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ATJSTUJ TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 23 1890.
NO. 36.
VOL. XIX.
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ANOTHER BLOODY AND STARTLING
CHAPTER IN THE KYLE TERRY-
GIBSON FEUD.
TEEEY SLAIN IS GALVESTON.
One
of the Gibson Brothers Firei a Shot
Which Pierces His
Heart.
TEEEY EXPIRES ON THE ST AIEWAY
LEADING TO THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT
COTTRT ROOM AMIDST THE
WILDEST CONFUSION.
JAYBIRDS AND WOODPEOKEES.
Judge Parker Pulls His Pistol but Did
Not Shoot Even the Prisoners
Were Armed.
Galveston January 21. This day was
set for the trial in the criminal district
court of the case of Kyle Terry charged
with the killing of Edward Gibson in Whar-
ton last May and the case of ex-County
Judge J. W. Parker of Richmond on a
charge of a murder alleged to have been
committed in Fort Bend county last fall.
Both of these cases had been brought to
this county on a change of venue on ac-
count of the intense feeling that prevailed
in Wharton and Fort Bend counties against
the defendants.
The cases were set down for to-day and
witnesses for both the prosecution and de-
fense had brought to the city a large num-
ber of the adherents of what is known as
the Jaybird and Woodpecker factions of
Ft. Bend county.
A large special venire of citizens had been
summoned for jury service in these cases to
appear at the court house at 10 o'clock.
A little before the time set for trial Vol-
ney Gibson J. R. Mitchell Wm. Little
William Andine Calvin Blakely Wm. Mc
Farland and Daniel Ragsdale attached
witnesses from Fort Bend county in the
Parker case accompanied by Sheriff Aten
of Fort Bend county entered the court
house and passed into the sheriffs office
on the south side of the hall near the main
entrance. Gibson spoke to Chief Deputy
Tieruan
ReQUKSTINO PROTECTION.
for himself and party and intimating that
he feared trouble if he and Terry should
meet. The deputy promised compliance
with his wishes and said he would lock
them un in a separate room adjoining the
criminal district court room so there would
be no possible chance oi contact Dy tne op
Tineinc factions.
This was Rfttisfactorv to Gibson and his
friends and as Deputy Tiernan stepped to
the door with the party on the way to the
room he was met by Lawyer Campbell who
requested his endorsement to a paper he
Was going to nie in tue couutjr uuuiu
nonntv Tinman with the remark: "Gen
n..n r will Ha wif.h vnn in a momflnt."
stepped back to the office to endorse the
paper leaving Gibson and his party stand-
ing outside the door. Just at this moment
Kyle Terry Judge Parker Judge Weston.
inhn Tiveiov. Dr. Gale and several
friends walked in. Terry. Lovejoy his at
torney Judge O. J. M. wesion ana ur.
aie wore the first to enter.
Some of the members of the party
stopped to greet some people about the
door. Terry however turned to the left
toward the stairway leading to the criminal
court room and had reached the third step
when Gibson wno was siauumg m mo uui-
. nf the hall next to the sheriff's office
fired. This shot struck Terry under the
OTraltf arm nansed through his heart frac
tured the fifth rib and passed out the left
side Terry as nestumuieu iurwn.ru uu ma
hands and knees on the step drew his pis
tol but was unabie to pun it aim.
DIED WITH THE WEAPON IN HIS HANDS
.A. a four o-acins. Another shot rang out
almost instantly after the first then a brief
lull when a regular iuiu irau. .
Deputy Sheriff Tierman had just raised
his pen to sign the document in bis hand
when he was startled by the first shot in-
tnf iw followed bvthe second. He dashed
n Hivw and seeing Gibson with a re-
in hi hand seized him but Gibson
i iiuuii whan the deDutv caught hold
of him again and was rushing Gibson down
the hall towards mo tuuinjr u-i
when he neara sunio uucav .
