Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-26

roosu NV SURF, Win military escort |
OF several men, His business, he said. |
was to arrest one Maj. Perry, late of ths |
oniteu states army, whom he repre- |
sented rs robber and criminal of the
1eepest uye anu very desperate man,
On inquiry, think he said the ufiense
nau been committed In Western Texas.
! tnen asked him how 1t happened
that the chiei executive Of the govern
meht should be making such strenu-
Gus efforts to appreheDd man for an
ofiense cognizable BY the state courts
bis reply, in vague way, as | re-.
member 1t, was that he committed
several OF these ofienses, such as Oh
tanning food and provender for
men and horses from citizens of IIvaide
county by force and threats, while an
officer In the army, and there was
something said about fraudulent vouch-
ers for the same, think, and that as
disgrace to the army and admins
tration, the president wanted very
much to have him tried aud punished
for his offences. The matter of the
threats and force to provide food and
proVender Is all that he could approx
innate with any degree of certainty 20
lar rs referring me to the dates, places
and names of witnesses-all of which
have escaped my memory. He said
something also
ABOUT A MURDER
you were said to have committed out
on the Rio Grande, in the vicinity of
Eagle Pass, but would give me no data
upon which to lay the matter before
the grand jury. He had some afltda.
Wits which were vague and general,
charging these O.ienses. and wanted
me to find bills of indictment upon
that evidence. | informed him that
while 1t would afford me pleasure to
second the efforts of the administration
to punish so bad man rs you were
represented to be, yet that under our
law it was necessary to have the
witnesses in person before the
grand jury, or else quite different testi-
mony from that he held in the form of
affidavit in question. However, |
promised him TO lay the matter before
the foreman for his action In the
premises; an investigation was had,
and what TRANSFERRED OF course You will
understand must forever remain secret,
being the proceedings of the grand
Jury. 1t will suffice, however, to state
that the records Of the court docket
disclose the fact that no bill was
found. Maj. Moore was much cha
grined at this result, and said much
about the disappointment that
would ensue to the administers
ton when the result became known,
but AS there was nothing to impress
the matter on my mind, except that it
occurred TO me the administration was
after small game, / paid little atten-
ton to what was said. Indeed, so
trivial did 1t appear after investigation,
that ascribed the whole.proceeding to
AN EFFORT ON MooRE'S PART
for personal reasons to get up charges
against you, and knowing that he was
very influential in Washington ad
ministration circles, owing to his hay
ing been pioneer and leader of the
Republican press in Texas, / thought
lac had persuaded the president 10 Sec
ond his efforts, on the ground that you
were an injury to the party and ad
ministration in Texas.
To-day the article referred to revived
all these matters long since almost for
gotten, and If, in the vindication o
your reputation, the truth Will be o
service in an investigation / am will
ing to be qualified TO them as far a
my memory serves me accurately, ant
| u
can refer you TO the Hon. George w
Paschall of Washington.
The letter closes with details of th'
writer's latent on to start on his cir
cult through the counties above
named, and is signed
THOMAS M. PAsCHALl.i
Mai. Perry exhibited to the scribe {
mass of documents showing the accu
racy of the contents of Judge Pas
chall's letter and establishing
THE UTTER FALSlTY OF THE CHARGE
which Moore sought to bring agains
, him as a means of obtaining posses
sion of his person. These document
set forth the true animus of the Don
1 templated kidnapping in desire T.
get rid of Perry, and thereby remov
all evidence of the corruption in which
Grant, Babcock and the other satellite
: of the government Interested in tn
e San Domingo scheme were engaged.
1 "Why,n said Maj. Perry, "Senato
4 Howard of Michigan, who was on tn
: committee of Investigation. came re
: peatedly to my hotel in Washington
/. and during one of his visits said
i could have any position within reaso
:, under the government, or i,
o il was money wanted coul
have plenty of that If l woul'
hush up this matter. Finding
d could not be bought or bulldozed. the
II set this scamp Moore on to me. How
e ard submitted me to q most searchin
e cross-examination before the cOmmi
e tee. and when he got through toll
J. the committee why he had done So
!. that he had attempted to bride m
IS into silence. He denied 1t, and elaine
IS that he had never called on me at IN
n hotel, and produced from m, pock'
e three of his cards with memoranda o
Is their backs he had sent up by bell-boy
& to my room. That silenced him, an
IS he. never spoke another word durin
IA the session of the committee. Tn,
l. body was selected by Grant and II WI
8, four to three, so that | was CHOKE
- off,
n MOORE CoRNERED.
n "Have you ever seen this Ma
u HYes, about two winters ago | wi
:, in Washington and was walki1
le ii, rough the lobby of the capitol vii
10 Gen. Boypton and my brother. III
y general said: There's man yo
le ought to know / 'tumbled' In
minute and said: 'It's Moore: whei
is hep They were afraid OF a seen
J but pledged my word not 10 tone
, him or to speak to him above an ORD
nary tone of voice. Gen. Boynte
y -.;st "a hin, o,,t and L walked up