Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-08
WILD EYED
Was Frank FaSSett in That
Gun Play.
A GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION BY THE
DEALER HE HELD UP.
ON HABEAS CORPUS
NAT cRAMER SAYS STRONG HELD
HIM WHILE FossITr TOOK
THE MONEY.
Loui, Napoleon Jack Fled Through
the Hack Door While Fassett
Waved His Weapon.
ON HABEAS CORPUS

Jim Strong and Frank Tassett np-
peared before Judge Harris IN the
18th district court, asking through
their attorneys for release on writ OF
habeas corpus from their imprlson-
ment under the charge OF robbery al
legged to have been committed by them
at the Board Of Trade and Cabinet sa-
looms by holding up the faro tables In
the gambling halls OF those two
places.
Nat Cramer was the FIRST witness
placed on the stand. He told how
Strong and Fassett had come u9 into
the hail Mt the Board OF Trade and
how Strong had held him while Fnsset
had gone to the cash drawer and taken
out between three and four hundred
dollars. Continuing. the witness de-
scribed how Fassett, as he backed out
OF the door, covered the dealer, Louis
Napoleon Jack. with his revolver. and
then. when Jack ran. waved his re.
volyer at the crowd in the rom and
called out:
Maybe some OF you - ----
don't like this" Fassett had Teen M
there Just before ana lost $500 or t2a5 IN
cash and had been credited with nbout
5000 FasEett, the witness aid, was
gambler and had been dealing faro
himself His reputation for honesty
was good. He was drinking, While
Strong was holding Witness he de-
clarCd that witness had been doing
him up and taking the bread out 81
his mouth, and now he was getting
even. Tho two men. Strong and Fns'
seit had gone on together aftcr the
robbery.
r. J. Hlllman was then introduced
and related circumstances nj the affair
mt the Cabinet. when Fassett had come
up there alone and compelled him TO
count out three hundred dollars, 'he
amount OF money which he had lost
there that night.
Describing the situation ut the mo-
inent Fassett appeared to him Wien In
the act OF making his remarkable gun
play, the witness said that Fassett rose
from the table, and as he rose, he
drew his gun, and polntlp" n NJ the
dealer, he said: "GlvC me that money"
His lips were dulverlng and hla
eyes were as bright as diamonds" con-
tlnueh the witness who then related
how he had told Fassett TO take the
money himself ana Fassett had told
him 10 count out the three hundred
dollars which he had thon done. when
Fassett went down stairs, lie was
drinking and seemed like n wild man.
The three hundred dollars was the
amount FHssett had lost In nlaving
there during the night. After the three
hundred dollars was counted out to
him there was seven or eight hun
drcd dollars left In the drawer.
L. N Jack, the dealer at the Iinard
or Trade, was then called and related
the circumstances OF the occurrence
about as described above.
when tho taking Of Mr. Jacks teqti-
mnny was concluded. the case was
passed until noon TODAY, when the
hearing OF testimony viii be resumed.
In the Interesting contention heiv, en-
the attorneys the state takes the
position that this II not n bnllaple care,
being one In which robbery IN alleged
10 have been perpetrRted with tire
arms. and that II comes wilhin the
amended statute which makes su,h n
robbery a capital ortensn. The de-
Tense claims II was no robbery, being
simply an attempt to recover property
unlawfully taken away, The eNamInR-
tion OF the Witnesses II very exhaustive
and quite a number of witnesses have
been subp0enaed