Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-09
DELTA COUNTY KILLING,
james Fisher KIls His Brothcr-In-Law,
Austin Eardie-A Little Girl Mixed
Up in the Affair.
Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette
CONVERGE, HyNT COUNTY. Ten, July1.-
Late yesterday evening news reached us of
az uuprovoled killing in Delta county Sun
day morning, about ten miles east of here
The tacts. As related by party IN the
ncighborhood are as follows: One Mr..
Hardie and James Fisher, brothers-in-law,
attended picnic together the day before
aud appeared 10 be on the best of terms.
Sunday morning Fisher went to the home
of dardie who was out in his field gather
ing rOaStlEH-carS. On arrival Fisher in
quircd Hardic's whereabouts and. being
told, proceeded TO the field and coming up
with Iia-die ted him that he intended to
make better man of him and put n stop to
the practice Of incest mat existed between
Hardia and his little niue-y ear-old daugh-
ter. and demanded of Hardie to acllnowl-
edge that he was guilty of the charge, or
that he iFisherl would kill him. Hardie
said he would not acknowledge anything he
was not guilty OF: wAercupou Fisher fired
twice on Hardlc, intlCtlng mortal wounds,
from which he died Sunday evening about
: o'clock. After The shooting Fisher left in
the direction Of Cooper, and on his way
met HardlcS little girl tthe one in qUcS
tom, in company with some other children,
and calling her aside told her he had killed
a man. She asked ii the man he had killed
was any akin ~ hIu He said yes, i little.
and that he must go ~ 10 Cooper and give
himself up and have his neck broken or
kill himself Esq. ! j Miller went over
and took Hardie's au'e-mertem statement,
and declared the facts substantially as
above narrated From the evidence ad-
duced il IS generally believed that Fisher
had been tamperlns with Hardie's little
girl, his niece, and that he killed Hardie
fearing detection Fisher IS now in Jail At
Cooper.
SHOT Els GRuTHER-IS-LAT.
Corresponds re Of the Gazette.
COOPER, DELTA COUNTY. TEX. July 5
James Fisher this morning. ten miles west
from Cooper. shu; his brother-iu-law,
Austin Hardie, il Is thought fatally Fisher
Is in jail He has nothing to say concerning
the matter. Hardie and Fisher had always
been good friends.
DYING MANS STATEMENT.
Correspondence Of the Gazette
COOPER, Delta COUNTY TEX. July e.
Austin Harde who WAS shot by James
Fisher yesterday morning, died yesterday
evening and was buried this evening There
is considerable excitement in the neighbor-
hood where the tragedy occurred Mr.
Hardie. before dying, made sworn state
nent which is as follows:
! went out in the field 10 get some roast
iu--earS. Fisher came up with pistol.
He said he was going to make man OF me
or kill me. l thought he was joking, and
asked him what was the matter lie tod
me not TO come any further. told him
that he was taking me on surprise, He
said Won know all about it, sir. II l was as
mean as YOU, would shoot my own brains
out. told him TO explain himself before
he went any further. He said l had been
fooling with my little twelve-year-old girl:
! told him he had the advantage Of me,
could not help myself. He said if | would
acknowledge that l had. and would not DO
so again. he would not kill me. l told HIM
that was something would not do; could
not acknowledge something | never Thought
Of. He said, then you won't acknowledge
it, tod him 10 give me a better showing
take the little gir' and talk to her, and II
she would say had ever said such thing
TO her. then ne could so ahead with his
shooting. He said there was no use talk
ing about it. He said well, you have got to
acknowledge or l will kill you. told him
] would not do it. He then shot me. ran
at him, and he shot at me again and missed
me- grabbed at his pistol and ne hit me
on the head with it. I grabbed then, and
got him down. got hold of the pistol and
turned 1t. He then kicked me two or three
limos. got 50 weak I could not do any,