"Turn him loose damn youor I li drop
rCa Antv turned to confront this dan
.r r:;Ln hrnlce loose and ran down
? . u.n Tia d-rnitv. thinking he had
gone into the county court room dashed
fn there and out through the back door to
find Gibson in the custody of Detective Ca-1
hill who had run down the back stairs
from the criminal court room where the
Aiiedby'the detective and Policeman
Pierce. Deputy Tie man took Gibson into the
vault of the county clerk's office where a
Is improved colts 'freshly loaded and an
Italian dagger were taken from hun. The
lower story of the court room was by tbu
time filled with smoke and bare of clerks
and other occupants except the officers
who found the balance of the Gibson party
in the Sheriff's office except Ragsdale and
TWendid'navy revolver were taken
from J. R. Mitchell two from D. M. Rags-
cXand one each from W. E.Andrews and
W R. Little. After being disarmed the
party with Gibson were taken to jail. De-
fective Williamson who was with Detective
ColVill in the criminal clerk's office on the
third floor ran down the front stairway
while Cahill ran down the rear stairs
W illiamson was the first to reach Terry s
side and when he reached him he found
his right hand grasping for the weapon as if
injthe act of cocking but the hand of death
prevented his purpose.
WHEN THE SHOOTING BEGAN
Judge Parker sprang into a hallway on the
north eide of the stairway and was shortly
aft9r seen with his revolver drawn and
pointed toward Little one of the Jaybirds
who was trying to get over the jail fence
but was commanded not to shoot by Dep-
uty Sheriff Balfour when Parker put up
his gun and sought safety down town.
Besides the shot that killed Terry two
shots entered the Newell post near Terry's
head where he fell on the stairs. One
went through the door into the collector's
office: another through the partition and
two glancing shots pierced the plastering
near the ceiling where the Gibson party
stood when the battle opened. There is no
telling how many shots were fired but
there was enough to throw everything Into
the wildest kind of confusion and cause a
sudden adjournment of the various courts.
These in brief are the details of a few
moment's work.
The following statements of eyewitnesses
of the tragic scene will explain the rest:
Judge R. T. Wheeler was standing in the
main entrance on the left and was in a
position to see the firing party in the cor-
ner. Ha savs: "There were three men
firing. I recognized them as Volney Gib-
son. Dan Ragsdale and young Mitchell.
They were all shooting. It is a humil
iating shame ana disgrace mat tuu uagcujf
should have occurred in this county
much less in the court house and you can
say the district attorney is largely responsi-
ble for it. Yes; I mean to say he could
with the district court to have sustained
him have prevented any man from ap-
proaching the court house bearing arms.
In company with the county attorney I
went to Mr. Oliver and urged upon him
the absolute necessity of the ut-
most precaution to guard against
possible infraction oi tne
peace. We expiainea to mm oneny uie
situation and circumstances and why just
what has happened was possible uur im-
portunity was received with scarcely com-
mon (?ivilit.. I am not prepared to say
that the sheriff and his deputies were dire-
lict in their duty but 1 ao say tnat mis
shameful occurrence could have been pre-
vented by the district attorney."
DR. J. M. WESTON
who was shot in the arm. when interro
gated said: "I was standing at the door
of the sheriff's office talking to Mr. Little
one of the witnesses on the Gibson side
with my back turned toward the door by
which Terry entered. As soon as I heard
a shot fired I turned and saw Gibson with
a revolver iu both hands taKmg aeiuierate
aim and firing at Terry who was going up
the stairs with Judge Parker. Almost
simultaneously Littledisappeared.and Dave
Ragsdale and J as. Mitchell who were sitting
in the sheritt 3 omee in cnarge oi ui oiucer
came forward with guns in hand and fired
at nie. I am sure it was Mitchell that shot
me. My opinion is that it was a precon-
ceited plan to assassinate us all. They had
T.nreateneo touo o. 1 tiiuia.ouuit3 uuo ia w
blame for this affair. There was a body of
armed men in the court house unaer ar-
rant in r tmrfft nf an officer. I should think
that they should have been deprived of
their weapons."
