The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-05

and a cheap gold plated watch from iick-
| maa Freeman. The negroes We're IN the
| habit of going TO and leaving the boat at
all hours OF the night and day-soniet tines
| sleeping there on a pallet made OF wagon
| sheets. After leaving the mouth OF boREy
che boat moved down to Arthur city.
| where II remained FOR Il day or two. some
| supplies were purchased there While AT
| Arthur Maddox visited this city. Here ne
iell In company with Paul Arplegite' the
| is-vear-old son of George Appegdte. VINO
was u remarkably Intelligent boy, but VINO,
| Notwithstanding his age was II veritabie
tramp, having travelled n box cars nearly
all over ahc United States, Maddox per-
| suWied the boy TO 90 with him and during
their stay at Arthur tramp came along
| and Joined them. He was heavy set man
| about 40 years old. with red complex on.
| red hair, a stubby mustache and ovcr-shot
teeth; ON the evening Of November Il the
boat left Arthur and went down the river.
| on the Territory side. People on the Texas
| side saw It there but paid no attention to
until TIM Carrier made his horrible
discovery OH the morning of the sith,
twelve days after 1t left Arthur city.
United States Marshal Williams and his
deputies Immediately brought all OF the
| energy and skin TO bear In ferrctiug out
the perpetrators Of so fiend,sh Il crime.
| When II was reported to the department
If Justice at Washington Attorney Cen
| eral Harmon authorized "A reward of 500
! for the arrest and convection OF the muir
| ierers. one or two suspects were arrest
ed but soon satisfied ~ officers that they
/ were TOT me guilty parties. MarSnal W III
| iatns was convinced at the start that the
| CRIME was committed by negroes. He ar
! rived at this conclusion from the manner
III VIII IN the murders were committed.
| The motive hal evidently been robbery,
! unG II is characteristics OF the negro race
! to XIII tn tr victims before robbinr them
! The fact that tho mtirderrrs had slept on
I "A pallet apart from that of th, head men
| when thrra VS. plcnlv of rootn Tor three
| of four more ON thnir bo1 and ,vl los ,yhn
I had siaiJ nh nipbt an tbe hno, hnd siout
/ with them wns anothor cnnfirmntion az
! this thno,t WIN s,nu,',r,,,'t ,,,,t rl,y,,
tborouehi,, - fei ~ "' hdl i',',,1
IN. ri',Ii ,,e r., r, me naH ~.
~ of9ii 70, 80 N"' ,.i- .t ,, .,.''..,'
| !,s,,i u..,nl.,'t NtIt 'lla, lpi SnorlE anu
~ h,i',.H 'i pro- s.ufi 70 their homes
/ 81 Nv H'tisS ,Hst OF ''oodHthu /. =, sta-
, .i;a Oh t,,e -. LOUIS ana san rrhn ,lSco
| iu.l run, nN, iWeiN E-'lgh' niles hoftn OF iar.s,
anu arrested thy n. Williams louri sew
tiai druci"s OF clotnlng ~ their possession
thlt mad belonged to the men on the boat,
/ - Wei as the watch and winchester that
Maddox hal won from Hickman Freeman
and Silss Ice. Fin route here freeman
broke down and told all about T.
iho bodies of Ed T. tauady. jeff Mad
doN, Paul Applegate and the unknown
nan were guarded for two or three d.iys
on the boat and then buried on the bank
of the river. only y short distance from
the place whore they we're so fotIly tniir-
dercd The dog than ha1 konf h,r r1it H.
ful and lonely Viuil nver mo l,oJ for ,,,,
days and nights was brouuht hero AMI
kept bV peniIfv M,rsho1 t,hs'.,ir
tness ava 40
The Federal grand iurv which u,,s If,
sFItag.