Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-03-23

cused Moseley Of the crime Of making
proposition that FOR the SUN Of SO
paid every two months be would insure
him from arrest for Sunday Violations
was not true. AZ that time, under the
administration of Marshal Farmer. u
was the habit 70 fine the Sundny-law
yiolatOrs every month, the whisky men
paying sos and The beer men $50 every
two months; against his advice Gallo
waf kept his saloon opon on Sunday
ana after the plea Of guilty was entered
at GallOwoy's request he collected the
fine assessed in city case, No 1909,
Sept. IS. A. d.. 1880, and turned the
fBe into the city. as the record shows.
Recess to y. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The first witness to 40 on the stand
In the afternoon was
q. W. BYRON
Of the Bethel mission. Who was with Mr..
Baten when he made his celebrated trip
through the acre
Mr. Byron told his story with such
earnest sincerity and so much impressed
tho committee that as ne left the stand
the mayor thanked him aud arose and
bowed us an evidence OF respect and
City Attorney Powell told him that II
at any time as a mau or rs an official,
he could serve him In his cause. 10 com.
mand him and he would not be found
HE story told on the witness stand
by Mr.. Byron H. to make 81 a connect
cd one, this. He WAS nt the Bethel hold
ing service when, Saturday night, March
g. Mr.. Corley came into the mission aud
said there was gentleman outside who
wanted TO speak 10 him, and ON going
ont he found Mr.. Baton. disguised.
Whom Mr. Butcn told him Of the SER
vice hc wished at his hands, he was not
surprised. for it was NO unusual thing
for men In this city or other cities TO
come with requests OF That character.
Mr. Baton sad he wanted TO get some
Information Of the lights and shades Of
the Flower Fort Worth" for use Ia "a SER
mon or "a series Of sermons that he WIS
preaching mud. syinpntuzing with any
effort townrd right doing, the witness
willingly accompanied him, though he
had no expectation that he would thereby
gain any newspaper notOriety. for that
was something he did not want. lie did
not state how Mr. Barren was disguised
aud only reluctantly stated the fact that
he was in disguise, and then offered the
suggestion that it was ease OF ncces-
sity, for they would not have been admit
ted 70 the gambling houses II he had
gone IN his preachers gnrncns, aud they
WELT TO see nll there was To be- seen.
They went into gambling houses Of the
yuuous kinds that flourish, there, both of
the white aud black brand; into dives of
AN kinds from the hut OF the negro pros
titute To that of the more dCbuscd white
woman, and from these, the lowest, TO
the highrst Of the gildcd palaces of sin:
To- variety thoutcrs. and so on through
the leiWth. brcadth mud depth of wicked
ness Of the aero ln some the stay
was very brief, but IN others they TO
manned for ten or fifteen minutes.
Tho mayor Now, Mr. Baton, ! ask
your pardon; That rs He second time
| have inadvertently CHILLED You Bgtcn.
and beg your pardon ~ 1 do so. Now.
Mr. Byron, tell us of thut robbery OF %
man ON Twelfth street that Mr. Butcn
peaks Of in one Of his sermons, II these
things cun be called sermons.
The robbery took place IN u house aud
what they saw was two negro women
going through q white mans pockets.
but they did not see anything taken
from the person of the man. There was
% crowd Of men near on the corner,
and us they were deuizcus of the To-.
culity. the Butcn ight-sccrs deemed IL
prudent not Go interfere. They did not
see a policeman until they got back 10
Main street, and the incident Just de-
scribcd occurred way down iu the aero.
For seven months Mr. BYRON had
been lahoriug 100 his present field and ut
no time except the one 60 which he made
affidavit the night of the 18th of March,
had hc ever seen % policeman enter u
shloo1. and ho had no idea what their
lie expressed the highest praise of the
policemen $50 far as hc had had any eN-
uoricuCc with them, and never called iu
vain on them for assistance, and VI the
mood should arise hv would uuhcsitut-
ingly go 10 them IN the fun confidence
that hr would have every proper pro-
lection afforded him Ia his work.
"a work that we well understand and
approve said the mayor. ''aud work
to which l contribute monthly Mr. By
rOm.'
"And so do l." said Mr. Montgom-
cry.
Rcsuming Mr. Byron snid that SO far
MS he know, and he had watched them,
the police Of the city had done their
duty honestly.
10 Mr.. Powolrs question he testified
that Ice had some experience iu other
cities and he found about the same clc-
mcnts there ms could be found n the
acre. That ull the city officials 40 fur
as his experience went, were ut all times
ready 10 accord 20 him and any one else
all proper protection and olliciul help.
lie had heard music iu a snluOn, Or
I'M room adjoining q siloou, tn one Mr.
Baten had made affidavit 10. or had
spolgon of iu his sermon ls being M ia.
corner of Twelfth aud Calhoun. 1t last
cd unly a short time so TAR ms they know
for they were ouly standing outside
where they could hear i fhr Il few mia
| up,s
Thrc was a great deal Of curiosity to
| hear Mr.. lByrom's eyidnucr and Il was
| listened 20 with much attention,
OFFICER CROUCH.
the next witness. rxpllincd IN, music
| hall story Tho place was at the corher
of Main and Twelfth nll no. thal on
! .luty, board u and went In and notified
| the proprietor thri II WIS after II
u'clnck, aud the musl' ceased.
JOHN MAHER.
! who next took tho stand mnde Il very
| lively for Mr., Phillips who, Mahcr's cyi-
| dcnce asserted had been regular but
! undesirable patron of his saloon until hc
| refused him further credit He would
come ana buy schooner and eat the
! free lunch for 10 minutes. ana because hc
| finally got tired of that aud stopped him
| was the 'rensou OF his luminosity toward
! me- for | have none towards him.
! He denied generally and specifically
/ tha allegation that bis house was disor.
derby aud said the accusation was n
| mere matter OF spit work The polio,
! were not Ia the habit OF lounging about
! his place.
la response TO Mayor paddock's quer.
| les, he said ne himself never went about
| disguised. for he had no reason TO ok.
| poet any bodily harm, nor was there
| any apparent reason why Mr. Baten, OF
! any one else, for that matter, could not
| 90 about the acre with impnnity and
| txifhonf fonV az hnatIp harm,