The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-04-27
IS HE THE MURDERER.
SHERIFF. DAN CORD BRINGS IN
A SUSPECTED NEGRO.
lie isau Escaped Convict and An
swers TO the Description of the
Murderer of Postmaster Kauf-
man

they have captured one OF the muir
derers of Postmas'e Kaufman.
If he did not do the deed he Ger
tainly is implicated and knew of it at
the time of its occurrence.
Monday morning City Marshall
Jones of Hubbard City, received a
card announcing the reward offered
for the murderers. He was with a
Waco man at the time and as soon as
he read the description of the clothes
worn by the negroes he remarked.
THAT negro was here Saturday."
The two then began to make inquir-
les and some one volunteered the
information that the shirt worn by
the taller of the two negroes had been
found lying on the railway track near
the depot The garment was secured
and mailed to Sheriff Ford in this
city.
Sheriff Ford wired to Marshall
Jones that the shirt was the one worn
by the assassin and that he would be
in Hubbard City on the next train.
He went up on the evening train
Monday and spent the night and next
morning searching for the men. When
the Odd Fellows excursion was nearly
due at Hubbard City Sheriff Ford and
Marshall Jones went to the depot
hoping to get some information. While
at the depot they noticed coal black
negro slowly walking up the track to.
wards them.
AS soon as he was noticed Sheriff
Ford said 10 Mr.. Jones there comes
negro that is guilty of some crime.
AS soon as he got to tho depot the
officers called him and he came to
them not knowing that they were Of
6cers.
When he came up Mr.. Ford noticed
a suspicious swelling of one of his
pockets and asked him what he had in
it. The reply was, "Nothin but a
hank chief"
Just at this stage of the game Of
dodge Marshall Jones inserted his
hand and brought forth the f" hand
chief" 1t was of the Bull.
dog species and of forty. four
calibre. By this time the negro was
badly scared and when the question
was put as to what his bundle con.
tanned he replied tersely, "'nother
gun"
He then began to inquire for what
he was arrested, seemingly very
anxious to know the charges.
When asked if pistol carrying was
not enough he replied, "Taint for
that, you got sumfia else agin me-"
Well, what have you done, asked
Sheriff Ford.
Nothin, but tell you, boss, did
NOT KILL THAT MAN.
When asked what man he meant he
had nothing to say. He saw that he
had implicated himself and came to
the conclusion that he had better keep
his mouth shut, conclusion he al
hered to until he got to Waco this
morning.
When he got to Sheriff Fords Office
a NEWS reporter succeeded in getting
him to talk and he made a statement
substantially af follows:
"My name is John Grant and | am
an escaped convict. | was sent to the
penitentiary from Sherman for assault
with intent to kill and was put to work
on the Ellis farm in Fort Bend county
| got tired of the work and when | got
a good chance | ran away. l was a
trusty and had plenty of chances to
escape. think it was last October
or November that | got away l car
ried them pistols cause I did not want
to be caught if l could help it. |
worked for some men near Hillsb 70
from Monday (l8th)to Friday and know
nothing of the murder.
If the man is not the one sought for
he is evidently dangerous man to be
at large and his capture is good one
The officers are still looking for the
other negro.
THE News reporters have been
keeping a clc Sc watch on Sheriff Fords
movements ever since he first receiv-
ed the information that the man had
been seen and now takes pleasure in
first going to the public the news.