The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21
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Takrs iIima cup ~ tuntH-
Isreeding Fragrance

Tul Wuruu aug, H., Special. F.
few minutes before . o'clock this
morning your correspondent was told
thnt II he would va 10 the courthouse
il was probable an item might Ice nb'
tanned, ~ tho sheriff and District Jerk,
with several citizens, Ind just driven
Up there,
AT The courthouse he found \, NJ,
Carter, Esq, with Capt, j, D., Reed aud
Mr. !. NJ. llartstield, District Clerk, pre-
pairing papers for attaching all the
property of the Texas IN
Vcslmcnt company, the ga
yctte typc, presses etc, included,
Reeds claim was slT.Wh, aud when n
bond of ,a1,JlI had been given, the
Shorif visited the Gazette office, mott.
lied the prcssmun, who was running OIL
the last side, aud then went up stairs,
notifying printers and editors, who had
lust ceased work, In u few minutes
Messrs. Carter and llnrtsiiCld cams
with u second attachment Tor S@,'n ~
favor of W, \, HUFFMAN. To-day nddl'
lional attachments In favor OF j, u,
smith for $1,000 aud W. III. Harrison Tor
Sli,WuJ were also levied.
The CITY National bank holds mort
gage ON the presses, typo, etc., FOR l',uo
fhiS morning the sheriff attached the
Democrat and all matcrini, 1t being also
The property Of the Investment COM
uunV. The news SOM spread thrpug. :
ont tho ci,y and nothing M, sheer ~.
.rcl was EXPRESSED. Tho first inquiry
was, viii the pGpcr stop, anu nrrang :
mcnIS 10 provide for IT. publication t.
morrow were at once made. W. A.,
Huffman assured the printers that he
wuuld pay them for he coming week ;
work and asked them To an
him MS fur rs possible. llc did
not expect to buy the paper and only
ran IL To keep from II suspension. Inc
printers contributed between 500 and
$50 of their wages TO tho
cause. The sheriff promised the
men that wages due them for the
past week should he paid. IN order OF
sale will he applied for, and both papers
will probably be sold this week. The
Democrat, il is understood, will publish
to morrow with II deputy sheriff in
charge. The cause of the trouble
was not the Indebtedness of the
Gazette, which is about $4,000,
but the dissatisfaction of the Board OF
Directors of tho Investment company
with the Manager and President, w. D.
Morphy.
For several days conferences have been
held and the affairs of the company i'll
vestigated with growing dissatisfaction.
held, when Col. J. T.. Smith and Capt. j.
ID. Reed offered to assume SECOND of tho
indebtedness and run the paper. Mr..
MOrphy wanted to retain One-third i'll
terest in the paper with two gentlemen
named, which they would under
no circumstances, consent ", and
after urging Morphy to consent, but
without success, the attachments were
decided upon rs the last resort of the
m
smith and a. NJ. Carter charge gross
mismanagcment and misrepresentation
of funds on the part of Mr.. Morphy, and
say that Reed, Smith, Huffman and the
others will lose heavily. Mr.. Huffman
offered to lose the - 800 he had put in, If
the management could be changed,
while Col. Smith was willing TO sink
$4,000 to get the paper on Il good basis.
The Investment company's Indebted
ness will reach Sl50WlO.
Wild rumorS as To who will get the pa
per are current, but from the move
nents il looks ASH George u. Loving,
Esd. will probably he the man. Col.
smith says the paper shall not stop. and
il possible, they will have il sold by
Tuesday. Mr.. Carter informs tue n Err
AID correspondent that Mr.. Morphy has
employed counsel to fight the other I'll
reciurs, and claims the property as, a
homestead. The friends of the
paper are determined it shall be
placed on solid business basis, ana
sold to Il man who can run it. Messrs.
Malone and Lee are still i'll editorial
management. and will so continue, as
lar as is known.
The Gazette and Investment company
complications will keep Col. Smith and
\. NJ. Carter from Houston, where they
intended to go as delegates. One of the
statements made in the Investment
company failure is that Mr.. MOrphy
company's funds and invested it in lard
IN his own name. There considerable
bad blood in the matter.
Further attachments on the pronertN
of the Investment company are i. +.
Martin, $:537.4S; a. b. smith, S25l.lI; T..
q. Thurmond, S3,675.35. The Stock
Journal was also levied on this evening.
Several combinations have been
formed to buy the Gazette. 1t is now
thought Col. Smith will get it, and as
soon as possible assume control. The
books are to be overhauled tomorrow
Dy the directors, who have a meeting.
The total levies are 1857.
Mrs. Herrin, the wife of the murderer
of DR.. c. w. Barradall, went to the jail
Yesterday carrying liquid supposed t.
be coffee in pitcher which she wanted
passed to her husband. The guard
thought it had peculiar odor, and
called the jailer's attention to it, who ON
smelling it was made very dizzy. The
sheriff was also notified ana
affected, as the iaier had been. The
alleged coffee was bottled and is now
with the chemist to be analysed. It is
thought that opium or some other
deadly poison had been placed in the