J. W. Ferguson and J. W. Cabell who
were with Judge Parker and Terry ex
pressed similar views.
Dr. Weston's wound was dressed by Dr.
R. G. Fenner. of Houston who was an eye
witness to the shooting. He had to jump
out the window to escape the bullets. The
ball entered the fleshy part of Dr. Weston's
arm. No bones were broKen.
PARKER'S STORY.
Judge J. W. Parker said : "It was a cold
blooded assassination. It was a wholesale
attempt at murder and a plot previously
arranged. They waited until Terry's back
was turnea ana then nrea at mm. ur.
Weston's statement which I heard is cor-
rect." DAVID 8.. TERRY 1
hrother of Kvle. who had come from Cali
fornia to attend tne trial oi nis orotner
and iho was arrested in the hall of the
courtroom soon after Gibson was taken
into custody stated when interried that
he arrived here a few days ago to be with
Kyle during his trial. He walked to the
court house with his brother and the other
gentlemen previously named. He stopped
on the sidewalk and was talking
with an old friend. when
the shooting occurred. He divined what
the shooting meant and started to get in.
As he did so some one placed a pistol in his
hand. He did not get in in time to see the
shooting and knew nothing about what
occurred. He asserts that he went to the
courthouse unarmed haying been assured
that everv one entering the courthouse
would be searched.
LITTLE FRANK TIERNAN
son of the sheriff was in the office when
the firing began. He says when his cousin
ran out to stop the shooting some oi uid-
son's friends retreated into the office: that
he followed his cousin Dick to the aoor.
saw him grab Gibson and command them
to stop firing; that Gibson broke loose
when nis cousiti caught him again and he
heard some one sav:
"Turn him loose you son of a b h or
I will drop you I"
He then jumped back and closed the office
door shutting some oi tiipsons menus in.
They followed him to the door saying do
you want all us to be murdered by them
damned "Woodpeckers." He threw open
the door and implored them not to shoot
when one ot them jumped on the table
that stood in front of the door with
a navv Bix-shooter in each hand
pointed toward the open door while
t he others stood behind him with pistols
drawn. He cannot say whether they fired
any shots or not. It becoming too warm
for him he opened a side window jumped
out and ran to a place of safety.' As he did
so one of the men iu the room rushed to
the window thrust his pistol out but see
ing who it was aid not snoot.
LAWYER LOVEJOY
states that as he Terry. Parker and Judge
Wheeler entered the court house he saw
Gibson and his party clustered at a corner
near the sheriff's office. As soon as Gibson
saw Terry he thrust his hand under Jiis
vest and partly drew his pistol; that he
commanded Gibson to put up his pistol
and that he partlv thrust it back but when
Terry reached the stairway to go out it
brought him facing Gibson and his party
and then Gibson instantly drew his pistol
down over his left arm took deliberate aim
and fired. He at once called out :
"look on! gibbon's going to shoot!"
Judge Praker heard him but he does not
f hink that Terrv did. At the crack of Gib
son's pistol Terry fell and rolled on to his
left side and died almost instantly. Other
shots were fired in quick succession and
not hein? armed lie -ouicklv got bevond
their reach. He denies very emphatically
that either Terry or himself displayed any
weanons or had their guns in
thoir hands when thev entered thef
court house. He said he apprehended
trouble and had called upon the chief of
police to furnish protection for his client.
This was promised if it was acceptable to
the sheriff but when he approached the
latter official he declined police protection
and the sheriff and district attorney both
made light of any anticipated trouble.
INTERVIEW WITH GIBSON.
