The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-22
No Truth in the Rumor that the
Marshal Car.WOrks are TO he
Sold TO the Gould South.
western System.
a Brakeman'S Remarkable Experience
and Narrow Escape Yesterday
on the International
Railroad.
'ohh'erfeiters, Supposed TO be Part
Of an Extensive Gang. Arrested
Whitesboro and Make
Confession.
The North Texas Baptist Association
In Convention at Fort WORTH.
Opening Sermon, Etc.
Notes from the State Fair at the Cant.
tal".All the State Depart.
mentS Close.
Other Interesting State News.
Other Interesting State News
Waco,

Waco
Special to the Herald
WACO, October 2l.-The cotton EXCHANGE
met this evening at p. m. to investigate
the reported irregularities in cotton trans
actions. \ communication was read by the
secretary, charging a collusion between +,
I. Cross, Il deputy cotton wcigher, and
Early Gray, cotton buyers, by which
false weights We're marked on cotton and
IN the records ofthe cotton weigher. After
the reading OF the communication the cN-
change .oruered an investigation, and ap-
pointed committee to conduct the same
Colonel E.L.Andrews stated to the exchange
that hc had bought from Early a Gray "A lot
oirotton which on rc-weigmug fell short
g. a| LH tt live pouu'S'
her bale When MIR. Early's 1T
tention was called to the loss in
weights he informed Colonel Andrews
he was unable to account for the loss, but
whatever ii might be would make il good,
and that he woulddcduct it from the weigh
ers fees. Colonel Anderson further stated
that he called on Wcighcr Gross
for ms records, and when produced,
asked him if some of the figures had not
been changed, which he objected to answer
at first, but when pressed stated that they
had. When asked il the figures in
those given the farmers, he said
some of them did not, and
! gave as his reason for making the ChaogC
| that he had been instructed to do so by Mr.
early, who, being present, asked him what
/ he meant by saying that he had told
| him to change the figures to which
! Gross replied that il was not
Early that had told him, but Cray, hi.
! partner, which he said amounted to Tia,
same thing. The exchange being una
BILE to find Weigher Gross or hi,
books, after appointing committee
to prefer charges against Messrs. GRAY and
, Early, adjourned subject to the call of the
| president During the meeting the Sccre
tary read an affidavit made by Cross before
a notary public, in which he swore that he
had never been asked by Early to
alter the marks on cotton or tamper with
| II in any way but Mr.. Grey had done So.
| 1t is thought that Cross has skipped
! ont as he has not been
seen since carly this morning and his
records cannot De found. The affair has
created great excitement, and further de.
| vclopmcntS may be expected
| News reached this city this evening from
| Callahan county, that Bill Babh, the noto.
| rious stock man of Corvell county had
| been Killed by his son Bill Ike Banb. II
seems that father and son were drinking
and got into u difficulty, in which young
liabb struck his ather over the head with a
winchester from the effects of which lac
| died.
lda Brandon, the girl who killed her H.
Legitimate child near IOncsboro last week
and who has since been under guard. made
her escape Sunday night, and had not been
rearrested up to yesterday.