San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-11
WITH A RAZOR.
THOMAS JAMES FOUND WITH HIS
THROAT CUT.
he Was Well Known and Was at
One Time a Leader 10 San
Antonio Society-He
Was Capt.
talist.

Dan Adler was going to his
room in the Arcade hotel today at
noon, and on opening the door his
gaze met the body Of a man lying
on the floor, with his head in cor
ner Of the room. He looked again
land saw that the mans clothes
were bloody and that he was dead.
He ran down stairs and notified
the clerk of the hotel. A reporter
for the LIGHT soon learned OF the
occurrence and was on the scene
when Marshal Druse and Coroner
Jones arrived. Captain Druse
Strengthened the body out on the
| floor.
His throat was cut and his head
was almost severed from his body.
The deed was evidently done with
a razor in front of looking glass of
a washstand, for there was blood in
a bowl Of water, and also razor on
the stand.
Captain Druse unbuttoned the
mans vest, and looked for letters
for Identification, while Coroner
Jones viewed the remains.
"He was a good looking man."
said Judge Jones, when he saw the
mans face. "What's his name?"
asked the coroner.
"James," replied the LIGHT rep
representative, "T. NJ. James,"
"Why, it's Thomas M. James,
brother Of Judge James," amazing
ly exclaimed Judge Jones. 81 know
who he is," and the coroner ordered
that Undertaken Mccormick be
telephoned for at once.
James engaged a room at the
Arcade last Tuesday. He spent
most of the time in his room and
ordered his meals sent to his room.
He came down occasionally for his
meals. He did not have anything
to say to anyone and was always
alone.
This morning he walked up and
down the hall on the second floor
Of the hotel, and 1t was almost IL
o'clock when he went into the room
where the sad deed occurred. His
room was at the west end Of the
hall, on the south side, while the
room in which he died was near
the stairway in the center Of the
hotel.
A number of letters and some
jevelry were found on his person,
but no statement assigning any
cause for his motive.
| Deceased was one OF the most
popular young men Of the city and
was about 80 years old.
He was born and bred in San
Antonio. Three brothers, two
sisters and an aged mother survive
him and he also has relatives in
Robinson, Crawford county, ILL.,,
named Sterrett, and in Canada.
His brothers are: Hon. j. III.
James, chief justice of the Fourth
Court of Civil Appeals; Scott
James, who is in Mexico, and Sid
ney, a ranchman of Uvalde.
Mrs. John Sehorn and Miss Aggie
James are sisters OF deceased. The
James homestead is located on
West Commerce street, north OF
Presa street.
Thomas James is said to have
been worth between $4,000 and
| $4,000. He was man of temperate
| habits. He neither smoked nor
drank. He possessed a fine bari
tone voice and formerly sang in the
choir of the Episcopal church. He
was leader in San Antonio So
ciety some ten or twelve years ago.
Del Rio Record: Dynamiting
fish down the Pecos opposite Otis
seems to be an almost every day
occurrence, says the Current, and
people who are anxious to see the
| fish protected are talking OF
organizing society for the protec-
| ton of fish and game. The dyna-
mite kills little and big and 1t will
| only be short time ere no fish can
| be found In the river II this work
is not stopped. An organization
for the protection Of fish is neces-
sary in Eddy county, one which
| would exact a promise from its
members to report all attractions
Of the fish and game laws and
other means contrary to law. A
few vigorous prosecutions would
have salutary effect on the van
dals who break the laws Of the ter.
ritory with such impunity.