The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-04-21
THAT FORGERY CASE.
An Explanatory Letter From
Esquire Harrison, of Hub.
bard City.
To The EsaB' iHcr.

! HUBBARD, April 49, see in your is
sue of this morning, the arrest and
| bringing TO this place for trial OF G. s.
! Borden, Ia former telegraph operator
! here,) upon charge of forgery. And
as the article is calculated to cast Sc
! we're reflection upon myself and the CON
stable here, l will give you the facts IN
the case, which led to the arrest and the
/ reason that c. S. Borden was released
without a trial, all of which, l hope you
Will be kind enough to publish. On the
| 2nd day of March last, G. ). Borden
made an application to one OF the lead
| ing merchants of this place for an adj
! vance upon his wages for the month OF
February. Before advancing anything
the merchant 'telegraphed to Il. b. FISH,
treasurer of the Texas and st. Louis
railway company, the following message;
viii you accept an order for amounts
due c. $. Borden, month February; to
which the following answer was made
Against rules OF company to
accept orders. Let Borden I've
You an order to stop amount
from his pay in your favor and SEND
order to general superintendent, hrst
train l.. B. FISH, Treas.
Instead of delivering the above mes
sage Mr.. Borden's very bad memory
prompted him to deliver the following;
Yes, send order to me-"
Il. B. FISH"
When the whole of the above trans
action was made known to Mr. Fish he
filed in my office, on the 9th day of the
present MONTH a complaint charging c.
s. Borden with having forged a tele-
gram order acceptance, purpOrting to
be from l.. Is. Fish to a certain mercan-
tile firm in this place, amounting to the
sum OF $50, the intent of the act OF for
gerry being to defraud the merchant
aforesaid, duly signed and sworn to be-
fore the county clerk of Smith county.
Upon the complaint ISSUED a warrant
for the arrest of Borden and sent it to
the sheriff of McLennan county, who
arrested Borden and lodged him IN jail
at Waco. The sheriff notified me by
telegraph and L wrote him
by return mail hold
Borden for few days until | could get
Mr.. Fish to appear against him. tele-
graphed to Tyler and found that Mr..
Fish was in Austin. When he came
came back to Tyler l telegraphed him
to go before some officer authorized to
administer Oaths and make plain state
ment of the case in writing-the same
that he would make before a CORTLAND
sign and swear to it and send it to ME
by return mail, if he could not come Ill
person. The next morning | received a
letter from him stating that he knew
nothing more than was set forth III the
and he did not seem to think
that it was necessary for him to make
any other statement. On Saturday
Il -,
and brought Q. s. Borden out to Hub
bard; but if the "rrav. Jones" spoken of
in your tO-day's issue had anything to do
with BOrden's being brought here for
trial | and my constable are totally
ignorant of the fact Monday morning
| had court called and the attorney APP
pointed to represent the sta e asked II
until he could have Mr..
Fish before the court. In view of tho
,act that Mr.. Fish was anticipating and
at that time was actually, ona
Journey to st. Louis, Mo, and it being
next to impossible to get him before the
court within three or four days, or prob
IDLY weeks time, and as Borden had
been held for at least three days, the
notion for a continuance was Overruled
md attorney for the state then asked
hat the case be dismissed, as without
Nlr Fish's testimony the state could
make out no case. | would most GER
anly have had Mr.. Fish attached had |
Known to whom to send the attachment,
Jut he being at that particular time all
he while on the move | did not think it
ust to hold Borden any longer, there
ore, | dismissed the case us requested
~ the attorney. AS to the officers be
ng DESTROYS to have Borden leave the
-owu | will state that | am authorized
by the constable to say that the state-
ment made by Borden that he (the con
1table) offered him (Borden) So to leave
-own is false in every particular, and |
am fully inclined TO believe the
story for this reason
Borden was going to leave town ANYWAY.
md knowing that it would be $500 very
'aslly made, | am very much inclined to
blink that he would have taken ths
money had it been offered to him. As
or my own part [ was totally indifferent
S to where or when he went. / will
tate III conclusion, that it might be best
or some people to get well out of the
woods before they hollo and not to
make too much noise oyer their iuno-
ense before it is established, aud fur
her, that it IL sometimes a very good
dea for people who write for newapa-
,ers to get all the facts in the case be-
ore they write articles that cast rehec-
ions on officers who are trying to do
heir dnty under the law.
Very respectfully,
j. II. HARRISON,
Justice of the Peace
j. S.
Amy one wishing TO sec the paper from
Which the above statement was made