Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-06
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Discussions Among StOckhOlders-A
New Bank to be Started.
The Delta County Cases PigeOn.Holed
in the Federal Court.
The Local Republican OutlOOk-A Dark
Cloud on the Horizon.
A Fraudulent Immigration Agent Ar
,,oaxa,I onI JaiIaI
Special to the Gazette.

Special to tire Gazette.
Dallas, February 5.-Considerable
surprise was occasioned in business
and financial circles here to-day to
learn that differences of such charac-
ter had developed in the City Ma
tional bank that split had occurred
and several of the heaviest stockhold-
ers had withdrawn and organized n
new national bank TO start business
about March 9Th. The character of
the dissatisfaction is not made
public, but all the seeding
members say it will not affect the
standing of the City National hank,
and that it is on solid basis and doing
well. The following are the members
of the new organizations: w. l.. Hall,
j. b. Wilson, w. r.. McIntire, G. c.
Slaughter. w. H. Castor, w. II.
Thomas, f. j. Cannon, Edwin Smith,
f. G. Childs, Alex Sanger, Padgett
Bros, j. S. Daugherty, w. NJ.
c. Hill, W. H. Prather, j. w.
Webb of this city, and w.
II. Smith of Lancaster. The above are
either all heavy stockmen or leading
merchants. They will start with
paid-up capital of 100000, end occupy
the City National building. That in
stitution will move to the opposite cor
ner from its present location. 1t is
probable Thomas will be president,
Slaughter Yice-president and Cannon
cashier.
Assistant United States District At
torney Marshall returned to-day from
Delta county, where he filed in the
Delta county court eighty:eight petit
tions for the removal of what are
| Il Al t.r
from the state to the federal court, to
be heard either at Graham, Waco or
Dallas. These cases were for false ar
rest. imprisonment, prosecution, ETC.,
of eleven citizens of Delta county, the
charges being preferred against j. G.
Biggers, United States district attor-
ney; Joseph Ricketts,, United States
commissioner; Thomas NJ. Wright,
deputy United States marshal,
and w. II. Smith, Phillip
: Maughs, James Pryor, James
, Camp and Richard Fuller, composing
, a posse ofgulards. Each of the eleven
citizens had eight cases, one against
each of the above named defendants.
e making total of lightweight cases.
/. The filing of the petitions removes all
1 the cases from the state to the federal
Q courts, so the caOes are now within the
4 Jurisdiction of the North Texas federal
6 district. The removal also obviates
e the necessity of habeas corpus proceed.
: ings i'll the federal court by each OF
Z the defendants. Mr.. Marshall inform.
4 ed the GAZETTE correspondent that he
e found no obstacles placed in his way
= by the people or authorities of Delta
county in securing the removal of the
cases, but that he was treated court.
/, eously by all, and given all the assis
: lance desired. County Attorney
: woodruff, of Delta county, he
3 says, after the petitions were filed, de,
i sired to have them withdrawn that he
might have the cases dismissed but
MIR. Marshall. desiring to make assur.
ance doubly sure, declined the offer
II ior the reason that by having the cases
"a disposed of In the federal court IL bars
n all further proceedings against the ac
= cused, whereas, If the county attornev
we've allowed to dismiss the eases. new
lhiormations or new indictments
could be preferred and the whole mat.
y ter re-opened in the state court. H.
says County Attorney Woodruff i'm.
= formed him that he was satisfied there
y was no positive evidence against ths
= accused, but that they could be con.
- vscteo IN Deita county. The removal
, Oh the cases to the federal court yirtu
- any ends the prosecutions, as the Deli,
county people have decided TO max.
no further efforts for convictions, and
lhe proceedings in the federal courl
! VIII be only a formal calling of the
I. cases and acquittal of the accused
All the trouble connected with this af'
fair, and which has for year or lnora
so deeply agltated the people of Delta
| and surrounding counties and occn'