Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-24
Was Cleaning His pistol. which Tx
pioded-stenmrrr 10 Colon.
Texans Gone East.

OF people visited the establishment from
carly this morning Until , o'clock tnis
afternoon, when the remaine wecc shipped
TO Houston. whore they will be Inferred.
Among the visitors at the undertaking
establishment was Mrs, LaRosc Sac came
with Sheriff Albert pirks ana It was at
her urgent request that he took her.
Attended by the sherir She walked to-
ward the corpse, and catching mold of "A
handkerchief which concealed his face
from view she liftqd II aside.
Then scene was enacted that mado
strong men for n moment weak. My
God, my God" she soobcd aloud. my
poor Al" And size fell upon the corpse
and wspt "HO VIII never come back 10
me again" she added,
Mrs. LuRose suddenly rccled and had
It not been for the strong arm OF shern
DirlSs she would have fallen to the floor.
She had tainted.
Attendants rushed forward and glass
Of water was thrown Into her face About
three minutes intervercd and thea fhc
partially reRalncd consciousness ~ this
Junnturo her sister put IN un appearance
aad the sight Of Mrs. LaRose's condition
made her weep. The TWO sisters tm-
bracod each other and cried as Il their
hCurts would break,
Then she swooned away uguin and
Sheriff pirks carried her down stairs.
Upon rcguining CONSEQUENCES she at
tempted to 70 up staira 10 take a farewell
look at her husband. but was prevented,
Then she strupglod TO free herself aud
trding this useless she screamed aloud
ana her cries could be heard ulo'k
away.
As quickly as possible Sheriff nirks
tendcrlv lifted hcr In carriage and she
was driven to the jail,
Prior TO Mrs. LaRoso's visit to the
corpse Hh0 was seen by "A Post reporter
IL
She converscd with him for ID few scc.
onds u response to "a question us 10 how
she was feeling she replied; ~ am iil
lave not partalSon Of food since my con-
fu,mont IN this Jail. and feel very weak.
This morning l had presintlment. At
$50 o'clcSk | awoko from my couch with
scream, ! dreamed that ~ was dead.
Some one Whispered II TO me, aud OH how
curious ! felt | tainted away twice An
hour and half later | learned tho ncwp
Of his death, My dream was true"
when she related aer tale to the re-
porter she Was IN a highly uervoua state
ard frequently stopped and drew long
bfcaths
II mu1t 10 now" she said ~ want to
SOC Al Tor the last time" Then size went
mp stoirs and prepared herself Tor her
visit TO tho corpse.
Mrs LaRose, durlng tho interview,
showed tho reporter several brulsea on
blows administered by her husband
In the recorders court this morning,
County Attorney Brad Hancock called tho
courta attention 10 the doath OF MIR.
LnRose nEd the case Of assault 10 murder
p,ofrrred against Emma LaRosc was mol
pressed aud charge OF murder mndo
Instead.
To>ay Judge Barry held an Inquest ON
the body and J, y. Mayer Mrs. Phllisune
Lahore and Mrs a. Meyer were exam.
ined.
After hearing the evidence Iudtc Barry
r, ndered u verdict that LaRoso came to
his death from a gunshot wound indicted
by Mrs. Emma La7ose.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Robert NJ. IIutchngs was fatally shot
this morning while cleaning revolver.
He was In his room at tho Hutchings
residence on avenue q und Twcnty-nlnth
street, and II 10 presumed that In hand-
ling the weapon II went on, the BAH en-
tering just above the heart. lie lived only
short time after he was shot
There WIS no one with him at the time.
Nelso Anderson was ono OF the iirst to
reach Mr.. lIutohlngs' side after he was
shot. lie says that Hutchlnga was lying
on the floor holding his hand over his
heart and when he entered the room MI.
Hutchlngs exclaimed: 81 am going to die.
Go for the doctor"
his head. just about this time Mrs. Hutch
ings, his mother, entered the room and
Anderson hurried away for a surgeon.
MIR, Hutchings lived but very short
time. Shortly after his death Justice Barry
was summoned and held an inquest, and
the following testimony was taken.
Robert w. Shaw testified that deceased
was constantly experimenting with and
handling fire arms.
Thomas ]. Ballinger was sworn and
testified that deceased was OF an unusually
happy disposition. Witness was with him
on the evening before from 10 o'clock.
Deceased WINS In particularly happy
state OF mind and entirely FREQ from any
dependency They arranged to drive down
sunday morning and put their horses on
tho track.
John Hutehlngs, Jr., testified that his
brother was In the habit OF cleaning hts
guns and he presumed It exploded. The
pistol was lying on tho floor near tho
dead man when he arrived.
Justice Barry rendered a verdict that
the deceased came 10 his death from a
gunshot wound, inflicted by himself, ac-
cldentally.
Mr.. Hutchirgs was tho son Of T. IT,
Hutchings OF the banking firm or Ball
Hutchings a. Co. He was vice president OF
Clarke & Courts, printers and statloners
with which institution he had been con.
neoted for some time. lie was 81 years
OF age and unmarried.
The funeral will occur tomorrow after
noon at o'clock from the Hutchlngs resi-
dence.
sTEAMyRs TO COLON.
Commission Denison OF the Galveston
Freight Bureau has been quietly at work
for some months endeavorlng TO secure
steamer service between Galveston and
Colon and great deal Of correspondence
has passed between him and the officers
of the Panama Railroad company upon
the subject. Everything looks favorable
for the establishment Of the service and
II Is quite probable that the steamers Of
that line VIII soon begin TO ply between
the ports mentioned. telegram from
New York this morning announces that
the new line Is being formed.
TEXANS GONE EAST.
Tie following were passengers on the
Mallory line steamer concho yesterday
for New York: Misses Emily and Mar
garet Labadie, ]. Hearne. Mrs. Otto
Fischer. Mrs. ]. ". Fredericks and her
daughter. Mra. John Hail, Mrs j. n,
ROSE. Measrs. Thomas n. Cray. II. a.
Seitz, g. H. Starr. NJ. Bailey Jr., g. u.
Keaby. I. Cohen. j. q. Sutton. Pablo
Gomez. w. Tweedy Robcr. q. Aber-
nathy. A. Moses. Alex Sampson. j. n.
Coleman and w. N. Heuberry.
The following passengers are acheduie1
to arrive on the Mallory liner Lsona on