The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1899 Page: 5 of 8
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Jailed for .Burglary.
About ten nights ago Stokes
Bros.’ dry goods store was bur-
glarized, the thief or thieves priz-
ing apart the iron bars and lower-
ing one of the back windows.
The robbery was not discovered
for a day or two, and there was no
clue to the culprit.
On Thursday afternoon of last
week Constable Tom Young and
City Marshal Sam Horrell, while
looking for a party for whom they
had papers, accidentally came
across a box in an out-of-the-way
place containing a fine pair of
shoes. This aroused suspicion,
and the officers went to work to
unravel the mystery. They found
the alleged owner of the shoes,
and further investigation revealed
discoveries unthought of, nearly
a wagonload of stolen goods be-
>ing brought to light. There were
ladies’ fine dress goods, hats, fans
and shoes, and men’s dress suits,
hats, shoes, umbrellas, etc. The
goods were found in various parts
of town, some of which had been
given away and some sold.
The officers quickly appre-
hended Sam Harkins, a negro
boy, about 17 years old, as the
burglar, and he was jailed. He
made a written statement, ac-
knowledging his guilt, and im-
plicating another negro boy. He
says they broke into the store
about 4 o’clock on the morning of
the 6fch. Harkins also says in
• his confession that he and an-
other negro (who has tied the
country) broke into the Santa Fe
passenger depot about a month
ago to rob the slot machine in
there, but they only got ©hewing
gum for their trouble.
When arrested Harkins was
togged up in one of Stokes Bros.’
best suits, with a fancy straw hat,
tan shoes, fine umbrella, etc.
He had an examining trial Fri-
day before Justice Scott and his
bond fixed ©t $1000 in tw<© cases,
in default which he was re-
manded to jjail.
The other boy whom foe impli-
cated in the Stokes robbery was
discharged, Harkins’ concession
being the cxaly evidence against
him, and entirely unsupported by
the other evidence brought out.
S. H. Jenkins & Co. have ex-
clusive control of J. S. Nelson &
Son’s shoes. Made by the eldest
shoe factory ha the United States.
Mrs. L. G. Lineecum has some
pleasant rooms, and is prepared
to take boarders by the day, week
or month. Her residence is sit-
uated directly north of the Han-
cock Springs* and the place is
very pleasant and desirable.
See those beautiful patterns an
JO-cent negligee shirts at
S. H. JENKINS & CO.’S.
Visitors to the Springs or to
the normal school will find a
pleasant place to board at the res-!
idence of Dr. L. G. Lineecum,
directly north of the Hancock
Springs. See Mrs, Lineecum for
terms and further particulars.
.Letter From Col. Hubbard.
San Antonio, Tex., June 12, ’99.
Editor Leader:
Mrs. Hubbard and self, leaving
Lampasas Saturday, the 3rd inst.,
found Temple dry and hot and
crops no better than our own.
Sunday we went on to Taylor.
Crops, especially corn, for a ra-
dius of ten miles around Taylor,
are the best I have seen.
A fine rain fell at Taylor on the
night of the 6th.
The Taylor fair commenced the
8th and continued three days. It
was quite a success; especially
good attendance and good racing.
Not much rain and no high
water here.
C. B, HUBBABD.
If you have friends visiting
you or if any of your family go
visiting, the Leader will appre-
ciate a notice of it, and your
friends will also appreciate such
a notice. Write it down and
hand it to anyone connected with
the office and it will appear.
Such items help the paper and
the place where it is published,
and no editor can knoAv these
things intuitively.
The finest perfume at the Lion
drug store.
S. H. Jenkins & Co. are selling
the best 10-cent linen collar ever
handled in Lampasas.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Edwards,
senior, left Tuesday for a camp-
ing trip in the west. Mr. Ed-
wards suffers very much with
asthma and these trips, which he
takes almost every summer al-
ways give him some relief.
The Lion drug store sells the
the finest 5-cent cigar in town.
