The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-04-24


ytnupr,lr Inn tine same ORDER Time,
IlO, IN the pool last night liunnycll.
Iuru .0ld W $500 Granger 900, SlNui-
prIp, ~, Captain Hutchinson, $50,
Dn the track, hciorc the slnIl Bona
venture was the iayurilc Mt four 10 one
against all others, BOnnvcnturC ANA
Granger ran neck and neck unill en-
tC!iug the home stretch on the llnlsll,
when Granger went to the front, but
was passed uy Captain Hutchinson be-
fore reaching the string. Good wealth
or and good track.
Ishuln Brown, colored, was hung
four miles from Grecnhurg, at hnll
past ten o'clock this morning, Tor the
murder of James W. Clinton, an at
torncy, of st. Helena parish, on the
Sth OF December last. Brown was con-
yictud on circumstantial evidence.
Tn" I'icayunc publishes the confess
ion of Brown, in which he states the
particulars of the killing. Brown
overlook Clinton riding on the road
and shot him with single. harreled
pistol. Clinton dismOunted and walked
10 "A tree n short distance from the road
Brown went up to him, when Clinton
told Brown to take his horse and what
he had, and that he Clinton would
say nothing about il. Brown drew ms
knife ana cut the horses throat, ana
after pivimg Clinton ten minutes TO
pray, drew his knife across Ellntonfs
throat, took his watch and valunnies
aud left. This was on Friday. Clin-
toms body was found on the following
sunday and the conclusion Of the coro-
uer's Jury was that Clinton had lin
gcred until that morning,
The house recognized tonight 10y
elccting Estillete, compromise con-
servative, speaker. EStillete was sup
ported by Governor Kellogg and the
solid republican vote and was elected
by siXty-siX to thirty-seven for WIZ.
CINCINNATI, April lG.-Therc was
snow here this morning.
Fifty eXcursonists, in the interest OF
immigration to Texas, have arrived
mere, where they dsperse to different
localities to urge the object of theiI
mission.
GALVESTON, April IA News
Br0wnvillc special says that judge
DOughcrty had arranged to have wit
nesses Gomez from Nueces to ,Matamo'
ras to identify property il the possess
ion of the arrested raiders and pro-
posed to test whether the Mexican au'
thorities would deliver up the raiders
under any circumstances. He re-
ceivpd note from Consul Wilson
dated April H. informing him that he
had noticed that the federal govern
mcnt had ordered the prisoners IL
Monterey to be placed in charge o
Gen. EScohclo, military commander o
the state of Neuva Leon. This viz
tually amounts to refusal TO !c'
Americans testify against raiders
/ They will not 90 to Monterey, nearly
| three hundred miles in the interior o
/ Mexico.
The public meeting in Brownsville
/ last night was well attended. Colone
/ HAYNES was chairman and Captain
Kelly, secretary. The Committee t.
draft resolutions were Hon. Il. DOwner
| II. ID. Kingsbury, Colonel G. q. Davis
Hon. J. Galvan, }. w. Bradford, Colo
mel Jno l.. Haynes, Don Marcono
Treneno CARA and Don Francisco \
| Turria, all union men. The meeting
adjourned till Saturday.
\ contract has just been concluded
with Mr.. Patterson of Denver City, t.
/ build grain elevator for the Galveston
wharf company at the foot of Tremon
street, between the railroad and chan
mel. Grain will he taken direct f.on
the cars and placed on shipboard
/ There is to be no wharfage charged, Oh
grain delivered to the elevator. 1t il
expected there will be sufficient grail
handled at this port to require the con
. of oil "a n
within another year.
MEMPHIS, April l7.-There was frOs
and ice here last night, killing vegeta
/ bles and threatening the fruit.
LANCATER, n. H., April l7.-Ther,
/ is ten incl of snow here.
NASHVILLE, April l7.-There was one
| quarter of an inch ice here this morn
ing. Exposed vegetation was frozen. /
is believed the fruit, wheat, and cotton
1 in this and adjoining states is seriously
/ injured, if not entirely killed.
WASHINGTON, April II. - Commits
sioner Ingersoll, this afternoon, re-
sumed the examination into the
charges against Jerome }. Kinds. The
previous examination was rs to the
charges of corrupting Colt and Ro
/ thron, the one Il clerk and the other 4
messenger in the postoilice depart
mept. and the present examination
was into the charge of corrupting Da
vid O. Floyd, also n clerk in the post
office department, and Kettle, who was
the first witness, said he gave FlOyt
! Twenty-Five hundred dollars. He tult
Kinds not to approach Floyd as he
/ Kettle) had him all right. lie also
] , i In had mid 1 In
money to Floyd. Kinds approved thi:
act. F'ilteenshundred dollars was pait
to Floyd before and one thousand dol
| lars after the written agreement o
partnership between the witness ant
Kinds. Floyd did not render the ser
vice expected of him, because the Tex
rs route books had been transferred t.
another clerks desk.
David q. Floyd was next sworn ant
testified he thought Kettle paid hin
money on the second day of February
Before the money was given the un
Outstanding was that Floyd was not tt
/ lift his finger to do anything; heart
Kettle had, however, been talking
about the Texas bids. He understood
Kettle as wishing the bids manipulated
so that he might obtain contracts by
foul means. The witness told Kettle
| that he could not assist him, because j
! he did so he would have to commi
| fraud. He made up his mind not Il
| touch the bids and gave Information
| to the post master general of; the frauds
/ intended. Kettle asked for the return
| of the money, and obtained from the
witness one thousand dollars of the
/ two thousand five hundred dollars; the
! balance was before this exposes, sub
iect to the order of Kettle. On the
cross examination the witness said the
money was given him 10y Kettle tC
keep mum.
The next and fourth charge against
Kinds was next examined. IL was iol
corrupting Frank l.. Channul. Kettle
was recalled and said that Channu
came to him and represented that Mr.
French, chief clerk of the contract office
bureau, being his brother-in-law, he
could have the handling ofall thebids.
Channul brought to him a bundle oi
genuine bids from the department,
and assisted in the frauds. Channul
was paid 10y witness, in all, eight hun
dred dollars in the preparation of the
false bids. Kinds was present and was
aware that they had been fraudulently
stamped. The witness took the stamp
to Kinds house. None of the money
was paid by Kinds to Channul. The
witness on the second of March in
formed Kinds he had paid about
twenty-seven hundred dollars, but the
boys were still calling on him, and he
wanted Kinds to come down a little
and reimbu some of the money eX-
pended. 1t was understood Detween
The witness and Kinds that he (Kettle)