Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-12-07
WACO.
The Petition in Regard to the Mort
gage of the Texas & st. Louis
Railroad Refused.
j, R, Riohey and 0. W. David tho In
VentOrs Of the Spurious Tax Voucher
"A Liquor Dealer Indicted

WACO, TEX, Dec. 6--Judge Pardee
rendered his decision to-day in the
matter OF the petition TO intervene in
the case Of the Central Trust company
OF New York and the Texas & st.
Louis Railway company. The court
denies the prayer Of the intervenors
and says they fail to show any cause
why their petition should be granted.
This shuts them out of the United
States district and circuit courts. A
decision in their favor would have es-
tablished precedent affecting other
similar cases and thus opened an ave-
nue. to attack Che validity of railroad
bonds amounting to hundreds of mill
| lions Of dollars.
j. n. Richey, who returned last
| night, publishes card to-day in which
he admits the signature OF the
| spurious tax voucher for Sl433 and the
| forwarding of ii to st. Louis. He Gays
/ he did IL with the knowledge and con-
sent of o. w, David, tax collector elect;
that the only motive was to hold back
the money until David was installed
AS tax collector, that he DAVID might
have the benefit of the collectors COM
mission on the amount.
Richey further says that the money
Is here, in one OF the city banks, sub
iect to the order of o w. David ns
soon as the latter qualities. The cashier
Of the bank publishes q card cOrrOb-
Grating Richey's statement as above
IL Is said, though, that the money was
not placed in the bank for such pur-
pose until the scandal became public
II is also discovered that on Monday
the LIST instant Richey got note Tor
S2O6 discounted at another bank in
this city. The names Of John w.
Baker and Eugene Williams, the
former district attorney and
the latter county clerk, are signed.
They pronounce their sigma.
lures forgeries, Richey has been
indicted by the grand jury now in
session for this. The general opinion
IL that the young man Is mt the end OF
his tether. His troubles have broken
hlm down and he is dangerously sick
tonight.
Isaac A. Goldsteiu, wholesale liquor
dealer, was indicted this morning for
! forgery and Immediately arrested. The
allegations are that he made alterations
! In figures C'raisedn them) and collected
3 or sought To collect $3.50 more than he
was entitled TO, on account OF claims
he held against saloon here. This
arrest made the public open its eyes
again, for no business man in Waco
stands higher than /. A. Goldstein. In
business circles 1t Is believed he will
yindlcate himself. Sam Sanger and
: w. w. Seley of the Waco State bank
Y are ON the bond, which he promptly
1 gave.
/ In the district court to-day Jerry
/. Fillmore, for disposlng of mortgaged
4 property, was sentenced to two years
IN the penitentiary. John Timer,
Tor theft OF horse, got five years
THIS afternoon Judge Rimes sentenced
several of the prisoners convicted at
this term OF district court.
AT the last term of district court
e here A. f. Galley was convicted of
: rape on little girl eight years old and
!. sentenced 20 ninety-nine years impris.
onment. To-day, at Tyler, the court
OF appeals reversed and remanded the
!. case.
) The colored Baptists broke ground
to-day for an 5000 brick church thew
are going to erect. This will make
twenty-One church buildings In Waco.
some OF them very expensive. Col
ored congregations own several
, churches that cost as high as 5000
4 The colored conference OF the M. Il.
church has about finished its labors
ana viii adjourn tomorrow.