Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-26
JOHN WARD is PUT ON TRIAL
ron COMPLETELY IN TiIE BEN
DRooIS TRAIN noBnEnY.
Grcnt Interest shown - Large Num-
her OF Spectators prcaeni--'rho
story OF the noid ANA Daring Rob
berry us Retoid by Eye witnesses.

pTooh On the bth or last December,
was put on trial In the isth dlatrlct
court yesterday. The robbery, 30 bold
and daring was II, created widespread
Interest and genuine sensation at the
time II occurred. and the announce
mont IN tho Gazette that the cases
would DO called yesterday morning re-
viYed the interest, and when court
opened yesterday large crowd was
present In the court room. and during
the proceedings 1t frequently required
tho Efforts OF both Judge and sheriff
10 keep the palsageways clear.
In the trial Of tho case against John
! Ward tha prosecution IS conducted h,
! County Attorney Bon NJ. Terrell, as
sisted by Judge 49, D.. Shropshire. und
The defendant is represented by Mcssrs.
| thurman x Bowlln
Inc state announced ready for trim
yesterday morning and the dcfcnse
asked To be granted until half past
O'Clock TO consult At the re-conyen-
ms of court at that hour the defense
ulhu announced ready and the case at
once went TO trial,
Forty-two witnesses were chilled law
the state ana most OF them resnnndei
the de4enan'a witnesses number about
twenty
John Il. nntor ,v,s Tho a.., ,..,....
put upon the stand. He related In dc.
lull the stoy OF H. robbery. with which
fnutIltnr "-''" VI He Sd@ttte arc
Il AZ rls u,o,, .., tn
rnIIrnnT az .,,.t ~ vNtt9 una racine
ler ANA ,,,,' e,i,uer tGstlh,d Mr.. Bu-
bhyard. / knew Mr.. Mclcwen ms thr
fhclhc express messenger nj tho Tim, |
cvonin,, ~ a., "ui loup'Tg' me |
lrnhrmoL a, v r"puirS we arrived Mt |
I hcti.y, ~ "" 'I'il'' NJ D.ld o'clock, |
rxnregs M'II stopped aud the
uenhrnot, ,r,,', 'u"uvu JUST 'iAt or
mai n ra,J niat htiilHtlpn had
,,',' W"H gong to he at
Ting an tbc r,nv '"W man Hlt-
NV ntfnnft,r mo-, 'lo t'nder'
him h,, W"s nIht attracted to
nI'',,,, pistol ahot The man was
,,,, NY l'ot 40 inches or sis feet
',', ~ "o'o nIhek clothes and u
I,o5,'i. .o"lr hilu or black goods.
,,1 ,,,.., ,""l HiN handkerchief lie
.hots p".ol5' Ihefc were two
nm an ma "3 nIhi observed the
t'ua ~ uc ''hder ana tho other
l'ue o'Iuie. The man was snyinp
,o'l'ti'hf nut ! could not hear what
" H'lu TOT mo roar OF the train. The
lI'nuIn stepped back ana hcurd what
~, ~, An,u' nc wha ordering mo to stop
,rld,y. '''PP'u 'ho tram at the
49, ,,,,,...
# u,ni,rn,i, ,,.'ii loIA or u mile east
,,,i, IvpN saw another man nt the :
'Illgr, VINO was smaNer than tho ana
,,"o Huu embed up on the tender
Nv nun ~ inc brldE" ordered me TO
mug me PICK and break opcn tho II
uor vi tne express car. told tho c
no door XXI Nnlch ne ala, When y
~, o,'5 n"u pu'n broken open we o
ht'Hu the CIR, Tho smaller Of tho
Ro robbers then commanded Mr. Nc
wen to open the safe. Mr. Mclcwen
~ thut the safe had no door nnd ,y,s
ready open. They thon aaid "s ~, re
the money" They had ua coy9rsd ~
wv, pistols an tho time. They rot =,
ia t-nin anu a box, ~ the time n
nndinr bnt,gdo, saw another man
~ car After tha money md hr",'
N'H rom the car this third man ,,at
money ana started west with IL 10
IN "Iutreu me Ia got back ON mo "a
DIV Hhi 70 back the train fhrro
lhdrrd yards They wnrnSi ,"',t
tbs, ~ np cAretdl In pulling out
'hIg nnd torn up the rails In Tho cmt
leau. 10 was quito darl, hv ma III, .u' re
ilofr ] started cut urnin s,,,, NJ ~
u" uhurr the bridge In thr bo1 bl
'Hc crock ana dlsnppeur A. a."
, ,,S OF ihe robbery thoy got up on tho H.,
~ w. a,"o or the train and went I'm M NJ
low whore 10 ,NPIcss car Don't
the oar ,rtt '"'t man rot aboard -
M s eHO| cross examination tho vii hil
- uc traln had stopped at Rsnbroon !
~ last stop beyond Renbrook ga "oN. sec
'do' nine miles further nm, WINS , at an
p no stop between hnnbroot s,a TX" u w,
~ OF the robbery, II u,na tnv {
sN ~ the time OF tho rohhsr, b"uu ON,
% ABOUT dark whom the traiS ~ tai
ognizod clthor OF the "' ,on never since r ru.
yer seen Sum Evnna ana mad 10y
he hrst OF the rohhcr, 49,. '''
ness was on the tender ' ny Tho
~, 'ou ana could be soan ,,. ",st
to,s the furnace He had u ,nn n
mess ala not notice the ba' plue
plhlols as he was moat ,a"uIos OF
tho other ends Tbc Interested
n was smaller than ~ second man II
feet eight incbss Nv hist about 200
ild weigh about Ia nelght aud new
n came running 49, pouhus' This pro
n tho tender ne, Lung ana climbed \,
mess again III we train atopped ~
zee intn ~ Inscribed how the en-. who
ed Th,,, cNprass car wnp or Jay
-, n,irn,y "ele IN the car nho,,, Will
.nrsa 49, me car was lipht.' NJ
, tl,n U ueHcrlbcd again IN da,,1 opri
ths h,.l " sacks containing NEIL Dun
:, - " jewellery had hse,, 10y ed 1