The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-05-26
THE DENISON HORROR,
A MONSTER MASS MEETING TO AID IN
SECURING JUSTICE.
Large Rewards offered for the Apprehension
Of the Acknowledgements Funerals
Of the Victims Of the,,Fiend's
Horrible Work.

Horrible Work.
Special to The Statesman.
DENIsoN, Tex, May 19.-The mass
meeting of citizens at the city hall to-
night was attended by the leading
men of the city. The hall was packed,
with Mayor Yocom presiding. A
committee on resolutions, through
Geo. B. Goodwin, editor of the Her
aid, chairman, reported the following:
Resolved, That we, the citizens of
the city of Denison, in mass
meeting assembled, express our
sorrow and deep sympa-
tiny with the families whose
homes were so ruthlessly invaded
by midnight assassin, and that we
express our horror and indignation
at the foul, murders name placed on
the fair name of our city and pledge
ourselves to use our untiring and
ceaseless energies to ferret out the
perpetrators of these murders and
bring the guilty parties to speedy jus.
| tice.
Resolved, That it is the sense
this meeting that our people should
exercise calm and deliberate iudg-
ment in unraveling the mysteries sur
rounding these tragedies, and we
commend the action of our Jealous Of
ficers, which we are confident will re-
suit in the capture, conviction and
punishment of the assassin or assas-
sins.
Resolved, That we thank the gov
ernor of Texas for his prompt action
in offering reward of $1,000 for the
guilty parties and endorse the action
of our mayor and council in offering
an additional reward of $1,000, and we
hereby pledge ourselves to pay $1,000
for the arrest and conviction of the
assassin or assassins. Strong speeches
were made by Mayor Yocom, ex-
Mayor Tone and otherJ.
DR.. w. f. Haynes, whose wife was
murdered, added $500 to the sums
offered as rewards, making $500 in
all. The meeting was characterized
by great earnestness. The resolutions
were unanimously endorsed.
The funeral of Mrs. Haynes and
Miss Hawley were held today at the
Presbyterian and Catholic churches
respectively. Such a throng of people
as attended the funeral of Mrs.
Haynes has seldom, if ever, been seen
in this city. The church was jammed
with people and hundreds failed to
get inside. 1t was an assemblage of
people who were deeply impressed
with the solemnity of the occasion
and sincere sympathy with the
mourning husband, father, mother
and other relatives of the deceased.
AS the remains were tenderly brought
into the church the choir sang hymn
No. 578. Rev. l.. j. Adams
read the rites of the church
after which the choir sweetly and
softly sang "There is Land that is
Fairer than Day" The Rev. l.. J.
Adams then delivered touching
prayer. Following this Rev. Moody
spoke impressively and feelingly of
the noble character of deceased, whose
life had been cut off in youth in 80
tragic manner. During the clergy
mans brief but eloquent and touching
remarks there were but few dry
eyes in the vast audience. The pail
bearers were w. w. Bostwick, Dr.
Haley of Savannah, L. T., w. G.
Meggins, Jno. Williams, Jno. Hoerr.
Lorenzo w. Howe, Ed. HI. Tengo and
@. l.. Blackford. On the casket were
placed many beautiful flowers and
floral designs. One piece had the
name "Hattie" marked in blue
pansis. White flowers, including
Cape Jessamine, were numerous, en-
blematic of the purity of character of
deceased. The order of the Eastern
Star and B. A. P. of Elks, Denison
Lodge 238, under command of Exalted
Ruler, j. w. Maxwell, attended in
body. The remains were conveyed to
Fairview, followed by one of the
longest funeral cortegies ever seen in
north Texas.
The funeral of Miss Florestine
Hawley took place at IL a. m. at St.
Patrick's church. The attendance
was large, crowding the church with
in, while many contented themselves
with chance to see and hear from
the steps. The Rev. Father L. K.
Crowley conduced the service and de-
livered an impressive an appropriate
sermon from Matthew 924, "For the
girl is not dead, but sleeping" From
this text the Rev. Father showed
that death was regarded as a sleep in
the Old as well as in the New law.
In the Old Testament the lives of
patriarchs conclude with these
words, "He slept with his fathers
The inscription on the tomb of The
martyrs in the catacombs invariably
reads, "Fell asleep in the Lord" He
then described the resurrection and
nature and qualifications of spiritual
bodies, spoke of the communion of
saints as held by The Catholic church
and contrasted it with the false the.
cries of spiritualism, stating
that spiritualism was a natural pro-
test against an impossible gulf
that none but Catholics place between
the living and the dead. He de-
nOunced the prevalence of murder
and said that it would appear after
all as If our civilization was only skin
deep and that you had only to scratch