Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-30
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
THE CITY SEXES THE BEACH HOTEL,
''",nE tho building Untu Back Taxes
are P"id-1he Pensacola SIN
Aground-Tntes Poisor

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several days The cpse was yiven m tho
Jury about 10 o'clock last nlvh, ana
30 .1eht was not reached unti; about
| nnno,,,,5 o. i'.,Hopn When the verdict was
| s,ou"csn the audience which thronPed
.he court room burst into arnIa,se. when
Sne olhcers could not at once stipnress
S'e Vi tfe spectators Davidpc n by name
shsieu olt frum the Others ns an examine
mas nhed s25. As sron as those around
ssi.uerstood what had BEEN done they went
uoWh IN their pockets and in less than
I'VE minutes had brought out money
enough TO pay and could have produced
enough apparently, to raw the nne soy
erai times over Young Davidson. VINO
~uS ohly httle too enthusiastic. was re-
leased from custody and Instructed IA
appear before the bar of the court tomor-
uw' II Is understood the Jury Oh leaving
me box ftood ten for ncaulttal, one for
conviction OF manslaughter and one for
murder IN the second degree. A verdict
Oh acqtlttal was generally expected bv
Ihoss ahout the court room when tn. turv
hrSt retired, but after the Jury had bean
OUT some time without a report, the yer
uict came in as something OF surprise.
DIED FROM sTRYcHNINE.
About 2'6 o'clock this afternoon a teIe-
phone message was received Mt police
neadquarters that Julia Smith. n colored
- il"u ,uheh an overdose OF strych-
lin ana p,,,.,,,, Mnaon ann othcers cur
IN Mnrr., 49,. , ~ 70 nv residence
and Thir,v. tbir5 s,roo,. NJ NJ ah.rly-s so
| a,,.,,,a, ~ Hu ect'' w men inc oincers
ton. As soon as possible shc ~9a iif,ed
INTO the wagon, aud on the way TO the
hospital she expired. The woman suffered
intense pain and It was with difficulty
! That tho officers got her into the wagon
AS soon as she died the body was taken
10 the undertaking establishment of Levy
Bros, ana Coroner Barry was notified.
me deceased was about 32 years OF age
ana ~ supposed 10 have taken the poison
with suicidal Intent. Justice Barry viewed
the body and summoned the witnesses to
APPEAR before him at o'clock tomorrow
morning,
UNITED STATES coI,r,r
IL ,,o - a., O..
ossao,a,,o,, ,,,, VI ~ 81 IoulS brewing
mandate was resolved bv tns c,sr,, o oli IN, q
circuit court OF this district from The cir
cult court Of appeals. reversing ana re-.
mAndlng said cause, with Instructions 10
award Il new trial, The case was decided
in the United States court at Galveston
on March %, 1895. In favor Of the plnintir
for SjiSS,96 against defendant George
Hayes aud the defendants, n. Bohn. Geo.
Schwoebel and II. c. Hurst. An assign.
tnent of error was filed IN the case OF
Jacob Sonnentheil VS.. the Christian Moer-
lein Brewing company, and also nm np-
plcation for writ OF error to the United
states circuit court OF appeals at New
....
siooIEk IN COURT
Louis Hunt. who was shot a few days
ago, appeared In the recorders court this
morning as a complaining witness against
Willie Mcpherson. charging him with as
sault with intent to murder Hunt testi-
fled that he was standing on "A corner
near Tenth and avenue l. when Mcpher-
son, without any provGcation, approached
him, pulled revolver from his pocket and
shot at him, The first shot passed through
the crown OF HUNTS hat, Hunt clinched
McPherson and Mcpherson ired two more
or,,, 'nit NicPbers wna held in The sum
of t9oo for his nnnearanee before the grand
~, t1n,b tbn nnr,ira nre rolnred
mr., p,,,s,cor orr
lhD fhNSAoOl|N w
The steamer Pensacola, which went
aground of the State quarantine ware
house Sunday night, has been Heated. An
attempt was made to get her OF win the
assistance OF the steam tug cynthia but
after several efforts this method was
abandoned, This morning the tuS tyH'hlh
towed the barge Rcbecc1 Goddard Ia tho
Pensacola and some OF me cargo OIL Goa,
~. ,,.,g.I baiug IuhteuaI able
az. "a, ia 10 ,h1s afternoon without amy
no .',.,,' u' 5a,,er
ee''ou' u"''' . -
EAcuhSloN 'oHifANi'
A company has been organized anl ar
ticles Of incorporation Will be sent to Aus
tin in n few days. for the purchase Of one
or moro plsnrure launches for eNcursionH
on the bay The officers of the company
are; Jane Hanna. president L.. J. Selny.
vie. president Julius w. Jockusch see
rotary and tren'urer. Directors the lore
gong ana 'n.hcr a,oot,nni,tsr,.
ana - =, - ra,r,,s r +
w L. Moouy, - 60, ~, n nna,,,as 80
betusoh tesp''li'' 's''eo ~
A. boHfehus'
STOCKHOLDERS MBDI'
rba stockho,ders of the Galyeston-DaIlas
News ni,bIisbinp comnanv. otherv,,ae A
u p.,o q ~ met In The editorial roons
a, ,ha Nswe todav ana elected the follow.
,nv d,ractors. A II Relo - q JenL,ns
r. a Lowe. r. Adoue and Frank Dore-
mus. Immediately after the stockholderH'
meeting the directors met ana elected the
following ofhcers' A. H. bclo, presidents
X. q. Lowe vice president, and i. w
Dealy, secretary and treasurer. The OIL |
cers and directors are the same as here !
tofore. no change having been made.
THE BUDGET COMMITTEE.
,-,,,r,,ar Fcrr,en of tho h,aret rom.
It'll aoa,t,v anpoin,ed bv Msyor t,,y
n bus,ly at work on the preparation Of a |
h,tduet IN he submitted 10 the council rhn |