The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-17
LITIGATION.
INVOLVING AN OLD TITLE
Testimony of Witneses-Delicate Points
Biographical Notes-showing How
Necessary a Memory is-A
Very Good One-Etc.
A Land Suit and Its testimony.

time, the testimony is remarkable. The
land was patented to Madison Word,
and was held by parties claiming under
him thorough deeds executed since the
date of his assumed death. Hence the
actual time of his death became the
controlling point in the suit brought by
William Coffin as sole heir through the
death of his wife Words daughter) and
his children by her. The deposition OF
John Henry Brown was taken in Dallas,
August o, 1885, by A. II. Benners, Notary
Public. The defense, apparently under
the impression that there was some
thing bogus in Collins pleas, interr0-
gated the witness by cross questions |
and he answered as follows:
First cross interrogatory.-lt in an !
swer to direct interrogatory first, you !
say you reside in Dallas county; then |
state whether in the country or in the |
city of Dallas. If in the country, how
far from the city of Dallas, and on
whose place, and who are your nearest
neighbors. If in the city, give the mum
Der of your residence, and state the
names Of six men with whom you are
intimately acquainted; how long have
you lived where you now liNe,
and where you lived Immediately pre-
ceding your present. place Of residence,
and give all the places you have resided
in Texas and the length of vour resi-.
dence at each place.
ons1,o,i,,c tio 6,st diyeci interro0oto,.y
For further answer, my twelve nearest
neighbors, all living from fifty to two
hundred feet of my homestead, are MI
"a Hon,ord Wr TanGfon. Mr.. Arthur
Coiiin r. Ia I ThoTsnn Mr. Thomo.
n M;fohoi M r. II KolI1r CoI Iohn
NJ Stenn,ono NIr William RelsterIiur
NJ II N f,;hson and Rev Dr. 4. IS
smith have lived in NV nrescnt rosi
donca s;nno Xnril iS79 and i'm Dallas
since INV i'm mi immediatclv be-
fo,.e locafing horc vog ahout four
inonths IN iSdianolo nrter residence
i'm Moxico ~ about five years. and near
~ IL, 'aa,. T., ~ ton az tbo Northcrn anu
Wes}ern Stotes In nv vouth and early
monIoad Ili,,d aho,,t twenlv veors
,,iora w. a. v,; n nv motbcr and other
l,indrod IL, c1nt{ynnus counties as
now nvisting If .Iaciison. Calhoun. Viz
toria I'D Ioyaco co,,o,.;n@ NV rosi-
Tnn"o f IT, tha 10 to,,ns 80 of VictoTia ind In
dianola and also raneated servico ON tho
MaXican n,,d Indiop rronticr and two
y;sits 10 he Statos From IsSg.J
70 Is5s + Hvnd In Galveston. from Anil
ishS. to January lS6S, i'm Belton: thence
nxr
v uS if;t aIO s S il AnstiS fo.
lowed ne stated Inv I've years in NeX-
ico ~
Sooora oros, INSTRUMENTATION, II I'm an
s,,o,. ta mo soconJ direct ntorrogatnry
So,, so,, ,,n,, "yo,.a acounintaJ VIII Mad,
Ssnn Wa stota hdro ,,oI, 6rst lFneu
hin, ond v,bore ho iiyod ot The timc.and
state The names Of at least two other
nersons who Iived in Tho Same commu.
piiv Who ore now Byin% and tbeir nres.
nnt ONT nInco of roeiIanca. aud stotc If ,o,
wera ,cnuointod with lanes A Rurlsc
Ccnnty i,ieri. nf Goli,d cnuntv and II
n smith his dcnnty, i'm isij. and vhetbe,
ar not Won WON acn,,.irtni viii tL,
County CIerl, of Calhoun conntv in IL ~
and n 90 what ,vas his nome9 VVor,
Won acou,intad Will ~ Wilson IN
$50 If So where did he reside9
. Answer ha,,e aIrood, stntod vbor,
tirst know Madison Word mi INV moth.
eris honse in isi5l. For further answer
Mr. richard II Martin and his ,,,ice
Jane then Tho villa nf Mr. WiIIian ~
Perrin than lived in Con1alcs hnvino
removed from Lamar count,, with tbei,
own. Wordis and other Families i'm on,
ro,nnouv Richard N Martin oud hi,
,vire now 1.-Two in Ilost Doune about on,
milo from INV Loueo i'm Nal
loo nronnr No. f,rthnr arsvfc
/ was ncditainted lint nnt intimntoly
with Iamas 4 burke nt one time Cnnnf,
clerk ocCnliod cnuniv frn,n IsiIto ohnti
ISL and ~ Int dn nj romon,bor in
date OF his clerkship. NV recollection /
that he Killed a man and toft Tho country
NOT from the latter date int n NAV hnv,
heen Iater ID NOT rencn,hcr ~ \
Goiia3 mo fon1fv CIeri, or C,Ihon,
connty rron, NJ Ieasi iSiS nnssihIy crnr
1SiG IN os iota ne isjs ,,as VViliio,
u Nt;lh,, '',tS ,,Lon, u,a" Ion,, INT M
mntaly 1couainted and who liod - van
as 49, "o H.. n,rtLo, ars,,.o, ,o'
NO, al t6 1,ba, Nyiiaon ,,o'' 80, :, "
Vilson In is55 y Iisrr,, NV;lso,
saiior Tho onIv onn / now rocnii
,osidort ahnnt inIiomola af tLot Jo,, az
Third cross interroSatjon" Stnt@ bo,
.,,o,, ,a,ne ,c' rono,rbo7 tho ,,oar"T Nh
son Words deaib If Won hs,e ans,,,crs
yon i,nov, thc Year IInyc ,,nu ON
aocumopts mr. mcmoronda bv w6ich W.
refresh vonr memory thon nttnrh 90,
Zoe ~ tbn ea,noS Ifycn ,,rnnosc tn At ~
10 oonso and ,.;rc,,,; "a obi,ci or Ataiiso
wor,I,s death then stntentv,bat ni",e /
died and In Whose honSe irin 81 ho,,so mn
v,bo ,,,os nrosanf at Nc daatb ma v,bo,
said nartips now rcside. state ,vberc
was.bnricd and who was nresent
his hurial and Nyhere said nartips no
resi9e' Staic when Won last sn,v an,.
The nersons who were nresent nj n
tiu,d ~ tho dootb ~ NIodlson VOL N,
wbcre vom saw thomS '0" avg W
Nnswer'-I remembor Words don,
and its date. March n. Isio os / rome,
nor Other fects docnly IMMERSED on n
mind. hccwse / bel1ed tn nnTee hi,
Ills wiJc aud nor hrotber Mr. Porri
wore nresent or ON Tho nrcmiscs vii,
each died and assisted nj tbc hurini
each. ms did also Mr. Richard ID. NInrti
ail hanneninr i'm five or AN DAYS in
town of about lOO0 or 100 Gonna,
mostly now Immigrants. And NOT ma
than from eirht To twelve Nmeric
families. lately thrown toyetber'
one of sound mind couid forgct an
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