Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1897 Page: 5 of 8
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MOULTON
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Moulton, Lavaca, County, Texas, Wednesday Morning, July 7, 1897.
K. ALBRECHT
Blacksmith, Wheelwright in
connection, Horse Shoeing
a specialty. Give him a call
at his new shop.
work Guaranteed,
_ _ TEXAS.
F. T. Fehrenkamp
-DEALER IN-
lumber, shingles, sashes, blinds,
doors, barbed wire, brick,
and binders’ hardware.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT
MOULTON, TEXAS
i-fERMHNN THHR,
smart enough to secure a conviction
of murder in the first degree. The |
sheriff adjusted the cap, and placed j
his hand on the lever, when his at- j
tention was attracted by a com-
motion in the crowd. A man on
horseback Avas waving a prepaid
telegram over his head.
‘‘Hurrah! Parden from the
Governed Cut the rope!” were
the cries that reached the agonized
ears of Dirks and the sheriff.
‘■Fooled again!” VATere the only
AArnrds he uttered, as the crowd
carried him in triumph to a saloon.
He left Texas as soon as he could.
He said he wanted to move to a
civilized country, where some con-
sideration was shown to a poor
man who was trying to get to
heaven. He changed his name to
Muldoon, went to Pennsylvania,
and was one of the Molly Maguires
who were hung there some years
ago. He found in Pennsylvania
that which his own State had so
persistently refused to grant him
in spite of his earnest efforts.—
Alex. E. Sweet.
Old Barney’s Saloon
"V"
—DEALER IN-
TI URNITURE p
* UNDERTAKER’S SUPPLIES.
AINTS. OILS and
VARNISHES. PUTTY
& PAINT BRUSHES.
Picture Framing and Joiners Work a Specialty.
is where all the people go.
V y A y—A—Y A—^—i v-—A Y—S'—y ^ k—v—k y X— A—
Fine Whiskies. Liquors, Beer and Cigar's.
Moulton, - - Texas
coins’ SALOON
IB- UHL CORDIilS, Prop-
Moulton’s Most Popular Saloon,
Wines. LiQUiorB
A FULL STOCK OF
SLicid Oigaxs*
THE OLD SARATOGA WHISKEY always kept in stock.
Moulton
Texas
Moulton,
Texas.
fend him. Neither of the lawyers
had ever had a case before, and
they did not look as if they knew
anything anyhow. They had the
case continued. Next term they
made out affidavits showing ab
sence of material witnesses, and
had it continued again. When the
case came up they got a change of
venue. Then it was continued
once more, because one of the law-
3-ers was confined to his room nurs-
ing a black eye. This exasperated
Dirks very much, but he could not
help himself. At last the case was
tried, and thirteen credible wit-
nesses SAvore that at the time the
murder was committed Dirks was
.forty-five miles away, engaged in
reading Baxter’s “Saints’ Rest.”
Pie was again, in the most inhospi-
table manner, turned out of jail—
acquitted.
Hfe Avent and bought five dollars’
worth of strychnine, carried it.
home and gave it to the cook. The
cook was prompt in dying, and
Dirks Avas arrested. The druggist
proA^ed that Dirks bought the poi-
son, The cook’s nephew swore
that he saw the poisoner put it in
the soup. The defense proved by
experts that five cents’ worth of
strychnine would have killed the
cook dead enough for all practical
purposes. The prisoner used five
dollars’ worth, therefore the jury
said he was insane. Once more he
was cast out on a cold and unfeel-
ing world.
He kept on reading about the
pearly gates of the New Jerusalem,
how there was no sickness there
(Dirks s a fie red from rheumatism) j
and all the angels Avere flying j
about with harps and six-shooters!
in their hands, so he yearned more j
than ever to fly away and be all
rest. He could get hung at any;
time by stealing a ten-dollar cow
pony; but lie had noticed that!
those fellows ay ho were strung up j
by a mob died without hope; that |
it was the murderer who was hung!
according to law who ayus certain j
of a “home over there.”
