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rze we're arrested be rt spoke Of difficulty which
occurred 10 biz Office, oeEEes the deputy sheriff Of Ibis
co1arF AtcS / dams and Judge Caldwell, in which,
10 prevent collision Det~eea t8sas, Ae co4Ee1 Adams
and sa9Ted Ein CUT OF the Foo11- Secondly, that
adams tar "a r4s To murder C2.dReL lie used this
Gaa~aage--I quote Il literally:
q Un looking from the BzaG9w, o5serFed Adams
walking To and fro opposite aG gazing id earnest
E8aaaer zt the door Of the Office Being satisfied that
Adams intended 4 r11rder0Gs assault, dispatched
messenger Er. e. E. Coleman to camp for foree Of
ea to arrest Adams and protect the life Of the Judge
On seeing .Ae party lezge the Office for camp Adams
re.isel from sight. Judge Caldwell then proceeded
70 camp followed By Adams d distance, pursued in
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eF8aentiE ffoal making the threatened aud preraeE-
Eat=1 attack ] fully convinced from these facts
and unre recent developments ttat deputy sheriff
ADAMS Intended to murder Judge Ca1dael. and that
io .is attempt sheriff ., T. Perry and others eospsed
with aHd stood ready TO assist him" Tbs il signed
- very respectfully. to1r gtedemt servant l. g. Nal
Iog, Fsss IeoteBans Tlrtyffh United States iGfan-
stF E4d- Assistant Commissioner" He has siace been
promoted, asd il ao@ Colonel.
j. js generally understood that an officers statement
h0goY il regarded in military circles q equivalent
to she cath Of citizen before court. And yet
strange 10 saT. Aal9gy. when put ON OATH denied the
particulars Of Tie difficulty between Caldwell and
Adams; stated that be never colsare4' Adams; that
he ad DO knowledge o. these circumstances which lie
detailed INFINITELY and, IL fars has 10. scca Adams
a. ALL Why dd be DO thiss Because he knew that
for the frst cieDss be not likely TO receee any
thing bHt rebbke, bat il be 10 is before in
restga1iHg court and it Was proTed On him, which he
knew you'd be the case, that such just man as Gen
Hancock would have him dismissed in disgrace from
the seEq;cc.
Col. BG5TwtcE, ANOTHER SPECIMEN.
The next prominent character il Il man with fl half
dozen aasez, bat WHO is known in Jefferson as Col
B0staiei lie il the man who bfutaIly murdered Mr.
WIN. Perry, an Gid and respectable Citizen at night
With squad nf soldiers, Liz own zde1as-, ~ he
quietly going hooe. This Infamous 4coundreI and
Jail bird has been Jeerson for months harase:pg
the citizens. The murder Of Perry was co.d-5ooded
Infamous aGuir, from which he rot clear By d rnock
trial before corrupt judge Introducing Lis partners
in guilt az witnesses, and keeping the trial secret
from Perrys friends. Tie following from tie Houston
Tines gs7e8 B9stw.ek's ahecedents:
BosTwIcE's RECORD.
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more than fresh in the EDizds Of our people The
murder Of PerrF lies between detective sent TO ef
feFs0H ~ Maj Gen. Reynolds and tic military com
rnaDder Of that post. The name Of the detective il
Charles Bost"ics. Lis record, it H. that propose
To i4y before readers.