In an interview with Gibson the avenge''
of his brother in the county jail to-night
he said the beginning of the trouble that
occurred here today dates back for more
than a year when Kyle Terry prompted
by J. W. Parker undertook to malign Ned
Gibson at a public political speaking at i
which meeting Gibson was not present. V.
ai. tuDson resisieu mo bliaue nucu
was the man to araw a pistoi um woo
stopped by officers. Gibson and Terry)
afterwards made triends and took supper
together the same night. Terry after-
wards sent uidsoii wuru ui o
make him jump in the river but Gibson
paid no attention to it. The Woodpeckers
gave a ball it the court house at Richmond
some time in December 1888 to which were
invited all the Jaybirds by printed invita-
tions some of which were redirected to
negroes in the town. Terry met Vol Gibson
at the Southern Pacific depot in Richmond
on the morning following the ball and call-
ing him to one side said that the Jaybirds
had been doing things that he would not
stand to which Gibson replied that he would
like to know what he (Gibson) was accused
of having done. Terry said some one had
sent the invitations to negroes "if you did
not send them you Know wno aia - pumug
his hands on his pistol at the same time
nihaon said that Mir man who accused
him of doing such an act was a liar. Terry
knocked him down and drew his pistol at
he same time. Gibson was unarmed a
halienge was sent wj ngnt a uu iu ur
way that would giveeacn oneau eijuni
show and probably cause the death of each
which Terry refused saying that J. W.
Parker advised him not to accept a chal
lenge tinder any circumstances.
Terry was kept under arrest and several
days after the first difficulty wrote Gibson
a challenge to go to Wharton to fight a du-
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ei oy sianuiuK in mu oncci uc iumu
fore they fired. Gibson knowing that Par-
ker was in Wharton and that ne had no
acquaintances there answered by saying
that there was as much vacant ground in
BYi Hond rnnntT as in Wharton -county.
but Terrry went to Wharton pretending that
he expected to meetuioson. icrrj umuc
same saloon headquarters on this occasion
that he did when he assassinated Ned Gib-
son. .
The killing of Gibson is too wen Known
to need full details and sulttce it to say.
that he fired on him from ambush with a
shot gun at a distance close enough to
powder burn while Gibson was walking to
the court house as a witness and had no
idea Terry was in town. Mr. Parker was
the first to take the ground with a presented
pistol and dely anyone to come iu.
Tho diffipnltvthat occurred in Richmond
between Gibson and Terry grew out of the
first trouble at the depot and had it not
been for Ned Gibson Terry would have
been killed before this occasion. Terry first
heinno-ed to the Javhird partv and deserted
them on account of a promise of an office
and a fighting reputation Dotn oi wnicn ne
received. Why was Terry the proper one
to investigate the sending of the invitations
when he had no relatives in Richmond if
he was not a tool for the manager of the
Woodpecker business?
"After Terry murdered Ned Gibson he told
Volney he would get him the first time they
met. There were a number of attached
witnesses from Fort Bend county expected
in Galveston last night and today to testify
the case of J. W. "arKer lor assault
to murder G. and V. Gibson last
August in Richmond after the mur
der of Ned Gibson. When Gibson
reached the courthouse this mornmg
he immediately went to the district at-
torney and depufy sheriff Dick Tiernan
and asKed mm to ao wnai ne couiu iu i"-
von Ira mnetinc hetween Terrv and himself.
as there was almost sure to be trouble if
they met but that he did not expect any
trouble with any one else. Mr. Tiernan
said he would lock the witnesses from
Richmond in a room which was agreea.
Gibson then walked to the opposite siae
of the rotunda and was talking to Mr.
Krouser from Brazoria when uaiviu
Blakely came to call his attention to the
great number of Woodpeckers and ad-
vised him not to stand surrounded as he
was and said:
"If I were in your place i would uko to
have some show for mv life."
Oihson said there was no danger of Terry
coming to the court house as Parker's case
was set nr8t. About tnis time Air. moiuu.
a friend of Parker. walKed very close to
Gibson and said something that he did not
iinnernrann ann nvwi mm Terv ciusctv.
when Gibson being auspicious of all of
Parker's triends drew on to one siue. j usi
at this time Terry. Parker and others
walked in the front door. Harry Mason
Jr. said:
"There is uinson now."
Parker and Terrv turned to look. Tf rry
at the same time trying to draw his pistol.
