Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-01-14

Sniih WIS lust ua bad.
W. J THckuhefy uude ont q npir Tor
Georec llorGrOvc TO sign en DE 2Dth of
December Tackihery wis collecting l0r
1ulbertson, Wright a. Co; the hrm had
o claim protected by o mortgage 90 q
horse. Hargrove had traded this and
! Tacbnbory nstd this as q means Of fore.
| ing q settlement HarcroYe said he could
get William Elliott Ben Mathews and
\ one other 70 sign the note Tor $1,000
aud Tackabcry said that would do The
note was shown witness and idenubed.
vs.. T. BIDDEKER,
/ One of the city pollre, was called 70
/ the stand lie had arrested Harvey
/ Spear ON the night OF the 10Th Of Dccem-
| her with Officers Wiihcrspoon and hcely,
mud disafmd him He was found on n
vacant lOt at Eleventh aud Houston
/ street, back Of the Atlanta house, in
which Geo. HargrOvc lodged. u such q
! position as 10 command the walk from
I the Central wagon ward office 10 the
back steps Of the hotel Spear was taken
Z 10 the CITY mnrshnfs office aud turned
over 20 Captain LightfoOt who sent
Ncoly aud The witness 10 look up the
llarpOvcs. 1871 Smith and old man
Swan came up 10 80 on Sppurs bond
On The way 10 the nnfsliuls uihce Nicely
told Spear he know more nbout tho
trouble between him and The HnrgrOvos
than he thought lac did. and this prompt
ed Spear 10 talk very freely about the
threats Hargrove had made of death
and burning, unless Spear would pay to
llHrgroyc by noon Of the next day. after
the arrest That would be Tuesday,
Dec POI Spear said Iiargrove had
written him threatening notes and had
Kept him away from home aud town for
fifty days Tho llargr0vps were unrest
ed mud pistol found on Young Hur-
grove.
w 9. 1etlrcl gave evidence Of The
room HalEroyo had ui The Atlanta
House, No. 4. and described the way
The bnrk Wuir went down TO the yard
whore 70 gate opened out on the l0i where
Spear was arrested.
jim Moss thr next witness. spent most
of hiH time ut the Central wagon yard
lie was % kind of mutual friend aud
iricd Co compromise the trouble To this
end ut the request of old Cleo Hargroyc
Doc went 10 the Triangle saloon where he
saw Spcur tO get "a settlement Of what
Haigrovc clUinicd was due him, % sum
of money, vnri0usly stated at from 5000
10 5000. Moss told Spear NJ be- owed
lIlrgrUyc anything ho had better pay
and stop the racket or ho would have
trouble, sure, for be- WINS satisfied from
The breaks they were making obey would
kll one another. Spear said hc would
pay nothing, for IT, did not owe any
thing and M hr met llnrgrovp ho wonld
just let the little bhll rOll and hc would
wipe out llargroyo II hc could when
the trouble began. II he was wiped out
e was nll right IL had 10 come some.
time. Smith objected to Spenr settling
ui one time WHEN 10 seemed Spear was
about iu The mood to pay the llargroycs
something tO avoid trouble. Tho Witness
was crttuiu Walker llurgrOye. the de-
lpulnui. had been told of The trouble be-
tween spear and his father for hc was
present when old man Harrovt wua
talking 90 Walker about o. That wus
20 duy cor two before The Arlington
trouble. Moss told llurgrove tlnt
Spear would not actilc with him
bee would have trouble N thrcy
met. Both seoWcd tu be- ON the war.
path, and llnrgrOyc WIS just as spuuky
ls Spear. The old man was worse
worked mp over this hc said. than any
trouble that lad ever come tu him After
the failure of the compromise tho
witness was sure there would boz 70 Kill
ing whom thc men met
Next Deputy sheriff Howard Gunnells
was pui ON tlc stand aud gave evidence
about threat made by ilurgroNc way
hnrk I'm October last the time of thp
East TeNns trouble the rsprcinl threat
being ihnt III Spear won his Law suit
against llnrgrnvr the Inter would have
the $500 on XIII Snpur. lie claimed h.
bad been sNiudlrd by Spear and would
not stand it II was the understanding
ot the witness from both parties that
Spcnr won the law suh and ne regarded
the thrvut as holding g0ud llc was
friend of Sneur, had upvpr had any
trouble With him, though they had dii-
fcrcd q little about politics
George Holland gave some very dHmAg
ing evidence against Walker ilnrgroyc.
The Friday OF the kiling. an three OF
the llargruvps were ln Hollands variety
theatcr and GnlloWuy's suluon. that ~
in front of o. Walker WINS back In the
thoater mud Holland went In thcrc Saw
him handling q Winchester aud seemptl
to be loading a. 10 questions of the
witness. WHlfer sDd he was going mtut-
iug aud was going Co grt himself i man
George liWgroyc wanted 90 borrow ilo-
lands pistol, saying hp was going d1ou
10 Arlington 90 have srttler.nt with
Harvey Spear and expected to hive
trouble; often talked with old man HOr
grove about hIs troubles. lie Threatened
Spear With death Snid Spear owed linn
soiuc money aud hc had tn settle with
him ur be- would NOT Let him live I'm the
country, thar ho was going 10 Arlington
tl make Spear settle with him. This
last tain was che uirht before the Airing.
ton killing. THE Witness disclaimpd any
ill feeling tor the Hatgroyes, was ON
good terms With all of thOm Walker
aud hc had never had the least hard
feelings thnt he knew dr Was ON good
terms with old MAN Hnrcruve who had
expressed himself as ono OF the witness
warneal friends,
CITY MARSHAL MADDOX
Had tried 10 compromise The trouble.
tic had gonc to see Spear oyer the Tn.
angle the night after his arr,st spear
ask him to order the police not 90 inter-
iere II he got into amy trouble with tho
llurgroves, Advised him to 10 10 the
Nation and stay thcp until the trouble
Was rude,l Spear declined Ia 40 for
1 iip snid he was afraid of the llurur0ves.
aud ~ ho went when be- unmc back hc
would have thc same trouble over again.
Ntnrsa did not believe spear was
afraid ot any of them.
WM RUTH
Who was one of Ridgcway's bar.
kvcper, Todd OF George and Walker Hnr-
grove coming Ia tho saloon und leaving
Two WinchoHprs there. ud man Unr.
groNe oalne later and got the shorter one
that George had CARRIED This WAS no
| Friday ui the killing, ana about or g
clock pa the afternoon Latter, nhout
4 oolnvk, Nll three cNmc buck together.
and the Olb Hlan said something tho wiz
ness could not hcar 20 this Walker
iVlhed, I'VE won't need Il" and the
father said, II say git lL' Walker then
tnrucd TACK and got the Winchester aud
| they M htt. going toward the deIlat
o. H. Swan todd rambling story OF
lis connection with the trouble, his ef-
/ forts nt peaVnaking aud the thncaton.
ingH OF the elder ilnrgloye. The latter
/ AFTER much 1vgotintion. retcded fruui his
I ppeiton 40 compromise hts claim for
/ Alth ANA leave the state. and suid ho
dld not value bis life box of matches
\ nr a loothpick amt lac would settle the
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