The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-09
THE COTTON CASES.
The c0urfusioa " 'he Examining
Fxrial Of y. Baum.
Letters thdrnre Notwithstanding
aldyol Lrssbrion'.
Defendants Boud Placed High,

1tatti gay NOR u '4U NsH' "i H N''.''
CHARGED with forgery in ne cotton cAs NJ
was resumed la the magistrates o3url De-
fore Juttlce Kendall. Ihe testimony OF
%. N BAKER
was resumed, the tub'tauce 81 which was
that lac had found, on looking over the hles
OF ielegrams in tho Wt.tern ULi1n oilce nl
Dalla1 for NOyem OR n telegram rom II ID.
Elston, NJ shoruinu, o. y Baum, aud one
from Lohensttin 20 Il, ID. kAstOn, a. SheE-
man. he also fOInd receipts Tor Oue
talegram - r Baum and one 10
II. q. PoItsFisli signed by $. Beck;
he did not kroN w-ether MI. Baum
directed the telegraph otiics TO deliver
his telegram 90 IS Bsck or not. lie also
slated he was an active operator, but did not
rec.iVr as operator tAe onHntl lele'
gram 20 Baum nor diu lac make the imprcs'
sion copyoi loo court.
The next witness vas
III STRANGE,
who bslng recalled ~ tue stand, said. The
two dispatches 10 f. d. Eaton, Sherman,
TexSe one dated OCT Dul 29l. 1883, aud the
other dated October 31th, 1855 and both
signed sam, are similar IN handwriting,
aud think tue tHl were written by lhs
name person; on comparing the bill Of
iading aud the disoatches, think the
same person VINO wrote the dispatch dated
October ped, 1883. 10 T.. ID. Ess.on and
signed Saul did the writing IN black INK ia
the Dill e ladiug 10 is the same nand'
writing IA M opinion, ~ tha, IN the dis
-l,oh 10 Il, ID, Eas,on.
t''s"s'l nuL runsr' - 'N''''
was the nsNt wities. be having been re-
called. He SAID: have had quite a num-
Der OF years experiences ia examining
hand writiugs-ab1ut eight years l claim
TO be an expert, or rather Judge nj hand
writings, the tsp. cnog, Que dated October
22i and one dated October SOth, both 10 Il.
ID. Esston and 10Th from Sam, were, In
my op!nion, written by the same person.;
in my opinion tns same teTson who wrote
both these dispatches d'l tho writing In
black ink ia; the Soddard bill Of ladinE
dated October 81 b. 1883; the handwriting
in the two dispatcnos aud that IN black INK
the bill of AIDING are very similar; there Is
n little dissimtiarity In the handwriting 'oi
tie kilograms, one bearing date Octo-
Der sofia, 1898, seeming TO have been written
more hurriedly than tho other one, but
both in my opinion were written by the
same person.
GSlgned.l fAUL FuH'r'
d. J. KERR
WAS the next witness He said: am IN the
banking business ia Dallas; | am teller In
the Exchange bsIk;il have had about 10
writlngs in my business: would not ike
10 say WAS an expert in judging OF hand
writings. but am about ms much SO no tell
ers usually are able to discriminste be-
tween handwrit nes; in my opinion the
man who wrote the black ink writing IN the
bill Of lsdine dated October 2tth' 1888; als9
wrote tne ulspstch usteu
October 22rd 1883. from Sam
10 r.. d Easton ut Sherman; the
word Sherman IN the dispatch aud the
word sherman In the bill OF lading have OIL
most a fac simils appearance v
tSignedl A. d. h'NN'
being recalled, said: rns signsture shown
me on the telegraph receipt book for DIS
patch numbered 0si mine am not positive
the signature on the telegraph DO lor the
dispatch numbered is minei 1t looks IKE
mine, but couldn't swear to ~ uon : re-
member rec living any OF the dispatches re-
ferred TO by you, one dated september "a,
one dated Ostober Ii and one dated No
yenber II; my recollection Is no better TO-
"G Tss, uu s. BECK.
The state then offered as
testimony tho following telegram;
gHrnNAy. Nov. ITO r. Baum:
Anderson arrived last night after oil.
Gan you see himf ~,
Also the receipt slip Of the telegraph
field, care Ban% NJ g. snd u t b h, isIs-
SsTs delyTed to aY9d signed for by D.
The state then ofrsred the following let
tiers hS 81 by yns the R sc V's a.
BaunS hand Whiting: =
DAILAXtTsTAs, idly y. 1ss5.-friena M
/ Arrived nosne. last Mondayrnighb from
Abilene and found your two letters ana
busy. Saturday. VAS the day set for suit OF
King, McR. & 90, itis nov knight " GO.
or course our friend, the Hon. b. Breed
inr. was here. but would no.
try the same, aud continued IL
TO next Noyenter term y seems he maze
his business pretty public; JIM Arnold
came 10 me right OF and said my irlenu
Bret ding was bere tor my benefit; told
him TO tel him to go to hell no elwsyss
went around great deal with Spencer and
went over 20 the Texas Dc Pschc depot;
asked the colonel the same night what taey
wanted and rhe said ne sew Spencer staying
around the Depot; iound out atterward
OF siier thai they were looking for the
goods; IL seems they found II ou, but tor
me they all can 10 to bell; defy them TO
do anything to me, for | never banded
them and never sold them; but cnsfhlng is
sure. Breeding better leave me oione; this
is now the third time he fools with me; also
Spencer; If It WAS not for hin would
have now my insurance; will send
YOU the cigars tomorrow by express.
The rest will keep and see II ! can sell
them. II IL had not been for that suit |
would not come home yet. mrst do
something to make sn honest living. Cow
arts suit is put Off till the 18th OF August.
think can beat than all II properly man
aged, but il 10 worrying. | want to get out
OF court anyhow once year. | saw that
you intend TO 20 10 New Orleans. Be care
ful; j J. Heating ist5ere. What for do you
70 to New Orleansr Why not go to some
place whqie can see you. Ny folks went
away bot did not 90. 1 must stay here.
Write me when and where | can seo you.
The colonel says when he goes TO
3, you must como there. l
want to res yon before You zee
the colonel. l can not and will
write To you what want; 1t IS Important
and we are interested there; the fall bust
ness depends on i; now | tell you that |
want TO NAL a stake, but don't want TO
leave here; know 1t will suit you and you
will approve OF it; cannot write any one;
will ship the cigars the same rs last time,
and the rest zee what can do with it; will
write more the week after shipping the
cigars. Answer me all my questions, and |
where can see you; 1 will write you full
particulars Sunday, whom | am alone at
home.
The following letter was also introduced |
- evidence:
know nothing new; w. II. N. is in Ca |
weston aud hiss been for two weeks; suppose |
something may turn up soon: Will |
keep You posted; l am not
In hurry TO leave here |
Any time will suit me before the lst Of Sep |
'sm ts,ssed dOu'' etc., Ed. E.sros.
Also the following:
TrxAs, September 8, lssi-Fflend
Arrived here on morning OF LIST. Found
q. Mott was transferring your old station.
SH srris IL going of for month" Cooper
~~r;ved az, the 2ud and took charge. but |