This was when the first shot was fired but
bv whom it was not positively learned but
supposed to have been Vol Gibson. The
firing then became promiscuous for some
seconds and it was found .that Terry was
shot fatally. Terry lell witn tne pisioi iu
his hand halt cocked.
THE CORPSE. . .
Terjv was laid out in a beautiful casket.
dressed in a dark diagonal suit with a beau
tiful and fragrant bcuquet in the lappel of
his coat. His remains win be taxen oa
the morning train to Houston for inter-
ment. Hundreds passed in and out all the
afternoon of all ages and sexes to view his
remains.
Another curious crowd thronged tne
court house to guzo upon the scene where
the feiirtiii trutredv wan enacted. 11 nas
been the sensation of the town too talk of
the hour and all deplore that the vendetta
oi f on rena suuuia nna a viciua iu vuu
county beneath the very shadow or justice.
Tn (OTiseniieiinA nf the tilling of Terrv the
trial of Judge Parker was postponed until
tomorrow.
Train Held I'p.
Tclark Cal. January 21. The south
bound passenger train was stopped this
morning by two masked men seven miles
north of here. The robbers climbed over
the tender to the engine and compelled
the engineer to stop the train; they then
compelled the engineer and fireman to go
with them and order the expressman to
nnen the door.
The amount taken is not known but it is
rumored to be several thousand dollars.
The robbers made the engineer and fire-
man accompany them some distance from
the train. A tramp stealing a ride was
mistaken for train man and the robbers
shot him in the head.
EX-GOV. FOEAKER
HIS STORY OF THE BALLOT CONTRACT
AS TOLD BEFORE A CONGRES-
SIONAL COMMITTEE.
HIS UOOEOTIOil WITH WOOD.
he Fart Played by Halstead in the Matter.
History of the Publication of
the Forged Letter.
Washington January 18. Ex-Gov. For
aker resumed his statement before the
house committee in the ballot box forgery
cases today beginning by reading a letter
from Mayor Mosby dated August 14. The
witness then said he did not see Wood after I
receiving Walter's letter until October 6
when he appeared at Columbus and asked
for money to go to Washington to look np
a battery deal. The witness gave him $200
for that purpose. Wood said the publica-
tion had gotten the "gang" down on him
speaking of Murray in a discreditable way
and saying that they had been trying to
get him to say that the paper was a forgery.
He also said he was in fear of personal
violence. Witness tried to reassure him
and had the money paid over to Wood
on October 8. On that day he got a note
from Wood saying he could get the boxes
at $10 apiece and not to show the note to
Halstead. Continuing witness read a letter
from the Cincinnati Screw and Tap com-
pany estimating the cost of the ballot
boxes at $4 each. It closed with the state-
ment: "This same Wood would hardly
bear close inspection and he is now posing
as -smoke inspector' of this city." Bigned
"Your old friend F. B. Leopold." Then
the witness read another letter from 8. C.
Campbell to Wood commenting upon wit-
ness' (Foraker's) Music hall speech as un-
fair; abusingMr. Halstead sayingnothlng
better could be expected from him and
suggesting a lawsuit against him in con-
nection with the ba'lot box matter.
A reporter at this point asked Represent-
ative Grosvenor if the letter had been pub-
lished.
T. C. Campbell who stood in the rear
exclaimed: "Yesl it was published. A
letter containing so much truth ought not
be kept in the dark."
Resuming his narration witness read a
nne from Mr. Halstead received the morn
ing after the retraction October 11 saying
he had found the paper to be a
forgery and proposed publishing
a retraction. The witness answered
expressing the feor that he (Halstead) had
heen imnosed upon. He (witness) was
loohsidering what should be done about this
I xr;a Aat imnnlflA waa tsi nhnndnn
it and publish everything then and there.
He told Kurtz he wanted everything puD-
lished. Kurtz said he was of the same im
pression at thetjeginning ana naa written
to Mr. Halstead to that effect here. .The
witness read a letter from Kurtz to Hal
stead in which he suggests giving at once
to the world the name of the forger
or forcers to the end that a
vigorous prosecution be begun
nfaii eneaced in the ballot box affair: that
o c i i . - A
such was tne cuurae uvav toiuumwu w au.
hia nnd name. In answer. Halstead wrote
that he agreed with Harnian that nothing
further should De puuiisneu m mas muo.
