The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-07
AN EXPLANATIONS.
Captain w. y, Merton. 81 Dallas, ana
IteInhart ana DibbreII, Of Calvert

In the Calvert Central Texan of last
week appeared m article setting forth
TINT an officer Of that city had been
hooussed into bringing u negro prls"
oner to Dallas, lor,whom one hundred
dollars reward had been offered, and
receiving only forty dollars, II little
more than The actual outlay incurred
and blaming Deputy-Marshal Nor
ton, of this city, with having mis!ed
them In the affair, From Captain
Morton We have the following expla-
nation Of the matter, and think that
IL Messrs. Reinhart and Dibbrell have
any complaint or reclamation to make
1t Is certainly not against him or any
other officer Of the city
Captain Morton says, that until he
received the dispatch from Messrs.
Reinhart aud Dibbrell, he never knew
of the existence OF negro named
HUBBARD, much less that he had com.
mitted II theft and "A reward was offered
for his capture. The dispatch was shown
to Marshal Peak and others who would
likely be cognizant of any clrcum-
stance bearing upon 1t, but no one
knew anything Of IT, until 1t occurred
TO Captain Morton to speak to Mr..
Humber who had watch stolen by u
negro some time before. This proved
the right trail, Mr.. Humber said
Hubbard was the purlolner OF his watch,
and had also stolen some bacon from
Block, Jet ~ Co., and had committed
other thefts, for which there had been
two warrants issued against him, and
n reward of one hundred dollars offer
ed for his arrest. An inquiry ms to who
would be responsible for the reward
elected reply from Mr. Humber
that "they" (meaning the parties
from whom the articles had been
stolen) would assume the respon-
sibility. Upon this, Captain Nor.
ton answered the officers at Cal
vert that the negro was wanted here,
and that one hundred dollars reward
had been offered for him. Mr.. DID
brell brought the negro, reported tc
the Chief of Police, and the prisoner
was locked up. Then commenced the
hunt for the reward. The parties who
had been robbed We're visited twice by
the Calvert officer accompanied by
Captain Morton, and all that could be
had from them was fifteen dollars
Repeated visits to Mr. Humber by
Captain Morton failed To increase the
sum, and feeling that, as he had prob
ably been the innocent cause of tho
expense of DibbrelPs trip from Cal
vert, Captain Morton offered to become
individually responsible for twenty
} five dollars, and to pay the same in the
course of ten or twelve days. Dibbrell
left for Calvert after two days stay in
Dallas, and forthwith drew Il draft
payable in ten days, through the Ex.
change Bank of this city, on Captain
Morton. Captain Peak states that he
also paid Dibbrell twenty -iive dollars
out of his own pocket. Yet, when Mr..
Dibbrell poured his griefs into the ca
) pacious ear of the Central Texan, he
parades Captain Peaks generosity and
studiously ignores his draft upon Cap
tain Morton.
Mr.. J. Il. Humber makes affidavit as
to the truthtulness and correctness of
Captain Morton's statement in every
detail
Captain Morton further states that
he never sent but one dispatch to Cal
vert, and that was in reply to one re-
ceived from Messrs. Reinhart and
Dibbrell, and that he not only never
sent dispatch to Captain McHugh, Of
Calvert, but never knew there was
such man III existence until MS
name appeared in the Central Texan.
Lack of space alone forbids the pub
LEGATION in full of Captain Morton's
disclaimer, but the facts are given
above, and can be substantiated by
gentlemen of unimpeachable veracity.
A perusal of them will fully exonerate
Captain Morton from any insinuations
OF, inuendoes that might be cast by the
Central Texan, We're 1t needed; but in
this community. where Captain Nor
ton is known, any reflection either up
on his honor as n gentleman or his
honesty and capacity as an officer,
would only rebound upon the calum