Just then a young man, Avith a
pencil and a smile, came in and
I said, “I want to interview you,
| Colonel Dirks, about-” when
THE FOURTH.
Dirks reached out and blew him
into faddlestrings with his shot-
gun.
“Dirks has had another mis-
fortune,” was the universal com-
ment; hut this time, by some in-
explicable complication of circum-
stances he was convicted of mur-
der in the first degree. When the
verdict was announced, he shook
hands with each juryman, and
with real tears of gratitude in his
eyes, thanked them and called
them his benefactors. Then he
gave himself up to singing “The
Sweet Bye and Bye,” “Shall We
Gather at the RWer,” and hymns
of that class, for the judge had
yielded to his request that be be
hung inside of a week at the jail
yard. And the young ladies visited
him in jail, and brought him
flowers every day, he felt happy,
because he knew that only atro-
cious murderers who were sure of
heaven were treated that way.
The happy moment had arrived.
The instrument of death loomed up
before a “vast sea of upturned
faces,” as the newspaper reporters
put it. A silence came over the
unnumbered multitude. The
doomed man ascended the scaffold,
leaning on the arm of the sheriff,
and accompanied by several clergy-
men. The sheriff Avith a husky
voice read the death Avarrant, after
which one of the condemned man’s
spiritual advisers offered up a
touching prayer. The sheriff asked
the doomed man if he wanted to
say anything. He did. It was
just like all the last speeches of
condemned murderers as reported
in the newspapers. In a few min-
utes more he Avould he in heaven,
with a harp in his hand, singing
hymns of triumph. He bade the
crowd farewell. He never expected
to see them any more, unless, of
course, like him, they would be
The Moulton Park Verein scored
another signal success Sunday and
had a delightful picnic celebration
of the historic Fourth. Visitors be-
gan pouring into town as early as
9 o’clock, about 200 coming over
from Halletsvilie. Moore’s hotel
was crowded with guests and some
seventy-five took dinner there. It
was about 2 o’clock Avhen the crowd
began gathering at the park, and
soon some 800 or 1000 people had
assembled there. The ladies were
out in force and Avere in evidence
ever3rwhere, at the ball game, at
the bicycle races, at the dancing
pavilion and at all the booths
They lent the occasion quite a gala
appearance.
It has come to be a saying that
it takes Moulton to have feasts,
picnics and other celebrations and
make them a success, and the say-
ing seems true. The people have
come io look upon Moulton as the
proper place for such affairs.
The match game of ball between
Moulton and Halletsvilie had at-
tracted a large number of visitors
but proved a great disappointment.
The game was called about 4:30
and Halletsvilie went to the bat
and scored ten runs. Moulton
then fanned out and Halletsvilie
made two more runs. Finally
Moulton got started and had made
five runs when a squabble arose
which ended the game, Halletsvilie
refusing to accept the umpire’s de-
cision, and the game was awarded
to Moulton, 9 to 0, although the
score stood 12 to 5 in Halletsville’s
favor. The dispute arose over a
blocked ball. The Um ire Avas
John Hawkins of Halletsvilie.
The Moulton boys were eager to
continue the game but Halletsvilie
Avas obstinate and clearly in the
wrong and left the grounds in a
body after a general scrap had been
narrowly averted. They make a
fine appearance and play excellent
I ball. Their manager is Eugene
! Blakeslee.
j In the bicycle race Fred Crosby
' Avas winner.
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Lavaca. )
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of Lavaca county—Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that
you summon Paul Franke, to be
and appear before me, Justice of
the Peace in La\raca county, at my
office in the town of Shiner, pre-
cinct No. 3, on the third Saturday
in July, A. D. 1897, at 10 o’clock
a. m., the same being a regular
term of said Justice Court, to an-
swer to the complaint of Seydler &
Esohenburg, a firm composed of
George Seydler and R. L. Eschen-
burg, June 9th, A. D. 1897, for debt
for merchandise to the amount of
$55.90 with interest thereon to the
amount of $8.37.