Harm an wanted to protect a young man
who had something to do with the forgery
The witness said he did not know exactly
what to do. He was somewnat coniusea.
anybody would nave Deen. xie
had not caused the paper to oe
nnnuhlished and Halstead had
fairen the resnonsibilitv. and witness
thought he had better leave the matter
where it was nntil tne ume tmuuiu tumo
tit t. on avervhndv cnnld sneak in freedom
Wiuvi nu in Washington to iook alter me
battery deal and tne pension recurus vi
Mr. i;amoDeu iu cuukictj. h "
thm.crht Wood tTlll?nt DO mBKine BUM-
ments or falling into the hands of some-
body who might use him so he thought
it would be well to have somebody keep
the track of him. Therefore he tele-
n.ni.nH fi f!. Mrfirew. of Washington to
come to Columbus. Mcurew came ana
a nei-witness had explained tne aetaus w
him returned to Washington on uctoDer
ii nrith inatnictiona to watch Wood.
MVftrew kept on the track ef
Wood until he left Washington for Ohio to
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t. th. riav hetnrn election vvnne 111
Washington Wood wrote witness anu
Kuntze several letters but the very mo-
ment witness learned he was a forger he
stopped having any communication wuu
him and Kuntze wrote Wood that the
would have nothing to do with him and
would not answer his letters. On October
18th witness became in ana nua to retire
w.m iha vamniira for ten daVS or two
weeks. He went to his home ana nau no
correspondence with anybody. On the day
afw the election he saw McGrew and
oftoi wnnd. m ritrpw rcuiieu
"Wood seemed greatly disfressed
about the intimations in the newspapers
thathelForakerl was at fault in what ne
k.H Anna in the matter and wanted to write
but had been forbidden to do so. He want-
t tn aot. witness rteht in the world. Wit
ness told McGrew that a certificate of char
acter at Wood's hand wouia not amount w
luubu n n . . . T
n.nH hnt ha micrht write 11 ne wanteu vi
do bo. Witness got a letter Monaay jo-
ember 17. and threw it on me lame. xi
v.mi th iAtMr Ana dui il hwhv iu a
bureau where it lay until witness saw the
published story that Butterworth had said
mat tne witness uuu jnui.uieu
money consideration iroui wooa wnen u
lt. for and found it. It is dated Wash
ington November 14 and In it Wood
said he was sorry witness was defeated
..0 that some of the papers said it
the hallot box matter and
He '(Wood) did not believe it for
witness had nothing to do with it and if he
wanted he (Wood) would give a statement
that would clear him of having any
imni-nner connection with him
(Wood) or the socaUed forgery maV-
ter or ballot box business.
vuwti added that he didn't do the so-called
forgery and didn't want him lo think he
did. Witness afterwards met Wood as he
(witness) was coining out of the Oommer-
r ial office. Wood wanted to talk to him
the but witness told him to come
. tha ftihson house. which
did. Almost the first thing Wood
did was to inquire about his smoke lnspect-
ni.ir Witness told him he could do
nothing more about that. He bad forfeited
all (ha nnnfidenna Vi a had In him TOsmd I
wanted to know wbat he meant and wit-
ness told him of the affidavits of Harnian 1
and Halstead
Wood rather spunked up and wanted to
know whether witness charged him with
the forgery. Witness replied he did not
make that charge but he (Wood) was re-
sponsible. Wood wanted to make a state-
ment for - him but he told him
(Wood) he wanted no statement or
anything more to do with mm
and ordered him out of the room. Wood
seemed disgruntled but got up and left
and witness had never seen him from thai I
day until a moment ago when he 1
came into the committee room. There I
never was one cent of money paid I
to him on that or any other account except I
for expenses incurred by mm at wash-
lngton in getting information. Witness I
had instructed Mcurew to pay vvoou s ex-1
penses and his tare to Cincinnati.
