San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-02
DALLAS LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
December 80, $780,


The act in the Wilson Lane;Saun-
dsrs tragedy eliminated in the
suicide of S. f.. Lane in the Jail the
day before Christmas. He had twice
before made an attempt to do this,
but each time his stomach refused to
retain the morphine long enough to
effect him. Lane was recently tried
| for the murder of j. w. Wilson, a
merchandise broker, who, with his
wife, boarded at the same place that
| Lane and Miss Saunders did. 1t is
said Wilson made improper advances
| to Miss Saunders-t whom Lane
was engaged. She repulsed him, and
in measure resented the insult. In
time she told her affianced. The day
after her telling him, Mr.. Wilson
made such complaint against the two
as resulted in the landlord requesting
Lane to 60 elsewhere. Lane left.
Wilson logged his footsteps. 10
front of the News office, Aug. 8, 1883.
| they came face to face. Wilson fell
| mortally wounded by q pistol shot.
Soon after the killing Lane
| and Miss Saunders were married.
The typographical force oil stood by
| him In all his trouble. He was tried
| I'm the district court for murder and
| the sentence to five years in the peni-
| tentiary was more than his pride
could stand He could not live long
| enough to efface the stigma. One day
was as much as year, so far as the
disgrace goes, he said. He LETT three
| pathetic letters, one to his wife, one
TO the jailer and the last to the News,
| wherein he recites the cause Of the
\ killing and tries to justify himself. In
1t he says: 81 make no appeal tor mer-
cy; am not supplicant for pardon;
pardon pre-conceives guilt, and as
| fail to see wherein l have done wrong
| l ask none of it. 1t is the refuge of
criminals, and have yet to be con.
| WINGED I have committed any crime.
| That killed him has never been de-
MED. That any man who has the in
stlncts of gentleman, and is not
hindered by q towards heart. would
have done the same thing. / do not
for q moment doubt, that an all-see'
ing God will hold the act justifiable
when appeal to His court Of courts,
I am confidently assured. Where
then is the wrong? at this serious
hour 1 fail to see any" His wife
came from Fort Worth on the noon
train. She new nothing of his death
till q friend of deceased told her when
he met her on the street. She faint
ed at once. Those who knew him
best, speak well of him. 1t Is not
known how he got the morphine.
The "Times Heraldn advanced
IL cent per copy on price of paper to
news boys. Those belonging to the
Union resolved not to pay more than
the former price of 2 cents and fur
Their agreed not to let the "scabs''
sell any. Yesterday afternoon when
the paper was ready the mob was
ready also. The non-union boys
started out, their papers were taken
from them and torn into shreds. The
city circulator tried to protect them
but he was poupced upon by thirty
of the strikers who threw such mis-
siles at him as they could lay hands
on till he bad to take refuge in q
store. Eight of the offenders were
arrested. Those who could not give
bond are still in Jail.
Miss Grace Hazlett, formerly offer
rell, threw the towns, that and this,
in fever of excitement. 1t seems she
wrote letter to DIR. Nelson, friend
J of her fathers telling him of her in.
teution to commit suicide by the NOR
phine route. That she had procured
the drug at Bumpas' drug store. DR..
Nelson at once telegraphed her faith
err. who is O cabinet maker in Dallas.
"If your daughter is not at home this
: morning, get doctor and go to North
DALLAS. Get off at Lennon Ave. &c. "
The druggist said such a young lady
: had procured writing material of him
and wrote letter while in his store,
: but purchased no morphine. After
. dilligent search was made by the
good doctor and his wife, who came
: On from Terrell, the girls father, po-
! Iiceman and newspaper reporters, q
pallet made of a tow sack was found
among the pine bushes on the branch
: that skirts North Dallas. By the pal
let were two chloroform bottles, an
, empty morphine box and handker-
chief but no corpse.
Later a telephone called doctor to
see q sick lady at Mr.. Hunters, in
North Dallas, and there was the girl,
but not corpse. A negro woman, in
the goodness of her heart, piloted the
creature to Mr.. Hunters residence,
where she was cared for until her
father and friends could arrive.
News comes from Garland of the
serious illness of old man Halsell,
whom Officer Scott so rudely expelled
from the court house yard, while Mr..
Halsell was discharging his duty in
speeding the material used. Mr..
Scott, whom young Halsell after
wards shot, Is getting along nicely.
w f.. Murff. q saloon keeper on
Camp street, shot and killed Nathan