Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-18

of citizens. The facts, briefly de-
tailed, are as follows:
Jodge Caldwell attempted 20 pro-
cure the Courtroom for the purpose
of speaking, and application was
made to Mr.. A. G. Adams, the Dep
uty Sheriff, (the Sheriff being
absent for the key. Mr., Adams,
not approving the object Of the
meeting, and believing, from the
reported infamatory character of
remarks made on such occasions, by
radical orators, refused permission
to use the Courtroom for any such
purpose. Between 12 and o'clock,
Judge Caldwell and a body of ne
groes, entered the Court house, and
held a meeting in the passage wars.
The passage ways divide the rooms
belo V, occupied by the various Off
ces, the main one being about so
feet long, and about 8 feet wide; a
most singular place to hold meet
ing, rs all business in those rooms
must, of necessity, be suspended
during it's continuance. Judge
Caldwell spoke briefly to the negroes.
At the conclusion Of his remarks,
the negro man Mckee gave out q
political hymn, which the negroes
all proceeded to sing, when a pistol
was fired, and the crowd left Judge
Caldwell and his sable confreTe with
them.
The next day, 1t. Hawlev arrest
ed three prominent citizens: 5. II.
Perry, the Sheriff; his deputy, A.
G.. Adams; and Capt, S. j. Richard
son.
A writ of habcas corpus was OBJ
tanned the succeeding day, and the
parties brought before Judge j. G.
Williamson, on Thursday
The papers presented in the case,
by 1t. Hawley, consisted Of state
ments and aflidavits from 1t Maloy,
of the Freedmen's Bureau, Judge
Caldwell, and G. Il. Coleman, a ne
gro school teacher, charging the
parties arraigned, with disturbing
the peace, by breaking up peacea-
bic meeting, with drawn revolvers,
one of them having been discharged
in the commencement of the row by
Capt. S. J. Richardson. That sub
seauently an alteration had taken
place between Judge Caldwell aud
Mr.. Adams. and alleging that Mr..
Adams and ,Ir. Perry wore alter
wards conspiring and laying in wait,
to assassinate Judge Caldwell.
In the Investigation of the case
the witnesses for the State were
alone examined, and the testimony
was substantially the same as pre-
sented in tho written afiidavits.-
The counsel for the defence offered
no rebutting testimony, and the
case closed. The parties were hound
over for thier appearance at the
District Court; Adams and Rich
ardson in the sum of $1,000 each,
and Perry in the sum of 5000.
We regret the course pursued by
the counsel for the defence, as the
case will 20 abroad TO the prejudice
of the parties arrested, and the good
name of the country. Testimony
could baveabeen adduced, as we are
assured, that would have relieved
the case of many of its prominent
features. and have shown that the
fears of Judge Caldwell were ground
less.
Lit. Hawley's testimony presented
the grounds upon which the arrests
were made. With the affidavits be
fore him, and among them that of
one of the highest judicial officers
in the State. that there had been a
riot in which his life was threatened,
and that he was in dread Of assassi-
nation; that the officers, whose duty
it was 10 keep the peace were en-
gaqed IN these disorderly proceed
inss.with the further allegation
that civil law was powerless IN the
county. he felt it his duty to inter-
fcre.
With this testimony, we think
his course was perfectly correct
we cannot indeed perceive how be
could have acted otherwise. Ihe
community and the parties them