Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-19
BANK ROBBERY
Thieves Attempt 10 Enter the
Dallas Bank Of Commerce.
BOUGHT REAL HAVANA CIGARS,
They Thought, bot II Was Only Tick Of a
Drummer Criminal Appeals courl--Do-
ings Of The Federal court--0H
on Mission 10 washington.

Dallas. Fob rs. Especial Judge
Charles Fred Tucker VI the FOrty-fOurth
Judicial district court, Judge X. p. Burke,
OF the Fourteenth judicial district court,
and Judge Thomas r. Nash of the cotpty
court. are all az Austin The mission pi
the district judges IS ~ assist in locat-
ing court of civil appeals in Dallas.
Judge Nush Is there 90 hight Tie bill
providing for q criminal district court
here.
RANDLEs CASE.
The appeal of Major j. @. llandie
from the decision VI Judge Burke was
argued today before the court OF criminal
HllHuls. NJ issrs. ). ". Russ'l end IL
H. CoWart appeared for the prisoner,
aud Colonel Jerome G. kearby for the
state.
WANTS A JOB
Colonel Dudley q. Wooten and G. II.
| Cooper have gone 10 New York. VIA;
I Wootcn wants the Mexican mission aud
/ be- also wants to convince President
/ Cleveland that the gentlemen who h."r-
mated with Hon. Wright y. Quincy, uur-
| ing thc last campaign, are the only Demo
/ Gratis iu Texas. II Is not known what
| Colonel Cooper wants. but it is Unlimited
| that hp is willing 90 accept the position
| of collector of internal revenue other
l patriots will depart next week and every
! mothers son Of 'eiu want AN office
COMMODORE MILLER
The Gazette correspondent was in
/ formed today that the famous tpmnu.
! dore Miller, who eludrd 100 grnrd men
| and pack Of bloodhOunds DO tue
] sNumps for thrre days aud escaped,
! paid % visit to Dallas last wc,k H.
! cumc disguised as q woman, held "a
secret conference with his intimate uegro
! associates and thpn departed. taking ms
wife with him He was ARMED TO the
teeth $50 The Gazette CORRESPOND Nc was
| informed aud would hA," made u
bloody fight If his disguise h0d been
| penetrated. A newspaper correspond"
lroul Chicago says Miller o. 900 that ity.
HAVANA CIGAR DEALERS.
Two Spnuiards. DRESSED in ,hr garb
| oi sailors und claiming 10 np unable 10
! understand English, have done land.
/ office business u this 'ty for several
days past selling real Havana Cigart'
at 800 per 100 The buyers iundly
| believed they were purchasing rare
brands that had been smueglrd Into The
country. The men visited Offices and
shops and caught % large number OF
suckers This evening II TRANSFERRED that
they were the agents Of II Ncw York
drummer who hit upon this plan Go gct
ril ot 1000 on 10000 cheap cignrs,
which wholesale at about 81 lcr 100
The parties bitten are smoking the
sunkcrs aud doing "a heap o silcnt
cu4iu'
| Nl1EMPTED BANK ROBBERY.
80 mn curly hour this morning bank
robbers made u raid On the National
Bank of Commerce. corner ELM aud
poydrnH streets They drilled through
the door OF the outer vault, placed pow
der IN The hole and exploded the charge,
breaking the lock into atoms. The outer
vault contained valuable pupcrs aud jew
chy owned 10y private citizens. These
we're not disturbed The door 60 the IN
nor vault rs mpdc of solid iron, and nu
! attempt WAS Nude to drill through IT,
| The cNcksmcn became frightened pud
| He'd. The inner vault contained thOus
auds of dollars In coin and currency.
| COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
The court Of criminal appeals handed
down the following opinions This morn
iug
Affirmed Wesley pickens VI, III,
state Grimes county; John hell ys, the
State, Armstrong county: ID. O. Terna
ua VS. the state. Galveston county; Dave
Wilson VS. thD state, lpshur county
two cusrs Murcrlo E3calcdO vs., IA,
state, W paso county
Appeal dismissed Charles NCuhauei
ys, The State, Callahan county,
Reversed Oul rcmuuded John Bell vs.
the Stute, Do1cy county.
Motion for rehearlug Oyerruled-A
Gonzales vs. Tho State, Bee county; ~
Nunkum ys. the state, Archer county
Submitted A. Il. Mitchell VA the State
Mitchell county, two cuses; ~ parte vs.
William Mallory, from Dimuhtt county
FEDERAL COURT
Judge John r. Rector sentenced tn,
following prisoners today
William Hutton, cOuutcrtcitnR, Oia
/ year and u day In the Juvenile reforma
{ | tory.
, William Follis, countcrfoidng; one yea
and one day Imprisonment and 81 ine
Andrew Newgo, counterciting; on,
year and one day imprisonment and s.
d | fine,
Boyd Cox illicit disabling; one year an,
one day imprisonment and $500 fine. Co
4 ~ raw Countryman q poor devil whit
resides near Farmers branch In thi
city The judge hit him hard.
I * or 4. BLOWOUT
I Tho uniformed rank of the Knights O
PNthlus had an installation Of officers
followed hy banquet, this evening *
\. Van Xnndt of Fort Worth. Captain
1 John g., Burns OF Rcnhard, aud othe
wcll-known members were present iron
| out OF town.