San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-21
NEWSY BITS OF LOCALS FRESH
FROM THE BAYOU CITY.
The Lewis SensatiOn-Legislativc Visit
The Charter Wrangle Weddings,
, Suicides, Gossip, Etc.
CORRESPONDENTS Sunday Light.

ldN lltus ltt@LtIOu ny AAAN Jul III N4A~
case of the State vs. Lewis Williams
for the murder of Capt. I. B. Baker
The verdict was not rendered till near
~ six O'Clock in the evening, but word
of it flew around Ike wild fire and
nothing was talked of that nigGt or
the next day. On every side were
heard expressions Of regret that such
a verdict should have been rendered
and Of perfect confidence in the ne
grOs Innocence. Old and experience
ed lawyers declared their co@vicsen
that Williams WIS not guilty, or if
guilty, that he had not been proven
guilty.. All agree that the principal
witness for the 'state-two half breed
detectives from the Indian territory
We're utterly unworthy of credence.
The case rested almost entirely on
the testimony OF these two men and,
that being stricken out, the state
must have failed to make the shadow
Of a case. The colored population are
especially indignant and claim that
there is oEe law for the White man and
another FOR tire black. A subscrip-
ton list IS being vigorously raised for
williams further defense.
A curious feature in the Williams
ease is the fact that the prisoner first
came under suspicion through a dream
which he claimed to have had. When
me made his appearance the morning
after the murder, he said that he had
'dreamt that Capt. Baker was dead.
He was arrested, but afterward was
released ara went to the territory,
where he tIl in with these ha3f breeds,
who, after living with him for months,
delivered him into the hands of the
law, claiming that he had confessed to
them.
Mayor Race and the aldermen look
glum. They pottered and tinkered
with the cay charter to their hearts
delight, but they had no idsEz that any
one else WAS drawing up amendments
to it, too. When the Legislative COM
mittee Of the Business league present
ed a report, (Which viii be pushed at
and salaries of all the civic. officials be
cut down with a Wholesale hand, their
faces heightened and they began TO
feel ''sorter sorry they'd spoke" The
business men are in dead earnest, how
ever, and mean business.
The Legislative assembly have come
and gone, and, whether either they or
the city was much the better for their
visit, is an, open question. At any rate
they werE treated right royalty and
went away pleased. They were break
tasted at the Lawler and then board
ed the train for Clinton, where they
took to the water and visited the San
Jacinto battlefield. Here they had
speeches and a general celebration, re-
turning in the evening 10 Houston,
where they were again entertained.
At first 1t mad not been their intentiOn
to come back to Houston, but, there
was so muth disappointment express
ed at this decision, that, on their trip
down the bayou, they graciously ac-
cepted Mayor Rice's invitation to ac-
cept Houst0n's hospitality.
Matrimony is on the boom here
again apparently. About Christmas
time there was a strong fun market
in hymeneal stocks, but in January
there was a falling off. This week,
however, the bears again went TO the
wall and there was a large demand
for licenses. There were no less than
four weddings Wednesday night.
The spring and the suicide epidem-
&c are coming in together. Friday
there were two victims Of the epide1n
ic-particulars of which We're tele-
graphed the Light. Clayton, who
chose the Capitol hotel as his jump
ing place and Mrs. II. H. Bruins, who
preferred a low saloon. Both chose
the morphine route, but Mrs. Bruins
did not reach the end of her journey.
There was a sensation in the Fair
i o., ,fV~1 aV1N
Monday night, when Mrs. r. /. Fea-
CELL and a hired man, Bob Perry, fired
three shots at R. I. Feagell. Feagell
entered the house late at night in his
stocking feet, and was run out and
chased down the road, followed by
three shots. All three were arrest
ed and considerable food for scandal
unearthed.
The social horizon is still dull and
will be till about March l, when the
Emmett rifles give a grand ball in
Turner han.
The trial of Ed. Underwood and Otto
Burger, both of whom were charged
and acquitted at the December term Of
the court of the murder of A. A. Ra
buck, and who are now on trial for
holding up and robbing Ed. Sachs at
the pistol point-a capital offense I'M
der the new statutes still dragging
it's weary way along. There is a
strong prejudice against the prisoners
in the city, as few had any doubt but
of their guilt in the Rabuck murder,
and the attorneys for the defense star
ted the trial by a motion for a change
of venue Numbers of witnesses were
examined but the motion was overrul-
The selection of a jury is proving very
tiresome and it is almost certain
that the special venire of 100 men will
be exhausted before the necessary
twelve are secured.
The body of Geo. ROwald, whose
mysterious disappearance on Saturday
last was told in the Light, was found
yesterday afternoon floating in the
Bayou. He no doubt committed sui
eide. His wife is terribly broken
down.