Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-02-26
BlLLUPS ACQUITTED.
HIS MOTHER ADMINISTERS a
TONGUE LASTING TO KEAR5Y
Who Closed for the State Tho Gardinar Trial
Put on Colonel Crawford Says Little,
Worry Little About Cleveland.

Dallas, Tex, Feb lSpcciol.l D.
When Col. Jerome G. kcurby closed for
the state IN the BiIlups murder trial. the
mother of the prisoner created great
sensation 10Y jumping TO her feet and
giving the attorney terrible tongue
lushiug She said he was william. a
hound and coward aud cullpd down
upon his head a mothers curse, Judge
Burke ordered her removed from the
court room.
Az 10 O'Clock today the Jury returned
n verdict Of acQuittul aud Walter 5. BIZ
lups goes free and the killing of John
Shea is unaycuged. Several men started
10 applaud the verdict Judge Burke
committed tho culpr,ts 70 Jail and kept
them there until this evening
GARDENERS CASE.
The trial OF John a. Gardiner, charg-
cd with tho murder of John H. Patton
was called Ia Judge BurlScs court today
The prisoner announced ready for trial
Tho state was not ready, owing tO the
fact that two Important witnesses are
ont Of the state Judge Burke gnyc the
prosecution q Rvrtle roasting for not
pushing things and then reset the case
for March 2l.
WANTS AN OFFICE.
J. w. Alexander Of Garland is m
applicant for The position Of collie tor
applicants in this county alone
RENlANDED no JAIL.
Bgpzzell and Conway, the alleged
cracksmcn arrested ut Fort Worth were
before Justice Laudcrdulc today. The
prisoners waived examination ana were
held TO the grand jury i'm bonds of $1,000
each. which they fniled 90 furnish.
COURT or CRIMINAL APPEALS.
The attorneys OF Major j. @. Randle
were confident ,hat the CONT Of criminal
appeuls would hand down an opinion ip
The bail case appealed from fuckers
court today Int Wore disappointed. The
case viii be c0led for trial March The
following opiuions were handed down,
Sylvester Gaines rs. State Torront
county selling liquor TO minors; reversed
and rcmundod
John Han VS. State Tarrant county:
affirmed.
William Day W. State, Cooke county:
G.. \, Wells Vs. state. Parker county.
appeal dismissed
q. A. i. Parker vs. Stnte. Armstrong
county, reversed and rpiuundrl
sam Lettz vs. Smte, Doulcy county:
Jack Cruise vs. State, Tyler county;
Mitchell Davis VS.. state, Angelina
county; affirmed
several cases were submitted.
THE TELLTALE PISTOL.
David Neville was recently tried and
acquitted Of the charge of having mur-
dnred William L. Anderson M Rose
TN on the night Of Nov. ~. Mrs. An.
derson swore that Neville wits her nara
luoW aud that he killed Anderson in
her presence A great point was made
10y the defense when It was demopstraie1
that the pistol found IN the trans
ot David Neville was a 3S.callbre ,,bD
ana the bullets taken from the heaj M
Anderson were 4l-cnlbre cartrilres
ieslerdny m cleaning oct the wei M thc
Anderson homestead Ai-ralihrn pisfol
MAS found with four empty chapibsrs
ihe murderer after killing Andersen
threw the weapon into the VOL NM
mounting LIS horse, rode away.
COTTON CONVENTION.
=, On Saturday, March 4. the farners 10
i bailas county viii meet al the co,,t
mousse and elect delegates la tla sp
convention % be held al Austin MI
| ~ le9A 10 Influence farmers ~ nia,'t
less cotton AMI also 20 vary their ,pn,, '
RACK FROM WASHINGTON ''''
] Voloael W. L. Crawford one Of Geory,