The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-24

,Pelhng and pensn> 'nship OF Mr.. Che..han,
| rions OF ttss ofice,v, ard On the nisht al
Wednesday ksst, Mr.. u N. Macy. secss,ary
! the association, veut 30 Austin.
'howing the altered death proofs"
10 the clerk, Brown. who SssS him she IN.
tormation stated above, aud ths next point
vas then o. ind Cheatham and Mr, kscv
It'd this NJ Ssn Marcos. AfAiavits charr.
,ne him with forgery were zen, 10 M.
Macy nom longview. the arrest was n sds
and the prisoner was brought mere this
mofning. lie stated to the ofiieers of fhe
association that he bought the pc.scv' rs,.
ine st,1o Tor il, aud that he never NV tina
death proof until Cheatham gave Il 70 him.
that Cheaiham had gone TO Mexico. Your
eorrespondes; saw Mr.. Cheathaua n ,hs
olhce OF Sheriff killingsworth and asked
hln Il he had anything 20 say. He no
piled that he wanted Ia hear from Nm.
WIGHT nrst, but would toll hos he came in
pssss pss.ss.,Sn ste A.. ., the policy, Ne
ham gave y 10 him, here he was called BY
MS counsel and after q consultation rr-
fused to make any further statement. Hiv
defence Is a general dental Of the charge.
The charge is forgery and ON these i've
charges the bond 10 fixed at $1,000, Mr..
Macy made some hurried inquiries At Man.
ohaca but he could not iind that any body.
much less anyone with such an unusual
name, had died suddenly over there In the
last lew months, nor did Doctor Thompson,
nrolessedly the attending phy ysician hvs
MIR, Brown, the clerk Of Trayis county
says he does not know any OF the professsd
subscribing witnesses except "Cheath ham
OF Oheatham, by Introduction, nor has he
any knowledge OF any such persons living
IN the county.
Choatham Is very well connected I'm
Clarkesville, and the whole affair Ia sad
piece OF business. Even II his denial Ii
nuo, he has acted so as 10 expose himself TO
toe gravest suspicious.
About iD this afternoon. Chatham
while under arrest at tho court.house, IN
An upstairs room, complained OF hent.
anu with permission OF guard w, Ii. Rey.
nolds, went into the'maln courtroom. and
taking mirror IN hts land, cut his throat,
Tho gash under his left car is about three
inches long. lie then set the mirror against
tho wal and walked into one of the Jury
rooms, laid down on the floor and soon
bled to death.
Aoout . o'clock Reynolds who had besn
vins on ned, arose TO look after his pris-
oicr. found the body aud gave thu alarm.
the body was found lying ON the back. ms
kniie was AN ordinary pocket knife, still
IN his hand, IN u pool OF blood covering a
large part OF tho iloor, From similarity in
managing the case II In suspected Cheat-
ham successfully perpetrated q fraud on tho
Mutual Self Endowment, getting $6,O on
the pretended death OF Thomas bird,
though this may be AN error. lie had
to,ooo on his life payable to his wife, and ss
Suicide does not invslidate the claim the
money VIII DO paid. Justice Corns held an
inanestanda verdict was rendered In 70.
cordancc with the facts detailed.
An enthusiastio meeting wAs hold TODAY
al Davis hall oconsider measnres for build.
ing connection with tho Bremond or Para.
more nsrrow-gauge system. A eommittec,
consisting OF Messrs. boring, Orutoher.
Morrison, Ilro1n. Terry aud Allison, TO In,
vestiHats WIN the company a. TO what the
cost of Inducing the road TO this point NAV
be, learned the Bremond road IL proIeotcd
northward 10 connection with the 'rexNs
~. Louis and We think Longview the
best meeting point, or the best line Tor a
branch irom the Texas a 1t. Louis, startling
nom Gilner, about eighteen miles away,