San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-08
DALLAS LETTER.
Late Local News From Our Own
Correspondent
DALLAS, Tex, Dec. 5, 1894.


Shrewd Lawyers are about to
defraud the gallOWs. The attor-
neys of Williams, the wife MUIR
derer, said it had not been proven
while the trial was in progress,
that the murdered wOman's name
waS"Lou." The Judge has witnesses
again on the stand to ascertain
whether or not the murderor's wife
was named "Lou," after it was
proven beyond all doubt; then
there came up some teChnicality Of
law, and if report is correct,
Williams will neither hang
nor serve a term in the peniten-
tiary, but will be allowed to go
free.
About seventy eNcursiOnists from
Wisconsin, made up mostly OF edit
Ors and their wives, and other jour
nalistic people, stopped over for
few hours in the metropolis. They
were taken to the Oriental hotel
where a hot breakfast had been
prepared and awaited their arrival.
After breakfast they repaired to the
parlors, where Mayor. Barry ex-
tended a warm welcome. Hon.
Bryan J. Price, Of the Hudson Star
and Times, responded to Mayor
Barry's address.
The ladies were particularly
pleased with their trip south and
enjoyed the street car ride over the
l. ~, limo 1 N, ~ apSolX- anI ovDroaooI
much wonder at the few struggling
flowers that cling so persistent to
life. Your correspondent told them
they would open their eyes wide
when they reached San Antonio
and saw the flowers and green
shrubs of that city. The crowd
was very DESTROYS to get tamales,
but the tamale man was no where
to be seen, and the cafes would not
have them till in the afternoon.
Mr.. Frank p. Holland, Of the
Texas Farm and Ranch, rendered
the members OF the Implement
Mems association, their families
and friends trip to the Waco
Cotton Palace. The association
accepted the invitation. The eX
cursion will prove one Of the jolli-
est ones that has ever made trip
press excursions not excepted.
The remains Of DR.. Chas. Wilcox,
formerly Of this city, but Of late
years resident of Louisiana, were
brought to this place for interment
by his sister, Miss Mary.
DR.. Wilcox was a journeyman
printer, having set type on the
old Morning Herald. OF late
years he has resided in Hico, La,
where he practiced medicine. One
OF his patrons owed him a sum of
money, suit was instituted. The
man whom he sued, it is said,
stabbed him when within short
distance of his home. 1t was from
the effects Of this that he died. His
sister reached his bedside three
quarters of an hour before he
breathed his last. He was I'M
conscious.
The case against Pink Barnes
for the killing of j. w. Nickless at
the cotton mills was called in the
criminal court last Monday, but on
account of the absence of import
ant witnesses for the defense, the
case was continued until the next
term Of court.
Fire broke out IN an l. Of the new
city hospital, but was eXtinguished
before any great damage was done.
1t was caused by a defective tlue.
w. Gilcrease, who was convicted
Of killing man near Kyle, and
whose case was afterwards re-
versed by the Court of Appeals, was
released last Monday on his old
bond.
DR.. Armstrong has returned
from New York City, where he
went to take Eddie Webster, the
insane youth to his home. The
young man is pronounced hope
lessly insane. En- route to New
York, the poor unfortunate boy
tried to kill his mother, who had
c)me to Texas to accompany him
back. He is an only son, and has
in his own right $4,000, and will
fall heir to $2,OOO,OO0. The young
man lost his mind while on Col.
Hughes ranch. In New York he
had shown symptoms Of a derang-
ed mental faculty, and he was
sent to Texas with the hope that
the change would benefit him, but
the mOnotonous and isolate ranch
life had a contrary effect.
/. Thomas Fortune, the colored
editor of the New York Age, will
deliver an address on Lincoln and
his times in the auditorium Of the
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