Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-09-08
Letter from Capt. J.R. BAYLOR.


Letter from Capt. ]. r. Baylor.
Brcm,S,Y Co., Aug, 3Oth SO.
Mr.. Eiior IL regret the necessity am under
Of again troubling you to publish reply to Mr..
Lceper. But as the law as uiadc it his duty to cx-
pose what he calls my 'inf,mous designs" the law of
sclrespcc makes my duty to answer those charges
NJ your paper will be spread far and wide, and will
he read by those who might, from tho position Mr.
Leepcr occupies, be induced to think him gentle
man. and in the habit Of telling the truth.
AS to the certificates furnished by Chandler Jones
& Co.. Mr.. Lccpcr might have procured bushel from
the same source upon very reasonable terms.
If Mr.. jones' testimony is worth anything, | can
prove by others beside myself, that no longer than
last spring, he threatened report Mr. Leeper to the
Superintendent for swndling the Government, &C.,
Sc, said that Lcepcr had put in his negro man as n
Government hand at % dollars per month, and kept
him at the house waiting on his family, that he had
hired Mexican at 10 per month, and put him in rs
n Government hand at % dollars per month, and his
duty was 10 hunt the country for butter and
eggs for Mr.. Leeper, that the Government was pay
! ing for these hands and that it swindling to de-
privc the Government of their services, Sc, &c.
The charges that se'luccd two of the Rangers to
| Join me in making an attack the house of my
nearest ncighbor, Mr.. Shaw, blind man, sc is n
,slfuH and deliberate lie, and Mr.. Lccper knew it
when he wrote it, There was two respectable gentle
men present when the conversation with these Ran
onI fIIin hoo treos said In ;est IonJ II wa w mn,
ielsood " all the party) that the best plan was to
stampede old man Shaw and rob his gums, that no
was blind, could shoot a hog with my bow, and
make SOME moccasin trucks in hi, melon mitch and
stampcdc the old man and rob his bee gums.
This sir sis the dire plan. Mr. Leeper speaks Of
one in comparison with which the famous guI-powler
plot, to blow up King James and his Parliament, was
a very small affair." Such an absurd story bears upon
its face falsehood, and he who has no better argu-
| 30, kI,o..
the issue between rs, is hard pressed indeed
Mr. Shirley's letter deserves some notice from tho
fact of the very powell mode he has discovered of dis
tingushng an American horse, "that it wouldn't
hermit itself 20 be saddled. H. donbt if AIR R,rsv
with all his horse 90 has made tbs
That Mr. Shrley's letter was urfen 10 order "a vev
evident he will have ample opportunity to proye hs
| innocence before the next District Court
| As to the statement of Mr. Leirht I nm Mt a loss
to understand how that proves the innoccrce of the
Indians was ordered while agent. In breok nm the
grocery of Mr.. King, | did so and was sued. Mr..
Neiehbors promised to St and between me and Mi dan
rer and has since said that he sswoull moi nav ono
cent of the costs of that suit" Mr. Kings LAWYERS
have made him n party in the suit Int neitber nor
spodcd them nor bribed them nor am reloo oi fon,
the snit. | have said that if I couU would r.Lo
Neirbbors nav the exnenses of th ot su;t and oh
send you the certificate of Mr.. John Sheen. n
man well known to be an honest and truthful man,
I which nc speaks s,,l;o Tor ,I itself n;..
- Mr. Ieener tbints nrousr 70 nave ony TO say that
have used about him into an insult shall ha va 81
glad to terminate the difficulty between us by resort
10 some more formidable weapon than the pen, dare
say the public and yourself have heard enough of the
t na as ;,, Iossphes ~ 10 mvesti
be the final Judgment in ths case. ''''" s"V''e
Yours &c., JNO. r. BAYLOR.
,,,,,t ,, .Hho %, 20, Aug, 18th 1898
have ,e ~ o . nv tos to Oh me
which have sworn to and proved by others in max
ing out my account against the Government.
On one occasion when lost my horses, complain
~ " VII heeper .ne agent, anu told MN the clrcum.