In tie summer of 5GG this wretcf. BossgfcE made
his appearance the Rio Grande, and represented
himself to he 0f JOHN IoHnes band Of detectives
sett out from the central Office, New York In pursuit
0f bond roo5er who it alleged had taken refuge
On the Mexican border. On the strength Of this false
representation he obtained credit Mt the celebrated
Miller Boel FOR board and whisky, rIctInt-iHg the
Clever landlord 70 a very considerable amount
Upon the Withdrawal of tie Imperial troops from
aatamor0s and the turning of that place To the
2dFenturef Caragaal B2seick crossed the Rio Grand
and sailed under tie little Of Capt Bost=ck Of Cara
'sals staff" B4c Carasaj4Fs reign Of slor. dara-
J22- In less than Fix wEeIs he thanked lis stars
bat le greaser and could grease his Own Tag to
he American side Of the Iirer. BaSs@tck stuck to
Jafaraiat like jeech and with him 10 the Gen
faTs tatiLl2 r4uc4e above Brownsville On tile Rio
1rA&de. II
Suddenly Bastwicl; appeared in Brownsville On ihe
outside Of splendid charger and silver mounted sad
e. The horse and saddle he sold ut oHce. Iuneii
telT following ehc s4!e the Brownsville chief Of po-
ce received letter fr3fn tile Of the horse and
addIe have BoSt#c4 arrested for horse stealing
nd to seze The horse and saddle
TO save himself from arrest, he fed TO that scaue-
6at OF a rascaIitF and Fiiiainy military protection
le represented TO the officer Of that post that he bad
cen Iii the Federal army and wanted to enlist as a
onmon soldier again. through The Influence of the :
ort Brown battery officers. Bost#ck was kept from
eing arrested, tried and sent to the penitcntiarv
Meantime, Of the Federal officers wrote s
Young regarding the ConFict and recered for an
Her that Bost#ick was notorious confidence man f
nd s#infer, Ills money BY this time was gone and Il
Was kicked ont Of the Federal camp: bis desire To
Mist having oozed out the chances that be would
ot be arrested for horse stealing grew Iess Il
BOstaick didn't dare 10 show himself He IoaFed b
round Io~ gambling heiis slept on bar counters and
.IaFd tables He Rpongsd and begged bis living off c
naked baFzAeIo@-ihe lo~est order Of psEado&. f. o
aliy mounted inspector Of customs found and took
nv on the miserable horse thief wretch and obtained
IF him, In the absence of the COLLECTOR an appoint ii
ebt al inspector of customs. He stationed some
1tg miles above Brownsville IL
On the Brownsville Of the Collector. Bost f.
ick dismissed from the se-rice for ireffcrrry 81
his own Use seized c0ntrabaHd goods. W
The career Of BGstgick ended Oh the Rio Grande pt
biz leasirs in great haste for "tbe States" 70 0t
ep Gut Of the hands Of the civil Law and the hands I'll
his creditors, he hid himself in the bold Of vessel pi
I'd in this way vent TO sea. VI
Bostmiek To New York where he was kicked IN
It Of house Of prostitution for trying to purloin e.
Tery and diamonds from one Of the inmates The al
oprietFcs5 waz satisfied 10 rec0Ter her Jewels without I'll
wing the thief sent TO the pea;tentfary OF
Last November lie appeared in Austin and reported
Major General Reynolds as Col B5stwick Deputy oG
eriI Of Se~ York CRY. General Reynolds sent
N TO Jefferson 10 "wor. up tic carpet~bae Smith
iFler case, for which place he left Austin c:
B@staick next appeared in New Orleans in conp1nv ct
s Judge Pascba Under the alias Of Col join ston pc
AH-t}u. lie represented himself on the way to wi
te Rock, Arkansas, and be obtained credit in the to
eseent Cry 70 considerable amount. II
Last JaHHar7 Bostwick reappeared in New Orleans q
aing 70 he the celebrated detective Col Young Of I'll
~ York. He applied to the New Orleans Chief Of BIZ
lfec for an up Red River He wasfurui=fiea liza
IT mcH. ~hom he dismissed at Alexandria without th
vi pairing them expense money The four men got ta
elk 10 New Orleans best they could suffering not all
title for the want Of food The Colonel command pc
III Alexandra refused to recognise 'sCol Young vi
any otEeF than in the capacity of an impostor tTt
7m Alexandria be went 10 Jefferson, we presume. ca
presume also that be went to Jefferson from New as
eaHs when he pretended be vas en route for Little VT
ck. of
Jefferson, Bostwick was the cause of the murder ho
Colonel Perry. fiji