Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-08
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.lzfxT THE GAzrI-rE REPORTERS
HEARD AND SAW YESTERDAY
Ae Near aud Lion Fight Again Poet
,ohsa-.Jrho OLD DarIsy's Idea Of she
,old snap--A Famous speech ns-
.aiied--1he Tennessee Middle.
IA gentleman recently from blizzard
,4icken Kansas remarked to reporter
sterdny while the thermometer was
z It's lowest point Of the day; do you
ow that people down here don't ana
b not realize fully what sure enough
szard h? They call this extremely
l,ld weather. but am positive when
IA you they don't know what cold
,athcr is--that Is. they have certain
never In their lives suffered the bit
n. pangs OF cold weather such as tue
|tople OF my state are at this momont
lHduring. i confess the weather mere
q last few days has been n little
billy for this section. but where many
or people almost freeze In Tesas' In
itbraska they DO freeze. and many OF
1n freeze to death. TOO. People here
ia extremely fortunate as far as the
.tremity OF the cold weather - con-
gfned. and, with Texas vast area OF
.Ncultivated domain, IL does peshl
'irange 10 me that every foot OF vacant
ricuitural land In tins state h,ts
IN been taken up long ago. The tfou-
IL about ills. however, 10 because
.ere n a great number OF people IN
= older and colder states who are not
laneially able TO move here, out as
~ HoeH on (lf the people OF the Lone
ar state will attend strictly 10 dust,
Us, and l think they Will this VIII
4 remcdied."
Iii heard one OF the assistants TO the
innty attorney spoil u fine quotation
,sbm grept law speech" aaid u Wen
Town Fort WOrthite to reporter II
n days ago. MANY OF your readers
!, N remember 1t. l have no doubt, The
ltntieman wished to make his argu-
Tint picturesque and quoted the
,iroration OF one OF the greatest law
Deches l ever heard. Ho told the
Try Il wss from Sargent ). PrentiBa,
M the fact ID the great Mississippi
lihtor was thousand miles away
ben those words electrified n Louis
le jury. MIR. Us memory played
n false In this Instance and he got
y famous Ward murder case OF
uisvillc, and another big criming,l
se tried at Lebanon, KY, mixed.
L al a l. .
eenh at Lebanon. but the lawyer
10 uttered the words / heard quoted
ifew days ago was Matt Carpenter. OF
iBconaln. who died representing his
ate In the United states senate.
bite mistake you see. But It had
eject on the jury Just ns II tho
NOR had been correctly named"
YAnd then the reporters informant boz
Inc reminiscent and resumed. 1.-The
Use l have IN mind was one OF the
leatoat IN tho criminal annals OF
,pntucky. a man named Ward. an
Unpopular fellow, shot down young
ikcher named Butler In what might
called cold blood Feeling ran high
the "Falls city against him and IL
Illuired all the influence and all the
bney of his family to get him ne-
gifted. He employed every one OF the
isat Kentucky lawyers Of national
putntion, including Ben Hardin, John
Crittenden. Tom Marshall and
reral others. The prosecution had
~ out Of the state to get man
hose abilities they could hope to even
tsct tho genlua OF these giants, md
Tally settled upon Matt Carpenter.
irpenter came and twas this speech
Pt sent him TO the senate. Even
Gntuckians used 10 hearing Crittcn-
n Geal sledge-hammer blows Ia the
Ifllt room ind Tom Marshall, like tho
! sle OF tho Apennines, battle his
limaGe In the clouds with his eyes on
sun, were forced to admit His
Fqnenee and force. But Hardin and
llttonden's logic and Marshalla
aveniy eloquence and sting
tg sarcasm had their way
ma Ward was made free.
came near being hanged by u mob
forwards, however. and had 10 leave
,ta state IN n hurry. Ito went to Kan
vs. and afterwards drlftcd down into
Nap. 1 don't know whether he /.
ing yet or not"
ipealslng TO one another yesterda,
tnning on North Main street, one Ole
srley said TO the other: abe wo
itu think bout dis wether9' Wen
tSalis you wot. Jim, II could keep from
sf would not think OF 1t At all. VIVA
have foun out bout de weather o
lsiiny an yesterday / would like 4
get You am right" said Jim, a.
et drew himself up into q knot re-
l,nbling short a, at am no cold On
Keeps a feller's face dirty ali d
fpe" The truthfulness OF tho oil,
5ltErooH remarks chuHed the reporte
Slt give a knowing smile as he passc,