The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 2 No. 159, Monday, May 11, 1885

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AFTER MARY YEARS.
How the Nemesis of Fate Pursued and
Overtook Charles Warren.
A TRAGIC WAR TALE=A FATHER RESCUED
BY A FAIR DAUGHTER.
THE MAh’, NOtV MXTYFOUR YEARS OLD, Alt
RESTED Edit MURDER—WILL THE SEXTEXCE
BE EXECUTED!
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LOW PRICES UNTIL JUNE 1st, WHICH WE HAVE
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BestJStock Of Patent Medicine.
THE TRIUMPH CIGAR.AKII
Truth is stranger tnan fiction. The facts
that The Day, in the following lines, lays
before its readers, make it one of the most
tragic tales of real life ever known, recited,
listened to or read in Texas. We shall give it
as briefly and yet as succinctly as
practicable. The east bound train of the
Texas and St. Louis road came steaming into
Waco at 10:30 a. m. yestesday. Among
those who got off here were Van Hall, head
of Hall’s detective agency, of this city, and
an old, grayheaded, bent and decrepit man.
Hall kept close by the side of his companion
and the two drove hurriedly to the
county jail. They entered, Hall interviewed
the jailor and guards, and then the party
went up stairs to the prison room. The iron
door was unlocked, the old, grayheaded
man passed in and the door clanged to again.
Then the old man broke into tears, sat down
and wept. He said: “It has come at last.
I am lost.” A reporter of The Day was
there and the following were the facts as he
learned them. It was in the stormy period
of the outbreak of
THE GREAT CIVIL WAR
that Charles Warren, then forty years of age,
stabed and killed John Burton, an Englishman,
who will be well remembered by
old residents as “John Bull.” Burton lived
in Waco. Warren was a farmer, who'lived
east of.the river. Bath weredrinking men.
Warren came to Waco on the loth day of
May, 1861. He imbibed freely of spirits and
by evening was under the influence of his
potations. Burton, during the day, had an
altercation with Layton Puckett, then a citizen
of ^Waco, but now dead. It grew out
of a difference of views as £to the war then
inaugurated between the sections. Burton
took the union side of the argument (as he
always did) and the dispute was hot. Warren
and Layton Puckett Jwere close friends
and _Warren heard of the quarrel. He
vowed to take his friend’s side, saying “I
can whip any man who tries to impose on
Layton Puckett.” Then word was brought
to Warren that his horse, which he had
hitched on the plaza, had been taken by
Burton and rods around town. This news
completed the sum of Warren’s grievances.
He said he would see Burton later in the
evening and he did. The two men met
AT SUNDOWN,
in front of a building that stood where is
now the Central City Hotel, on Bridge street.
Words passed, Warren drew a knife and
stabbed Burton twice. Burton made an exclamation,
staggered across the street and
died. Warren mounted his horse and rode
rapidly to his home. The next day he was
found, at his home, and arrested by the then
sheriff, Mr. Twaddle. He waived a preliminary
examination, failed to give bond and
was jailed. The grand jury was in session
and indicted him for murder. His
trial came on
IN NOVEMBER.
1865. Our honored townsman, Hon. N. W.
Battle, was the district judge. James F.
Davis, now one of the justices of the peace
in this precint, was retained by Warren as
counsel. It was a fair and intelligent jury
that heard the testimony and the verdict
rendered was guilty of murder in the first
degree, with the death penalty. One of the
twelve jurors, (Mr. Parks, at B. Alexander’s)
is living in Waco today. Another was John
Coats, a brother of our townsman, Geo. Coats.
He is living east of the river. Another was
Eli Jones. He is living, on middle Bosque.
