The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-01-25
a SENSATION.
wild Freak of "a Young uau--
Arrc.tcn Tor Eorgery

Some hing OF sensation was created
by the arrest early yesterday morning
~ L. +. Hairstou, son OF Mr.. j. M.
Hairston. upon the charge OF forgery.
/ II app ara that on Tuesday night young
II irston, in company with two friends,
while taking round OF the city, entered
the restaurant Of i. DeFrancis, on tie
east side = the square, and ordered
some oysters. After eHting the oysters,
the party tar ed to leave and beng
called u ON t, settle the bill, remark, 4
. that they had no money and after some
u rley with VIM. GofT, an emplnye Of
/ the restaurant, one Of Hairs ou's COM
pauions suggested that he leave check,
whtreupou Hairst pulled r. IN his
pocket lot of rapers aud, after inspect
iug them, handed to Mr. Golf check on
the wa National bank, dated Decem-
her 2, 1889, for $3.50, and pur.
porting to be sign d by W. H.
'lrce. The trio then le AMI
-trrday morning the C. eek was pre.
scented to tn bank 10y Mr.. DE Francis or
some one for hum. Thee shier after iu-
-pecting il handed it to Mr. Tree, ask
ing if that WAS his draft. Mr. Tr ce, look.
ing at first only at the signature, re led
that It was, hut upon IA closer iuspec on
not. Payment was refused, and Il t
ch rye Of lorgery WINS made agai It
IL irttou, who was thercupon rested;
his bond was fixed at $500, which he
gave last evening. The ex IN nation Of
HHrstua IL set for Tuesday next. tn
Both inst The check is very clumsy
affair." and one not calculated to deceive
person OF ordinary intel igenCe. While
IT bears date u c"mber 2, 1t calls Tor the
amount to BE- paid ON the 2Sth OF Janu-
airy, and in the blank space left for he
tglres the amount called for is S3,OjOW.
Mr.. Irice rec gnl2ed the paper us "a
forgery from the fact that the Who'll l.
check was filled out and signed III the
same hnudwrtI <. while he docs not
generally fill out his own checks or num-
Der them. This il a serious charge to be
made against II young man, for Ill lrston
il only ei hteen years old, aud has been
living IN Waco for the past four years
with His fathers family, and in justice t.
all parties concerned we give below the
! staten Of the defense as given to rs
! by T A. Blair, Eq, who has been re-
tanned to represent Hairston:
On the night of December ID, 1882
Hairston, in company with two OF his
friends vas taking in the town, havln I
. what THE boys uenUmlnate regulh
bum, and visiting the varieties and
wishing to cut ell before tie airl.
and impress them with the idea thai
they we're well fixed in money matters
One Of the pHrty wrote on the checi
aud gave 1t TO Hairst who displayed
1t. \ ter this he Iut it IN his pocket an
no more WAS thought OF it until Tuesday
night, being ont on another bum an,
again in the company Of two frlen >
whether The same t"o W tn whom h
was IN company on the hight OF Decem
her "a, or not, we are rot int"rmed), h'
visited De Francis restaurant and tn,
three contracted bill amounting to ~
which none Of the par y had me MS +
pay. Hairston looking through hi.
pockets and pulling out their content
dropped the fatal check picking j
up 1t was taken ont, of his hand by Got
who retained and presented at tn,
bank yesterday, when payment - as re
fused, After SOLDERING mp Hairston wei
ycster ny morning and pa d tie II o
81, withuu knowing anything about th'
presentation OF the check at the bank.
Abu, e we have give full stHtemeD
ot both sides Of the case rs given III
We presume the full facts Of the cas-
will be elected upon the examin ton OF
Tuesday next