Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-09
Csmm.ck,s Return from Mexico ana
Commitment TO jail
Entertaining Story Of His Trip-"hy
He Went aud What lie saw.
Railroad Meetings In Decatur ana o'her
North Texas Towns.
Rumort d Early Completion of The Fort
Worth h Denver Road.
Anew Telephone Patent Controlled by
Cap talists OF this City.

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las on time this morning and Morgan
Cammack rolled out of one al lii
berths of the sleeper and circulated
around the streets. He had returned
from the state of Sonora, in northwes
Mexico, of his own accord, inaccon
painted by any detectives or peac'
officers. He was soon ar
rested on au indictmen
charging him with swindling III con
nec,ion with the cotton fraud cases
one on which he had never beior,
been arrested or bonded-and LODGED
In Dallas county jail. 1hirly,one in
dictments had been originally return
ed against him, but he had only been
bonded In thirty cases, the one. extra
having been held back for some reason
unknown TO the general public. The
GAZETTE correspondent called on
t,ammack ct the county jail and found
him occupying the same quarters he
had when allowed 10 turn
states evidence and go out
on bond. His wife and baby were
with him, bat soon left and The cor
respondent proceeded to interview
him. He made the following state
men; Having few days leisure
lime before The cases would be called
Tor trial aud would be needed AS II
witness under my agreement with
the state, 1 concluded to 80 to Mexico
and prospect for u place to 80 and try
and build up again for The benefit OF
myself and family. | knew that after
my troubles i'll these cases should he
over could not expect to remain
here, and thought | would 20 and
look over the line of the Sonora rail
road, aud see what the outlook would
be for me ia that new country. went
direct from Dallas 10 New Orleans.
While In New Orleans ! sent County
Attorney Clint great deal Ct iupOr-
tant evidence connected with the cot
ton conspiracy, which he has acknowl.
edged receiving. The reports that
met nt Houston or any other point any
one Implicated in the cotton Frauds or
any agent acting for them, and
received money US an Indictment to
leave the country and not appear
against them o. trial, are utterly false
anu without the slightest foundation,
as are also the reports that any one
acting FOR the railroad companies met
me IN Mexico, Arizona or elsewhere
ana took money from me; ] had none
FOR them to take, rs left Dallas with
only few hundred dollars aud have
received none since have been away.
i only remained in New Orleans two
days; ! arrived there ON Saturday
night, March I'D; left there Tuesday
morning, March 18th, and continued
OH TO Sonora, Mexlc ), via the South
ern Pacific d Sonora railroad. I
went To Mexico 10 see my brother,
Jack Camniack, who Is in the audit.
oris Office of the Sonora railroad com.
pany al Guaymaa. | saw him at Her.
mosillo; / saw VIII Davenport a,
hordsburg, New Mexico, saturday,
March 10Th, about noontime on nv
way west. He claims to a DEPUTY
sheriff. | only stopped ten or fifteen
minutes; told Davenport | was going
on trip to Mexico TO look at the So
nora railroad and the country. | con
tinucd ON TO Hermosillo, Mexico, ar
riying there Sunday evening, March
30th. There l met some old raiIroa,
men that l knew. Remained Their
three days; while there learn
ed that Davenport was Their,
after me; Davenport heard thu
u Cammack was ut Guaynlas
and thinking II was me, went dow
there, but IL was Jack; then. OF
April 3fd, ran back up TO Calabosas
Arizona, twenty miles north Of bound
AIRY line; | didn't goto Guynlas ut all
my brother Jack Cammack came up {,
Hermosillo while | was there and saw
me. | have heen undsr arrest Mt ~
time since leaving Dallas until my re
turn this msrniDg. Davenport an,
another man We're after me In Mexico
nut never saw me except when
passed through Lordsburg going ives
never knew until Iairlved at Dali,
that Detective Baily Of III
Gould system secret seryic
was after me; don't know who the d,
tective can be who told Bally on I'll
southern Pacific train, between Lord
nerg aud Benson, that he saw me q
cape from Davenport and his con
panions near Culabasas, and that / la
gotten back Into Mexico; don't lxno,
who the Englishman, whoit Is allere
corrohorated The statement, could b,
don't remember of seeing any En-,
lishman; all statements of my arres
escape. ETC., are false. SAW no oillc,
or detective In that section of cnuutr
except Deputy Sheriff Will Davenpor
the way. j learned that County Alto
ney Clint and other officers In Dali,
wanted me was, that Conway, Il
train dispatcher ut Hermosiilo, TOT
me so. as kilograms had been passin
In regard to me, and 1 at once tel
graphed County Attorney ). lint, NJ
nonusman, II: B. Seay, and my fan
NY That would be back last Satnrda
! knew no one could get me out
Mexico unless chose 10 come. Y
IL. Conway Is the chief train di
patcner oil the. Sonora railroad ut He
mosillo. The kilograms sent to Dali
signed Conway were sent rs friend
nct by MN Tor me TO parties In Dali
Ia connection with my absence. /
Is an old friend OF mine and 1t Is mi
take that l sent dispatches usir
me name. Conway as an ALA
4 NO one bad n right 10 claim my pre-
ehce nc Dallas or elsewhere until
should be called rs a witness, und
my agreement with the state, and n
return has been voluntary on my pan
Alter leaving Hermoaillo, returning
dallas, l arrived at Colobosas {
Thursday, April Sd, and sent Tel
grams by mall 10 Conway, at Herm
siiio, 70 be transmitted by wire fro
maj foint 70 Dallas, to Clint ~. Sea
ouering TO return II guaranteed that
would not he Imprisoned. / had tho
ttiesrains sent froni Hermosillo, |
steaa OF Colobasas 70 nal
others that I was In Mexico. AZ I fea !,
u they learned was IN ina linit,
States they would have mo bro,,o
buck under arrest. III rcsDonH. n Il, 3
telegrams Seay replied: hCiint avrs
It 70 ferns. ot,ulo nf,I,1a ~ NIL, AN -