The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-07

II burned his warehouse. nor did We
agrc, to any such conversation.
CRoss-ENAMINEp ~ DEFENsE.
| have heard i'ro.a several sources ,ul--
picions. expressed that Mai. II. burned
! his warehouse. Can't remember the
I parties making such remarks: don't
/ remember of hearing il outside of
/ Waco; | don't remember of rccciv-
ing any impression outside OF Waco
! from any one e ant swear
/ il wa, general impression nuts
of the talk have heard Wa- at the
Pacific hotel, not with citizens of
Waco but travelling men. may have
sAid ON the street ii was the general
impress sion but can't swear it was the
general impression.
RE-ENAMINEp nY the GoVEENMENr
1t i true that all these talk, were
after the fire That letter impressed
me more strongly than the rest. |
think first heard ii from MIR. \. /
can't gay. heard it from travelling
men who were intimately ns>ociatcd
with Mr.. \. and had claims against
Major. H. Can't locate the parties |
had the talks with, n To the intimacy
part can't tell or H. 10
pnrtic, holding claims against
Major H. What talk were had were
mostly with implement dealers. Don't
remember whether they were stopping
al the Pacific hotel or not
e. VI. Downs sworn for the govern
lnrnt, -aVS: Have lived in Waco
thirty-thrcc years been engaged in
tire insurance eight or nine years.
Have known Major llinchman since
1888. He had in our company S3G.uuO
insurance ON stock in his warehouse
that was burned. The total amount
he had ON his stock was about Nl9,
800 Think that wa, amount allowed.
on stock policies. examined the
stock about three daN- before the fire.
| did not 20 there for examination.
Was met on the street 10y T.. Nrl"N
and Major llinchuHu The latter told
/ me he was having some asphalt paint
put ON some of the engines and lac
wanted To- know if that would increase
p the risk. looked AT what ! went for
- and while there investigated the stock,
+ H. ! had good deal of insurance ON
il. some of the stock was second
,l hand or took them to be second
hand, The majority of the stock
seemed To br new and good. The
warehouse wa, very fun and seemed
. to be packed in a systematic manner.
do not say am an expert.
Don't know anything more
t. about it than ordinary to II
T. men. Have examined tht, kind nj
stock before. think We estimate
, the stock that day In conversation
with other insurance agent some lit
b tie time previous We concluded til,
v stock would Justify the insurance I'M
/ Il rthc "a clause which would make TIL.
/ stock ia more than the insurance
I Goods were being shipped from
! branch houses which Wa the reason
70 of taking additional insurance. The
:. windows were closed up 10y iu>truc
/ ton of board of undCrW ritcr~. W,
/ had made arrangements To- insure al
/, irun-cladholsc and we told him UNI
!. les he put iron-clad shutters IN il
= would make II the same IT, "A Wuodcu-
D house | never saw ANY of the win
| dow, except ON the east side did not
, 20 close enough To see how they Wcr,
t fastened all | wanted Was to HAY,
them shut saw that they were clo,
, ed. Major Ilinchman had "a gouo,
AlNVlA W llll w.
D.. Question what was the genera
10 reputation of Major lliuchnau'- sol
/ vcncN or Insolvency in the community
T. about the roth of MAY last Ohicc
/ iion WAS made hy dctrudout- cuuuci
- and objection >u,taincd.I We cou-id.
Il cred him good man linucl
f, ally and hence we credited him.
@ lIcalway, paid ~ We have written
1 ;,, g. D
= UOu on his house on Austin street.
y Cru>,-cNauinatiWn Major IT, did
n not say to me that he wanted ne to So,
t if he wa, oNcr-nsurcd. | did not 80,
. him At the building. walked through
the building alone; WAS there fifteen
4 minutes. long enough To make casual
Il observation. Did not make "A minute
Il examination. | asked one ut the IuI
e there the value of engine and also lin
Il | never dealt in agricultural implc
l. mrnt, In this casual examination
r. cuuld not come To an accurate amum
r of stock. but had an idea. | could
II form mn approximate idea of the stock
\ , 900 or 10000 in n $4,000 or $4,000
n stock don't make any difference.
did not examine the window shutters
Il minutclv. They were put up a- re-
y tlut~ltl llbU-iltt. b''H Ni'N
e. how they were fixed Don't kno,
- whether thcN were shutter, or not; th
l. iron ,hccting wa, nailed To something
p ". W. ~ELtN.
- sworn live in Waco. am ca>hic
/, of Waco State Bank; have been tu
| about eight years Am acquaintr'
Of with Major linchlnau. He has had II,
IL count at our bank for over Yea
IT, past: has done considerable cuisines
~ with us; has paid indcbtedne'
AT through our bank 10 amount of >cN
i'm eral hundred thousand dollars. (lo'
ii. timony objected to rs imnaterial an
IN objection withdrawn.) have receive
IN claims against llinchmnn since /
IL has done business, Win rs to consi'
ot clnble amounts. His paper la
AR always been met very promptly. !
to pny part of maturity paper and rene
TO balance is often done. they all do
al MIR. Aldrich aud +, II. Graham cali
of on us week or two after five. In,
by said they had come To find out ahol
he insurance policies and collatcrals
nj. Major Hinchman. They asked no
on much collaterals We had | rcplit
ms they would have to enquire of son
nj. one else that could not reveal VI