Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1894 Page: 2 of 8
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MURDER AND SUICIDE.
I
A Cripple's Crime, Caused by Jealousy, at
Boaham, lexas.
Bonham, Texas, August, 20.—
One of the most horrible crimes
ever committed in this city oc-
curred last night. Mrs. Rosa
Martin came here some time ago,
her husband having abandoned
her. She had three children with
hex-—one a baby, and the others
ranging from 10 to 12 years of
uge. E. I). McNitt also came to
the city about a year ago. He
was a street candy vendor. Both
of his legs were off, .just below
the knee, and the left hand was
alto gone all but the thumb. Mc-
Nitt had been caught in a bliz-
zard and Mrs. Martin's father
rescued him, but liis limbs had to
be amputated. He lived in the
Martin family from that time un-
til the separation of Mr. and Mrs.
Mar'in.
Mrs. Martin came to this city,
and has been endeavoring to
earn an honest living. McNitt
followed and paid his addresses
to her and sought her hand in
marriage, but was refused. She,
in the meantime, had brought suit
for divorce, and McNitt and her
12-year-old son were the main
witnesses. McNitt found out
that Mrs. Martin was engaged to
another person and induced the
boy not to appear as a witness
for his mother, and he also failed
to appear. The case was passed.
Last night Mrs. Martin retired
at an early hour. Her two eldest
children were sleeping on a pal-
let. .Miss Maud lJice, Mrs. Mar-
tin and the infant occupied a bed.
Miss Ilice was awakened this
morning by the cries of the baby.
She arose, looked around for its
mother and found her lying by
tiie side of the bed in a pool of
blood. She rushed screaming in
to her father's room and soon offi-
cers were notified. When they
came a horrible sight met their
view. On the floor beside the
bed lay a beautiful woman with
her head almost severed from her
body. By her side lay the body
of McNitt. His left arm was
thrown around the woman's
waist, his right arm was extended
and clasped a razor. His left arm
was cut in three places and a hor-
rible gash was on his throat.
Duel With Knives.
Cincinnati'], Aug. 30.—The
Times-Star's, Lexington, Ky.,
special says: A duel to death
with knives occurred in Clark
county, near Boonesboro, yester-
day over the scandal feature of
the Ashland congressional eon-
test. John King, a Breckenridge
man living in Fayette county met
on the highway his old friend,
George Cook, who lives in Clark
county. Cook said any woman
who went to hear Breckcnridge
was no better than a courtesan.
King dismounted, saying that
his wife and daughter had heard
Breckenridge. Cook insisted it
was a shame. He also dismount-
ed from his horse. Both drew
knives and blood flowed freely
until Cook dropped, having three
stabs in the breast. King has es-
caped.
Marruee anfl Murder.
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. ;jo.
—Frank T. Moore is in jail in
Pleasaeton, charged with mur-
dering Mat Tier ley, lii.s step-fa-
ther. To-day Moore's wife filed
a divorce petition here alleging
that Moore murdered Tierney
and intimidated her to marry liini
in order to prevent her testifying
against him. The case has crea-
ted quite a sensation.
Much Run Down
Was my condition, says Mr. Win. Weatli'.'rford,
tax collector at Key West, Florida. My appo-
Mr. Weathrrford
tlte was poor and I was quite miserable. Friends
adrlsud me to take Mood's Sarsaparilla. I have
Mood
jfl. S-
Sarsa-
parilla
T. M. BROWN & CO.,
Cor. Front and Rusk streets,
FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Star and Eclipse Wind Mills, Well Casing, Pipe
and Fittings, Full line Engineers, Supplies.
Rubber Hose, Packing, Etc.
taken 5 bottles, and am
much better,have gained
In weight, and enjoy a
good appetite.
Cures
Hood's Pills are a mild oatlmrtic. 25c.
Tragedy Over Chickens.
Emporia, Kas., Aug. .">0.—One
man dead, one morta'ly wounded
and another in jail is the result of
I a quarrel at Hartford last night
about a few chickens scratching
up a neighbor's garden.
Richard McAvoy shot two
chickens belonging to Albert
Burton, and the two were quar-
reling over the matter. George
Thomas and Fred Rhodes, neigh-
bors, interfered and tried to
pacify the men. McAvoy became
' enraged at some remark made by
Thomas, and, suddenly raising his
gun, emptied a charge of buck-
shot into the neck of Thomas. He
I followed this up by striking the
prostrate man over the heart with
the stock of the gun. Rhodes at-
tempted to interfere and McAvoy
I turned upon him, Rhodes fled, but
I as he did so drew a revolver and
fired three shots at his pursuer,
all of which took effect—two in
his breast and one in his forehead.
McAvoy fell and was dead
i within an hour. Burton with-
drew from the fracas as Thomas
and Rhodes became involved, and
witnessed the shooting from his
door. All the parties are wcll-
| known citizens of Hartford, and
the affair has caused much excite -
1 ment. Thomas was until recently
; City Marshal. Rhodes gave hini-
| self up and was placed in the
County jail at Emporia this morn-
ing.
Ochiltree for Congress.
Colonel Thomas 1\ Ochiltree
has announced that he will be a
candidate for congress in the
Tenth district in opposition to
Bourke Cockran, subject to the
action of the congressional con-
vention 011 a protection and anti-
income tax platform. Colonel
Ochiltree served one term in eon-
; gress acceptably and it is thought
he will make a good race. He is
well known as a bon vivant and
racontuer, and has friends by the
hundreds all over the country
who would be glad to see him
succeed in a contest for a seat in
congress—New York Adver-
tiser.
Accidentally Killed.
Houston, Texas, Aug. 20.—
To-night news was received in
the city of the killing of John I'.
Burn ham at Chenango junction.
