The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-10-10
An Incident in this State


"You refer in your letter, Mr. James, to
having proved your capacity for sober, in
dustrious citizenship since your outlawry
where W as that
"That was at Nashville, Tennessee. III
tell you about it and
GIVE YOU NAMES AND DATES
which vii! enable anyone that may be in
terested in doing so to fully inycs tigatc my
statement In August, 1877, arrived in
Nashville, accompanied by my WIFE was
then in very poor health, and had been, so
for some time. A great many emigrants
from Ohio and Indiana were arriving in
that region about that time and it was
very easy for us to assume that character.
| went by the name of y. J. Woodson. We
first applied TO farmer named Ben Drake,
who received us kindly, and stran gers
though we were, made US comfortable for a
week. At the end of hat time we moved
oyer TO the house of Mrs. Ledbetter n wild
owed sister OF Mr.. Drake, where we remained
until effected the rental of piece
of land from Josiah Walton on White
creek, few miles from Nashville. NY
health rapidly improved, and for the next
year worked regularly every day on the
farm, seldom failing to put in my full ten
hours per day in the field. AT the end of
die year engaged to team for ono year on
Jcit HYDE place for the Indiana Lumber
company, and carried out my agreement
10 The letter,
DRIVING A rGuR-MULE TEAM
every uNV lakiup NV tnpnla II, tha a,
with the darkies, and never doing less than
a full hands work. Our boss in that work
was j. J. Jefferson, an Ohio republican Of
the most pi0n )unced views, and | was as
good a republican as any of them. re.
member that when we came in FROM the
woods was the first TO tell him Of the 10.
publican nomination for president. On
hearing the nominee was Garfield, of his
own state, he went fairly wild, and cut up
more antics than crazy man. At the
expiration of my year of teaming |
rented a farm from Felix Smith, on
White creek, about eight miles from Nash.
vie, and remained there up to the time
oil my departure from that section, which
was in April, 1881. During that whole ne
Rod oineorly iouryears was never absent
from my work and maintained a reputa.
ton for good citizenship equal to any man
IN That county. Among my intimate ac-
II.
man, county clerk; j, W. Shuto, member
OF the legislature; Dr. Jourdan DR.. Man
love, DR.. William Hamilton Sheriff Tim
johnson, Rev. DR., Wall, Clint Caniwcll
William Bryan, IT,, and others
TiiEsE MEN KNEW US
only as H. j. Wuodson, of course, and should
you ever publish this interview they will
doubtless be greatly amazed to learn that
the unol'ending farmer they knew 40 well
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| frequently went with Shute to political
meetings, but never took any prominent
part. and in my whole experience down
there nevor had but one approach TO trou
ble Ono day | was sitting IN the black
smith shop OF Dood Young. brother of
Constable Tazewel Young, when Dool
who had been drinking pretty
freely, came in, He had conceived the
idea that was 'oue Of those id Yankees
who had come down there to run things
and, being in n bcligerent condition, he
sworc at me and declared his intention of
slerping mo over He was great big
doublc-isted fellow, and | was no match
FOR Inn and FOR moment | was in gr,nt
mead bccausc felt that II he were to as.
ault Inc could not restrain myself from
shooting him,
AMI THEN Goop-pYE
10 thiS long endeayor 10 settle down |
",
sonot with him that he had no occasion
Tor slapping me, and by this pacific course
finally got him Quoted and got away
from him. Subsequently he and became
great friends and have no doubt he will
read your paper with great deal of inter.
est this comes out, That reminds me of
acouple of other citizens O, Nashville who
will take u peculiar interest In this chan.
ter, Among the detectives at Nashville
low al
sou knew them both aud shook hands
with him every day or two. Horn il n
Falotailian sort Of fellow, full of good nm.
tutr and always liked him. Watson was
rather morosc, had littlG to SAY and went
around staring hard az everything ami
everybody, One day Jim Cumnugs and |
werc IN Warmers restaurant and Watson
WAS standing outside, Cummings you
Know, is an apprchenslye. nervous sort OF
aohap, who always feared the worst |
lerkod him by the sleeve and asked him TO
ocme out and be introduced to a dctoctiye
uErALep AND GREW VERY rlpGEry
rs he backed OIL ana drawicd out. Not by
~ sight Do you think I'm q -
loo,F lie got rs far back in the restaurant
rs he, could, and the most could elicit
nom him was; You ailr't ROT - bit OF
sense You'll yet pulled in one of these
uN0 with your -. brashpess' | OK.
e""'sN w nun tnut Tue safest course WAS in
chcoking 1t out, and that the man most
liable TO get pulled In was the man who
sneakod; but never converted HIM To that
viewA as the result will show"
was Cummings there with YOU"
NO, nc was stopping with Jess
What did Jess live there too.n
VI forgot to tell you about that, ltwas
something curious. | had not seen less for
two years, and had no idea where he WAS,
One day in the spring, after my arrival. /
stepped into Ray & Sons store to buy soma
rcd oats. Whom should see in the Office
talking. to Ike Ray but jess. Ike knew
him well as Joe Howard. Jess was
sMucu surrRIsEp ASH WAS,
ana We stepped out and had chat. lie
tolo ne was hyinS near Waverly, Hum.
phrcys county, West Tennessee, and mad
come up 10 sell some corn. Aflcr some
iut,ncr talk we separated, and year and a
nal, later removed In North Nashvillc.V
what was Icsse's oecupa,ionsn
lie was q great patron and lover of tho
race track, and spent much of his TINA
there, lilo had several fine horses and
among them was the famous Jim Malone
which won biz race no, long ago In 81
Louia, a four.mile race At Louisville and 4
cup at Atlanta, Georgia. The horse had
not made much Of 4 record, however. N,
tbc lime Jess sold him to a druggist Il,
Nashville named John Grecner Jos.
moved around with perfect freedom there !,
NWhcu did Cum MINIS ~, tha..aV 'N'