Col. H. M. Stringfellow, of
Galveston, accompanied by bis
family, came in a few days since
and will spend a mouth here. He
owns considerable property here,
and will put it all in good con-
dition while he is here. His
property is not for sale at present.
See those handsome $1.50 dress
shoes at S. H. Jenkins & Co.’s..
A new line of fine perfume® just
received at the Lion drug store.
CL N. Witcher, the Second Hand
mam wants to buy a second hand
cow and Second hand Phaeton.
See him to sell or buy anything.
S* H. Jenkins & Co. are sole
agents for the celebrated Hawes
bats from $1 up.
Miss Sweety Hewitt arrived
home Tuesday evening from
pleasant visit to her sister in
Louisville, Kentucky.
Milk coolers all sold. Will
have a new stock soexn. Better
than ice. TAYLOB & BOOLE.
Mrs. Fletcher, of the Telephone
office, is away on a visit to rel-
atives at Burnet and Austin, anc
will be gone a month or more
The daughters s&re stopping with
Mrs. Nellie Davis while the
mother is away*
See those new ice cream freez-
ers at greetly reduced [prices.
TAYLOB & BOOLE.
S. H. Jenkins & Co. have ex-
clusive control of the Smith
Stoughton & Bayne shoes, anc.
the J. B. Lewis & Co. wear-re-
sister shoes.
L. K. Sanford, who has been
with IL M. Yates for three years,
is now taking his first vacation.
He is a good and faithful hand
and will be in his place again
July 15.
|Will Close Next Thursday.
We, the undersigned, merchants and
business men of Lampasas, agree to
close oar respective places of business
on Thursday, June 22, 1899, from 10
o’clock a. m. until 4 o’clock p. m., on
account of the Woodmen’s picnic to be
given by the citizens of Lampasas' at
the Hancock park on that date:
J. H. H. Berry, J. D. Cassell,
J. W. Townsen, Blair & Harvey,
Lion Drug company, Clay Huling & Co
H. M. Yates, J. P. Word,
Burns Noble & BarnesC. G. Bierbower,
Darby & Cauthen, M. M. White,
J. A. & F. R. Rams-W. R. Young,
dell, A. S. Harrell,
Taylor & Poole, T. N. Stevens,
Harris & Key, Crawford & Whit-
S. H. Jenkins & Co., sitt,
Fox & Mills, C. N. Witcher,
Z. T. Rogers, W. F. Mace.
First National Bank,Barnes & Higdon
G. W. Poole, R. E. Noble,
W. T. Campbell, R. McFadden,
Key & Ratliff, D. Culver, Jr.,
E. M. Roberts, J. I. Campbell,
T. M. Little, W. C. Price &Co
Smith Bros., C. W. Ozburn,
Brown & Williamson,Stokes Bros.,
F. Garrett, G. R. R. Berry.
Some of the best ranches in the
county for sale by Word &
Witcher.
l)OW MULLENS KILLED.
Met a Tragic Death at the Hands
of K. N. Higdon.
Saturday night, June 10, almost
to the minute as the town clock
was throwing 8, three shots rang
out, and in less time than it takes
to tell it the news spread over the
town that B. N. (Bob) Higdon
had shot and killed Dow Mullens
in the Werehan livery stable, on
the west side of the square, and
soon a great crowd had gathered
at the scene of the tragedy. Mul-
lens received three wounds, either
one of which would have proved
fatal. He never spoke after being
shot, gasped a few times and all
was over.
Justice Scott viewed the body
and it was turned over to Under-
taker Blair to prepare for burial.
The parties had been at outs for
several days, and the day before
the killing they met at the depot
and used harsh language toward
each other, Mullens threatening to
whip Higdon. Beople acquainted
with the character of the deceased
knew he was likely to cairry out
any threat he would make.
Saturday night he rode into the
livery stable (Higdon’s place of
business) and in less than two min-
utes his life blood was ebbing
away. One of the bullets went
through his body and was picked
up some 300 yards from the place
of shooting. Immediately after
firing the fatal shots Higdon rode
away, but sent word to the officers
that foe would be back in a day or
two, and Tuesday he came in and
surrendered, waived examination
and was admitted to bail in the
sum of $1,000, which was prompt-
ly given, with nineteen sureties,
the aggregate worth of the bond
being $150,000.