Wood wanted to go from Washington
New York but witness wanted
m at Cincinnati and here he could look
after him. Since the election witness had
been trying to investigate this matter to
bottom and it had been the most impor-
tant business he had on hand. He thought I
he had told everything he could recall about I
the matter.
BLIZZARD VS THE NORTH.
Genuine Bliuard with a Gale Now Raging
Throughout the Northwest.
St. Paul Minn. January 20. A- heavy
storm accompanied by a gale set in about
10 o'clock last night and a regular blizzard
now raging throughout the North weBt
As yet there has been no interruption of
railroad traffic or telegraphic communica-
tion but the storm is very severe. Between
five and six inches of snow has fallen on a
level and the prevailing high wind has
drifted it badly especially in the south
western portion oi tne state.
the bnow blockade.
Chicago HI. January 20. The snow
blockade in the West and Northwest is one
of the most complete on record. Not only
has travel become impossible on the west
ern divisions of the Central and Northern
Pacific but the telegraph companies are
equal suflerers and every through wire Is
down on both these routes.
The only means of telegraphic cdmmunl
cation with the Pacific coast now is by the
indirect route of the Southern Pacific and
the volume of business transacted is neces'
sarilv limited. -
Washington ana uregon are snut on
iroia cuuimuuiuuuuu witu iu viitue wuuu
with the exception of one little zigzag wire
that still ticks feebly between San Fran
cisco and Portland. The Western Union
repairers are snowed up at half a dozen
points in the west and there are little pros
pects of renewed communication until the
rauroaas nave masterea tne elements
The snow blockade on the Central Pa-1
cific road is at Emigrant Gap. near the sum-1
mit of the Sierras. Last night eight west
hound trains were snowed in and the pros -
pects ot the road being opened in tne next
forty-eight hours are
poor as the snow
plows cannot worK.
Alleged Swindle.
Topeka Kans. January 21. Letters are
received here by State officials showing that
the Topolobampo bay colonization scheme
Una nnt nmuwi t ha what. It. wna renm
M xt" 'V. .eiatartad
.t-nnhamn and i ui-ri. in Hinaloa.
. 5 t v jj
mexico.ana a coionyui v
Kansas people under tae leadership or
Senator Hoffman of Dickinson county
were induced to emigrate to the place un
der the representation that there was
abundance of rich land to be bad for nom-
ine n. O. Romelev. one of the Kansas
colonists writes that the scheme is a great
ing." Therfound ontheirT
enlnnv owned only 4.000 acres which is sub -
lent tn overflow twice a year rendering it
i r : 1 1 u . .n A nn .alaiul
unut lor agriculture aim uuuiup naa aoc
last vear.
h savs tne colonists nave pecome sel
fish morose many of them hungry and
without clothing. Resident directors ap
pointed by the founders cannot be displaced
by the colonists consequently they rule as
a czar handling what money there may be
and rendering no accoont of investment.
Colonists who worked all last season were
allowed to draw only $19 from the com
missary for provisions.
A PRODIGIOUS SWINDLE.
Gigantic System of Counterfeiting Carried
on hi Mexico.
Nkw Yobk January 20. The Evening
Sun publishes a sensational article purport
ing to give the details of the gigantio coun
terfeiting business said to have been carried
on by certain citizens of Mexico.- It states
that those individuals have within the past
two years coined $5000000 of our silver
dollars and after shipping them across the
border disposed of them with a profit to
themselves of 26 cents on each dollar.
The Sun says that during the past few
days rumors to the above effect have been
afloat in Wall street but have been care
fully confined to a few prominent bankers
and financiers who have taken extraor
dinary precautions to prevent the reports
from getting oeyona tneir owa i
nirHes.
Within the past few months or pernaps
lnnmtr. it has been noticed bv bankers and
old men who have to do witli money in the
portions of the United States contiguous to
Mexico that there basi been an unusually
large number of United States silver aoiiars
In circulation.
