The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-01


II 10 not auy part OF my
business 10 X .ow 10 whom IL IL Shipped.
Local cotton o)mes Ia shermsn from D.n'
moD. Van A,s,yDo. Poo Pant, Collius
vie, Whltssooro, Bells II man, Honey
Grove, Dodd Guy, Who Wrisbt aud
Trenton; compress receipts for local cotton
are issued To t,e shipper, The man WOO o..
doris II out and ships 10 from tho press;
give rscoipi tor each bale coming Int, he
prets to ths farmer; M each bale OF cot'0o
oomss Ia va issuo a receipt 10 the party
bringing II In. nnd when those recs'p,s or
consolidated receipt 70 tbs
psety, sbipping them by the road indicated.
IL 10 the custom st Sherman for the rail.
roads TO issue q bill Of aiding on the prsss
consolidated recsipt.; | don't sse these
b'lls OF ladiDgs d,lispr the cotton 10 tn o
railroads. on those consolidated recsip,s;
bills OF ladinR are issued rsgDlsrly on ,hess
consolidated receipts by the press; ! don't
know to whom the bills OF lsdiDg a's made.
In whose favor. and have no inherent In the
matter; the aiDgl. receipts are called cotton
tickets; tnsv are the frat svidoncs OF ihs
cotton being In tho press say We received
rom John Smi,h ono bale OF cotton for
Thomss Forbes, l.. 4 Co., then Il IL held
furJso, 20 their order and 10 d,live,sd on
return o. this tick~t; each ono OF these
tick Is 10 mum bered ga the marks OF the
oDtt ~ given, aud tho bale OF cotton mum.
barred /, correspond with the ticket; our
accounts are opened with each buyer; suy
man can, store cotton 10 the
with others than BUYERS; these
cotton tickets are trsDefeuasle and the cot
ton d tosst calls for 10 delivered 10 tbs
party delivering 1t al n usual thing; u
had a suspicion ikere wsstomtthlgg wrong,
| would not deliver the cotton until ! made
inquiries. II Thomas "orbes, Jr. Go. had
bought 100 bales OF cotton from farmsrs
aud preseuti the recsips OF cotton tickets
from the farmers. We would when the ships
ment was made trans'ar Tho cotion on tho
hooks to Thomas Fofose b Co. On ths
presentation OF q consolidated rscsipt TO
tue railroad company tho bill OF
lading ara i,susd consolidated recsipts are
pressed; the railroad coDpaniss OF bher-
man arr 10 the habit ofissatug bills OF lad
ing, while tina cotton remains on tao COM
pres1 platform; there are occssioDal delays
in the delivery Of cotton billed TO the RAIL
ronh companies, and sometimes Tor week
or ton days; the compress carried insurance
for tbs bsnsft of tho railroads; ell receipts
read risks by fire excepted; the bensht OF
the Insurance wo keep 10 for the Texas 4
Pacific and Hous on & TeXAs Central
rslrasd oompanic,: have not
one OF tho policies with mo, ana don't !s-
member how they read; at the BRAT OF the
season we carry 20 much Insurance. for the
bss.at oil tho railroads, but II We got be;
hind In pressing We take out additional
Insurance. to covor extra cotton on hand;
tho premiums OF insurance are paid By the
secretary OF the compress company, on my
vouchers, out OF the comprss5 company
funds; ihero Is 40 agreement be.
twssn the conprese company and
the railroad companies for cotton
dali I'D In al Ian
insurance; We never have had loss By fire;
tho sgsuts wo intur. with are Prizes n
Jnsss, J. 2. GhsreIs and }. Q. Carpenter;
kr o. N. ksnuey " o ninrli buyor who
sh pa cotton from Sherman ! oniy know
,hst tho compress receipt for Kunney'A co.,
ton 10 issued to Mr.. Schneider and IN his
name; | ssvs esen soGe OF the bills OF i'd
iug of Kson.y's cotton and they were
made Out III Keansy's name; the oonsol'-
dated receip!s ore iaued TO Schneider:
tina bill Of lsdisg 10 msds cut for
Ksnnsy axd held by Sshsslder uaul
10 ga,s his szosaoas; va hsvs inst
tnfen Kinney az az ulGssrotios. Toe bilia
Of sdo1 and exchange IL 70 os.toaary TO
ssnd OF bsforo tbs railroad rscsivss the cot
ton from the oesu Sross; tes railroad pays
Tor ssm pressing the ositon; The saGprsss
70 u Lay bssk for insursr0s; abe issur-
sncs Ia sivss for the benefit 0. the railroads;
II oo,tsn In burned si,sr I. IL prsssed and
there il ne Insurance., the railroads wouli
l,ss is I suppose; orr .psi'a'ss Of insa'-
aHcs coyer the osiioa from the tins We
receive II until We deliver Il 10 tho
railroad; the pslloin are M As payable
fsr the benefit Of tho railroads as | am told;
O. q. Jsns. has bees the ksep%r ct the pslt'
eiss, NJ. Forbes 10 nsw secT, t,ry and treas
ursi; dsH't ksow Mr.. Banm; l hAvs
Shsrmsn; be was sSsnt OF tho 7. d T.
railrosd--,rsiqht agsut 1 guess: / supposs
B1t On slgrsS oil DILL, OF lsding while be
wss sgsnt: have seen cotton bills OF lsding
sigSod by him: never ssw bill Of lsdlng
signed by any ooe elsa THAI him. while hss
vas a.so,; l. des,t h sIST 9,
si;nins bills Of l.dipg other th.n Mr..
Eas,o1 during his s,ny there; l recognized
Mr. Esston "a the only person authorised
to represent tha Texs, & Pscfic railroad
and sign hills Of ladng At Sherman.
Bt-DIREcr rxAMiHATInN.
did not issue any consolidated cotton
or to G j Andsrs on, nor did know either
of them IN any cotton transact n.
sworn to and subscribed fore ms this
29'h day Of February, A. u 1884.
[SispedI T.0.T. KENDALL, ). T.
Alter the close OF tse testimony of the
a~t witness the counsel for the defepse,
O ,nsIs,ing Of Oslonsi W. l.. Crawford, W
3. Wright and II. &. Cowsrs. made a
motion to reduce the bail which Is 81 600
.ach In seven cases. On tho motion bsing
ovsrrulsi the counsel agreed to become the
bondsmeu OF their 81 cut, and County At.
,ornsy Clint and O. lionel T. J. Brown ter
the prosecution oonsentipg. bonds were ex.
ecuted and Baum was released from Gus
iody, TO sppsar befors the cout from day
to day until the examining tti,l 10 finished
IL was thought that Baum would BE- arrest.
ed on moro charges after his release, but he
was MT.