Both parties to this tragedy
are well known locally* Bob
Higdon is 4-5 years old, a man of
family, and came to Lampasas
first in December, 1873, lived here
several years, then moved away,
and came back two or three years
ago.
Dow Madlens was 22 years old,
born in Fannin county, Texas,
and came here with his mother s
family in 1884. He was unmar-
ried, and leaves a mother, sister,
and two brothers.
The funeral took plaoe Sunday
afternoon at 4 o’clock, interment
at the city cemetery, Bev. W* B.
Wilson, Methodist minister, of-
fieating.
The Leader regrets very much
to chronicle such occurrences,
and hopes many days will elapse
before being called on to record
another killing.
W. H. Freeman has the thanks
of the office force for a dollar con-
tribution sent in by J. F, Bogers
of the Big Territory.
Befrigerators, the latest and
best, second shipment now in, at
TAYLOB & BOOLE’S.
Sunday June 18th at the Bres-
byterian church at 11 o’clock
the pastor will preach about the
“Supreme Bequirement” and at
the 8 o’clock service on the “Sad-
ness of Life”. Mrs. England, of
Galveston will sing. All welcome
who are not due at other churches.
J. A. CAHILL.
Minister.
The prettiest, nicest and cheap-
est goods are always kept at the
Backet Store.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Manuel are
off on a fishing and camping trip
this week and all hope they will
have an enjoyable time.
Try the Tom Corwin cigar at
the Lion drug store.
H. McFadden, of Mills county,
spent several days here this week
visiting his brother, K. McFad-
den. He is a railroad builder
and has a contract for building
some three miles of the T. C
extension from Albany west.
Buy your fishing tackle at the
Lion drug store.
W. J. Fox sends the Leader for
a year to his brother, J. B. Fox
in Tennesse, and we expect that
brother out here before the year
is gone.
Col. C. B. Hubbard and wife
are visiting relatives and friends,
in the southwestern part of the
state.
Miss Bochelle Harris left Sat-
urday to visit relatives and friends
in Smithville.
Brof. Mclnnis is doing some
vigorous work for the summer
normal school, and reports the
prospects very encouraging.
The Dry Goods will arrive at
World’s Fair by Saturday or
Monday. Come and see them.
A. L. Home, manager for the J.
I. Campbell business at Lometa,
has the thanks of this office for
job printing.
C. C. Mullady hands in the
necessary dollar to keep his paper
going, for which he will accept
thanks.
The Backet store still sells 16
bars of good soap for 25 cents.
James B. Key and family are
away visiting relatives and friends
in Gonzales and other cities in
southern Texas. Mrs. Key and
the childred will probably return
about the first of August.
See those pretty beauty pins,
and how cheap,- at the Backet
Store.
The following is the introduc-
tion to the official program of the
fifth annual convention of the
Oklahoma Live Stock association.
Its subject is “Grass,” and this is
what the writer has t%o offer:
“Grass—the emerale carpet of the
world, the background of all
nature’s beautiful scenery. The
most delicate flower as well as the
sturdiest monarch of the forest re-
poses its feet where this glorious
carpet can ease them. Let the
grass perish, and the great plains
would be depopulated. Even the
ravenous wolf and the cunning
cayote would perish for want of
fat calves and tender lambs upon
which to glut their unholy ap-
petite. The long trains of cattle
ears that clatter westward empty,
and return daily to the great mar-
kets laden with juicy grass fed
beeves, would be abandoned and
many a long double streak of rust
would gather where the glistening
rails now testify to the activity of
commerce. The great American
desert would once more become a
reality. Grass is the only plant
that is indigenous to every coun-
try and every climate on the
globe—and no doubt all the great
planets that roll and shine in the
qolar system have been sown by
the hand of God with some of the
six thousand varieties of grasses
that adorn the earth. Man’*
first experience on earth, it is
true, was in a garden planted east-
ward in Eden, but there the story
was brief. Shortly afterward we
find the patriarchs dividing up
the land into ranches, one going
this way and another that, iu order
to find better grass. In those
days a man’s wealth was estimated
by the number of cattle he owned.
