Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-05-21


| for the
ARREST OF THE TWO JUDGES
| for contempt of court The arrest wa.
! made September ). 1882. and both Judge.
were taken to jefferson City and imprisoned
/ IN the penitentiary. The judges were
( obstinate and remained in prison for abou
| d month when proposition was made Il
compromise the bonds. The judges refused
| To make the call for an election as long as
! they were confined and at the solicitation OF
the bondholders they were granted fur
| Tough to go home and issue a call for an
| election. The people again emphatically
: refused to compromise, and as the judges
| declined 10 make the levy they were re.
/ turned 10 prison and remained there until
| the expiration of their term.
From then until the present the Judges
! have been elected to the penitentiary with
! great regularity and the elections have been
/ followed by orders from the United States
court TO make the levy, but these orders
/ have been invariably ignored, and the
| Judges have suffered arrest and imprison-
! ment rather than be unfaithful to the trust
| imposed upon them by the people Of the
| county The arrest of the Judges of the
I county on the Sth of this month. and their
| being held in bond until the sitting of the
! United States court in Kansas City in
! June IS the last chapter of the bond CUES
| ton OF the county.
THE BLOODY BONDS.
But there is another chapter to the bond
question Of Cass county. \ chapter which
relates to the bonds captured by the raid
ing soldiers, and it tells how the people
arose against men who attempted i great
crime, and executed the penalty for their
transgression, swiftly and terribly
In Il common wooden frame hanging
against the wall of Bishop & Sterling's
drug store in Gum City, in the eastern
part Of the county. is 4 handsomely exc
cuted bond. II is finished with a green bor-
der the cOupons-thlrty-eigh in number,
being also cmbelliShcd with green These
coupons are of the denomination of $40
each. being the interest on $1,000 for six
months. Below is q verbatim COPY of the
bond:
United States of America State of Mis-
souri,. Cass county funding bond. Interest
payable semi-annually in New York. No.
229 $1,000
Know all men by these preseuts-That in
pursuance Of an act of the general assembly
of the state of Missouri entitled IAN act to
enable counties, cities and incorporated
towns TO fund THEN respective debts. APP
proved March "A. A. D.. 1861 and also an
order Of the county court of Cass county in
the state of Missouri. providing for the fund
ing of certain outstanding bonds of said
county, the county of CasS, il the state of
Missouri, acknowledges itself indebted, and
for value received promises 10 pay TO the
bearer at the banking house of NOrthrup *
Chick, Ill the city and state of New York,
the sum of $1,000. nineteen years after date
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rho ,p,1d Ja,. Of FsI,II.'.,- o,-J 49,! Of
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proper coupons of interest hereto attached.
ii the said banking house of Northrnp Il
Chick, III said city and state.
has ar.ecn.ed This hond tho nrasi6ing ms.
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said count mis- done in The ,.itv of Ha,ri-
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tho ,,55 lo,. of Etnb1rar, n 80
IttaStedI JruTrI q STrHuFysox
Presiding Justice of the County Court.
c. II. Dore. clerk. by p. Ii. Yelton,
deputy.
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ms IS one OF the "oloouN bonds, So
called. because they gave rise 10 tiie Gunh
Guy Tragedy, III Wtlcn D. !. stephenson,
presiding justice OF the county court j: +
Cine, attorney ior the railroad, and ! Il.
Dutroe were Killed DN pody OF NIFTY
MASKED men VINO stopped me Tram on the
MISSOURI; hailSdS ana IeNds roac at Gunn
Cltg on the evening OF apfll -, 49,: Nhen
the tfalh stopped oline drew d revolver ana
hrea mo IIe crowd Wo9hulhg TWO men,
ana jumped from the lfaln ana attempted
10 hIihe ms escape oUt zen pierced p%
several ou!lets; one OF winch passed
through MS mead. klllln% MN instantly
stephenson was hllleG III me baggage car
Where ue sought safety oN hldihg; he was
shot through the throat, the pan passing
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split his skull to his eyebrow. killing him
nj once.
Dutroe was shot in the back of the head.
the ball lodging over the left eve. He died
elimination of a piece OF robbery which
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