Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-02
BUTCHERY OF THE PATNES.
Additional Particulars Regarding til,
Tragedy.
ROBBERY THE OBJECT or AssAssINs
The Result OF the inve.tisa,ion OF ths
Coroner aud the sheriff and
His Deputies.



When The report OF the murder OF Will
lam Payne and his wife reached the city
yesterday morning. the hour was 20 near
that at which The Post goes to pfuss that
full details were impossible. The readers
OF Tho Post. however. were given an ex-
elusive account. however. meagcr thot gh
II was.
When tho coroner's party reached thu
home Of the deceased sight OF q foul
crime lay before item. WI liam Payne was
found lying nenr tho door OF his stable
his throat cut from ear to ear. tho gaping
wound exposing the vital arteries o. that
portion OF thc bo =. mo lower lip had
been confused by heavy blow. and the
teeth OF the victim protrudcd through tho
flesh. Upon tho forehead was u fracture.
another being found at the back OF the
head. Continuing tho investigation further.
tho party found the wife OF the head OF
the household. Francis Payne. lying In
her bedroom, her head near Tho fireplace.
sho had been beaten about tho ,aoe and
her skull was fractured above tho right
eye. The entire place had. been gone over
by the ar'0ss!ns beds were overturned
and trunks and drawers opened for the
pu pose OF ptllagc,
Msru.s Decosta. sister OF the muir
dcred woman. was the only other
person at tho place at tho tlme or
tho tragedy. ono says tina, she heard
Payne near the stable tNlting to two mon
about 1880 O'Clock. tho subject under
discussion being a purehafe OF property
She knew nothing moro until she heard
u EroRn and cry from hcr sister, "W-itl-
lnm," necorting alarmed she run into tho
yard and stumbled upon tho prostrato
form OF the old man, lying ns described
above. When abe entered the house she
found tho corpse OF her sister.
Tho cause OF the murder was probably
robbery. William Payne was about Gu
years OF nge, his wife about Co. They have
accumulated u goodly amount OF thAs
worlds goods and enjoyed the luxurles
OF u suburban life quietly. All who know
| them speak Of them rs quiet inorGnsive
| oolorcd people who were liked by every
| one, and who had no enemies, Their homu
| wuA near the Emancipation grounds, out
| side the city limits, beyond tho Third
ward. II is about four milos from the
| city.
/ The bodies were brought 10 the city and
| taken 10 the undertaking department OF
| Ross a Wright and all yesterday the
| place was crowded with colCred people
| attracted by tho report OF tho double as
| snsanntion.
| Andrew and Washington Payne. broth
] ers OF tho dead man, arrived IN this city
| a. 1850 O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
nre arranging Tor the burial u their
brother. which 10 TO take place at rundy
Point, where they 1--we and whore he form
| erlv resided.
There is no clue NJ yet TO the assassin.
Two men were arrested on suspicion yes
tcrday morning. but "a they were able 60
prove that they were not implicated In
tho affair they were released.
sheriff Erickson Ia working on the case
and ondeavoring 10 locate the guilty party
or parties, He had prepared TO accompany
Chief OF Police Mcdonald US far as Birm-
inghpn. Int the murder OF tho two
negroes nccaRsitatod HIS remaining In
| IInuatan