John B. Omohundro, the Texan scout and frontiersman, died in Leadsville, Col. on Monday, and was to be buried with military honors yesterday. Mr. Omohundro was far better known as Texas Jack, though he came originally from Fluvana County, Virginia, where the family is well known and respected. He served in the Confederate Army but amost immediately after the close of the war went on to the plains where he was enlisted in the Government service as a Scout. In that capacity he served with General Custer and was in the field at the time of the massacre of General Canby. Earl Dunraven went out on his first hunt with a party for which Jack was detailed, and took such a fancy to him that he employed him ever afterwards on the many trips he has made to the plains, and refers to him in warm terms in his book on Yellowstone. Soon after his release from the army, he joined with Buffalo Bill in the formation of a dramatic company for a performance of a frontier piece called "The Scouts of the Prairie". It was the work of Ned Buntline who actied the part of the villain himself, and a number of real Indians filled out the company. It was the first enterprise of the kind and was successful. The combination soon desolved however, Jack going back to the West, and Buffalo Bill settling himself to climbing the dramatic ladder in good earnest. Jack returned East and lived in this city until Earl Dunraven came over again, when he took charge of the party for the season. Dunraven was then accompanied by Sir John Rae Reed who spent last summer fishing with Mr. Sothern. Of late years Jack has been a fugitive star on the dramatic firmament, usually accompanied by his wife, who is far better known than he upon the stage as Mlle. Morlacchi. Strange as it may seem, it was a love match on both sides, and no lady ever received more careful or devoted attention from her husband than Jack gave to Morlacchi. She was, at one time, one of the leading dancers in Europe, and for three years leading premiere at Her Majesty's Italian Opera. Her first appearance in this country was made with the famous De Poi Troupe at Benvard's Museum in New York, on which occasion the regular prices were double. They were married about six years ago and she was at his side at the time of his death.
