The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-04-23
THE MAYoxALrY MIDDLE,
further Examination Of Witnesses
colonel stone ON the Stand-Ihe Ex.
animation Closes.

The investigating committee appointed BY
,be city council to enquire into tie eligibility
of Colonel Stone, mayor elect, as to bis
ou.,is ,s,ions to hold that office, met at the
o;,v hall Yesterday afternoon at o'clock,
"a resumed the taking Of further testimony
~. casa. Colonel Stone and his attorneys,
M...,. White s. Plowmsn, were present,
.nd Ci,y Attorney Gibbs appeared for the
o;,v The hall contained but very few
-;.;,ors owing to the rain which kept
away the curious
W. II. LITTRLL.
,v.s introduced as the frat witness, duly
sworn and testified:
Tn fall of 1880 lived on corner of Ever
oreen and Corsicsna streets in the city Of
nsll,s: kuow Colonel Stone by sigh; he
now resides at the McEntire place on Brow.
der street; be came there some time last fall:
could not state definitely the time; don't
know where he lived previous to that time.
City Attorney Gibbs asked that Colonel
Stone be sworn and he took the oath.
COLONEL STONE.
moved to the McEntire place from the
25th to the 9th of September; l presume
that the Scales place is outside of the city
limits.
Gross .examined-I came to Dallas in JULY
Of 1876; my purpose in coming to Dallas
was to establish business in Dallas and
make it my permanent home; l did
establish business and have continued TO
do business in the city; l first became owner
of real estate in the city in the spring of
1878; 1t is the ground on which stands the
house of Stone " Heating; since | began
business in Dallas, l have been, during the
day, at my place of business in the city;
did not own homestead in the city 10 1861;
came to Dallas with the purpose Of making
il my home; had no other idea, and it had
been my purpose 80 soon as l was able, to
purchase homestead in the city, which
did; rented the Scales place and was On it
something over two years; l rented it for
one year in the fall of 1878, or 10, don't
remember; moved to it some little time
afterwards; l went there to make it nv
temporary home, for it was nv intention to
make my permanent home in Dallas; again
rented il for another year, but with the same
intention Of making my permanent home in
Dallas; purchased real estate in the city at
thu corner of Park aud Browder streets in
February, 1880, as my homestead; as soon as
the purchase was completed began to i'm.
prove the place by tearing away part of the
old building and adding thereto; purchased
the place from Mr.. Cole, with view of
making it my home; (shown an accoun,;)
this is an account of Shields & Young for
pspering my house, l paid it the list of
October, 1880, after the work was
done; when l moved into the house
the work was no. completed; l have lived
with my family in that house from that
time to the present; | did, when l made q
purchase of that property, try to get released
from the lease had on the Scales place but
failed to do SO; Mr.. Plowman, who hau
control of the property, would not consent
toi; have never had q permanent home in
the state of Texas save the city of Dallas;
i. have been in the city doing business from the
time l came here; l have paid all taxes
assessed against me due the city of Dallas,
previous to my election; Ipsid the poll tax
since then at the suggestion of Mr.. Plow
man to obviato any possible difficulty,
though did not think that owed it,
By city Attorney Gibbs.
| did not know any definite spot in Dallas
picked out to reside in; expect to make the
city my home; l did talk with
Captain CASTOR about purchasing
property Of him at the fair grounds, and at
the same time l was negotiating for
property on Ross avenue; never
made any proposition to buy the the Scales
place; ! resided at the Scales
place for about two years;
the lease was for one year and the renewal of
it was for another year also; do not know
thatit is customary for some merchants to do
business 10 the city and reside outside in order
TO escape paying city taxes; II is not my
custom, the thought is far from me; Did
not render poll tax for the years lived at tn
Scales place; don't know that l
rendered personal property to the city
assessor and collector for those years; did
render to county assessor; am not citizen
by birth nor by naturalization; came to
this country in the spring prior to my four
tenth year; my father became citizen of
the United States before was twenty. years
old; by application | have f. been
voting ever since / was twenty.one years
old; am an Euglishman by birth; l don't
know whether l voted in the fall elections of
1878; | think Ivoted once at the fair ground
precinct Mr.. Cole vacated the McEntiro
place the last of February or the first part OF
March, 1880; l can't just now remember the
year | came TO the United
States; my family and household
effects we're all Mt the Scales place;
By Judge White-Deed from Mr. Cole to
me is February 25th, 1880; began at once
to improve the place. The certificate of his
election was presented and accepted as evil
dence. Mr.. Heating rendered my city taxes;
Mr.. G. A. Heating is my partner after
came 10 Dallas myself and family lived In
the city until we moved to the Scales place
R. D. RAwLISs,
the second witness and county assessor, ties.
titled: Only one assessment on the roll
against Colonel Stone for 1880; there was nc
individual assessment against Colonel STONE
for 1880; he is assessed for poll tax, horse'
and money on hand; Mr.. Audrey, my deputy
took the assessment; give II as find 1t or
the books.
Here the examination Of witnesses closed
and tho written evidence taken by the secre.
tary was turned over to the committee which
makes its report next Monday night.
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