This fact has been noticed by banners in
Teias. New Mexico and Arizona.
As soon as attention was cauea to it
bankers naturally began to speculate as to
the cause or it and to attempt to trace dsck
the payments made in silver dollars. Cer-
tain It. waa that thesa coins eould not have
been shipped from the unitea
fttatxs coinage mints without the knowl
edge of local banks In Texas New Mexico
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these coins could be traced to Mexicans
Jiving across ius uuruci w uu uoaa 6--
to tbem in exchange for commodities pur
rhased in this country.
Then arose the Question where did these
Mexicans get their United States silver dol.
lars in such large quantities r men uegau
a regular investigation which led to the
disclosure of many suspicious circum-
atmiaa (nn amatl vmtinaA 4ham
selves but forming significant links in the
chain of evidence pointing to one of the
most remarkable international crimes if
such it may be termed that the world has
ever known.
This is the conclusion which the bankers
in Texas New Mexico and Arizona have
arrived at as a result of their investigations :
That a band of Mexicans calling them-
selves "a piivate bank" had been coining
United States silver dollars and uttering
the same to the Mexicans who gave them
in return for goods purchased on this side
of the border.
Perhaps there is more than one of these
Institutions perhaps half a dozen. Gen-
tlemen who are investigating this gigantio
plot if such it proves to be are of the opin-
ion deducted from many minor details.
that this wholesale counterfeiting has been
going on tor over two years and tnat at
least 75000 counterfeit United States dollars
have thus been foisted on the citizens of
this country by keen witted Mexicans.
How the dollars are uttered the investi-
gators do not kuow. It is possible that the
private panKS" or Mexican commissioners
of United States money utter coins directly
through their own employes to people
across the border in the United States. In
mat way tney wouia secure to tnemseives
the whole of the profit about
28 cents on each coin or (and
this idea seems much more plausible)
they gave the coins to the Mexicans at a
compromise value something between 72
cents and $1 The Mexicans who thus as-
sume the risk in connection with passing
the dollars although it Is a small risk to
get their coin for less than $1 in conse
quence oi that risk.
His Identity.
St Louis January 21. A dispatch from
Quincy 111. says the Chester A. Babcock
referred to as having become demented at
San Antonio is a resident of Quincy where
he practiced law for many years. He is
present master In chancery for Adams
county and was formerly alderman from
the Second ward. He has been seriously
sick for several months and left Quincy
last week for Texas as it was thought by
his anxious relatives that change of climate
would be beneficial. He is connected with
highly esteemed families being son-in-law
of Judge William Marsh of the Adams
circuit and brother-in-law ot Hon. wm.
G. Ewing United States district attorney
lor umcago.
Jail Delivery.
Mobqan Tex. January 21. There wag a
jail delivery here last night. Jack Donlon
stone mason charged with assault to mur
der and a prisoner named Fine charged
with theft of horses from Coleman county.
Fine was in jail awaiting to be taken away
at any time. Deputy Sheriff Saunders of
Coleman came in after him today but he
was gone.
ILinlnn la an TiJatimai nliinf QBvmh rtlri
red face talks fast and last worked at his
trade in Deleon. Fine is about 18 years
I old small in size dark complexion. They
1 had friends on the outside who assisted
i them.
I The sheriff offers $100 reward for them
delivered in any jail in Texas.
Killed by Gas.
Nsw York January 21. Isaac Lock-
wood was found unconscious . last evening
in his room 16 First street suffering from
suffocation by gas from a stove. Beside
7 dead his room mate Wm. Bradley.
Lockwood was taken to Bellevue hospital
I where surgeons administered ether oxy-
een Bnd bjady and then there was trans-
forred into his veins blood from another
patient in the hospital. Remedies . all
failed and Lockwood died this morning.
Both he and uradiey were printers.
The Childress Case.
San Antonio Tex. January 18. In the
ourt V
1 Noonan overruled the motion for a new
I trial in the case of H. H. Childress sen-
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