The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-10
Ang Man In Bell County is Taken
Out by a Mob and Whipped on
a Charge OF Incest.
Missouri Pacific Within Twenty
|1Iiles Of >WacO--.COurt De.
cisiOns at Tyler.
IIampasas Stage Robbers Com.
|altted by the Commissioner
at Austin.
Other Interesting Items
Fort Davis.


Fort Davis.
speciaI 3o ae Herald
Fort DAYS, November Sat the. open
ing OF the court yesterday, Lieutenant Flip
per saidhe had nslered the judge advo,
cat suggestion OF yesterday to try the
orie mai ana additional charges together,
and ysoul accept voluntarily waring the
rigLt Z, challenge he might have to the
cour low organized, and consent to re-
swearing it and going to trial on
both sets of charges but T,o that iua he he
advocate declined to proceed that way I'M
less the accused would ask it and that mn
less that were done it would necessitate two
separate trials. The additional charges are
ola similar character Flipper was then
arraigned charged with embe2 ement OF
$3,721.57 between July s and Apgusts 49, -
commanding officer on the 9th, 10th,
o3d of July, to the etItct that he had rams
ferred the above amount 70 tbs Chief ON
%an1ips O ebseF Of G Is pr as e5
handing officer when submitting his funds
to him on the I'd of july aud with making
additional false Statement on August ION
in reference to transmit nun is to hts
chief commissary; to whicA charges be
plead not guiity.
for June, showed that at t! end Of the
wear Flipper was responsible for $3,709.77
commissary funds, also on same ACCOUNT
for July, for which he claimed credit for
having given nearly oil this amount oxhe
chief .commissary. Flipper accorded the
genuineness of the papers.
Colonel A. r. Shaiter, of the First infantry
was the first witness, who testitied'
III took command March 18th
and found Flipper in charge ofcom-
missary department.; on July Sth told him
to remit his commissary funds ana from the
usual written statements learned he had
complied; on August 18th Ireceived tele-
gram from the chief commissary that the
funds were not received, and asked Flipper
what had become of them; he could not e1'
plain; was sure the money had been sent;
on the evening ofthe 18th l became salts,
fled Flipper was not telling the truth and
determined to search his quarters, SO
Injustice 1 would apologize, if not did
not care; he replied: "You are doing me? Z
injustice, Il sent the money as told you;'
told him that | did not believe II, ana ava, was
going to have his quarters searched; ifinno'
cent he would be afforded every, opportu-
nity to show it; / then sent assistants with
him to Lieutenant Edmunds to make the
search and instructed the assistant to place
Flipper under arrest il he found anything
suspicious; tney reluiheu WIN iuipoi Va
weekly statements, now before. the court,
which / had signed previously and
to the chief commissary; also some
money orders; / told them to make a
thorough search; | went to the house soon
after and learned the servants trunk was in
his quarters; took it to my office and upon
examination found $500 worth ofchecks
in the box, which were the checks that had
been presented to me as public funds by
Flipper; among them spurious check OF
81, 44O told the officers there was no use
to search further as / had the the checks and
sent Flipper to the guard house; | visited
him afterward and exhibited a telegram
from the San Antonio National bank say
ing he neveyf1ad deposited there and was
not authsvAed to draw Flipper admitted
the check was spurious and sad; es,
had to.deceive in some way and took that
Way to do it.n / told him not to commit
himself but would like to know where the
money was: he did not know, unless stoler
from him; he would not charge anybody
and said he thought he could make goot
the shortage if permitted TO see his friends
i'm town; l allowed them to visit him; after
ward they came to me and consented X
release linn from the guard-house If thu
money was paid, which was done subse
quently.
The cross examination did not elicit any
thing special, save TO strengthen tie prose
admitted that Flipper bad always, so neal
as he knew, been straight in his transac
tions to the commissary until this time.
Adjourned.
In the trial to-day. the entire day wa
consumed by the defense In searching
REORGANIZATION of Colonel Skater upoi
his testimony in chief yesterday. The var
ious steps leading to the arrest OF Lieuten
ant Flippen were gone over very CAREFUL,
without eliciting any material contra
dIction from the examination II
chief Captain Barber claims he i
endeavoring TO present all the facts con
nected with the case before the court with
ont A design TO conceal anything and in do
ing 40 has brought out testimony that
somewhat collateral attempting 20 shoy
that the accused has been prosecuted b.
Colonel Skater In ordering every article Q
value In his possession, as well as his ser
wants 10 be taken, which resulted in takin
NOT only money but articles Of clothing, Jew
elry.etc.. and leaving him without sufhclen
bedding, and us'nr extra vigilance 20 pre-
vent any persC1 con communicating VII
him save Oh hls pc mission, ana. reiusln
mrnr of fhr nrpliga ITS. Colonel shafte
tteiiicd fhtt lie be did nc
Opltr ihat kiente--it fiip rPcr.su, eve <
take BIZ Oh or7c nal everything Of vel
ne shD1lf re takal lhsrge 81, but that 4
carryh.g oui TIC 1rIer the ofifce-s Ehkin
the exainlnafi ~ Lad done 20. lie dhrtts'
Ire offiee- IA ne dav 10 furnish Flippe
bedding a1u supplies. and WAS advised tia
il had been done that be placed an 81
ira guard at bis cell Find0.
and gave lnstrucfiOns 10 permi
no one 10 converse with him without IL
order aud only permitted those To visit tina
he Thought II proper 10 do -. TINT when y
learned that tie servants trunk was
F1ipper' bedroom. be bad her taken % hl
Office ard searched and that severui peck
frIN IHIT
part q Them being the identical paper.
checks. etc. he vas looking 20
AMI sic claimed they were hef
when f0urd. When asked h0'
she came 81 them, SIZE said that Lieuiennr
FlFg.r I'D EiTen ihsia 20 sI -: s'' "a ' y.
know riIas fte paI1e-z we're. lie col1.it
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