The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-06
THE AlDRlCH CASE.
Mr.. Ross Tells What He
Knows Of the HinCh-
man Fire.
what the witnesses say 0 VIA
Tor 1uiuChunan's Financial
standing. Testimony
in Full.


RIM. Ross. sworn for the government
avs: | claim Michigan - my home;
am financial adiustcr for the Austin,
Iomlison n Webster Manufacturing
o.. of Jackson, Mich; have held
hat position for two Years. During
hat time have been in Gcorgla,
Alabama Missouri and Texas -- III
Texas the most of the time; ! know
Mr. Aldrich, the defendant; | have
known him for year or more: met /
him in Waco the 3rd day of July. /
1854: arrived here that day nj 10 |
o'clock a. IN: met him AT the Pacific +,
Hotel. in Waco; he had a conversation
with me regarding his business affairs
with Major II. He told me about hi-
trouble in the hurry matter; and also
in regard to Major IL Indebtedness
to him of about S2.50v: he spoke Of
one note in particular y 900 and
odd dollars. less than Sl.lOo, and that
he came here before it was due and
drew upon his house to save Major
lis note TO keep il from going To
protest, and gave him till fall to pay il
till November or December; Capt.
Herring and myself had been i'll TO
dinner ! had asked Capt. II. to take
dinner with me that day;
Mr.. Aldrich was standing To the left,
as went to the office: from the dinner
table, when Capt. II. came in. was
talking to Mr.. \: Mr.. y. was ont of
| health. and worried about the Murray
| Il IIinchman business; | learned from
| his conversation that he was going to
attach lIinchmen, and dwell pariiCu-
larly upon that $1,000 extension !
then went oil with Capt. Herring to
his office: quite certain told \. !
would talk with Capt. Herring about
the matter. and told him would be
glad to get il fixed up, and through
my sympathy with Mr. \. got mixed
up in it; Capt. II. and hnd no talk
about il until had talked with AID
what | hive detailed as my CONVERSE
ton with Aldrich told him there
was "A note of about $500 coming due
in few days, and the date il would
fail due, and also about the other two
notes coming due in Nov. and Dec.
and also about the $1,000 note that
, Aldrich had protected by drawing on
his house: also told him that \. said
to me that he had learned that the poll
cics of insurance (S2OUOO) had been
transferred to the bank rs additional
, security to the bank. Referring bnck
, To my remarks to A. said
r TINT he had better find out
how much Major II, owed the bank
and my experience with banks wa-
that when they made loans they had
collaterals up with the bank that is
implement men. and putting up addi-
tional security did not look right to
me; looked like it was grounds for at
| tachmcnt; repeated that to Capt II
! what | told Aldrich, except where
1 had said il was grounds for attach
T. mcnt; Capt, Herring was full of the
ilinchman Murray business that day
and talked earnestly. He said;
II have prepared for that $500 note. and
Z it will be paid when it i, due
e He said the insurance policies wcr,
y not put up rs additional security. bu
to meet the maturing debts of H.. i'll
y Guiding the $500 notes, and that Mr.
/. A. would get his pay on the other tw,
q notes: the Captain was little cnthlI
o siastic, and said he did not know bu
he (Col Herring would guarantee
the whole debt: he said Mr.. II. wa
MI right, and that he was attending Il
e Mr.. H., business. and h.
II was bound, that no one should hay
II any ground for attachment: this wa
about repetition of what Col. II
r told me III the fall of 1882. and | pre-
t diCated my opinion for mixing in thi
:. matter from INV know ledge of his; h
4 said Major II. was more afraid of Ml
- A than anyone else ON account of III,
Murray trouble. and Major II. conl,
z not stand any attachment hound II,
n shouldn't be if he 0apt. lie. ring
r could helm IT, He was very cInphnti,
| told him would 90 back and Tel
Aldrich To come and see him woui,
- tell him OCnpt. IL that had sent hin
: told Can't II. / would repeat IN
, whole conversation to MIR. Aldricl
r and told Can't. III. lwould tell MIR. 4
: that had told him UCapt. H. all Nh
l. A. had told me. So he Uapt. n
could Judge for himself went bacl
and told MIR. A.. and to bc sure to tel
: Cant. II. that | had ,nnt him M.
Is said nothing to Aldrich about PAWN,
l. Cant. II. : 5000: il j. false. pnid him
t. no money nj ali; did what could I,
- assist MIR A. a. friend. Ais,
+ knowing how deeply Cant. II
l. WINS interested in This matte,
v After returned from seinn Her
il RIM saw \. nj Hotel and he Mr. \
d told me that Capt. Herring told hin
: Can't. Herring had offered him rnIi
IL L.,