The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-24
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Last evenings west.1ouud train over iho
Texas & Pacific road. due here ~ Glo'
landed ~ tho city Il. ID. Ess'on, inc ae'
faulting local freight sSent OF che Texas az
Pacific AZ Sherman, aud hnrgSn Clmmack,
foruat4'y connected with thr fosu hafe hf
~ both of them coming bsoc 10 pr spl.
ersY. charge of Mr.. Thomsg Fur,lng, rhi'i
detective Of the Missouri Pacific road, his
4, slstant, G. w. Herbert, sud John u.
Ne.mau, q New Orleans detective. lH.y
are wanted here ta tns"rr TO th9
great cotton ,winile, porpaIated
on tho Texas & Pac tic by E,stgH anf Inc
accomplicss. Tue otlicrfs win tnor prs'
ouprs wera met AZ the depot by hhfrli
Smith and deputies, who took them direct
10 tho county j,li. A HERALD reporter io.'
love- CLOSE Ia tAelr wake. On ARRIVING s.
the Jail oilics the prsonurs wcfe TeSisteftH
and their persons subjected 10 search ,
as " the custom, tn which they submit au
! with an Ill grace. To one who had Sno IN
them they looked quite natural. Eistou. FL
clothes were by no mans tI-y, how
ever, aud his worn garments EUr
uukempt hair with woe.ho-gopr cZpfesal"H
he were, made him look more like tramp
than defaulling ireiEht agent. DammlcS
4 Az ZEN eelly dressed, though ais Whisksrs
<
ulata In appsar ace he Ones VAs,
f4ky 9th looked worried, and after greet.
~ Sc of the officers they knew, bad
No 10 cay. The prisoners
. been searched end registered,
~ ~ Morton swung wide
ysfr Ie large iron door 20 the prison
~ and they aired to their cells. ~.
L., lack had q vsise and umbrella in his
Wat Sheriff Smith told him That IL
e, INST the reyu atoms of the jail to
ness 10 former 10 his cell and remarked
mum, ''nd spirit that he would have no
peopu atter. The reporter went on
fenc, 9 to have q talk with them but
inv i in getting nothing out OF
dehtrI 1t was evident iron the start
..inds not to talk any more
thsn possible, going on tn. principle that Il
still tongue makes = wise head, which they
Will most certainly need in stirring them
&c ses Sut OF their troubles. When the re-
p tsr sked Easton II he had ANYTHING to
'csnuerning the affair, Gamma volun-
I the Information that Eason was
yir *, and forth aith Esstou began TO
He finally said, bowevsr, thet he
lot know what made him leave Sher.
Las and his post OF duty, and that he had
no'ita,ement to make. Cammock was also
70 ent. He said that they had been ar
re. d at Ocean Springs, Mississippi,
by Detective Furloss and party Friday
morning. When asked IL they were en.
gagged in any business he said yes we
4, IL the grocery business" bat he had
aca. rely uttered tke words before he re-.
ilded So ibg mo, We Sere only stopping
,hsre thai ia an. W. hed been there about
two months. don't knOG That l am ar
rested for out suppose they charge me with
connection in the co ton swiudle." l wish
yop gould tell Sheriff 5"i h wish to see
hin. q want bet er l)dgings than these;l am
williag to pay for thsm " This was oil in
substance that either of them had to say.
There are fifteen charges against Esston
for forgery and six for an accomp'ice 70
sHindle;there ara fourteen against Cemmaci
for an accomplish to s1ibdia 6nG sixteen
for forgery. Esston 1t viii be remembered
vas formerly cashier Of the road at this
point, and its officials had the utmost con-
ddence, and for his honesty ana close at.
tention to business, after service OF nesrly
Eve wears. he was promoted to the position
Of local freight agent ut Sherman on the
Transcontinental division which he held
I'D TO the hour he decamped. Telling his
subordinates on the evening Of the 24th OF
November that he was going to Galveston
on business, he took his departure, and
several days had elapsed before any suspi.
cion was aroused, and it was not until week
had passed that wrong was suspected, and
his crookedness was verified upon an in
spectisu OF the books, which showed him
10 be Sc, 800 short In cash, and $ll3,OOO on
forged bills of lading, issued % agent OF
the road. These are the facts - they now
transpire.
THE DETECTIVES WORK.
The reporter had talk with Chief Fur.
long Of the detective force of the Missouri
Pacific road, and while satisfied that the
student of humanity and its ways did not
unbosom himself, tiguratvely speaking, or
otherwise. yet he CLEANED from hin brief
account OF the working OF the case and the
capture OF the parties. He stated that his
assistant, G. w. Herbert, had been with
him in working up the case from begin,
ing to the end and had done good
service. He went on to say that Easton
had deoamped from Sherman on tho night
of the oath, on the prctext that he was go.
ing to Galveston, and that on investigation
of his accounts, that shortage OF $500
was discovered. He was tslegraphed the
facts at his headquarters IN st. Louis, on
the 4th of December, which gave the crimi.
nal decidedly the start OF him. On the re-
ceipt of the telegram he left at once TOR
Sherman, arriving there on the morning OF
the 9th, and reported to Mr.. FenDy, travel
ing auditor of tho road, ready tor duty.
Catching and baggtn8 the name OF the
mysterious Anderson, he lett
that afternoon for this city being Satisfied
from what little he had already learned
that this was the point from which the
thread OF investigation should be taken up:
In response to a telegram he was Joined
days piping of, went north. He himself
was here ten days. Herbert obtained some
very valuable information, and they both
met again in St. Louis, From there they
followed the thread to Atlantis. Georgia,
where they lsbored day and night, and
were rewarded by getting inform stion that
carried them north again-no matter AT
tanooga, Tennessee, and from there to
New Orleans, where they remained ssvs raj
days working mp the case. From there he
despatched Herbert to Ocean Springs Missis.
,eippi, and followed him the following day
Arriving ut and departlng. from Ocean
Springs by night. He had the parties
located now and returning to- New Or
sition through Mr.. e.. n. turner, the freight
agent here OF the Gould lines, which he 70.
ceived last Monday morning, and pro-
curing the necessary papers from Governor
Lowry, OF Mississippi, he procured the
services of Detective John l.. Newman, of
New Orleans. md and prsc. lt tn.
situated, they moved upon the place.
He had already acquainted himself with
the house in which Jim Dillisrd-,he alias
Csmmack was sailing unuer-and Esston
we're located. It Was situated mile west
of Ocean Grove, on the beach, In secluded
spot, almost surrounded by denBs thicket.
It is known % the Montgomery cottage.
There were enough Of them to surround
the house, but % they knew there
were four men on the premises, viz
Eara5. .Csmmsck, Powell, his brother.
in.l - and . German-they took every
precsution to make sure Of their game.
AZ daylight they invaded the house, where
they found Mrs. Powell, Csmmsck's
mother. in-law, Powell. his brother.i aw,