The Bible refers to Abram as ‘rich
in cattle7; but without free range
Abram possibly might have been a
small farmer with a large mortgage.
Grass and cattle are inseparable
in tiie economy of nature, and the
cattleman of today is following the
first progressive instinct of man-
kind iin utilizing the otherwise
waste land of the western plains
by pasturing it with cattle.
Commissioners’ Court.
County commissioners’ court
met in special session at the court-
house in Lampasas, Texas, on
Monday, June 12, 1899, as a board
of equalization.
Present: John Nichols, county
udge; Commissioners Seals,
Smith, McKean and Trussell;
J. E. Morgan, clerk; E. N. Wolf,
sheriff.
It was ordered by the court
that the taxes against certain
tracts and parcels of land in
Lampasas county be cancelled on
account of errors and irregulari-
ties.
Examination of tax rolls taken
up, as was also the sealed pro-
posals for building two steel
bridges, one across Burleson
creek and the other over Bybee
branch. Contract awarded the
George E. King Bridge company
for $1,684.
E. N. Talbot, O. Whitaker,
W. E. Brady and N. M. Smith,
one and one-half day’s services
as jury ot view, $3 each.
Brown & Williamson, merchan-
dise for Mrs. Koark, $2.50.
E. N. Wolf, sheriff, services in.
lunacy case, $5.50.
W. F. Mace, lumber for bridge,
$63.44.
J. E. Morgan, county clerk,
costs in lunacy case and express
charges, $7.60.
A. McFarland, selling eleven
estrays, $2.75.
Lampasas Water, Ice and Elec-
tric company, repairing pipe,
$2.50.
Lampasas Water, Ice and Elec-
tric company, water for court-
house and jail from February to
May, $7.50.
M. M. White, county attorney,
services in lunacy case, $5.
John W. Scott, justice of the
peace, holding inquest on the
body of Dow Mullens, $5.
M. L. Nance, killing one wild
cat, 50 cents.
B, B. Taylor, three days’ work
with team on road, $3.
Stokes Bros., ladies’ cloth for
sheriff, 60 cents.
Fox & Mills, merchandise for
road overseers, $19.50.
S. M. Ivey, two days’ work with
team on road, $2.
T. J. Criswell, two day’s work
with team on road, $2.
John W. Scott, justice of the
peace, bill of costs in cause vs.
George H. Jones, $8.40.
John Nichols, county judge,
services in lunacy case of John
Prewett, $3.
A. A. Hunt, one month’s sup-
port, $6.
H. B. Casbeer, building bridge
on Gibson branch, $35.50.
J. E. Yernor, publication for
county and printing for county
officers, $13.90.
W. D. Francis, M. D., post mor-
tem examination on body of Dow
Mullens, $10.
J. I. Campbell, lumber for road
overseers, $23.35.
McElroy and Cumby, tearing
down and moving Burleson creek
bridge, $18.
Our Paper, printing 500 sher-
iff’s sale blanks, $7.
J. E. Yernor, printing 500 en-
velopes for sheriff, $1.50.
Railroad News.
The suit pending in the dis-
trict court of Travis county, State
vs. A. & N. W. By. Co. for the
forfeiture of the charter of said
road has been continued by the
State to the October term ol said
court; therefore it is not likely
that work of any kind in the way
of building from Burnet to Lam-
pasas will commence till said suit
is disposed of. Maj. George A.
Quinlin, vice president of the H.
& T. C., is now in New York look-
ing after the matter with a view
of immediate construction of the
the road regardless of the suit, and
should the management conclude
to do so, work will begin at once,
otherwise it will be about Novem-
ber next. D. W. Phillips.
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