San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-02-16
PRIZE FIGHT PROSPECTS ABOUT
BUSTED.
GALVBsTONs DEMOCRATS EQUALLY
DIVIDED ON THE BURNING
QUESTION.
Dallas Murderer Gets Twenty Years-Jail
Delivery-Boy Murderer Heavily Bonded
A Sin Killer Sued for Divorce-Texas
County OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Legal Hang
ings-MerChant Murdered.
JAIL BREAKING.

JAIL BREAKING.
s7 BARsTow, Tex, Feb. l5.-LSpe.
ciall-Two white men and a Next.
can escaped from the county jail,
through help from parties on the
outside.
THEY ARE TO BE HUNG.
GEORGETOWN, Tex, Feb. 10
Especial. Matt. Mootry and Al.
bert Rolly, colored, were sentenced
today to be hung March Goth for
the murder of Andrew Pickrel, the
Bohemian, near Circleville, this,
Williamson county, May 8, 1895.
FAILURE AT BRAZoRIA.
BRAZoRIA, Tex, Feb. l5.-[Spe-
ciall w. J. Hogarty assigned to-
day naming A. B. Krause as trus-
tee; liabilities $l,217.
BUSINESS CRASH.
HOLLAND, Tex, Feb. 15.-[Spe-
cial. I-E. B. Wessinger & Son, gen.
eral merchants, made an assign.
ment today to NJ. L. Lanford, trus-
tee. Indebtedness is placed at
$1,000.
A HEAVY BOND.
SHEPARD, Tex, Feb. 15.-[Spe-
cIall-Ware MCGOWAN, 16 years old,
who killed P. III. Robbins, at Point
Black, has given $4,000 bond.
CAN'T WHIP IN ABILENE.
ABILENE, Tex, Feb. 15,-[Spe-
ciall-The democratic executive
committee of this county refused
to follow the suggestion of Chair.
man Dudley by setting March q
as the time for holding the county
primaries. This date was selected
without division.
THE STATE COMMITTEE FOLLOWED
MExIA, Tex, Feb. 15.-[Special..
The democratic executive com
mittee, of Limestone county, has
ordered the democratic primaries
to be held in strict conformity
with the rules and regulations
promulgated by the state execu'
tive committee.
A WHITE RAPIsT.
ABILENE, Tex, Feb. 15.-[Spe-
cial1-Considerable excitement pre-,
walls at Arson, Jones county, over
the arrest of T. G. Crandall, fol
rape, alleged to have been COM
mitted upon his sister-in-law, IL
wears of age. Crandall is white
and has a wife and one child.
A ''sIN KILLER" IN TROUBLE.
FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. To-
Especial -Luvernia Griffin, wife Of
the negro evangelist "Sin Killer
Griffin, has fled suit for divorce
against him. She alleges aban
Comment.
MCKINLEY, GRANT AND Quincy.
MCKINNEY, Tex, Feb l5.-[Spe
ciall-In the county republican
convention, Mckinley scored a
complete victory over Reed today
John Grant was endorsed anC
Quincy eulogized.
LICKED THE PROFESSOR.
WAXAHACHIE, Tex, Feb. 10
ISpeciall-F Dunlap, Is
yesr-old pupil OF the Park school,
was called into the office OF Supt
Ryan to receive lecture about bac
behavior. While in the office the
professor told the boy he needed a
whipping aud started toward him
when the student seized a heavy
stick and felled the professor to the
floor. An ugly cash was cut across
the professors head and necessitat
ed calling physician.
MEXICAN RAILWAY SHOPS BURNED
EAGLE PASS, Tex, Feb. 15.-kSpe
cial. machine shops, power
house and boiler house, of the
Mexican International railroad, a
G. p. Diaz, Mexico, were burnet
this morning. The origin of thu
fire is not known, but owing to thu
fact that the strike is still on
there are many rumors of incen
diarism, but as the strikers arr
peaceable and quiet, and offered
no interference or have shown M
bad humor, it is not believed thai
they are in any way responsible
for the fire.
The loss is estimated at from
$4,000 to 100000. The electri
plant, which cost $4,000, is tota
{ loss. The shops wele equippe'
with the best improved machine
~. Two locomotives, undergone
Rirs, were in the burnt build
work Of cleariI away tn
preparatory q Apilding
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