Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-21
THREE TRUE BILLS RETURNED.
JUST AS THE GAZETTE PREDICTED
THEY WOULD BE,
And People Are stiII Talking About
the Train Robbery Cases Just ms
Has Been Described Heretofore
Fully and Exclusively.

The grand Jury of the Forty-eighth
district court reported to Judge Greene
shortly after o'clock yesterday after
noon. ANA the supposed train robbers
sullivan, Ward and Phillips stand In
dicted ON that charge, as the Gazette
has said for several days they were
likely to be. while sam Evans was not
indicted, as the Gazette has hald he
would not be.
sherim Euless and his deputies are
confident that thay have the rlsht
men.
But the evidence In the cases both
for and against the prisoners mas not
been FULLY Developed. But 1t has been
hscertalned that the evidence IN the
cases ls largely. II not principally CIR
cumatantial.
And, therefore, the general DISPOSE
ton OF the pubic 50 far as the Gazette
has ascertained 1t, has been to mis-
trust tho evidence against the accused
and while 1t has appeared that the
evidence against them was suihcient 10
require the scrutiuizlug investigation OF
u court trial, IN which both sides may
be heard, the public seems 10 have sus-
pended Judgment and to be waiting
at least until the trial Is on
before il begins to form Its opinion as
10 whether the prisoners are gulIty or
not guilty.
All these facts have been duly
chronicled In proper and timely man
ncr by the Gazette as they have oc-
CURED. The whole robbery matter Is ln-
volved In doubt, perpleXlty and uncer-
tulnty, ns Is apparent TO all who
have given the subject attention and
have read the facts as they have
been dcyelopd fully from day to day
by the Gazette exclusively, and by no
other paper.
II IS understood. as has been repeat
eddy stated, that the Hheriff's office Is
IN possession OF facts in regard to the
cases which for proper reasons 1t has
not made public. When these facts are
made public It may change the whole
aspect Of affairs IN the cases.
Hut at the present time Us far as
the evidence in thc cases has been OBJ
tuined by the Gazette from the sher-
ms office or other sources 1t Is not
conclusive evidence, II Is not direct
evidence; It Is SIMPLY circumstantial
evidence which will be weak or strong
according to the ability Of the prose-
cutiOn to make perfect chain and the
ability Of the defense to cOntrOvert 1t
or explain II away. This in general
terms is tho situation In the train rob-
berry matter today, differing from that
hNAAlAIih gNnANthA9 ~ lit AeNN AAie't
the three indictments forcshadowed
yesterday have been returned, and
that the sherin"s Office Is said to have
learned something new In regard to
Phillips which they have not seen pro-
per to disclose to tho Gazette, though
they have been informed that the pa-
per would be glad to publish anything
which they might deem II expcdient to
give out in regard to the matter.
Sheriff Euless soon trtcr the indict-
ments were returned Informed the re-
pOrtprs that they could then see the
prisoners. The jail was visited. and it
was found that locking up time was
at hand. Therefore the Gazette did not
talk to the prisoners yesterday, but
will probably do SO today The pris-
oncrs have not yet retained counsel.
but VIII probably do so In a day or
tw,. so far rs can be nsccrtained,