The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-14
CARD OF ALDERMEN.

y. Nj, lHuRMOND.
CARD OF ALDERMEN.
FELLOW CITI2ENs--In reply to tho circular
issued by the aldermen in which, among
other things, they 81 tie that Mayor Thur
mond, in December 1879, fined Phillip
Willis one doller and co: under an ordiu'
snc9 which made the u t % S., Judge
Thu. nond has publish, / circular alleging
tina. or the purpose of injuring him forgery
has been commi.ted-the records Of the city
have been altered. He invites people TO the
office of his lawyers (Stemmons u Field) to
see the records.
They saw that Thurmond fined Phillip
| Wih'S S25 and costs, Blu. that the record has
been changed from S25 to 81.
| The facts are, fellow citizens, that Judge
Thurmond and his lawyers got the record
book this morning. and whatever forgery has
been committed has been done by some of
his friends, as appears from the following
atidavts:
| State Of TeXas-Dallas County.
Before me, the undersigned authority, per-
sonslly appeared George W. Phifer, who,
being duly sworn, slys upon oath that on
the 22nd day of December, 1879, he WAS the
clerk of the mayors court of the city of
Dallas, and continued to be and act as such
until May /. 1880; that as such clerk it was
his duty to keep the minute book of the
mayors court, and keep record of the fines
imUosed that he made up the minute book
and record of fines from the endorsements
written by the mayor on the back of each
{ omplaint; that on the 22nd day of Deem
Der. 1879, Philip Willis was tried before
Judge Thurmond on charge of unlawtully
carrying concealed weapons, and on the
back of the complaint is endorsed in Judge
Thulmond's own handwriting plead guilty,
fined one dollar and costs" In recording
this case I entered the fine 81 and costs. II
this has been changed to SIS 1t was done
after ceased to DO clerk and without my
knowledge and consent
GEORGE W. PHITEk.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this,
the 18th day of September, A. ID. 1879.
Witness my official seal and signature.
w. A. HARDWOOD,
D. 9. d. c. 7.
The State of Texas-County OF Dallas.
Before me, the undersigned authority, this
day personally appeared A. T. Watts, who,
AFTER being by me duly sworn, on oath says,
that on Saturday evening, September IL,
1880, atfiant Examined the minute book of the
mayors court OF the city of Dallas, and
especially the entry in the case Of Phillip
Willis, charged with carryi concealed
weapons, the same entry purports to have
been made Dec. %, 1879, tina. said ertry has
been altered or changed since atfiant exsmin-
ed the same on Saturday last, in this that
is the original entry it was written as follows
Defendant fined $l00 and costs-$990
Said entry rs itnow appears on said book il
about as follows $25. That il, the figure
l seams to be changed to a figure 2, and the
FIRST ncught on left into figure 8.
A. T. WATTS.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me this 18Th
day of September, 1880.
Witness my official seal and signature.
RICHARD MORGAN,
Notary Public County of Dallas, Texas.
State of Texas-County Of Dallas,
|, j. B. Hereford, city secretary
of the city of Dallas, do hereby certif,
hat in the minutes of the mayor
court of said city of Dallas, made on an(
for the 22d day of December, 1879, in cse,
No. 1927, against Phillip Willis, in the mar
ginsl bill of costs entered the same time q
the judgment, the fine charged is one dolla
and not twenty-five dollars.
j. B, HEREFORD, City Secretary.
Dallas, Sept, II, 1885,
Not only was the line only Sl00 and costs
as stated in the above atfidavavit, but thu
books of the casboose ahow that the tint
collected from Phillip Willis was only 81 o.
and costs.
The original complaint, endorsed in Thur
mond's own handwriting the original of tn,
above afidavits, and also tho calaboose book
can be seen by applying to the city secretary
at the office Of Kerloot & Hereford, IN Lama
street,
All good citizens are requested to call ant
see them, and then say whether they will
vote for j. Nj. Thurmond, who, to get you
votes, makes use of a forgery and then accu
ses other people of doing so.
respectfully,
DIR. Z. NJ. TrLLMaN, 4th Ward.
G. Z. KELLER, 4th Ward.
+. 5. ERvAr, lst Ward.
l.. f. BoHNY, I'd Ward.
w. X. WHEELoCK, 81 Ward.
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