Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-05
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Fl0relce luClOUllS Has
FROM THE PERSON.

The district court and the officers
about the court house were yesterday
treated to 1. rare show. Florence Nc
Comus, one OF the toughest looking
prostitutes In Helrs Half Acre. was
charged with theft from the person of
Arnold Barrett. The prosecuting witt
ness was callow youth from Parker
county. He has apparently seen about
twenty summers, aud Yesterday was
decidedly the hottest day he ever Wit
messed. He testified that on Il recent
occasion when he came TO the Fort
to see the world he tried to see 1t all
one night, About "bed-time" he met
this particular scarlet woman. who en-
ticed him into her house. After getting
him into the house. she sat on his
hands while she robbed him Of all the
money he had on his person. He said
that after she took his money she in
yited him TO a nelghborlng bar, where
she set 'em up" Then, after she re-
fused to refund the money, he went and
reported the matter to an officer. The
amount OF money taken was the last
thing told by the witness, and that
Information Convuised the spectators
lie declared upon oath that he had
80 cents. whom he went into TINT woo
mans house. ana came out without a
single, solitary cent" The woman's
story was very different, insisting that
she used no force whatever to get the
follows money
After spending half day In cousld-
GRAFTON Of the case. the Jury decided
that il Florence with the face that
she carries about with her. could yet
money from visitor. she Is entitled
20 II, or words to that effect. She was
acquitted.
only one case was tried In the Seven.
tecnth district court yesterday, and
one IL set for today. This win wind
up the criminal work of this court,
with the exception OF two or three
cases set for days. one OF these Is
Frank c. Ware, set for the 2lst of
this month.
When court opened the first Monday
In September there were 1Oi cases ON
the docket, ready for trial or have
been ducketed during the sittinr of
the court, or these cpsOs forty were
In some manner Disposed Of Nine 81
them were dismissed on motion of the
county attorney; sixteen were con-
tinued; some We're passed. four were
acquitted and four We're convicted
The following list shows the disposi-
ton OF every ease.
Mary Mcpherson. incest. dismissed.
|. Henderson Sparks. burglary, CON
tinucl
J. q Williams, assault to murder.
dismissed.
Tom Reedy, ombe1Jer7nt passed.
l.. II. Thompsur r rler. dismissed.
~ r. walker toFSt.V. continued.
i, NJ. Barnett ir Cling. passed.
Laura Bates, THEFT from person. con-
tinued.
c. h, FUR, swindllng dismissed.
Walter Gilbert, seduction passed
Il, II. Croswell. removing mOrtgaged
property from the state, continued.
Henry Saunders, perjury. dismissed.
Carl Frank Fisher forgery, dis
missed
John Mantle. perjury. continued.
j. b. Hamilton, disposins OF mort
gagged property, continued.
G. T.. Vance, embeazlement, con-
W. p. Thomas perjury, continued
ID, c. TrgE, neglect OF official duty
| ana malteasanCe la office. continued
], NJ. Gore embeIzlcment, cpntln "a.
continued
G; II Edwards. swlndllns. not
" Z. Saunders, theft, not guilty.
w. C.. Brown. conversion OF Esoper-
~. ten days In jail and $25.
ANNIE flelds, perjury, dismissed.
Minnie Ward, perjury, dismissed
G. {. Hutcheson. swludllng, two
years
y. y. Ansel, abortion continued
Ambrose Corbin. incest mistriai.
Perry II. Thornley,. passing a forged
| instrument, two years.
Al Cornelius, alias James I'M, big
| amy, dismissed.
Blil Flynn, theft. continued.
Dick Hill, THEFT. continued.
w p. Thomas, perjury. continued.
Frank Ware, murder, set for Octo-
| Der n
j. \. Rippey, murder. transferred to
the Forty-elghth district court
Walter Neal theft Of a horse. FIVE
| years,
Florence Mccomus. theft from the
/ person, acquitted.
Horace Arlington alias II. J. Jones.
| theft transferred to the iTorty-eigth
/ district col,rt
6. n Edwards, swlndling. contin-