Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-28

pu the light of the goth OF July, 1890,
ur saddles were stylen from the ranch III
. 81 Green county, uea. CvutralIa Draw, at
v.rA e,uch sam Murray. the principal
state witness against PorreZ, then lived.
l., >nle Jay u FAMILY moving by stopped
hnr al.i col after. and passed on toward
-..f~r After the loss NJ the saddles had
i''. discovered. sam Murray followed this
"a. % short distance, thinking thcs had
Perhaps tuC S-ddlcS with them, but from
.s .e the fact was aScertained that four
.,.N.=luS had crossed the night before in
lrw aalrrd wards of the ranch ut which
-.- sd rs hgi been stolen. 50 when MIR
rE ul. reached Bartletr's ranch Al which
'......ta-d. VIII I.ardrum, theu lived, re
r- l.a"iguu To accompany him, and boil
'..~ cowboys started in pursuit o. the
81 ......S ID Greer Ia recover their saddles,
a. ,.u'u", III guilt parties if possible
'.l FIRST won't west Is far as Hurd'S
r...u lAd ,acu made arrangements 70"
Hard. rtr nwrnr Of the ranch, and Me
rr.t... d. cowboy. 10 follow on soon and be
r.ls, -r rrudr. them assistance in case any
81 .g De needed. Having changed horses
f.N pressed III about twenty five miles
further. whcl. they came upon four NeXi-
Calls tult had stopped n 4 windmill for the
purpose of Getting dinner Al this place
f.. cowboys 'ieutifni the saddles o. the
HORSES ridden by the MeXicaus as their
lfolci - ana also identified Porrez As be-
a y.' of The party. One point when
L...ir be- ldn-t ticatluu stronger rs to POr-
, g.. W.- tile met that he WAS i cripple, one
ins shorter nan the other. At this
.t Murray left L.audrum to watch the
-tNI ANS while he went back 70 hurry up
those tu.- had Il cCd 10 render assistance
iH tIt.r capture, aUd To get additional as
l->.A.,.' ron the IN ranch, near by.
Ha."- successful he returned soon,
.l- Dee ami Lardrum followed on after
reu until they found Murray's
s-.r having been stolen by the
Sane pgrtcs = the saddles and at the same
tine. About ! o clock in the evening the
A.a-hauS charged upon the cowboys from
'.a TEA" and I ,,- both fed, the McXicauS
L--,G .rou them ana they returning the
tga 4s they rGu. in the chase which en-
S..- lie boys separated, ana TWO MeXicanS
lowed Murray and two followed VIII
ll-trlm The boys ran in opposite d.
REGIONS. II describing the encounter Muir
II says: The last time l saw Landrum
....e be was arout two miles off, PorreZ
a.t he other Nc Mean being about POO
tr.S behind him still pursuing" Murray
'raH those alter him and got to the IT y
'..'a and reported what had occurred.
!. 4uogr an hour and half the parties that
lad been notified L follow on and aid in he
arrest, found L.ardrum's horse with
'ae saddle, but no bride on, and
DO. "a. from there found his
h. also. They then noticed blood
".a len or fifteen feet Of the road and
-'.a -.ur Poul Of blood there was an i'm
]. ,siou upon the ground leading out from
Y. .aa- Is though 4 body had been dragged
a'aE through the brush and grass. This
Ora. WAS followed and led TO the dead
Body or VIII Landrum. on which We're two
wounds evidently made with knife, both
!. he breast. one near the heart. There
"dS no sign OF struggle where the blood
er body was found. The party first reach
lAs he body saw three men, whom he took
i-t Me. leans. riding west, and they ran
When he started toward them. Porre1 was
positively Identified by one witness Sam
SLIrray) as having been one Of the pa-s y of
MeN!Cans whose trail had been followed,
ana As one of them that had followed Ian
orum after the boys had separated. 1t was
lso proved that az old saddle found
a. the camp near by Styles
ianch. d which place the saddle had been
stolen. was very much like one Porter had
once owned n Tom Green county; and that
s2out three weeks prior TO the murder he,
with three other Mexicans. had left Tom
I'een county together and had not since
returned. This constituted the main part
Of the evidence upon the trial of the case
a Midland, Tex, the September following,
Inc court here. having had jurisdiction, in
aamuch as Upton county Was An unor-