Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-26
THE GHAST1f SIGHT.
THEIR CLOTHES WE'RE FIRED M
wuB NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
QuENcEp ny MOOD.
No Clue to tho Perpetrators OF the
Deed ana No Hopes of solving
tn. Mystery.

Paris. Tex. Nov. 2b.--(spccial.) LAST
night United States Marshal Williams
received a telegram from Arthur City.
sixteen miles north of here on Red
River, stating that man had been
found dead In shnnty boat at the
mouth of Wild Horse creek. three
miles below there, anchored to tree
on the Indian Territory side. Tho
body had been found by man named
Tom Carrier while out hunting. Hs
started TO go ON board the boat. but
was driven away by "a savage dog that
kept watch over It. Several citizens OF
Arthur at once went down to invests
gate. and found the report too true.
They went on the boat. but a savage
dog was In the room IN which bodies
were, and wouldn't permit the men to
enter. but they looked through q win
dow and saw CHASTITY slgnt. There
lay lay three men and boy In their
beds. evidently murdered. This morn
Ing Marshal Williams dispatched jim
Chancellor and Rcd Harper. two of his
best detectives and most trusted men,
to the scene. Arriving there ghaslly
sight met their gaze. Lying on pallet
on the floor Mt ono end OF the cabin
WtTt men anu ~ 10y us u
with the faithful dog keeping guard
over them. IL made n savage attack
on the officers, but they had lnBtruo-
lions not to Kill II, but to take II alive
at every hazard.
They pressed It back 10 the bodies
when It stood on top OF one md showed
Z its teeth, growing and whining pite-
oualy at the intrudera, and II was
finally roped and dragged away. The
! officers found that the three men had
been shot In the head, two with re-
volyers and one with "A shot gun, four
empty shells telling how the pio3dy
work hau been done. So close were the
muraerers that the clothing Of tho
men had been set on fire, but had been
extlnguished by blood nt'wing from
| the wounds. The men had never made
struggle. They were NIL In an adj
vnnced state OF decomposition. mud
| tho dog or some wild animal had eat
en- the flesh from the boys face. head.
and neck. and had eaten his brains
| out. 1t was a slck.ning and shocking
| sreotaclc. Tho mems clothing was
scattered about the room with heir
pockets turned inside out. showing
| robbery az well US murder. One was
a large man about Is or 80 years Of ago
with heavy sandy mustache sliuven
| 80 as to extend to his lower jaw Ions,
and prominent forehead. Papprs Under
his head indicated that his name ~ns
II c. Canody, and mat he was tho
| owner OF the outflt. TIL boy was nbout
l2 years old, heavily built. with dark
hair, and was evidently a son OF Tnn,-
dy. He wore knee pants. Ana
the other was Identified by
citizens of Chicola. and Arthur. as Hen
ny Thomas Rice. who had been mu-
sic teacher. Ho was about twenty-
eight or thirty years old, with black
mustnchc and rather handsome. The
other was about thirty-nve or forty
years OF age, red compiexioned. beard
| OF about two weeks growth and stub
mustache The party were trappers.
| hunters. fishermen. and gamblers ana
had full outfit with them and good
store OF provisions They had been
drifting along the river Tor some timo
having bought the boat several weeks
| aro from q man named Clifford Mt
| Ragsdalc. Tex. about nifty miles above
there. They stopped at several points.
remaining several days at each. On
inc 18th they were In Arthur City.
where they displayed considerable sums
| OF money. The younger rcd-faced man
gave his name as Maddox and said he
was from Atlanta. Ca, and that his
father was q grocery merchant there.
They left Arthur on Wednesday ana
were murdered on Thursday nigNt. the
18th. as several shots were heard wScre
the boat was found on that night. =
was an out OF the way spot. the near
est house being two miles away. There
IL no clue whatever and the offIcerp
have no hone OF ever solving the mys-
terry, though they are working hare on
the rase They returned Tonight with
the dor which they VIII Keep