Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-25
SARGENT WILL Be FREE TO-DAY.
THE COURT or CRIMINAL ArrEALs
REyERsEs uARRIs' DECISION.
Hail Fixed at sio,0oo-The WAL wells
Assault Case Today-JaciS McCon-
nell Sentenced for Two Years for
Theft From the Person.

On wednesday the court or criminal
appeals at Dallas reversed the ruling
Of Judge Harris, who refused bail to
Peter u. Sargent on habeas corpus
trial. Sargents bail was fixed at SlO-
600. The mandate Will be received to-
day and MIR. Sargent Will be free, as
he can readily give the required bail.
Two Years in the Pen.
Jack Mcconnell. jet black, heavy
set negro, was tried in the Seventeenth
district court yesterday on the charge
of theft from the person. one night
w, T. Whipple claimed he was sitting
In his buggy outside OF a saloon asleep
and Mcconnell came up and robbed
him OF about So in money and watch,
the value OF the property taken
amounting to something over $50. The
jury in the case brought In a verdict
OF guilty. with punishment fixed at
two years Imprisonment in the state
penltentiary.
VIII wells Cnse,
A case that will be tried In the Sew
enteenth district court today ls that of
VIII Wells. who IL charged with as
sault with intent to commit murder.
Wells was arrested several months
ago on the charge of shooting at elf
ford Aubrey and Frank Bryant in the
vicinity OF Hollands theater. and the
shot struck boy named Miller. Wells
will be tried today on the charge Of
assault upon clifford Aubrey. the other
two cases remaining against him.
For n Crushed Foot.
T.. s. Prentiss wants $4,000 damages
from the Fort Worth and Rio Grande
railroad company on account OF per-
sonnl Injuries prentiss was employed
by the railroad, and while engaged in
coupling freight cars his foot was
caught in the brake beam and crushed.
The trial of the case was commenced
yesterday In the Forty-eighth district
court.
Licensed to Wed.
The following marriage licenses were
issued at the county clerks Office yes
terday: John Foster and Nancy VIII
son, ]. j. Moggard and Llua Massa'u'
Figures Too High
All bids made for supplying the
metal furniture for the new courthouse
were rejected yesterday by the court OF
county commissioners, as the hgures
were considered too high. The com
missioners are still occupied IN the
work of examining the bids on the
wood furniture. and may come TO some
conclusion tomorrow.
Two Pearl stccIes.
Two women OF the same name, or
both claiming the same name, were the
4 contestants IN IuaAlLt 4AholAAn Wa
Wednesday. Their name was Pearl
Steel, one a resident on Jennings avenue
and the other a dweller in the Acre
The bone of contention between the
two Pearls was the horse and buggy
which was offered as a prize some time
ago by the Terry Dry Goods company
OF Houston street. Both Of the women
claimed that they had purchased goods
at the store and that they had received
tickets and each said she lost her
ticket. The number OF the ticket which
won the prize was 10,0is and the
coupon designated that 1t had been
drawn by Pearl Steel The Acre wo-
man has always been known as
Paralee steel, but she said her name
was Pearl all the same and claimed
that she was entitled to tho prize
Justice Adams decided that the horse
and buggy should belong to the
Jennings avenue Pearl Steele.
A Thrilling Experience.
Deputy Clerk L. d. Prather of the
| district clerks office had a thrilling eN-
! perience with an angry woman few
days ago, and many more such would
| turn his hair prematurely gray. The
woman rushed into the court room in
| breathless haste to prevent tho record
| ing of certain instrument which IT
was Mr.. Prathcr's duty TO record, and
| seeing the paper in the hands OF the
| young clerk she made a dash to seize
| 1t, and woman and deputy executed an
| impromptu waltz over the floor Of the
| apartment that filled the other clerks
| In the office with glce. Mr.. Prather
| held on 60 his paper, however, and told
| the woman that he was going 10 record
| 1t, even II he was compelled to invoke
| the aid Of big deputy sheriff to do so.
| The excited woman finally cooled down
| and Mr., Prather went on with his work.
Real Estate Transfers.
l.. W. Walk and wife TO ]. NJ. Rob
! bins, lots IL and l3. Grainger's second
! addition, 81.
| W. 4. Prestrldge to j, p. Ward, lot
| Il, block 6. Union Depot addition, $500.
South Fort Worth Land company to
| a. J. COnrod and wife. part OF lot 10 and
| lot 10, block 6, Lawn Terrace addition,
| 1896.
II. N. Hatcher. trustee, to II. j. Gold
berg lot o. block p. Fields Hillside ad-
| ditlon, $3.50.
Evcllnc Il, Edwards to John j. Holt.
/ part OF NJ. Il. p. Ry. Co. survey, $576.
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