The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-02-01

DALLAS, Jan. 24.-Special Agen
Corr Lucy, of Austin, arrived here to
night from Nashville with Oliver H
Gregg, the absconding embezzler o.
registered packages, who, while acting
as route agent between Dallas and E.
Paso, surreptitiously misappropriatec
funds to very large amount. Gregg
is now lodged in the Dallas Jail. An
indictment has been found against
him in the federal court of this place
He pleads innocence, saying the par.
ties got in the mail cars without his
knowledge and stole the packages
The officials, however, assert that the
stolen packages were put on the train
after the alleged parties had left the
car, and also claim to have a mass of
evidence that Is most positive. Gregg
has been route agent for ten years,
at times running out of Kansas City
to Fort Scott and Denver and from
Leavenworth to Burlington before
coming TO Texas. A divorced wife of
Gregg's now resides at Burlington,
Kansas. He was going by the name
of Ed. j. Howard when captured at
Nashville. Gregg has been fully iden-
titled. He is much broken in spirit.
John jackson, of Richardson, driv-
ing into city while intoxicated, fell
off load of cotton, and one wheel
passed over the side of his head, frac-
turing his jaw, while another wheel
passed over his leg, frightfully frac-
turing it. He is in critical condi-
ton. The same leg was broken in
the same place in the same kind of an
accident about year ago.
Rumors were current this evening
that Judge A. b. Norton, the we'll
known Republican politician, was
dead. They proved untrue, however.
Although Judge Norton is very low,
his friends hope for recovery.
The late Judge Il. Hunt was buried
to-day. The funeral was one of the
largest and most imposing ever wit
messed in north Texas. The ceremo-
MES were conducted under the aus
piceS of MasonS and Knights of Hon
or. All the courts, including the
United States circuit and district
courts, adjourned till tomorrow as a
mark of respect.
The case of the state VS.. Alfred
Freeman, charged with the murder
Of Robert Chambers in December,
1881, came up in the district court
this morning, and was continued until
the second Monday in March. The
case of r. Z. Cowart, charged with
killing Judge J. NJ. Thurmond, is set
for tomorrow.
y man was arrested in New York,
Il few days ago, by Detective Byrne,
who is held as George Coleman, al
legged to have swindled the City
National bank of Dallas, few weeks
ago, out of $500. President O'Connor,
of that bank, is in New York and
feels certain the prisoner is Coleman.
Detective John Spencer has gone to
bring the prisoner to Dallas, when
officers of the bank will be able to
more fully identify him.
Peggy Patterson, colored, died last
night. Her exact. age is not
known, but she said she was
grown and had two children
when the battle of New Orleans was
fought in 1914. She was born in Ala
bama, and came to Texas before the
war, having been bought by DIR
Pierce, of Burleson county. When
the emancipation proclamation set her
free she came to one of the Messrs.
Howell, now of Howell Bros, whCle-
sale merchants of this city, and asked
him to feed and clothe her the rest of
her life, offering her labor in compen-
sation. He took her and kept her
until her death. Mr.. Howell thinks
she must have been upwards of one
hundred years old. She was not help
less until about three weeks before
her death. She died of old age.