The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-01-08
Innn Onrran, The Newshay.
DALLAS, January 7, lsls,
.. fH4It.. NJ Vrna HaraIds

Tithu EdltoT ~ The Heraldl
In sundays llFRlp you publish an
article headed, "ln the habit oftakinl
everything comeatable' in which you
charge me with stealing blanket from
tbe Continental hotel, on Main street,
This is the sum and substance Of the
charge The information you stated
was derived from the proprietor Of the
hotel Your article also stated that
Marshal Morton had received a com,
muuindon from the chief ol police of
Kansas city, Missouri requesting him
IA look out for me- that ! was sus,
pected ~ the party who burglarllad q
merchant tailors shop in that city"
| desire 10 state that ! am now about
sixteen years old, came from Baxter
Springs with Mr. John Mahan some five
wears ago and ! BACKED boots, peddled
papers aud apples in this city, slept on
Inc lloor frequently without blanket
or ANYTHING else, aud that during this
time have saved nearly three hundred
dolmrs ! went % Kansas City to see
my people last summer and during my
stay merchant mloFs shop was re-,
ported robbed remained there three
weeks afterwards,
Sometime after the reported burglary
| bought u suit Of new clothes next
door 10 IIamasaus, ut iO6 Main street.
Some parties came TO mo aud intorro,
gated me rs TO whore ! bought the suit.
/ made the truthful statement OF my
purchase and heard no more about il.
II was well known that | was coming
10 Dallas The First National bank of
Kansas, and Of Dallas, viii testify TO
my having had money on deposit for
years,
1t is true have kept bad company, |
but like all newsboys did not think of |
anything else but to sell my papers. |
have kept my money and tried to get
enough together to educate myself, as
my father, who was once wealthy, is
now broken up and unable to educate
me-
! have worked industriously, and
have never drank liquors of any kind
have gotten into this troublc very in,
nocently. There were two newsboys
came to the hotel who had no money
and no baggage,andcould not stay unless
they paid in advance, | had two val.
ieses and gave one to these poor news
bays, who put the proprietor's blanket,
pillows or something else in the old
yelise, to pretend that they had baS.
gage, ! really knew Of it until alters
ward, There was no intention of steal
ing the things, but simply to get the
landlord to wait for his bills | felt
sorry for the boys, because they were
broke, and it was cold and they could
get no work was willing, if they
could fool the old man, to let them do
t, have since paid their bills Mr.
Editor, do you not think Marshal Nor :
ON has done me great wrong2 /
had no intention Of leaving Dallas. b
had just purchased some pecans to
hip to Kansas City. | expect to live !
n Dallas county, Texas, and become
me OF the leading citizens of your great
tate, and by an honest, industrious .
curse cause the chief of police OF Kan /
as City and Marshal Morton to regret
heir efforts to ruin u boy in the very
Of his career. | did
weep when | was taken to Jail, not be- |
ause | was guilty, but knew when :
ny mother and father heard of it they i
would + el much panied over it. Please
ublish this, and charge what is right ii
Il newSboy rates Respectfully, A
JOHN CURRAN \