The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-02-01
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County jail Ills side ~ the question,

Ofeaa, the DeauiiinE itouts Agent
Ofnbbod ~ Nnsbtiila, nav IN the Dailas
County Jail Ills side ~ Tie question,
Wednesday night Detective Lucic, of the
postal service, arrived IN tie city from
Nashville, having In charge o. II. Gregg
alias II. Howard, who was formerly route
agent on the Texas e Pacific road, running
between this city and El Paso,
aud who deauLed in last July TO
the tune Of about $1,000. His arrest
by the detective has already been given.
He was visited yeterday by HERALD re-
porter, but he appeared to be rather eau
tious in what he said. ~ am an old news
paper man, myself" he said, and do not
wish TO say much at present." lie AS
serted that he would acknowledge that lac
was short some six packages, but he had
not made away with single one OF them.
He expressed himself AS much
| grieved that the HERALD had
seen Fit TO enter his domestic
closet but could not explain in anything
! like satisfactory manner how it was that
there came to be so much woman in the
affair. lie said that he would much prefer
that no mention be made OF the married
business, for he had, while passing through
Arkansas, attempted suicide by plunglng
headlong into a stream, but he was
rescued from watery grave to
find harder late. He h I'd understood that
he was some 5000 short, but he did not
know the amount. He had edited and
worked on various newspapers, and among
others the Lawrence, Kansas, Tribune, and
lastly, he had acted ia the capacity of city
editor of the Padutah Times. He went tc
Kentucky with the hope Of Dor
rowing money to llquidate the
amounts in the last packages
but found his friends were too impecuniUu
to assist him. The Paducah Times burstet
and his occupation, as it were, was gone
He rustled his way to Nashville and wa
: clerkinS in furniture store, where detec
tive Lucie nipped him. The reporter asked
/ Gregg to write out a statement, giving hi
} side OF the case, and he wrote the following
To the Herald.
/, DALLAS, TEXAS, Jan. p, 1Ss3.-In an
swer to your kind offer of the use of you
columns for statement or explanation OF
my part regarding my present troubles,
! will say that it is useless for me to say any
thing or attempta defense in this way. Th
article you copied from the Nashville pa
r pers was such a tissue of lie, that 1t is no
! worthy of an answer. 1t wasthe work o
/ personal enmity, and has accom-
plished its purpose by. inspir
ing puDllc prejudice against ne
) and throwing additional difficulties in m.
t way presume the papers were innocen
; of evil design, as these representation
/ were made to them and they thought the,
, we're publishing the truth.
, My case can be settled by law and eyi
, dence alone, and | hope that when it
: ended will stand before the public in
, different light. My domestic troubles hay,
J nothing at all to do with this case, and
will not drag them before the public, NJ
matter how many unjust accusations ar
made.
| only ask a suspension Of newspape
} attacks for the reason that la m held in con
/ tinement on very grave charge, have not ;
dollar in the world with which to detent
: myself, and presume that, like others whel
misfortune oyertakes them, | will find tina
| have but few friends. Under such cir
cumstances my lot is hard enough withou
misrepresentation and abuse on the par
, of newspapers. l will make my defense be
fore court of justice, and until the day o
trial arrives my lips will be sealed, and
will endeavor to submit as patiently as pos
, sble to all unjust charges and accuse
tions. Very respectfully,
0. Ii, GREGG.