Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-01
THE EASTlASO MOB CASES
WILL ne CALLED ~ TINE DISTRICT
couitr TO-DAY.


SUIT tht
Denver railroad ON Trial
What are known as the Easland
mob cases Will be called for lrl"i ;"
the Seventeenth district court 'ou's'
The parties charged with muruer a.'
J. ID. Head. II. Il. Head ana H. ~
stephens f. f. Head ana H. ~
stephens are charged with waylAylhs
and hanging william Deal ana AhuFe"
Cade in the month Of May 1881 ) : -
Head Is charged with shooting 10 neat"
4. p. PARK in May. 1894. There are
over 100 witnesses in the case, a large
number OF whom arrived here yester-
day. The attorneys In the case are n
j. Lindsey OF Comauche, Frost HUM
smick OF Eas,land. FOR the DEFENSE ana
couDty Attorney Ben Terrell win
Davenport ~ Hammond OF Eastiahp
for the state.
uniirond Damage suit
In the Seventeenth district court OF
yesterday the suit OF 9. + Robinson
against the Fort Worth and Denver
city railway was on trial. 1t Is
suit for $4,000 damages, brought by
MIR. Roblnson against the railroad on
account OF Injuries sustained by MS
wife while getting of the tram at
I'ruitlnnd, Montague county, IN req
ruary, 1893. Arguments on the case
were begun yesterday afternoon
The probate docket occupied Judge
Armstrong; attention IN the county
court yesterday. To-day the trial OF
Judge A. p. East and Miss Belle Meek,
charged with adultery will come up IN
the county court. having been reset
The second term Of the Forty-eigth
district court grand jury will COM
mence next Monday.
Marriage Again n Fniiure.
Bette Phelps has filed a bill in the
Forty-eighth district court asking for
divorce from Reuben Phelps. They
were married October H. 1850, and she
alleges cruel treatment and abandon
ment as her grounds for divorce.
Anna l.. Watson filed bill for d.
yorce from James Irwin Watson. She
says they were married In Mis-
souri, on August 20. 1857. and
she says tMr husband tried TO kill
her with KNIFE when they lived In San
Antonio. and that he cruelty beat her in
Fort Worth and that he abandoned her
while she was sick and In destitute cir
cumstances.
suit On Note.
N b. Bradley & Sons have iled suit
In the district court against h. NJ Wal
lSer, on promissory note for Sl0S6.
dated March is. 1884, SIX per cent inter
est
10 secure Creditors.
II. Y. Erlsman has made deed OF
trust to Robert S. Blair on his stock OF
goods at 2ll Main street to secure debt
amounting to Sli2s.
ON n Hardware stock.
j. A. Holland TO Whit Dryden, trus-
tee, chnttel mortgage on entire stock. .gf
hardware goods etc. at Sill Houston
street, TO secure S26iS69.
Rcui Estate transfers.
Mrs. S. IL. Clark TO j. Hughes. so
acres OF east one-half OF Joseph Baker
survey, and II acres Of a. Childs pat
ent $500.
u. Portwood to w. NJ Davis, part Of
block A. Townley's addition; 49,
h. II. King and wife TO Estel NJ. Dam
Tel, part of land 100, city. SlSSS,
j. T.. b Norris to J. NJ, Henderson,
onc-seveuth interest In north one-half
OF NJ. Elliston survey; $3.50,
@. A. Goodman and wife to j. ID.
Jones. 40 acres of h. Andrews survey;
Si6i.2O.
Gilbert II. Shaw to j. H. McIwain.
lots 10 aud ~ block IL. Crowley; 500
w NJ. Davis and wife to Elizabeth
Mccormick, lot ,, block ID. Fosters
addition; $3.50
w. NJ Davis and wife to Elizabeth
| Mccormick. part OF block 4, rowneys
addition: $3.50.
Isaac Foster and wife to VIM. Davis
and Wife, lots /, >, 3, block ID, FOSTER
addition; $3.50.
j +. Cooper TO j Irwin. part OF land
600, city; $500.
NJ. \, Smith ct al To Mrs. H. A. AL
len, part OF l.. Moore survey; S25.
Tempieton iwu Compromise.
As there seems to be some msun-
derstanding in regard to the ADJUST
meut made ia the matter Of the suit in
Volving the probate OF the viii OF Gen.
| John ID, Templetun, herein is pub
| llshed the agreement between the par
ties as entered ia the Judgment Ut the
court yesterday. The judgment is rs
! iol uws;
I'm re John ID. Templetoa, will con-
tost--Lula c. Temrleton. proponent;
Monday, June 20, \. D., 1894.
On this day came the parties TO
the above cause and HE'D and pre-
scented therein the following agree
meut In writing, towit,
In re john u. Templeton, will con-
test-Lula Q. rempleton, proponent: II.
| w, anu Elvira TempletOn, contest
ants
4 IL Is agreed between the parties to
! the above suit, now pending ia the
district cuurt OF Tarrant county, Texas,
that the same shall be compromised
and adjusted ON the following terms:
/. Tint the Judgment of the court
! shall stand nnal 10 the effect that the
I instrument propOuuded for probate IL
the Will Of John ID. remplet0u, intend-
/ ed py him aud by him executed as
! such and that when he executed the
same lie was Of sane mind
., That in consideration OF the pre-
catory words in said will contained the
/ SAID Lula Z. Templeton, as eNecutrix
" said will, conveys TO the contestants,
! n w. and Elvirt Templeton. all the
| title, interest and claim to the estate OF
] John u. Templeton in one league of
| land belonging 10 said estate situated
| IN Stonewall county, Texas. to be re.
| ceived by the vendees in fun sat!sfac-
| ton Of all claims they have in, Ia,
Tor, or against the estate OF the said
| john II. fraunntaInn lta t,a,.a.N. -.