The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-10
CAMMACK.
A Cheerful Chat with tho Former Cot
ton Operator.
Ills Ideas on Matters aud Things In
General.
Pleasant Prattle from the Prison

Morgan Canmsck 10 sin In Jail, though
| he hopes 10 make u new bond Tor his ap
pearancs a. the ue xt criminal court 10 tes-
tify against E.sion, Baum aud LohenulelD
A HERALD reporter called TO ara him yes
teIdsy and he stated that what County At
tornty Clint had said concerning Como,
shaking" him down for $500 was true
Conner found out who BIZ
was at Csrbo, Mexico. and
represented himself as detective, but
whether he was or not he cid not know.
| He did not want 10 be battered by him
and offered him $500 TO shut his eyes
which worked like charm. Billy Dsven'
port tnld HIM that he was ncliDg ~ deputy
sheriff, but as 10 the truth OF j ll's state
ment he could not vouch for IL. Switching
the conversation from himself TO the ooun-
try OF Sonori, he said that IL would. IN the
course OF time siter we are oil dead
aud forgotten, probably ba coed
country when settle up bv better class
OF people. He stated that there was sny
amount Of smuggling golLg on between
this cour try aud Mexico and that he could
zee 30 much Mt cssusl glance. Referring
30 blanket on his bed Cammsok said that
here It cost psrhnps "a or 50 while w Mex.
icD the same blanket would bring $i2. In
smuggling be ssys that the Americans gem
orally get the beet Of the Mexicans To al
appes ances he 10 10 gooI spirits.
+. Baum, after an absence OF seversl
daye has returned to the city.
DAvgHPoHr's LETTER.
The following letter from Billy Dsven-
port, who claims tho reward oh.red for
the delivery of Morgan CsmmEok at tho
ID illas county jsil. :" vas received yesieid.y
by county Attorney Clint. The letter is
given word for word ~ writer:
foRD,BUnG. ". NJ. April :, ISsi-To Charles
T. Cllnt. Ed. Dala. Texas
MY DEAR SIR: / arrived In Lordsbu 6
yesterday with Morgsu Cammaok. nnn for.
whrded him from here through TO Dallas
Tho way pursued in the arrest is this ihs
day that | wired johnson regarding Cam
mBck was ihis--I heard that Cammack had
lott II Paso, coming wost. | was on the
Lookout for him when be
passed here. / Immediately telegraphsd
Johnson, (my brother las,) asking II he
was wanted, and one day later your tela.
Rram reached Eie. ] immediately 70 lowed
him to Benson, A. r.; from there went
TO Tuscon, A. 4 then bnck TO uaor I;
thence down iuLo Old MexicO-i.acing
Cammsck by his heavy baggage aud fine
dress; also by being Two Of them tcgeiher;
(his brother Jack was with him J
coast. aud there consulted the
American consul, who found was a very
nice gon iemen-ieund that 10y beat way
wes 10 klduap Cammeck ont OF the coulty
II caught him. A, Qua, found JACK
c. ~ d lsasnsd where Morgan was thea &C.
Il learned that he wa. IN H-rmecils, and
wired man that i had siatioled thtre to
that etleci, but The train dispatcher was q
friend OF Morgan and show
ed him nv message sud Cam.
mack Immediately lslt Hermacills aieOt
hut my man WINS on the lookout aud foI-
10 we'd MIN, and captured him at little
station fourteen m l,I from Hsrmsoiio,
called Willard, in tue state Of Sounors,
Mexico. 1 wired my deputy to get him
over the liae 20 quick as possible, watch he
did, but turned nim q ooso 10 CslGhussaa,
Ariz, qua, with the understanding that he
and O. would meet shortly in Cali
fornia. / met Mr.. Osmmsck yesterday IN
Benson and came this fur with
him and he left lest night for Dallas, he
begged me 10 let him so alone, as 1t would
hurt him in his trial to go back as prison.
would have sailed for Australia on the 10Th
but headed them on. notice telesrams
in the HERALD from Furlong and Bal v.
Furlong never wired me nor never
received telegram from me nor
knew no hing OF the capture, nor
Morgep's whereabouts until i wired you
b iilsy passed through Benson going to Cal
and $40 miles behind him, 30 his outfit de.
serves no credit whatever for his raturn.
NV expenses were Sl96.35. / took ore m an
with me. Tns Is just how the matter
stands. Oemmack tol me every.
thing and revealed some very inter
es,ing facts. Hoping that no will
STRIVE in Dallas o X, Tuesday morning
and 10 hear from you at once with cheek
eaciosed.
ain, respectfully.
W. G DAvEspoBr,
Lordssurg, Grant cou 1ty. New Mexico.
IL any of your criminals cver como this
way notify me.
This letter In tho light OF the following
dispatch, which embraces fail terms OF the
rew1 rd sent In auswer TO one Of INQUIRY, as
10 how mnch would be paid for Cam neck's
ARE 8, AND return, ia rather peculiar, TO say
the least OF il:
The t flowing IL the TELEGRAM ssnt by
County Attorney Clint and Sheriff Smith
onsring tho raxarf and sperkslo itself:
Dallas, March 81. ISL. W. c. Davenport Ben
son, A. 4.
A reward Of one thousand dollars wilt 6e
paid to whoever delivers Morgan Cdmmacs
st the Dall-s county jll, and nll exoenses
paid. CHARLES f. CLINT,
Coupty Attorney.
w. X. W. hMITH, Sheriff.
1t would appear to sane mind that n
anyone is entitled 10 the reward IL wouli
be the man who arrested aud delivered
bim.elf, Morgan Cammack.