Kent County Texas News Gleanings

Kent County News Gleanings

Fort Worth, Tex., June 30 --- A young, dudish-looking man was walking around the platforms at the union depot this morning. He wore a light silk coat of the prevailing tan shade, a pair of trousers tailor made and a pair of natty shoes. he looked very much like a prosperous young business man going off for a day to get a breath of fresh air and some home-made bread. His hands were small and well shaped and his complexion not very deeply tanned. People looked at him as be walked and wondered who ho was. He had a light, easy movement about him which was not the gait of a man who had spent his life cooped up in an office or behind a counter. Somebody asked him his name and he said it was Archie Frazier from Kent county, and then the inquisitor went on muttering And who in the h--ll is Frazier and where on earth is Kent county. Joe Paul, superintendent of the Texas and Pacific supplied both links. Frazier is Sheriff of Kent county. He is the man who single-handed set out to capture the train robber who recently held up the Texas and Pacific train out west, and he got him. For two days and nights rarely putting his feet out of the stirrups Frazier followed the trail alone and unaided across the plains to the mountains and then into the heart of the wilds he went. And when ho cane back there was another man riding with him. Only the other man was bound and tied and always rode in front While the people around the station had been trying to decide which way the robber had gone and how best to track Frazier had gone ahead and taken the man prisoner. That is all. Frazier found his man in the heart of the mountains, miles and miles away from civilization or habitation of any kind. The mountains tell no tales, and for aught he anew, there might be a whole company of robbers, but he sailed in. Ore evening he found his man. He rode suddenly on him and ordered him to throw up his hands. The robber surrendered ; Frazier bound him, and together they commenced the journey back to the railroad, some seventy miles away. Not once during that toilsome ride did Frazier's eyes close or his hand remain idle, Only when he had landed his man safe in jail did he rest. The man was taken to El Paso, tried and convicted and given eight years in the penitentiary and is now serving out his term—all done in less than three months and all due to the energy and pluck of Frazier. Frazier is still a young man. He is as strong as a male and has a constitution of iron, he has not yet taken to himself a wife, and so is a mark for hundreds of eyes. He was elected sheriff of Kent County last November and is making a record for himself out on the plains. This is the story of Frazier, Frazier of Kent. You will hear of him again someday. [July 1, 1893 Dallas Morning News]

Clairemont Kent Co.. Tex.. Dec 7, The contract was let Tuesday to build a stone courthouse 52 x 471/2 feet the bid being 14, 999 Wednesday preliminary work commences for getting out the stone which will be quarried near Clairemont.If suitable stone can be found the lime will be burnt for the building in the county. The commissioners court at this term also let a contract for sinking a well at a cost of $250. Improvements are still going on. Sheriff Butler has moved Into his new home. County Clerk Hardin's new house will be ready for occupancy by Christmas and work is being pushed on Judge Pearson's house. The Two Rivers, the only cold water newspaper in west Texas. will appear next week enlarged to eight pages. [December 10, 1893 Dallas Morning News]

Tradgedy at Clairemont Special to the News Clairemont, Tex Oct 9, Jeff B Hardin, was shot and killed Saturday night at 9:20 last night. [October 10, 1901 Dallas Morning News]