The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-07-14

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The committee met at 2:S0 pursuant 10 al
tournament
DR.. Harrison, witness Tor defense, was inlro
duced: was present when the horse was
sald ny the mayor; 1t was the same morse
offered 10y Faul, VINO was arrested by omltn'
three or four persons were present; ihe
mayor offered the horse Tor sale, saying ne
had taken Nun ior lee; lhe mayor gave Tue
man OIL OF SAFE ior II; ne SOFA the morse lHr
$40; l thought that was MI ne wa worth
w. Graham, witness for defense; am
turnkey ut the jail | remember when Paul
was arrested; Mayor lhurmonG deIenueG
Paul ana got the morse from thul as iet'
beard tne mayor tell one OF The guards that
II everything turned out all right, ana that MS
MIR. smith had been put to gord deal OF
trouble, ne would pay nm Tor his
trouble
CFoss-eXssmination-l don't know who
recommended me MS u pollteman; Jim bass
went St;er thr mayor Tor Paul, ana the
mayor told faui thaI II he got the man out
all right ne would not lose anything by It
the guards went Tor other lawyers lor Inc
prisoners.
NJ Wan'land, witness tor the defense tes'
tuned; am an attorney stop at 2l5 Man
street; was present ut the lrst lnal ol
Godsbyi don remem Der that Sebastian was
there; IN his speech the mayor denounced
trenchy, ealing nm hard names, and said
1t seemed that either trenchy had some I'M
due influence over the policemen or they
talied 10 comprehend their duty the mayor
used the word policemen don't remem'
Der the mayor saying that Dallas had some
Ms good policemen as any town IN the state
Cross'exsmlnation.-l thought the mayors
remarks rather denunclatory In regard to the
ponce force
by Deiense'-Dld not understand The
mayor remarks TO apply altogether TO The
aGt Oh the ponce IN mat particular instance;
Inc mayor complaihe that the ponce dld
not make the arrests when the disturbance
occurred IN the house.
Colonei Dave Williams, Tor tie defense,
testneu; am lawyer; was present at the
trial OF Goldsoy before Justice Edwards;
CaptHln Sebastian was present at the first
irlal when the mayor and Judge Hurt spoke;
| can give the substance OF the mayors re-
marks; lie alluded to trenchy as robber,
TIMER and - -, and denounced tn p ace
kept by Frenchy, as one of the lowest sinks
OF lniqmty; he said that Frenchy was never
or hardly ever arrested; he said he did not
know whether the police were Influenced by
elchy's money or whether they were afraid
OF him, and before finishing said AT least
some OF them; never heard the mayor say
that the police stood in with =, thieves and
robbers; had he said it, think | would have
heard II; think Jadge Hurt Wa. more severe
on the police than the mayor.
Gross examined HE denounced Frenchy
as -, robber and thief, aud said
some of the police must DC influenced by
trenchy; he gave the poll e blast; | de-
Tended Sterrett in the mayors court, and
| he pleaded guilty; the mayor fined him S2j
and said that he would not let any NJ who
had committed any offence slip around and
plead guilty in another court to evade the
jurisdiction of his court.
Matt Coen: in the real estate business ;
was present during a portion of Judge
Thurmond's speech in the Goldsby case; he
said, substantially, that some of the police
were under the undue Influence Of "Frenchy;"
he said some OF the policemen were as good
| rs any III tho state; know Captain Sebastian:
ne was present at Goldsby's trial should
think that he was in plain view of every
| body; Justice Edwards was there all the
| time l was; Spencer was in and out; don't
know whether or not the mayor said that the
| police stood in with Frenchy, -. robbers
| and thieves. The mayor called FreDchv'.
and Walters names, but not that Of snv
policeman; Judge Hurts speech was more
severe than the mayors.
Captain Neal, for the defense: Have been
| in the mayors court frequently: twenty
times; never heard the mayor abuse Sterrett ;
| beard him lecture man arraigned for sbu.
sive language, and tell him he must not use
such names as "pie.ester," etc; know
Texas Joe was a dissipated man and a gen.
eral nuisance; he was MS low as a man could
get; was nuisance here for wears.
Judge Field for the defense offered the re
port of the committee on Journals, which
was acted upon the 10Th div of June, re-.
ferring to the ordinance on gaming, in
which the minimum fine was $40.
The defense introduced the court
docket to prove that after the re-.
port Of the committee calling the
attention of the MAYOR to the ordinance he
afterwards fined for gaming according TO the
ordinance.
Officer Sheffield, keeper of the station
house, was sllamoned into court. with the
prison register. Tho defense essayed To
prove that Arthur Cain. alias "Frenchv. had
been arrested bv the nolice. and after
wards released for some cause not eynlsinnd
The name of Cain was on the register hu, hsd
| been scratched out Tho witness tost;6o1