The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-16
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TO Tho Edltor OF Tho DALLAS Herald !

There Is m article In your Issue OF March
| 7th tlut IL calculated 10 do me mn injury ana
Captain Morton ilrst-claSs election layOr.
However, | believe, ~ Justice to me, you VIII
publish this, my reply 10 Captain MOrtsn's
tex plauutioh" 10 hemcts and truth. There
was received here u igtter addressed 10 the
Guy Marshal, certified copy OF which !
herewith enclose. Captain Nc Hugh, the
I On CITY Mnishnl, gave the letter TO MI.
| lt,inhnrdt aud mys5lI, asking MS TO work
| IN case up If we could, We Immediately
commenced tracing the negro, and after
| finding Cs we thuught) his whereabouts,
teIegraphed 70 Captain Morton (the only
| party we knew In the matteD 70 know how
inucn reward was offered for Henry Hub.
bard. herewith enclose n certified copy OF
| his answer, upon receiving winch we COM
menoed our search for the negro. We were
out tprco days ana nights, finally catching
| him In u negro church NJ Cameron Milan
county, the night OF the day on which we
| brought him 20 Calvert. ! started TO Dallas
with him, thinking II would cost me no
| more 10 carry him there lhNu for an officer
ANA sont one 10 identity him 10 come here.
| arrived In Dallas with my man, had him
ldeniihtd, and asked Tor nv reward. Then,
indeed, rs the Central Texan las expressed
II, commenced the "lunny work" Captain
Morton Introduced me To one humber as one
OF the parties who had offered the reward,
and the party, in fact, who had lost the
watch. lie then began IN enogy upon one
hCousin william C0ker," who, he said, had
promised to pay half the reward, as the
goods were stolen from his house. AZ the
same lime telling me that the reward was
offered coud tlonnlly-tltty dollars for the
watch and iifty dollars for the negro.
waited nh day in vain ior my reward, and
feeling TINT Ia b. en- treated very badly,
Late IN the evening captain Morton brought
ten dollars, saying that he got that from II
Mr.. Cocker "a gentleman who, learned, bore
good reputation IN your community.
Captain Mo ton expressed n good deal OF
contrlt on ut having had anything to do with
the Dus mess, and Snid lac would pay me in
ei Iht OF ten day twenty live dollars from his
own pocket, acknowledging NJ the time that
T. was his name signed tn the documents that
CAUSED me 20 go W the expense and trouble
had. He told me Mr.. Humber had written
the let er, | vt that he had told Humber II he
did not sign his (MortGn'sl meme 10 II that
no attention would be paid 10 II, and Hum
Der also told me that Morton had told him
TO sign his name to the letter. Morton ac-
kuowlcdged sending, signing and paying for
the dispatch himself. 7 saw thu / had to
lose money, as well as my time and labor,
and started to the depot to take the train.
on my way met Captain June Peak, who
asked me what success had had; told him.
Upon which 10 eIaed worry MUCH surprised
and hurt and tald mo to 30 10 the lamar
House and stay till morning, saying my
board should cost me nothing, ana that In
the morning he would try to do something
for me, Captain Peak told me that the letter,
Telegram and, in fact, everything that had
b zen done was done without his knowledge
or consent. The next morning met Captain
Morton and asked him Tor an order on
Captain Peak for the twenty-five dollars,
telling him that Captain Peak had said he
would cash II, Morton rGluaed TO give me
the oid0r, but said he would see that ! got
the twenty. dollars IN ten days, II he had
to sell his horse 10 raise It.. While Morton
and wore taking Captain Peak walked up,
and Morton rode OF. | told Peak what Nor
ton had said. Upon which he told me that
upon Morton's promise 10 pay he would pay
me the twenty-five dollars, ruaning his risk
to get IL back, seeming, however, not 10
doubt but that Morton would make his SOL
emn promise good.
When got home | drew q draft on Captain
Morton through the Exchange Rank for
twenty-five dollars, which intended should
reimburse Captain Peak, but he replied las |
was informed by the Bank that he was UNI
der no obligations and would not pay the
draft. Comment is unnecessary,
About the miserable skunk Humber, |
have only to say that he raised mo five dol
lars and beaver hat. | consider him too
contemplate to notice further Captain
Morton did me damage enough financially
TO have kept is"misrepresentat out OF
v .ur paper, He was full OF pontrlton, but
would not make his promise good. ] was at
an actual outlay of thirty seven dollars
cash. besides being out myself from begin
ming to end, Ave days and four nights.
For my honesty and veracity refer YOU to
n few of your citizens: r. V. Tompkins
X. h. Swain, II. Regenshergcr, one of your
own firm, Captain Holland, q. X. Merrl-
wether, A. NJ. Lea Brown 6 Hubbel insur-
ance agents, and could give you others.
Gentlemen, have given You plain, I'M
vanished statement, and hope you W iii give
IL place in your columns,
Very truly, your ohedlent servant,
JOHN NJ. DIBRELL.