There may be others yet living but most of
them are dead. Mr. Parks told the The Day
repoiter this morning:
“IT WAS A COLDBLOODED MURDER,
and it was my conscientious opinion then
that Warren ought to be hung. The murder
was wanton and unprovoked. It really
grew out of political disputes. Burton
hadn’t a sign of a weapon. The testimony
showed that he made a plaintive and conciliatory
reply when accosted late that evening
by Warren. The latter stabbed him to death
without any provocation and Warren wasn’t
so drunk but what he had sense to get on
his horse and ride home as brisk as he
could.” Mr. Parks paused a moment and
then he added: “But nearly a quarter of a
century has elapsed since then. Warren is
old and decrepit. He has probably suffered
enough. I vo ed on that jury to hang him,
but I would sign a petition now for his pardon.
Let Yim make his peace with God and
die, wnenAis time comes, at home.”
MR. C. A. SPARKS,
now living in Waco, was one of the principal
witnesses for the state, against Warren.
Be told The Day this morning: “I
saw Warren stab John Burton. I
saw the latter die. I knew both men very
well. Burton was a quiet, inoffensive, worthless
man. Warren wasn’t much better. He
would get drunk and quarrel every time he
came to tbwn. I thought then that Warren
ought to he hanged. But he is too old
to hang now. The governor ought to commute
his sentence.” Judge N. W. Battle says
he cannot recall the case, although he was
district judge then. So many episodes of the
kind occurred in those rough, pioneer days,
that his memory is defective as to some of
hem and this one in particular. As we have
aid the jury adjudged.
THE DEATH PENALTY
for Warren. His counsel, Judge Davis,
made a motion for a new trial. Judge Battle
overruled it. Davis gave notice of an appeal
to the supreme court of the state and
Warren was remanded to jail, to
await . the decision of the court of
last resort. Pending the consideration of
that appeal Judge Battle ordered Warren
to be removed, for safe keeping, to the
county jail of Freestone county, at Fairfield.
That was in December, 1861. Warren was
convicted on Nov. I2fh, i86r. He had a
young daughter.
REBECCA WARREN.
Shortly after his removal to the Fairfield
jail this daughter went to Fairfield. Without
revealing her name or relationship to
Warren she sought out the jailer at Fairfield,
pleading poverty and friendlessness and obtained
employment in his family as a domestic.
Watching for an opportunity she stole
the keys of the jail from the jailor’s pocket
one night and
RELEASED HER FATHER.
There is another story that a company of
Confederate soldiers, passing through Fairfield,
and hearing that Warren was in jail
there for killing a union man, released him,
but those who ought to know best say the
devoted daughter did it, as above described.
She married Andy Farris,
once a citizen of this county,
and is living now in Erath county.
As soon as he was at liberty Warren enlisted
in a Texas regiment and served the
four years of the war as a Confederate soldier.
When the strife ended he went to
western Texas and settled down to farming.
In the meantime his wife died and he married
again, The judgment against his life
still remained on the court records here. The
supreme court, when news was received that
he had escaped from jail,dismissed the appeal.
By some means Van Hall heard that Warren
was living in Lampasas county. He
brought the case to county attorney Taylor’s
attention. The latter asked if the records
were on file in district clerk Beasly’s office
here. Mr. Beasley hunted up all the facts,
as to matters of record, and placed them in
Mr. Taylor’s hands. The latter sent them
to Austin and on April 22d ultimo Acting
Governor.
BARNETT GIBBS
offered a reward of $200 for Warren’s arrest
and delivery inside the jail door of McLennan
county. Van Hall took the necessary
papers, weut to Gatesville, secured the cooperation
of sheriff Lamham of Corye
county, and on Friday night last Hall ana
Lanham arrested Warren. He was found in
a mountain cove several miles north of Lampasas
and brought here as above described.
He has a little stock ranche in Lampasas
county, but says he is a poor man. He
is now sixtyfour years old. He says he
never changed his name and has visited
Waco several times since the close of the
war. His case excites much sympathy and
numbers of people have visited him at the
jail. County attorney Taylor will write to
Austin and ascertain if the supreme court
ever made any order in Warrelfi’s case. If
it affirmed the sentence of the lower court
the old man must hang unless the governor
intervenes. Judge Rimes will not take any
steps in the matter until the clerk of the supreme
court is heard from. It is altogether
probable that the governor will be petitioned
to exercise clemency in Warren’s
case, and The Day hopes he will. The
man has suffered for the last twentyfour
years and is too old to be sent to the gallows
now.
