The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-12-31
"IN CUSTODY"
q. u. MAnn's Answer 10 the morAid'
Chronicle Undcr this Caption.

TIE HERALD has made IL u rule, that
whenever any person considers him.
self injured or misreprc5ented by any
article that appears in It's columns, to
give publicity through the same source
10 any communication that may in
any way tend to vndicate the accused.
We did state that Mr.. Pryor effected
the arrest of Mr.. Mann with great diff
liculty, but II the reader will
examine the article carefully he
will be compelled to understand that
the difficulty" consisted In swim
ming streams aud branches, swollen
into torrents by the heavy rains. We
gave Mr.. Pryor credit for the arrest on
this ground and on this alone. The
person who gave us our information is
entirely responsible, and We will cheer.
fully give his name should Mr.. Mann
apply at this office.
The Grand Jury at present In session
at the Courthouse in the city of Dallas
is one of the best ever gotten together
IN this section of the country, and
when Mr.. Mann insinuates that some
person of well known improper char
acter, or, rs he expresses it, "some
scoundrep' has influenced them, he
pays but u poor tribute, not only to
their good sense, but to their honesty.
AS far as we are ourself concerned as
an editor of THE HERALD, we would
not Willingly do injustice to the hum
blest man in the community, and we
did but tell the tale rs twas told to US,
but for the sake of argument we will
state to Mr.. Mann that an indictment
by grand jury is generally consid.
cred l)riatd tdcic evidence that n man
is guilty. This is the only fact set
forth in our article, with the eXcep-
ton of the statement that, for ur-
wards of year there have been ru-
mors among MS neighbors that all
was not right with him, and the many
mysterious disappearance of cattle
has lately turned rumor into accuse.
ton, with the proof of guilt pointing
directly to Manu." The Indictment of
the Grand Jury, upon evidence of
your neighbors, would be argument
sufficient for us to refute your denial
of the statement quoted, but we will
not resort to argument, but will repeat
that our informant will substantiate
anything published by us.
, 10 the City Editor of The Dallas Herald:
notice in your morning issue al ar
ticle with the caption of "A Wealthy
Farmer of Dallas County Arrested for
Cattle Stealing" While the name re-
ferred to is II. z. Mann, / presume
from locality and cireum stances given,
reference was had to the undersigned,
; aud rs | was arrested as stated by you,
t confirms my opinion that. l am the
, "Mann" referred to.
You say "for upwards of year there
have been rumOrs among his neigh
bors that all was not right with him,
and the many mysterious disappear
ances of cattle has lately turned rumor
into accusation with the proof of guilt
pointing directly to Mann" Now, sir,
| am unable to say upon what author
ity you made such statements, but it is
wholly and absolutely without founda-
ton IN every particular No respect
am p Nall a. la,
; cept The HERALD) has ever preferred
such charge against me before. Some
scoundrel has perjured himself before
the grand jury, but am unable to as
certain rs yet who he is as no name
appears upon the indictment. Now,
Mr.. Editor, who Is your authority for
the statement referred to above?
) request it as II matter of justice to m e.
) You further say, "Mr. Pryor with
) great difficulty effected the arrest OF
Manu." when the truth is, / was ar
rested at home without any diff
| Guilty. l offered no resistance nor at
tempted to escape. Now, Mr.. Editor,
you state in the first part of your arti-
Gle that "Mann" resides fourteen or iif-
teen miles from the city of Dallas, and
further on, you say, pryor effected
the capture of Mann some sixteen
miles from the city," thereby clearly
conveying the idea to your readers that
| was fleeing from the officer and from
: home aud endeavoring to escape,
"when captured with great dilliculty''
all Of which is without foundation,
and has not the shadow of excuse, us
Mr.. Pryor will state. cannot under
stand why The HERALD should do me
: 80 great an injustice Is 1t intended as
u tnlogy upon the efficiency of Mr..
Pryor, us an officer? Had this been
the object, it might have been effected
without reflection upon me. | be-
! lieve, from what | have seen of Mr..
Pryor, that he is good officer. pre-
sumo that he is u truthful young man,
and did not make the statement upon
which you base your article. II you
have through Misrepresentation from
amy source been duped into writing
this article, and your author will not
sustain it, then ventlate him before
the public as slanderer and villain.
am disinclined to believe that The
HERALD IL governed by sycophantic
i spirit which will deter it from doing
simple justice to one wronged through
Its columns. Respectfully,
q. b. MANN.