The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-04-21
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The committee appointed 10 investigate
tho question as 10 tho eligibility OF John
Stone, mayor elect, met at the city hall at 2
yesterday afternoon.
Present: Chairman Ballard, Alderman
Moore and Garter.
Whitee 81 Plowman appeared for Colonel
Stone IA City Attorney Gibbs for the city.
~ JAMES BURTON,
the first witness, testified that he
had known Colonel j. Stone for
several years. To the questions If he
knew where. Colonel Stone resided in 1879, he
answered that he thought sometime in 1879
or 1880, he moved to the Scales place; said
place is outside the corporation; don't know
what month he left there; 1t was the latter
part of last fall; suppose the crop on the
place was Colonel Stones; he had crop OF
rve and q machine he was agent for
cutting it; he had his stock there,
and his machinery under the
shed; corn mills, horse.powers, etc,
and noticed a couple of little ponies there
last summer; he used them in coming into
town; Colonel Keller was his nearest
neighbor; after the rye was cut Colonel
Stone rented the field to negro by the
name of Upstou, and he raised crop OF
cotton on it; live outside the corporation
and vote at the fair grounds; Colonel Stone
did not vote at that precinct in November,
1880: nv impression is that he moved to
town after the elections may be mistaken.
Cross examined: Don't know where Col.
Stone lived previous to his moving to the
Scales places he had lived here three or four
years; he attended to his business In the city
during the day; was at home at night: don't
know whether it was 1879 or not that ne
moved out; an inclined to think he moved
into town after the election.
H. W. KELLER,
the second witness, testified: | am acquainted
with Colonel Stone; he lived out on Ross
avenue at the Scales place; to the best OF
nv recollection he lived at the Scales place
in the summer of 1878; the place is outside
the corporations; l moved away from the
neighborbood in July, 1880, and moved to
the city about the 1st or I'd Of July, and
left Colonel Stone living there on the Scales
place; Colonel Stone had conveyance; don't
know whether he or his sons worked the
place; his sons made fence where broken
down and put up wire fence; don't know
about his Masking contract with captain
CASTOR for land; he resided one or two years
before he moved out the city on Ross avenue
near the present residence of Jules
Schneider; he pow lives in the fourth ward,
and .bought the place from Mr.. McEntire,
and put up buildings; all 1 know now is that
the property once belonged to McEntlre.
D.M'CoED,
the third witness, testified: I don't know
when Colonel Stone moved in ; think IL was
last September or October that L did work
on his house and he had not moved in then
he, Colonel Stone, will show the date; !! had
set the mantles one or two weeks before
might have made bill before or at time 1
received pay; he had not moved in when the
work was done; | don't know * ely when
he moved in, but IL was either September or
October that the work was done, to The best
of my recollection.
@. R. sANDERsoN,
the fourth witness, testified: knew Colonel
Stone in the spring of 1873, by sight; know
where the Scales place is; is is outside the
corporation I went out there in
the fall of 1878, to close
contract for business house for
Colonel Stone on Elm street; Colonel Stone
was living there then; there were several
horses there; he moved into town the latter
part of October or the first OF November
lust before the cold spell last fall.
contract in 1878 for building
the business house on Elm street, where he
now does business; his business place prior.
TO this was q little west of the house OF
Schneider & D avis; he lived in the country
at the time of the cold spell last Octo Der or
first sf November; did not SEQ Colon ell
Stone at his house; saw him passing, usually
coming from the direction of the Scales
place.
&C. BoGLE,
the fifth witness, testified: Colonel Stone
has paid his poll tax for 1879; he paid 1t on
the 18th of April, 1881; on August
the 2lst, 1879, Stone & Heating
rendered property, and paid, poll
taxes. Colonel Stone did not render any
personal property for 1879, only the, firm
propertv ofStone g. Heating was rendered;
Colonel Stone did not render for the year
1880 any poll tax or any watch; anything
save horse, watch, COW, might be rendered
under the head of miscellaneous property;
do moi find on tho roll of 1878 any rendition
for John stone; did not render or pay poll tax
for 1873, except the other day he paid poll
tax for 1873. :, >,
Cross eXamlned-Colonel Ctone paul MI
assessm snss against him; ne paid poll tax
& ? three years on the 18Th Of April, 1851
personal property in the county is not assess
ed only property in the corporation; II a
man does not render poll tax he is liable
10 a fine of $50; his poll tax for
1879 was paid August the
Dist, 1879; for 1873 tsxas was paid Sep
tember 25:b, by the firm; the law requires
ali parties 10 come TO the assessor and col
lector and render, and if they live in the
CITY he assesses poll tax; nothing appears
on the rolls of 1878, 1879 and 1880 assessed
TO Colonel Stone individually; in 1881 he
made an Individual rendition; his partner
rendered 1t for him; be rendered poll tax,
watch and S55000 miscellaneous,
and a horse at $50; don't remember
whether piano was included or not;
the charter requires citizens to come to
the Office and render their assessments, and
makes il peusl offence 10 neglect It; IT he
had rendered as citizen these three years
bis poll tax would show; all persons are
asked for poll tax; never had Colonel Stone
70 rsnder; bis partner always rendered the
tax.
W.. KELLER,
the sixth witness, testified: / know Colonel
Stone. know where the Scales place Is; II IL