Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-24
A DAY AT DALLAS.
Interesting Developments in The Easton
Cotton Fraud Cases.
The Gambling Trials and Other Echoes
From the Courts.
An Active Contest Over the Location of
the Post Office.


.peclal TO the G1zottc.
Dallas, January 23.-The wives Of
El-ton aud COmmack, the alleged
Iiucipals in the great cotton frauds
and railroad emheZzleIuents at Sher-
man and Dallas, arrived here to day
from New Orleans. Mrs. Easton visited
her husband In Jail this evening, and
had "A short conference. a number of
the Gould Southwestern railroad sys-
TEN officials and attorneys are here.
Mrs. Eas,on was well-known in Dallas
h, FIRE she married Easton. Efforts
are being maize to induce her 10 give
away the secrets of the frauds, the ar
guments being that her husband II lost
10 her, IA he and his conf derates viii
he convicted aud sent TO the peniten-
tiary, and she might ~ well take
the reward Tor divulging where the
money IL hid or deposited,
and tell anything she may know. 1t
IL also understood that she VIII be ar
rested ~ an accomplice II sh. cam ut
be- used, as she Is nlleg, d TO have vis-
tied Boston and Other. Northern cities
n d mailed decoy letters Ia throw Of
licer- and detectives of the track Of
the fugitive-. a PinEerton detective
trailing the case. Eistnn and Com
mack have not yet lried 10 give bond
Il ,Xipcted their cases viii come up
tomorrow. IL is thought when bonds
i'm all the eases are set, the amount
will aggregate nearly $2Dn,0O0 The
clerk of the cnurt here says the writing
I, quired In his Office for he cases be-
fore they can com to trial i sulii lent
Ia keep one man busy for Fix weeks.
Forty attachments for witnesses
against Eaalon hndConiinack have b., n
~ s'.. to Ga: Ss7+@NX..., %.lsa' ,ia aaS
witness, are mostly railroad ON
and subordinate employees.
IN the district court to-day, John
DICKSON was convicted of hoIse-steal
Y ana sentenced To the penitcntiary
for eight years.
county Judge Burke rendered de
cis,ol III me ginIbling ease against w
>. haih, aud fined him 800 and costs
haln has returned to the jury system
'"r The remaining one hundred and
seventeen eases, and will take chances
on hung jurics
In the United States circuit court
judge Pardee presiding, the following
Judgments were rendered: Sprupur
warner d Co. w. Bosz Il Wiliinms
S',1oo; w. D. Temp w. Phillip Alt
IN the United States district court.
Judge ecc"rmick presiding and hear,
ing criminal docket cases. the
stage r"phtry cas- : against Nix. the
ierry brothers aud Bailey for rohberie.
near gainesville, Weatherford and
'cRso"ro, were cout nued till the
June term Criminal court viii nd
Jpiirn next week.
Judge Pardee set the case of Slatterv
" me city of Fort Worth for next
tuesday. meat
Loeb q Friedberg OF Dallas were .c-
quilted IN Judge McCormick's cnur,
on Il charge OF wholesaliup liuuor
without license. ''f'''
Inst' iiicrr lnspectors have reportpd
70 t.e department AT WASHINGTON hat
ne ID Ill. Office ~ unsafe for the M. q,
.he employees or the public or the I'm.
tersts "f the government. The d..
PaIln'ent to-day notified In.peclor
,5hi'th 10 secure another building for
'.o h'At i"ir years, and the old rivalry
VI 'he east and west ends of lh. hu.,.
HISS part OF the city were immediately
'o"c"tu Inspector Smith has r..
Iu'h.eu cltizeus TO meet him to-mor
~" I" "elernin" the location Rival
'. IONS are taking up sub4cfiptioua Ia
bas 'ehl on the new building as AN in
'uc'iltnt 10 secure the lucaiinn Al
PRESENT IL looks like he u, stofIic. will
to "h compromise groupd near m.
corner OF Elm aud =, camore rireets