitting blood Sunday
morning. John Matthews left leg was
badly broken. One leg of John Matthew'S
horse was broken in three places. Ros-
borough's horse was considerably injured.
John Murrell got new pistol and box
of cartridges from back of the Matthewses,
and the gun with which Harvey was
murdered was found on the ground, with
the stock broken of.
The Mathews were brought to town and
jailed. They admitted the killing, and
said that it was done because Harvey had
seduced their sister, whom they say was in
delicate situation. They stated that
Luther, who is about nineteen years of
age, did the shooting, while John, who is
about twenty-four, waited in Harvey's
field; that the gun was thrown from
Luthers hand by the horse jumping when
he fired, and left it where it fell The