THE SUNDAY LAWnow
IT WAS OBSERVED IX THE CENTRAL
CITI YESTERDAY.
A Hearty Obedience Yielded and No Arrests—Publie
Opinion on the Law—How Fort Worth
Kept it Yesterday
 : o:
“Now this is what we ought to have in
Waco every Sunday—this is the way a decent,
Christian community should spend their
Lord’s day. Observe how quit and orderly
everything is. All the business closed and
nobody at work. But good day, I must
catch that street car and go home.”
And the speaker, who is a businessman
and church, ■member hailed the car and was
gone. The driver on the car looked as though
he had heard the words “nobody at work,”
and couldn’t appreciate them—he was working
the same as on Monday or any other week
day. In a moment another business man
(but not a church member) stepped up and
out of the fullness of his heart spake:
“D—n the Sunday law. I am in favor of a
decent observance of Sunday I think the
people need one day of rest out of seven and
if they want to go to church, all right. But this
is puritanical and unreasonable. It is an
outrage on personal rights and the legislature
that foisted it on a free people were either
numskulls, demagogues or fanatics, that’s the
way I size it up.”
The two opinions, as above given, represented
the extremes of public sentiment
expressed to The Day yesterday, time and
again, as to the Sunday law of the state and
city,revived(after a long period of somnolence
that seemed to be death) and enforced in
Waco yesterday. The discussion and disputation
over the matter opened before Sunday
came. It was the leading topic Saturday
and yesterday and men argued for and
against it with zeal and emphasis.
But the law was observed. Every place
of business (not exempt under the statute)
closed as the town clock tolled twelve Saturday
night, and remained closed until midnight
last night. The saloon men were
especially careful and scrupulous in their
obedience. All the drinking that was done
was done in private rooms and with beverages
purchased Saturday. The soda fountains were
quiet and mineral waters could not be had.
Bath houses and ice cream parlors were
closed. All the cigar stores and stands
were shut up. Even the bootblacks ceased
work. The law was enforced and obeyed,
so far as one could judge yesterday, to the
letter.
The city was quiet and orderly. We do
not know, though, that it was any more so
than on other Sundays, for Waco is generally
a quiet and orderly town. People went to
church in about the same proportion as usual
and hundreds got vehicles, took basket dinners
and went to the country or fishing.
Hundreds also went out to the driving park,
where they could enjoy a spin around the
course or a drive through the grounds.
At De Francis garden the proprietor sat
mournful, silent and lonely. His place was
deserted—no beer,no soda, no music, dancing
—nothing. He said the Sunday law would be
his ruin. The milk wagons went around as
usual, but people who wanted ice did not get
it as readily or as easily as on other Sundays.
And thus the day passed away and Waco
woke up this morning feeling for once in her
history she had obeyed a Sunday law that is
as rigorous as any sumptuary enactment of
modern times.
Inquiry at the recorder’s office today developes
the fact that not a complaint has'
been made of violations of the law. Marshal
Moore states that his force did not make
any arrests and he does not believe there
were any violations. There was a rumor
that some of the saloon men would file complaints
against the newspaper publishers,
for having work done on Sunday, but up to
this time nothing of the kind has been done.
It is too early yet to form an opinion
how the law will work. It is also too early
to see how the community, as a whole, likes
it. When it is enforced for several Sundays
opinion will begin to take shape. The
Day repeats what it said Saturday, that if
the law is to be enforced at all, it shall be
rigidly and to the very letter. No exemptions
should be made or partiality shown.
While on this subject it is worth while to
note that in Fort Worth yesterday the chief
of police instructed his force to not interfere
with any business except the saloon men and
cigar dealers. The recorder, though, said
he would fine all violators.
Several traveling men who got in yesterday
morning were somewhat disgusted when
they found they could not get shaved or a
bath—not to mention a cigar, drink of beer,
or mineral water. They said Waco was getting
entirely too pious.
AT FORT WORTH.
Special to The Day.