He was hunting and the killing
was accidental. His home had
J been in the fourth ward north,
where he leaves relatives. The
body will be sent for and brought
here to-morrow for interment.
There was a party there from the
city.
Napoleon's Dainty Toilet.
One of the most interesting ar-
ticles found among the recent
numerous essays upon the private
j life of Napoleon is on tiie toilet
of the emperor, which, it appears,
' was a most important matter and
j regulated down to the smallest
[details with mathematical pre-
g cision. When awakened it was I
Napoleon's custom to glance over
the papers while; the tires were |
lit. He was sensitive to cold and |
a tiro was prepared in every
room, even in midsummer. Then
of distinguished people awaiting j
an audience he would delignate
whom ho wished to see, after
which he would rise and take a
hot bath, lasting about an hour.]
The daily shaving was the next
duty. Ordinarily his physician,
Corvisart, would be present, chat-
ting and securing favors for his
friends. Napoleon's greeting was
usually some badinage, such as:
"Ah, charlatan! How many pa-
tients have you killed this morn-
ing?" And the physician would
reply in kind. Two valets were
necessary for shaving, one hold-
ing the basin and another the mir-
ror. The emperor in a flannel
Louisiana Cypress Tanks.
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The Arlington Hotel,
337 AND 339 MAIN STREET., DALLAS, TEXAS.
Fu rnisbed Throd Q bout.
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Centrally located in business center, only
one block from postoffice and city hall. All
street cars pass the doors to and from trains to
fair grounds and all parts ot the city. First
class in every respect. Rates, $1 T><> and f?2 (10
per day. Special rates per week or month.
, ^ j o FAUfvI/, I^ropricstor.
VOUR
HOME,
VOUR
CHURCH,
VOUR
SCHOOL,
WILL BE INCOMPLETE UNTIL
SUPPLIED WITH AN
The badly decomposed body of
a murdered man was found in a
sealed car upon its arrival in
Mobile, Ala.
robe de chanibre then covered his
face with soap and began to shave.
Throwing off his robe, Napoleon
was next deluged with can de
cologne and subjected to a
thorough scrubbing with a rough
brush. The valet then rubbed
the whole body with linen rolls
saturated with eau de cologne—a
custom that Napoleon had acquir-
ed in the East. The scrubbing
I was none of the lightest, either,
! for he would call out from time
to time, "Harder, rub harder!"
When the scrubbing was over the
i emperor dressed himself. A cur-
ious detail of his costume was tiie
religious care with which he kept j
hung around his neck, the little
leather envelope, shaped like a!
heart, which contained the poison j
! that was to liberate him in case1
of irretrievable reverses of for-
tune. This poison was prepared
I after a recipe w inch Cabanis had |
given to Corvisart, and after the
year 1808 the emperor never un-
dertook a campaign without ha y-
iiig his little packet of poison.
Our Future Population.
The territorial area of Japan is
about one twenty-fourth that of
the United States, not counting
in Canada, w hich is likely some
time to come in; and it supports
40,000,000 people. At this rate it
is computed that the North Amer-
ican continent would sustain a
population of 1,000,000,000. How J
soon that limit is to be readied
may be remitte 1 t' the prophets
and the statisticians, but it will
come some time without doubt,
requiring an increasingly wise
type of statesman and politician
on the way if we were to hold to-
gether and c urs out the destinies
which seem appointed to us.— !
New York Tribune.
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iC^PLEASE MENTION THIS PAPER.
Teiribio Tale of Woe.
A curious story leaked out yes-
terday in a Niagara street car. A
burly, good-natured looking man
entered at Ferry street and seat-
ed himself beside a young man
who was the picture of grief in-
carnate.
"How are they coming, Bill?"
was his greeting.
Bill leaned over and almost
whispered: "Did you hear about
it? Ilavn't? Well, you know my
mother, she's the best woman in
the world, but she's never got rid
of those old puritanical notions
ol hers. She'd rather have me
die, than touch a drop or gamble
or anything like that. Well, you
know that 011 the dead quiet 1
saved about ■"'.loo to go towarls
the mortgage on our place. Last
week I thought I'd spring it on
her, and so I took the t,ood hard
coin out of the bank and slung it
down on the supper table at
night. She looked at me very
suspiciously and asked me where
I got it. Just from the spirit of
perversity I answered, 'Won it at
the races.' 1 went out in the ev-
ening and returned early to talk
about the mortgage.
"She didn't say a word but poin-
ted towards the grate and said:
'There's your evil-gotton money.
Do you think 1 would use it." I11
the grate was a heap of ashes.''
And the young man, with a look
of unutterable agony, got up and
left the car.—Buffalo Express.
The third party platform de-
mands that eight hours be de-
clared by law a legal day's labor
for all people except farm labor
and domestic servants. They arc
now trying to "explain" the mean-
ing of this plank in their platform
by saying it refers to labor per-
formed 011 government works.
But the platform does not say
this, it says and means all kinds
of labor except that performed on
the farm and by household ser-
vants.—Terrell Times-Star.
"Yes, father," said the young
graduate, freshly returned from
college, "I'm a trained athlete
now, and mean to take part in a
number of contests in the East.
I'm strong enough to lift almost
| anything." "Well, then/' said the
I old man grimly, "1 guess you kin
jest stay a.t home an' lift the mort-
i gage off the farm."—Ex.
Lost Hit Arm.
Bells, Tex., Aug. .'JO.— Yester-
day afternoon about 5 o'clock Mr.
Tom Crosby had the misfortune
j to get his hand so badly cut in a
gin stand seven miles northwest
| of here as to necessitate amputat-
; ing his arm between the w list and
elbow.
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Denton County News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 1894, newspaper, September 6, 1894; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth503508/m1/2/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.