Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-04
THE HANGING ON klOwA PEAK.
WHERE WILLIAM DEAL AND Az
DREW cADE MET DEATH.
A story of the Past-TrfaI OF ~. n.
Head In the Seventeenth District
court-The Testimony of the rather
ana Brother OF Andrew cade.

Yesterday in the Seventeenth district
court the selection OF the remaining six
jurors in the u. E. Head murder case
was completed. six Jurors having been
chosen last Saturday. The number OF
Witnesses was perhaps the largest ever
sworn In any criminal trial in this
cOunty--nbout 100 Witnesses were
sworn, coming from many counties.
The attorneys for the state are Ben
Terrell. Judge Bently. J. II. Hammond,
y. II. Cotton and W. F. Davenport.
The attorneys for the defense are New
ton Lindsey. j. II. Frost. d. j. Hunt.
and Henry NJ. FuIInan.
Il. u. Had Is charged in the indict-
ment with being implicated In hang
ing William Deal ON Kiowa Peak.
Eashland county, In May. 1886. Andrew
Code was hung with Deal and L. II.
Head was tried on the charge of be
ing one Of the men who hung Cade,
but was acquitted In the district court
Of Eastland county December term,
1898. Two OF the principal witnesses
in the present tiaal OF II. 70. Hoad are
j. l.. cade. the father. and $. II.
Cade. a brother OF young Andrew
Cade.
J l.. Cade testified that he was the
father Of Andrew Cade, and that he
lived IN Eastland county. Texas. about
two and "a half miles from Klowa Peak
where the hanging Of Deal and An-
drew took place. He said he did not
kn0w Dcni. The last time he saw his
son, Andrew. alive, was on the morn
ing Of May 90 1885. when Andrew ate
breakfast at home and then rode away
Ia a Mr.. WheAte's house, In The dlrec-
ton or place called salt Tank. He
never again saw his boy alive and
when next he gnw him, II was on the
Wednesday following tlia Saturday
morning he rode away from home, and
the old man found his sons body
hanging from n tree on Kiowa Peak.
The sorre lilly that Andrew rode came
back home rideIlesl and wiuhtut saddle
on bride. the saddle and bride being
found where the men were hung. me
news Of the hanging of Andrew was
brought 10 the old father ny ;. II.
Cahe. another son, at lGaNland, where
he was attending court, on wednesday
after the hanging occurred. When
the old man and about forty Others
came ON that "Wednesday to kiowh
Peak thcy found the bodies Of Andrew
and Dgal hanging with their hands
tied behind their backs and their
CHASTITY bodies bearing the marks OF
violence. I,lere hau p't'n NJ, a '.,,.
On the MonhaN ana luvslhF 81 n4 ii..'', ~
NlouH. andrew was mu' -. ~
age; he looked NOT uiuer un''' - VI 90
and was Of small Size.
lie was very peaceful IN disposition,
the old man said, and was an Obcdlent
son aud remained NJ home, II he had
any enemies the thtner uiu Hot hnu"
them. except 10, p ieau ana MS sons,
with whose son NnufeW hNu oUcv ,lNu
u diiiculty AZ "a ucbhthg socie'y' Nhen
asked ny the attorney what ne Knew
If william cDhl ne sara ne dlu not
of William Deal said he dldu,t Know
MN, personally put Wneh iluins guy
about llehl, IN Whlch lieau hhu tuaA
Deal wnH pnd man ava thal lney
might make ~ good country u they
only wuuld ne ulu not NNplHh WHIT
h. meant when ne aold theN mlsht
make II eond country Ihere was
another man IN Inc helKhporhoou ny
the named Of roney and Head told
the witness that Toney TOO was 9 bad
man. lie also slld that Deal had XIII
cd man In Dallas county for robbery
ana then killed woman and a enid 10
prevent them from being witnesses
against hun, ana mat there was a re-
ward OF $lo9O oheted Tor DeoL Nhcn
asked about the existence OF an ernled
mon az that ume IN Enstland county
Mr. Cade sald that he mad seen men
going about IN me county br+'ch
of them were iolllwng the man Toney'
one or the party was mined Mallpy,
Justice Of tho peace
the on man then told how one
nlRht utler the hanSlng oI ms son anu
poal. several monthH' along IN october
or November u MAS ms house was
attacked BY SIX or seven men who
shot one OF his dogs HIS son and
himself went ont after the men, and
lbs son shot one Of them and they found
mnrbs Of blood on the fence and fol-
lowed a ttall " blood for several hdn-
drod yards until they lost II off Of the
In the direction OF John Rogers house,
east of Rising Star. Tho defendant ~