Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-11-24
The Ms Paris, Told Of
the SUE %
ofParrish, and is Much Cast Down.
Letters in the Case--Poetry on
ally Leaf of a Book.


Special to the Gazette.
Dallas, Tex, Nov 23.--Today Sheriff
Ben Il. Cabell and Chief of Police j.
q. Arnold, gave out the following state
ment, which contains great deal of
the evidence which resulted in the arrest
of W. G. Parrish for completely in the
assassination of Young NJ. Langdon.
"Ihc assassination of Y. NJ. LangdOn
is still fresh in the minds of our people.
As sworn officials It became our duty to
track the assassins TO the death. At
first suspicion pointed to parties in the
lumber regions Of East Texas. a letter
was sent to Captain Thomas NJ. Furlons
of st. Louis, asking him If he had a
courageous and trusted man who would
undertake the task. He replied that he
had the man and would come himself and
look over the ground. Before this, how
ever, the gas pipe had been located and
description of the negro obtained.
AN important discovery was made at
this time. 4 negro girl, Florence, was
discovered carrying notes to w. q, Par.
IRISH from John Paris to the Office Of
I.augdon, GIN Il Parrish. Sue acted as
the go-between. All at once John bios
somed out in new clothes, and bearing
evidence of having plenty money.
Suddenly he disappeared. -.,-.l zap
tain Thomas Furlong arrived ii Vle Guy
and the East Texas lumber regions theo-
ry was abandoned We uscertained that
Iohn Paris was at San Angelo, aud
| I6irlong and Officer Cornwall were sent
! an Thursday TO arrest HIM frllay. $
mail brought letters from san Angelo
10 w. O.. Parrish aud the girl Florence
| The letter TO Parrish was marked per
| sonal" Inc letter 10 Florence ieil lulo
| onr hands The letter to Parrish was
Gnrn mn by thai party, but we secured
| 10 FRAGMENTS. In his letter TO Florence,
| LINN PARIS stated that he would leave
/ San Angelo. aud probably 90 TO CALVES.
ton Oihcer NJ. w Kearby departed al
oncn for Galveston. When FurlonE ana
| Cornwall arrived at San Angelo f9rfls
| had departed. He was rerognl1eu "
| nm operator from description lurulsItu
/ the operator stating thht VIZ n'7' WIZ
| taken the train for lEampnsus' w ny
o,.restei there was letter mHhel u
| Dalios Saturday. November II, CONTAIN
H., Two $50 bills. The negro lnadt J
Iesners,te effort 60 destroy the letter, Du
the fragments were recovered ana pas'e'
together. 1t read; ..ni ON. III,
"'phe plumber boys are SUI on ,tm
/ innlFnmt nave NtliA Ah"A.Ns Z.
,oohouS 90 bv cypress, as ! was nfriaI
To toSt send by express. Do not write an
more soon, as am sick s1rsAN,
(Signed) a., =, Ilniln
a., me laiono and Nsls not mailed a
t the Dallas postoiice 1t had S S1id dsnni
been placed IN postal car at ths f dePS
~ ~ u'e anyciones. nil bearing the STAN stan
ON ON the upper left hand corner, AZ, IN
Dallas Club The negro mas wa n la9l' NH
by the two plumbers as me rI nilu m nr,
h9ueht the gas pipe on the FRIDAY PIi
c ceii' the Killing No effort was mad .;i
to obtain The confession from Ia, l2rr u
He Acknowledged his crime ana no IoiI no -
10 tbe sheriff OF Dallas county, lie a a,eA
confessed "a tc the city editor. Of the NJ
ON lie night he was landed in the Dana
Jail. -, p,yris In
telegraphed from San Angelo TO w I
Parrish. saying. telegraph me so "
once This telegram he sigLed Moiii