Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-29

The crime Tor which Eugene rullus
was hanged was the murder OF John
Mcclure. nm old man living at Anilcra.
!. H., last February, Mcclure was from
Little Rock, Ark, and wan engaged IN
cutting timber splitting rails mud work.
ing at odd Jobs, IIc owned some prop
er,y consisting OF team OF horses.
a wagon, household furniture. etc. and
was living alone. Fulks was passing
through the country and McGuIrc gave
him job OF splitting rails. They
lived together about three months and
Fulis represented himself to the poo
pie at AntloH as his nephew. and
called him "uncie Johnny"
Towards the last or January Mo-
CURE aud Fuika loft Anilers prosum-
ably to go TO Hamden Switch after a
load Of corn. carrying gun In the
wagon with them Mcclure was never
seen alive after leaving on uis trip
FulkH came back 10 Antlura alone the
day after they started. He told soma
parties that the old man had gone TO
| Caddo and that he didn't think he
would return, or u he did he would
I probably come back In the night aud
/ nobody would see him He told other
1 parties that Mcclure took tho train at
] HamdOn and HAD gone 60 whore some
| OF his relatives lived In Texas. Pretty
soon after Fulka returned TO Antlen
he began to dispose OF McGuiro'H prop
i ctty and then people began To Suspect
thai he had boon killed Searching par
ties were organized and went out 10
search for the body, but II was not
found FOR n month after he was nfsl
| missing Towards the last OF Feb
runry some parties out hunting II mile
east Of Hnmden found the body OF @
man near an old deserted rond that Jed
to a tie camp. The body was partiAu,
decomposed but was easily identified
BY the clothing and other mnrlss ms thal
of Mcclure. The skull had been crunhef
IN and there were signs showing INA
II had been dragged from the rohf
about twelve f0et Subsequent develop
ments showed that on tho night OF Thu
dny McGuirs left Antlera Fuilgs droyl
nm nj 10 o'clock to negro'a house fnu
miles east Of Hnfnden ana sold hin
MeGulree gun, lie told the negro ina
he and Mcclure had left Antlers 70
rcther that afternoon ana mat nc
Guire WAS going TO Texaa and nn'
,alsen me train nj HRmden. lie sat
thoy went Iuphe wagon nt for aa Ham
den 10 save car fare Blood was hsei
On Inc coat that Fuika wore when b
LEFT with McGuire and Afterwards holv
were found In &C. where the bloon rpvt
had been burnt out rev ahyA y.
fore the body WIS found runs el
Anttera with nm OK team thht ne ma
traded some OF Mc0uire'a property 70
and was nrrehtod IN Rcd River count,
Texas. by Deputy Marshal Mch'
,,,hiIo IN his way 10 clarkavllle. Nv
sons OF Mcclure al the trial tentne
that their father had never hnd sueh
rcint,ve MS FuiiH. After ne hhd oe.
In jail month Fnlu hsnt Wvrn
rrpit.d states Attorney Hannny an
Ma aaslstant. Frank Lee, that y
wanted 10 tell tho whole truth cor
rnrninr the killing, md 70 them y
stated that n whisky pednirr, ~.
Craynon. met him and Mcclure on tn
way 10 Hamdun. and That SInypo
nlcled np a club and struck nun
The head after which Nc went 70 y
raoon. rot the gun ana ahot BACK
~ hsad. blowing the top on. run
cald that Graynon then took lhfi
roii az hills amounting 10 'e9O gu,
Mrf;uire'e pocket and gave him ~
entoining on him never 70 hhy M
thing about the killing. pan ur',yf.
nvad at Lehigh. was broufnt 70 ~ =,
"a taken before Fulks, who was VI
afis ~ identity him FuIks wea u
Acted and tried last spring At the NJ
,er,n 81 court succeeding the mnrd
ana was defended by able counsel, p
he circumstances were - sr ST.,
arainst him that he could ab1oiu'.
,oake no defense. The trial Was
ns,ronterv displayed BY the prisons
..,ho tcstided ii his own behalf ana J
,,.ishcd heavily against the paolec
,ion while on the stand he seet l
~ ,rosee,lting attorney Of taiseho,,
IN testifying 10 The points maae ~ |,
confession, ana charged NH ri,
GOVERNING witnesses 10 conFicl - y,
,,..,.re Isulks. correct name was r