Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-02

that district was assaiIed by the mob
with bitter and cruel taunts to the
eject that the courts Of that state could
not be relied upon TO enforce the law
and punish criminals A malicious and
deliberate second thought formulated
the conclusion that this was dangerous
ground upon which to seek to Justify
mob violence In Texas. and the daily
papers. especially the Fort Worth Ca
zettc and the people OF Wichita Fails.
In their wiarom and malice undertook
to SHIFT the odium OF these outragcs
and the responsibility for these crimes.
on another. and almost defenseleas
people; SO with the ineffablc and cold
hlocded nurontery. characteristic of
tho lordly outlaw. the Gazette and the
people of Wichita Falls insisted that
the mob came out OF that work whittier
than snow, end that the people OF the
indian Territory are the criminals
who ought TO be held to account by the
country for the killing OF the cashier
ana the two robbers
Now hope 10 establish by the record
all these assertions as | go along. on
the End day OF March. 1895. there WIS
call eesaion Of the wichita Falls mob.
the purpose OF which was TO unload on
the people OF the Indian Territory the
responsibility for the wrongs perpe-
trated by that community. for the
inefficient courts ana officials OF Texas
anu tif NatltssnetN OF the RANGERS
who are paid by the state TO aid In the
enforcement OF the INV in that section
IL notified the public that the real
criminal had been discovered That
call session adopted certalh set OF
resolutions and n portion OF the decla-
ratious given TO the world at the call
session Of that mob read as follows:
Whereas, the brutal murder of
Frank Dorsey. cashier OF the city Ma
tional bank, one OF our best and most
inoffenalve citizens. by outlaws from
tho Indian Territory and tho e',Nse-
quent lynchlng OF them by indignant
citizens, demand that prompt and de-
oisiyc action be taken by all the people
OF TeSasi Arkansas, Mi,rOurl Okla
Z homa and KarsnA, looking TO the set
/ tlment and civilization OF the Indian
4 Territory that has no long been and
! Hflll is the rendezvous Of lavness
I element OF nt-throits and rnurtierers
that continually rob anl xiii the In
offensive citizsns who inhabit tho
states hardening on said territory; be
I IL therefore
Resolved. /. That It Il the sense Of
4 fhis citizens meeting that the federal
I government IL Responsible FOR the rom
/ dltion or affairs that exist In the Terri
tory and along It's borders and for the
murders and the action OF outrng ed
citizens 10 resortlng TO lynch law In
sclfdc,cnse.
?. We call upon the state governs
ments of the northwestern states to rise
IN their right and demand that tho
Territory be opened to settlement TO
tho white man TO the end that the
headquarters OF those muriarcrs be
broken up and the people along the
borders be spared the crimes that are
continually being perpetrated upon
them"
on the sth Of March. the president Of
tho mob, aud the secretary. rrouui-
gated an onen letter to the people OF
TcNRa. Afkansas, Mlsrouri and okla
homa. In which they charge .hc law
lessnese and crime which prevail In
TcyaE-hy their own ndmissions--tp the
people 81 the Indian Territory. and say
that the Federal government Il to
blame FOR malntainT IN that country o
resort for fugltives from iustire and
they call upon the people IN the Sec
tons named 10 ioin with them IN an
effort to secure from congress proiec-
lion from Indian Territory outlaws. ana
they Rhameiessly and impiously sug-
gcst that the ministry OF the country
ptench the miserable nlnndcr they have
originated, ard requested that on Sun
day, March Is, from their pulplts. faunt
the gilded and fragrant falsehoods
which these people have given to the
world They oxprcss In this address
their thenka 70 the papers OF Tesss
and the st, Louis press for placing the
blame for the recent murders and rob.
tory.
Then again on the i'm Of March
there was another call session OF ihe
Wiehlta Falls mob. which In due form
ana with great unanimlty. addressed
10 2 weary public another set OF reso-
iiuuons. In which that people call upon