Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-30
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Progress Of the Baum Trial Tactics Of
the Defense.
The Cotton Crop Comfy Convention
and Political Gossip.
Music OF the Nipprrs Two Large
Pasture Fences Cut,

Special TO the Gazette.
DALLAS, April 20. But little prog
ress was made In the baum trial to-
day. Sears, agent of the Pacific lex.
press company at Emporia, 1Sas !,
identified Morgan Cammaclx as the
III. b. Clark with whom he had bush
ness transactions at Emporia last fall,
and Cammack's wife as the lady who
received and signed for a valuable
package rs Mrs, Is, G. Potteriicld, and
that these packages came from l.. ID.
Easton at Sherman, Tex. The next
witness, Jones, the former shipping
clerk at Sherman, detailed tho way
the cotton chipping business was
transacted, and sworc that neither
Baum nor Lahnstein did any cot
ton business at Sherman last
fall with the Texas q Pacific road.
Tho state then desired to introduce an
original bill OF lading. Defense OBJ.
jected, because Of alleged discrepancies
Letween tho original bill presented
aud the copy thereof incorporated in
tho bill OF indictment, and Claiming
that these discrepancies We're fatal TO
Its admissibility. Both sides con-
sunied the day In argument till the
hour of adjournment, and Judge
Aldrldge reserved his decision till
morning. The policy of the defense,
as Judged by their tactics thus far, ap.
pears TO be to raise rs many objections,
technical and otherwise, "a possible
for the purpose Of consuming
time In order to prolong the examina.
ton until the present term of court ex.
pires, two weeks hence, and thus bring
about a mistriai, by Virtue of the case,
as lar as IL may proceed, going for
naught by virtue ofiimitation of time.
Alleged defects In the bill of lndIet-
ment, inadmis,ibility OF testimony,
etc, continually bob up serenely boz
fore the court from counsel for the de-
Tense, and prevent any material prog
ress being made. The defense are
also taking as many exceptions NJ pos
sible, 80 that In the event the trial of
The case IL finished and u conviction of
Baum follows. they may out of the
mass Of objections find some on which
they will be sustained by the state
court of appeals and secure reversal.
Planters and travelling men IN The
city to-day contradict the report pub
lished In the Herald this morning TINT
the cotton crop had been killed
throughout North Texas. Only scat
tering patches have been injured. The
crop In the north and central Texas
cotton belt. ms u whole, Is reported TO
be in llourishipg condition, with the
exception of IL being a little later than
usual. The area planted il little
larger than last season, and the pros
poets nre considered favorable for n
larger yield. No other crop Is In an
unfavorable condition.
The Dallas delegates to the state
Sunday'school convention left for Ter.
rell to-day.
The Merchants exchange In session
this afternoon tabled motion to add
II fifth story TO the new building being
erected, az there are doubts of the di.
rectors having power to change the
present contract.
Judge Aldrldge this morning sent a
negro TO the county jail In default Of q
So fine imposed for contempt OF court
in persisting 10 smoke cigar while
the court was In session.
John II. Perig0 to-day filed peli.
ton for divorce from his wife, Rachel
| Perigo, charging her with deseriioD.
The county Democratic executive
committee met to-day pursuant Il
Chairman Smms' call. Prccinctneet
lngs were ordered held on May 10 Il
select delegates ton county convention
on May IL. The county convention Il
called for the purpose oil selecting del
egales 10 the state conventions 10 be
held at Fort Worth and Houston and
| to select a new county executive com.
mittee.
The question ola county convention
to nominate county, district and legls'
Iatiye officers was left to the new ex.
ceutiye committee.
w. G. Sterrett Of the Dallas Times
| left this afternoon for Fort Worth, to
| find out what Web Flanagan Is there
| for. Stcrrett took along recruit To
| the Blnine legion, In the person Of Jos
Hart of thc Texas World published
| IN nullael ns "A delepata from Laredo
Rlaine,s ippressiye foreign policy an
-, =, a.. /, :. 81. .4ttyata1 fnsanh Nvna
appears to be after Mexican annexa-