Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-11-05
THE CATTLE CASE.
wr. !. (. Rurnetrs statement or ihr
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 ] CHARLESTON, A. T., October % About noon. on Sunday, the sth day Of ! October, 1882, Mr. Hackes, of the firm of Springer Hackes, came to me and said that some Mexicans wanted to sell some cattle, and he thought they could | be bought cheap. 1 asked him If he knew the Mexican. He said he did, l they had bought goods of him often. | I asked him how many they had and how much they wanted for them He ' said be could buy them for ten dollars l a head. told hIm l would like to see the cattle: if l could buy them cheap l would take them. He trld me to come ! to his store and be would show me the men. l went with him ard he in troduced me to one of the Mexicans. ] | told the Mexican l would like to see the cattle: he sad thy were about two miles and a half from town. l told him to drive them into my corral, about [ mile and a alf from town, and 1 would l look at them. rode out there, taking | Dr. B. Fl. Peterson with me. l told them I would give them ten dollars 1 head for the cattle; they wanted fifteen | dollars per head, but they finally agreed to take ten dollars If 1 would pay the duty on them, as they represented that the cattle came from Sonora. left the cattle in the corral and came to Charleston with the Mexican, had a bIll of sale drawn up Tn Springer & Hackes' store, and witnessed by Sidney Hackes, B. H. Paterson, Megal Brigane and B. T. Brown, J. r, of Charleston. Before going ont with the Mexican, to look at the catt e, 1 spoke Co Mir. Clark, collector of customs at this place, tell Ing him that 1 was gong ogs to look at the Me1icans' cattle, and 1T l bargalned for them 1 would take him out to see them. NIT. Hackes had also spoken to Nr. Clark about the cattle, before speaking to me about them. After l had paid for the cattle ] furnished Mir. Clark with a horse to ride out to see and inspect them. Mir. Clark appraised them at fifteen dollais head. It being Sunday afternoon, told him l would come the next morning and pay the duty on the cattle. The next morning about ten o'clock, l saw Mir. Clark ana ne told me that be thought he had those. or similar brands on his book. ] asked him whose brand he thought they were and he rephed Vail and Harvey's [ told him that I would telegraph to Vail and Harvey. I was advised to telegraph to Crittenden, care of Jerry Dillon, and did SO. At 10 o'clock and . minutes a. m., sent the following tele- gram:
 CHARLESTON, Oct. 9, 1882. To VAIL & HARVEY, care of Jerry Dillon,
 Crittenden:
 Have bought some stock, some brand ed with heart. Having heard that you have heart brand would like you to come and see before they are killed Cattle is supposed to come from Son ora. JAS. C. BURNETT.
 I afterwards met c. NJ. Hilton and described the brands to him. He ad- Vised me to telegraph to PHntano and ,iid so. At 4 o'clock and B minutes p. m. l sent the following telegram:
 CHARLESTON. Oct. 9, 1882. To VAIL < HARVEY, Pautano:
 Have bought some cattle branded with heart on slde. Have just heard that you have such brand. Send some one to see if stock is yours before stock is killed Jas. C. BURNETT
 l received an answer the same night from Total wreck stating that the mes sage had been forwarded to NaIl's rauch and that men could come over next day. Mir. Vail whom l supposed Co be Walter Vail of the firm of Vsll & liar vey, came and we went up to where the cattle were. Mr. Vail saw the cattle and told me that part of them were his and part belonged to Mir. Dillon. 1 offered to furnish a man to help drive the stocs to Mir. NaIl's ranch. l alse told Mir. Vail that 1 had killed two of the cattle aud showed him the hides. After ex- amining the hides he said that they be- long-d to Mir. Dillon. I also gave him the bill of sale, and showed him my books with marks and brands. The hides are still here for inspection.
 The foregoing IS a true statement of the facts in regard tO the cattle. lfa any man disputes 1t be is respectfully re- luested to call on me at my corral in Charleston, and If we cannot come to an amicable understanding he can have satisfaction in any way he desires. We nave had enough anonymous newspaper talk. l would like to deal with men, not with a lot of craven towards who do not dare to put their names to the false hood they publish.
 JAMES (. BURNETT.