The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-13
slnnuIar STORY Of . humiliation.
.cIneInnall ComInereIal. !

In an effort Of the bOndsmen Of u
lemulting internal revenue collector
Ia obtain new trial that Judgment
against them may he vet aside, the de-
tails Of Que of the most remarkable
delaloatIons that had ever occurred In
this country have been brought 10
light In 1867 Davis Is. Bonleoy was
collector Of the fourth Texas district,
headquarters NJ Marshall one Of his
deputies, stationed NJ Jefferson, IN ex'
confederate, 10y some means got about
eighteen thousand dollars behind In
his accounts. Bonfeoy went IN person
10 Jefferson TO secure n sctllcmchL
After wrangllng for some time, the
deputy drew his revolver the two were
alone In the dcputya Object and pre-
gontlng II, told Bonlcoy he would XIII
him unless he (Bonleoyl would consent
80 sign u receipt IN full for the missing
eighteen thousand dollar. 70 gain
time, Bonleoy consented and asked
the deputy 20 draw up the receipt Be-
fore lac had written the half Of " Bon
leoy had shot him, and he died In
glantly, The civil authorities ut once
arrested R0Dlroy aud threw him In
laIl. That night Bunlooy's house was
entered and his wife was murdered.
Her hend was mashed IN with nn uNe.
This turned the tide In lionleoy's favor,
and after Il delay of u day or Two he
was released on bail. On hisway home
he passed the grave Of his wife, when
his emotion 10 overcane him that fell
taintng 20 the ground. lntwenty-four
hours DO was corpse, having died OF
II broken heart Same time subsequent
to his arrest the military nuthori,ipe
took possession OF his safe, and break.
ing IL open found siXty-cight thousand
dollars, which was seventy-siX thou
sand dollars less than there should have
been IN i. For three years Tie inter
aai revenue hprPau strove to get mat
tiers straight and ascertain pp whom
The responsibility for the defalcNtiop
ought to rest. Finally, IN 1871, super.
visor Yaryan was put on the case, and
after three months hard work he
solved Il, and found by indisputable
proof that the money was al there
when Bopfeoy died, and that II had
been stolen by Bonfeoy's deputies. On
this suit was brought against Bonie0ys
DOnuSl0en, anu ny " uVcISio" - y" 4"
few months ago, Judgment was taken
against them for the amount of the
bond, fifty thousand dollars. This
Judgment they now ask to have set
aside, They do not dispute that the
forfeiture is legal but claim that equity
entities them to relief II Is probable
that the solicitor will decline to accede
to new trial, when they VIII make
their appeal to congress.
The Houston Telegraph says;
The above Is true in the main, The
deputy killed by Bonfeoy, Colonel
Fowler, was not an ex-confederate, but
an ex-federal, and Bonfeoy's wife was
not murdered for some time after his
Imprisonment Bonfeoy died OF bro
ken heart, but not so shortly after the
death of his wife rs stated. His wiie,s
cruel and horrible fate, added TO his
Erief oyer tile odium he Imagined mN5t
2ttach to him for his deputy's defalca-
ton for Davis Il. Bonfeoy was 9 proud,
sensitiye man and as honest as Coo ever
creates mem, so preyed upon his mind
and heart that his physical nature
yielded to the shock and he died. We
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