Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-17
JEFFERSON.
Information Given the Court Against Gu
zcns for Violating Election Laws
Correspondence OF The Gazette.

zcns for Violating Election LAWS
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
Jefferson, February 15.--Thc United
States circuit court for the eastern dis,
trict of Texas, Judge Amos morrill,
presiding, convened here on Monday,
the 18th inst, and has been engaged
so far upon the trial of civil cases.
Yesterday United States District
Attorney Gutheridge filed iuforfna-
lions against about forty OF our citi-
zens for alleged conspiracy and VIOLA
ton of the election laws. THESE IN
formations are founded upon the AMI
davit Of deputy United States mar
shall of Galveston, who vas not here
during the election nor subsequently,,
and can have no personal knowledge
of the manner in which the same was
held. The supposition Is that Guth-
eridge could find no one here who
would make such an affidavit OF com
plant, aud has sought his tool else
where In the person OF TINS
ailiant, who does not even know
the parties against whom he has
appeared, and it is upon charge pre-
| ferred in this unheard of and unprecc-
dented manner that our people have
been arraigned before the United
States court at this place TO answer
charges as malicious la their character
and inception as they are unfounded
| in truth.
Anticipating an outburst of the
righteous Indignation of this people,
upon their acquaintance with this
dastardly attempt upon their rights
and liberties, Gutheridge has secured
the services of quite n number of
| special United States marshals, sworn
| in ut Galveston, armed to the teeth las
your correspondent from that place
! puts it, and sent here to protect the
court from violence dunlg the trial OF
| these cases. Fifteen out OF the twenty
gallant braves who are reported to
have left Galveston for the aforesaid
point and purpose arrived safely in
our quiet little city yesterday. We
chronicle their safe arrival for the
benefit Of their friends and families
whom they left to do valiant
service in their country's cause; and
while they were imported strictly foi
secret service, yet they had not been
with Va but a few hours until we knew
them dixie marked cards, by their
backs especially could they be rccog
| nized by the nervous manner In which
they constantly toyed with something
in their pockets (Which did not resem-
| BILE pocket-books.)
The court certainly apprehends ne
violence from our people, or else II
greatly overestimates and appreciates
the courage and ability of its specia
body-guard.
These special deputies are. here mt The
expense OF the government, under tn,
guise OF officers of the court, under tn,
pretense Of maintaining peace ant
quiet, (when there Is no disturbance o
anticipated trouble.l But in trutl
and in fact they are here for no Other
purpose than to subserve the pc
litical and partisan prejudice
of Gutheridgo and his associ
ates, who, like birds o
prey, have Toasted upon our people
Tor more than fifty years and yet thei
greedy appetites are insatiate.
Our people have ever been patient
quiet and law abiding during AL thes
years of oppression and radica
misrulc. But ut the last general cleo
ton, by an honest, strenuous and uni
ted effort of our people, and the he'll
of Him "who presides over the destinie
OF nations we succeeded i'm defeating
this faction mt the ballot-boX, an,
, disinthroning the carnival of reckless
ness and wrong which has so lon
been perpetrated upon this people.
Enjoying u selt-conciousness of RICH
and innocence our people are no
apprehensivc as TO the final result O
the trial OF these cases.