Fort Worth, May n—Noon—The Sunday
law was enforced here yesterday, so far
as saloons and cigar stands were concerned.
No other line of business was interfered
with.| No arrests were made. The Gazette
m&de what it calls “a narrow escape*.”
Saturday night, in the pressence of Jake
Johnson (the well known sporting man) and
another gentleman on Main street near the
White Elephant, Recorder Feild had instructed
deputy marshal Rushing to take six
policemen and after 12 o’clock Sunday morning
to arrest each and every person working
on the Gazette. Rushing refused and when he
laid the matter before Acting Marshal Scott,
that officer told him to do nothing of the
kind, so no arrests were made and the
Gazette was printed as usual.
RAILROAD RACKET.
Summer Excursions—Change ol Officials—The T.
and St. Louis.
Trav. Jones, ticket agent of the Missouri
Pacific road, has instructions to put on sale
the usual summer excursion tickets to Colorado,
Denver and Pueblo. The round trip
rate is $56.45 and the tickets are good until
October 31.
President Paramore, of the Texas and St.
Louis railroad, left for New Orleans Saturday
night. Ilis mission there is to see U. S.
circuit Judge Pardee, and endeavor, if possible,
to have the decree, recently issued for
the sale of the road, set aside. He has a
strong array of facts to present to Judge
Pardee.
Mr. R. B. Dickey, for so long the agent
at Waco of the Texas and St. Louis railroad,
has resigned that position and was succeeded
today by Mr. C. L. Gates, late soliciting
and traveling agent of the same road. It is
well understood that the company appreciated
the value of Mr. Dickey’s services and
dfd not want to part with him, but he de 
dined to remain. Mr. Gates is a veteran
railroader, and will take hold ofjthe work
as though he had been there all the time.
STATE NEWS.
Brief Notices ol Sunday’s Happenings in Texas.
Palestine, May 9.—At Oakwood, sixteen
miles west of this city, Mr. Yale Manning
was crushed to death by a piano which he
was assisting to move from an express wagon.
Mr. Manning’s father and mother recently
died within a few weeks of each other. All
that is now left of the family is a little girl
who is heiress to a large estate. Mr. Manning,
who was an estimable young gentleman,
will be .buried in this city. He lived only
half an hour after the terrible accident which
makes his young wife a widow.
Texarkana, May 9.—A route agent
named A. W. Adleta was arrested here this
morning by Inspector Dice for Jrobbing registered
packages. For several years a systematic
robbery of these packages has been
going on, and inspector after inspector has
been foiled in an effort to unearth the thief.
On Friday (Adleta’s run) Inspector Dice
started three decoy letters from the Fort
Worth postoffice, containing $54, and on
arrival here the money was found missing.
Adletarwas at once arrested and money and
packages found concealed in the inside lining
of his valise.
Gainesville, May 9.—The body of S.
W. Hatch, whose mysterious disappearance
was mentioned last night, was found yesterday
about nine miles from Arbuckle, Indian
territory. His throat was cut from ear to ear,
and his hand grasped a bloody knife. In
his pocket was a flask of whisky, and his
pocketbook was untouched. He was addieted
to strong drink, and it is supposed
that he had been drinking and was seized
with one of those fits of despondency to
which he was subject.
Illustrating His Sermon.
New York Times.
The minister was struggling to put on a
new fourply collar and the perspiration was
starting from every pore. “Bless the collar,”
he ejaculated ; “O, yes, bless it. Bless the
blessed collar!” “My dear,” said his wife,
“what is your text for this morning’s sermos?”
“Ffourteenth verse ffiftyfifth
psalm, he replied in short gasps: The
wwords of his mmouth were s smoother than
bbutter, but wwar was in his hheart.”
An Inducement.
“ I don’t know about going bail for you,
Sam. You are a bad nigger and ought to
be locked up. You’re a disgrace to the community.”
“ I knows I is, sah, I’se a bad niggah
ebbery way. But if you’ll go my bail dis time,
boss,I’ll jump de country tomorrow mawnin*
and nebbefcome back.”