The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-09-23
SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
A Country Gent FOrias Pleasant Ac.
quaintRnces, Who Take Hin and
His Money In Charge.

HIS Money In Charge.
A verdant individual named j. X. |
Harris, "A resident of Johnson county, |
came into the city night before last,
and while attending to some business
in wagon yard, commenced drinking
with man named Atkinson, who was
then endeavoring to get the teamsters
to patronize Kingdoms Restaurant.
Harris went Off and then again met
Atkinson. The balance of the nights
irolic is from the testimony before
Judge Burford, of Harris and the
various witnesses. Harris says "The
defendant Atkinson asked me II was
going to the theater and offered to ac-
company me, saying he knew the
ropes. After supper we got some ci-
CARS and pint of whiskey, and
took hack, telling the driver
to 90 to the theatre. After we started
a man named Romine got in the car
riage. When l entered the hack /
had II twenty and ten dollar bill and
some small change. After going some
distance, ! ran my hand In my pocket
and missed my money; said "some
one has taken.my pocket-book." Just
then the driver told defendant to give
me back my money, and not rob II
man that way; then the driver adj
vised me TO go to the police, and hear
ing this, Atkinson ran off. was too
drunk to attend to business; danced
with the women at the Lady Gay
saw women drinking at the bar, but
do not know whether | drank or not.
James Bradley, the hack driver, tes-
titled that Atkinson and Harris got
into his hack without speaking to him,
and after seating themselves OH the
back seat, Atkinson told him to drive
to the Lady Gay saloon. Just nv he
was about to start, Roman and anoth-
er young man hailed him and got into
his hack, Roman on the front seat
and his companion on the drivers
seat. tlen stopped at saloon and
got fifty cents worth OF brady for
them, for which Harris paid. They
all drove, Riter drinking, to the Lady
Gay saloon, and on arriving there nom4
ain, Harris and the man who sat on the
drivers seat got out. Atkinson re-
NAMED in the hack and returned to
town. On reaching the old workhouse
Atkinson told him that he had got
that mans money. He asked him
how much, and he got up and counted
the money! the carriage lamp, and
found II twenty dollar bill ana some
small change. He (the driver imme-
diately drove back to the Lady Gay,
telling Atkinson that he must give up
the money. When the carriage arrived
at the railroad track Harris came over
and said he had been robbed. Akin
son told him to drive on, but he told
Harris to go for policeman,
and Atkinson then jumped
out Of the carriage and ran of. Later
in the evening Harris was arrested for
being drunk, and ON telling his story,
the other parties were arrested and
locked up, Yesterday morning all of
them, Harris, Atkinson and Romaine,
were up before Judge Burford, Adkln-
son accused of robbery from the per-
son, and Romano with being an Access
sorry. Romano, who is u waiter at the
San Jacinto hotel, was discharged, and
Atkinson was held to bail In the sum
of 81, 900.
Early yesterday morning Atkinson,
In company with policeman, went To
u tree near the Lady Gay saloon and
dug up the stolen money from hole,
where he had placed 1t the night before.
After the trial was over the money was
restored to Harris, although he richly
deserved to lose IL.
Harris, so we are informed, is quite
respected In his county, and is man
of family, and his experience in Dallas
should certainly be a warming TO him.
Atkinson Is said to be the son of
parents Of considerable wealth md
position in another portion of the
State, and in all probability, they will
furnish him the required fond, and in
that event, the State will, perhaps, be
81 900 better oil.
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