Herein fail not; and make due
return of this writ as the laAV
directs.
File number of suit being 657.
Given under my hand this the
9th day of June, A. D. 1897.
J. C. Blohm,
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct No. 3, Lavaca Co., Texas.
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Lavaca, f
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of LaA^aca county—Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that
you summon J. W. Tilly, to be and
appear before me, Justice of the
Peace in Lavaca county, at my
office in the town of Shiner, pre-
cinct No. 3, on the third Saturday
in July, A. D. 1897, at 10 o’clock
a. m., the same being a regular term
of said Justice Court, to answer to
the complaint of Seydler & Eschen-
burg, a firm composed of George
Seydler and R. L. Eschenburg, June
9th, A. D. 1897, for debt for mer-
chandise to the amount of $99.90
with interest thereon to the amount
of $17.97.
Herein fail not; and make due
return of this writ as the law
directs.
File number of suit being 660.
Given under my hand this the
9th day of June, A. D. 1897.
J. C. Blohm,
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct No. 3, Lavaca Co., Texas.
CITATION BY PUBLICATION.
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Lavaca. )
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of Lavaca county—Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that
you summon Ed. Hubnerfeld, to be
and appear before me, Justice of
the Peace in Lavaca county, at my
office in the town of Shiner, pre-
cinct No. 3, the third Saturday in
July, A. D. 1897, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
the same being a regular term of
said Justice Court, to answer to the
complaint of Seydler & Eschenburg,
a firm composed of George Seydler
and R. L. Eschenburg, June 9th,
A. D. 1897, for debt for merchan-
dise to the amount of $17.00 with
interest thereon to the amount of
$2.56.
Herein fail not; and make dub
return ol this writ as the law
directs.
File number of fuit being 659.
Given under my hand this the
9th day of June, A. D. 1897.
J. C. Blohm,
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct No. 3, Lavaca Co., Texas.
CITATION BY" PUBLICATION,
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Lavaca, jj
To the Sheriff or any Constable
of Lavaca county—Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that
you summon Henry Lauer, to be
and appear before me, Justice of
the Peace in Lavaca county, at my
office in the town of Shiner, pre-*
cinct No. 3, the third Saturday in
July, A. D. 1897, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
the same being a regular term of
said Justice Court, to answer to the
complaint of Seydler & Eschenburg,
a firm composed of George Seydler
and R. L. Eschenburg, June 9th,
A. D. 1897, for debt for merchan-
dise to the amount of $21.70 Avith
interest thereon to the amount of
$3.25.
Herein fail not; and make due
return of this Avrit as the law
directs.
File number of suit being 658.
Given under my hand this the
9th day of June, A. D. 1897.
J. 0. Blohm,
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct No. 3, Lavaca Co., Texas.
CITATION BY*"PUBLICATION,
STATE OF TEXAS, )
County of Lavaca. )
To the Sheriff or 'any Constable
of Lavaca cou n ty—Greeti n g:
You are hereby commanded that
you summon John Tischler, to be
and appear before me, Justice of the
Peace in Lavaca county, at ‘my
office, in the town of Shiner, pre-
cinct No. 3, on the third Saturday
in July, A. D. 1897, at 10 o’clock
a. m., the same being a regular
term of said Justice Court, to an-
swer to the complaint of Seydler A
Eschenburg, a firm composed of
George Seydler and R. L. Eschen-
burg, June 9th. A. D. 1897. for debt
for merchandise to the amount of
$26.00 Avith interest thereon to the
amount of $2.34.
Herein fail not; and make due
return of this writ as the law
directs.
File number of Suit being 661.
Given under my hand this the
9th day of June, A. D. 1897.
J. C. Rloiim,
Justice of the Peace,
Precinct No. 3, Lavaca Co., Tgflu
Mr. B. Lock man is loojfting
c.idedly improved since h/is return
from Marlin.
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Ward, Charles W. Shiner Gazette. (Shiner, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 7, 1897, newspaper, July 7, 1897; Shiner, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111236/m1/5/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shiner Public Library.