Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-15

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most apnsAfional criminal cases which
has recently nritntoi 'TeAns Il the rape
last war nf The rin Ella Sheriff. near
HlIshoro aud The subseuneut rtigl and
conviction " The uerrh. Isaac Bruce,
TX H., 'r,n,, Wrrre yvns Ia hayp he,,n
hnnr MS week. but last Friday the
soyurnnr couunuted his sentence TO Inn
nr, sonment Tor llfe and there Is pussi-
liiIV will Eventually nrnut linn a full
nnr,ion
'rbe rrprievo VIVA moi made public until
today, as |. was Thought best to have
him safe In tho peuifentinrN nrat, and he
Il uow Within tho walls az ihat inatttu-
non.
GOOD REASONS.
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rho siotemeut al ficis an vs,icl, tiis nn'
gro NM eonyieted md sentenr,.d 10 he
rXerutr1
There il no doubt Tint ann, uegro
committed rape on The Young iady. Miss
EIln Slierrlll al fhe fine sfhteJ ia tba
I'LL of inai@tpcnt. an1 II ora 't'u ~ W ,, ~
ton thai whorvcr md il desarses md
should receive lie death penalty legally
applied. While Il Ii possible fbat the
negro Bruce mny have committed tLs
oncnsn. ! entertain seroua doubts of h
In fact. ! brlleve II i hardly probable
ilni he committed the crime. The whole
case turns on the question Of personal
identity. No one denies That the ofense
was committed by brutal, outrageous
methods.
The proof shows that man by the
inime Of o. l.. Slierrlll with his two
daughters, ella. aged IA, aud OLD, aged
~. on Sunday morning In June canlpod
about half d mile northeast Of HiliAboro.
He went TO town IN the morning, pro.
cured whlskpy. drank II freely, returned
10 the camp. took dinner. Slept an hour
or 80, aud ON awakening returned TO
town leaving hls tw0 daughters alone.
About SHUTDOWN Of That dny be stnrted
back to tho camp but lost M route. lilo
met negro whom he got TO show him
the way Arriving At tile camp. he
ordered Ills eldest daughter 10 Five ia.
negro something TO enf. which sl,a did
4 ffrr e1fhlg lis sup,Ier. consisting III a
piece Of bucf and bread. tho aeern aai,eI
Sherrill Tor a picce of tobacco, IL VIVA
given 10 hin. lie rrnininrd al lie eninp
10, longer thAn fifteen minutes and de-
parted.
Between ] and 2 O'Clock that nlRht
this snne negro returned 70 Tie camp
and by tile u-e Of a drawn Knife and biz
toi drove sheriff. oH ninI raped ihr v,ilng
lady. Thor, Il no question In nv Mind
That The negro WHO niiotrd Sheriff. holne