San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-07-28
SPICY DALLAS NEWS.
To the Daily LIGHT:

DALLAS, Tex, July rs, 1894.
The remains of poor Fred Mar
shall arrived in Dallas last night,
but on account of the absence OF
his brother Gay, who could not
reach here till tonight, his burial
will not take place until tomorrow.
Through respect to the deceased
the Pacific Express company Will
close their offices from a. m. to II.
Fred was raised in this place and
no boy or young man ever had
more friends. His death is most
deplorable one. He was mangled
beyond all recognition, and never
knew what killed him,
Judge Cray granted writ Of
habeas corpus in the Franklin p.
Miller case and set the case for
hearing next Saturday. Miller is
under sentence to be hanged Fri
day week, and the object OF the
writ of habeas corpus is to get the
case before the court Of criminal
appeals for the purpose of ascer-
tanning what court has jurisdiction
to pass sentence on the murderer.
Surely "much ado about nothing"
Miller killed Officer Riddle. The
Jury returned a verdict of MUIR
der in the first degree and
death punishment was assess
ed, and now what difference
does it make If all criminal juris-
diction was transferred from the
44th District court to the Criminal
District court before final sentence
was passed" on the culprit, unless
it be to find loop-hole, "techni-
cality" whereby justice may be
thwarted by the coming council?
We are becoming somewhat of
an anarchist, if not exactly an an
archist, little more inclined to
mob law than ever before. The eX-
igencies of certain cases, where the
enormity of the crime perpetrated
is so great, demands cure
without so great an outlay OF
money. The Miller, DIR. Jones and
Major Randle cases, all for muir
der, have cost a great deal OF time
and money. Sentences in some
instances have been passed, but
not executed. And now, Barnes,
it is said, was provoked to commit
the rash deed of numbering Mr..
Nickles. His brother, 6. ID. Barnes
of Columbus, Ga, is here in behalf
of his brother, who is incarcerat-
ed in the city bastile while
the remains of his victim
lie at undertaken Smiths,
awaiting the result of the wounds
inflicted upon young Nickles.
The latter is said to be in an i'm
proved condition and may recover.
Mr.. u. d. Barnes says the news Of
his brothers trouble was a great
shock to their aged mother, who is
in her 18th year.
Some time since the st. Louis
papers made mention of the arrival
in that city of Mrs. Richard
Schweickhardt, who Came to lay
claim to baby Schweickhardt,
aged six months, who had
been entrusted to the keeping of
it's grandmother, Mr.. Schweick-
hardts mother. The benevolent
lady tried to persuade the little
woman and the judge of the court,
as we'll, that she was in no condt-
ton to care for the child. The
Judge finally decided that Mrs.
Sweickhardt, the younger, was
sane, and the proper person to have
the child, which was accordingly
turned over to her. After this de-
cision in the st. Louis courts, the
husband filed suit in the Dallas
District court praying for divorce
from his wife. Mr.. Sweickhardt
has lived here for several years,
and has done a thriving business,
February, 1898, he was married in
the City of Mexico to a little
Spanish speaking woman who at
one time promised to prove quite
an acquisition to Dallas society,
as she learned English rapidly,
was iovial and musically inclined
The Dispatch, the afternoon
paper that succeeded the Star, has
gone out of business, shut up
shop. Having no competition
since the demise OF the Dispatch.
The Times Herald has abolished
the daily society sew-column
The Dispatch had the City adver-
Using; the council at its last meet
ing, let the contract for official ad-
vertising to the Dallas morning
News at $45 per month.
Mr.. H. G. Dillon, who went from
! Sherman Texas to Central America
as a missionary last fall, is in the
city. During a sea voyage from
Cnrintn To Salvador Mrs. Dillon,