Daily globe., 1883-07-31
THE TEXAS TRAGEDY.

44fotHer TerSaOn OF the HGuDbn Killing
A Washington special to the New York
World says: The charges so broadly and
wantonly made against the citizens OF
Texas by certain journals, aided by the
department of justice, are denounced by
Texans here as false and SANDER upon
the worthy citizens of the state. The
statements made, they say, are false
throughout except as to the killing of Col.
Haughn. That he was killed they admit,
and add that he ought to have met some
fate long since that would have prevented
hi IN from preying upon good citizens of
his county, plundering them of their mon
ey and robbing their daughters of their
virtue.
They say his record, political and So
cial, has been disgrace to his county and
state, and so outrageous that no
decent man of his own party would
recognize him or support him in his
course. They said that it was only the
fact that the citizens of his county were
long suffering and unusually patient that
prevented his being killed long ago.
AN OlD-TIME CARPET-BAG THIEF.
"rll just tell you the history Of this man
Haughn," said Col. Dick Wintersmith, the
leading candidate for doorkeeper of the
house, in speaking of the matter today
Il don want to say anything unkind of
anybody, but the fact is, the citizens of
that county had endured Haughn's course
as long as any get of people with any self
respect could endure such course as his
had been. He had spent years there in
plundering the people, robbing
widows and orphans while wearing the
judicial ermine. When the people would
no longer elect him to the Office bywhich
he accomplished these ends, he began per-
scouting them, causing their arrest on
frivolous charges and Furnishing them in
every way possible. Even this they en-
dured, however, rather than break the
laws, which are as strict and as strictly en-
forced there as anywhere, but when he
added to his crimes that of criminal as
sault upon girl he was killed.
'His own wife said that that was the
cause of his death. Do you suppose if it
hadn't been true she whould have made
such statement"
How long had Haughn lived in Texas %
''He came there about the close of the
war, a camp follower. The county had
large number of colored voters, and he
set to work to organize them into political
clubs. The coiored men, who had had lit
tie political experience, rallied around
him, and he esoon got control of county
politics. He got himself elected county
judge, and then set to work plundering
everybody that he could. He had the
handling of estates of deceased persons,
ard had excellent opportunity to exercise
his plundering propensities. People be-
came so dissatisfied with him that num-
bers of his own party refused to support
him for the place.
"Then, after he had been defeated, to get
revenge by having prominent citizens ar
rested on false charges af fraud in elec-
tions. Mem bers of his own party publicly
denounced him. The government officials
refused 10 permit him to certify cases up
to the United States courts there, saying he
did it merely to get fees. But through all
this his life was safe until colored citizen
and father found that he had added to his
list of crimes that of criminal assault upon
his daughter, ard then his life paid the
forfeit"
''No, sir; the charges against the people
of Texas are unjust and unfounded. Life
and property are safer there to-day than
among the tramps, highway robbers and
murderers of the other and more pretenti-
GUS states. All these charges are for polit-
cal effect, and that only"