The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-02-08

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was raised r.G RIasell Ull hold ~ i' AU
llev'Ow il toNa..peEs ihsoutha-' ID ID .' "
ICs . mnrtyrt' the uECliu 2t.us 81 I"' .'
.1Dgrtmsu. uI iUslCc. kusHtA i.irist' y
powerful political end personal il-Hi- j
his case, and th0re YES q hifoIE u, u''
broucht 10 bear 20 Do, him 20, but iiivu'
enc goms of ths men who inter, Ned
ahomstlvt5 iu h!l huuali were llh1o1StA DN
their own gqy4utars; others wore iAkel u
by the rewa-khule address ~ lhi iha1shal'
Among tho former were men VINO hAi goa,
upan hi8 uond or were Otherwise cure
suffer recuoiar.y II ne were v' cns 'S, ,S,
Among others 20 champion H's Vas' was
Colonel II jbrri q. Ingerso l.
Eu.KLUN TREASURER.
Immediately amer the war kusseH IlVel
in one II the southern counties ~ le@'s'
probably Dfuaoris, where he was ifeasufe
of Eu.klux organization froM tu-'
plaee he 10 appointed prosecuting attof'
new bv * Goy,fnor DAVIS, possibly as
reward Tor ufesking up the LUX lux organ
iystion. which he did By embez2lsng IT,
funds, The first charge made agsiLat mn
was that ~ the time OF bis nppolntiltht ~
United StttGs mlis1al he VAS u ue'au yer
10 the safe OF icxts i1f over Sl'uVV. lhy
truth oil This charge il abunaauIly pruN'u
by the records, trough - doe5 not aeell
tiiat his rtsisuaiilu was a.ked Tor. q
cOurse II was bis imperative GUY u ''Ll!e
his uccounia without DEL y' 10 tooh h,s
time. however, and nGdc small paVlhei ~
HHHN| "a
drrips 1873 and 1879. The GmoGat Oh
money vol ected by Russell duo aud m
naiu All the time he LETT the Office was Sll''
GO 40 The taxes paid tor loIi were ST.
On az. I'm. 10 al ce.p indebtedness ~ ne
time he vacated his Office in IeX@s was
Therefore sl3,OlO IL. Mia o,,,,,nt
had actually peen received by him IA
sorno III tGis iudeb'edness was not as
CHARGED tiil 1873 IL follows that he hsu o"ed
tbe .in,a ol Icxns this amount Tor Tour
wears. On Fcnruary 7, 1879, he owed SUI
IN each SOLO II. ,h., I'm
s.t,INd m ebtedness 10 the stare OF
Tnras win money advanced bv tue depart
,nent of Justice 1t must IN the nfst place,
Ia undrrstooi that when maIshhl c"ihes
inio ofIicn he IL furnished WIN cer.a !h
ann of money TO meet The necessary tApen'
ses OF lilo Office, sometimes as niu'N rn ."
charpe that Kuss II 20 used THIS money au
yancsd min, lie not positively proved though
averythin0 gees to show that is me lrue
exnlnnntion Russell himself, whet ques.
toned on this point cunningly eVnutu Wv
ouery Certain documents, li.Iue'.. =,
sworn 81 Atemeuts, warrant we ~, 49,
thai ms dehcit TO this state ui lesas lor va,
lao amount WAS paid out OF me money
givsn Inv ihe department tor Uniled St@'e1
purpose. ,-.,I,lc,, tr,rs,ct,ops
which be carried out sysiemauGh.y 10 IN
enormous extent CONSISTED III u-'iNe '''
mariner. Cl.cnuut oiis.
nm, eur.p AND GOAT TRANSACTION.
Hisnexs exploit is famous IN tns M OiS
of he case as tuo sheep ana E-n 10y - VI
tiop. Essrly iu Septenbef, 800, NV, 1a
consisting Of 1 ,426 sheep ma 10 toLta WIZ :.
libeled by the Uuiled states uIuiiey ~,
the wertern district OF Texas for haNlhs
hsen stauggled across tue Rio GrAnde from
Msxico mo western Texas. Inc matter
came M in court and the distrlc, JUGS
ordered the sale OF the shsep H.u go, =.
Deputy Henry GoldTater Was ulrsc. ~ 20 "
mske the sale, which he diu. oh 'hv ~.
If Fenruary. 1880, 10 sold to the hiehes'
bidder 3 6 be ad OF sheep ut .ol anu 10.
head OF goats AT 81 cents head. Inc tota'
amouot realized was 81 365 90, Toe r.
m.inaer OF tho stock had died In tht
meantime. An order OF court rtquaItu
that the money received from TINS sat
should be Deposited a 10 us iss2 when the
Investigation wss made (uearly Two years
afterwa,r) The money had not teen depos
ited. Russell with that gOsent-m,ndeu
ness which Seems 10 have been q ulsliu-
cuishing rat Ia his remsrkaoie Character
had put 1t In his own pockot asa kep' ~,
Al,rr the sale the Mexican owner, Irln-
idad II ribe. @ me into court by attorney
Senviny that tbs sheep and
1e ee; ''e had BEAM mugsled across
the RIO Grnnde and made claim ial
the amount derived from tho saie-Si, )
1856 C5. Tho case was nnallg appeulsu y
the circus court. when osSsuuu "a On,
sheer ana goats were not ,mugsieu an
that Urihe wss entitled 10 the money. J
fsrrooer 20 yay that DO is gill eniitlrn ioa'
II .hst il any satisfaction TO HIM. In con
nection vi II this suojac5 It mi9ht be "
O say that lie a1coint rSn rs py
Deputy MarsbaI GoiGHAier hr ne saIe y
lLis .tcck amounts 20 81 Oh 90, or very
nearly The ensire smount recei'eu AO'n ''''
Ia ,yould ba impossible TO do more tnar
briefly Indicate many OF the practces
Russell Onei9 HAT Nc deiraudeh the gov
ernmsut ous OF 81 GO in a single case 10y
rendering false expense account he
mad IL a practice TO charge Tor services W
transuoring prisoners TO the penitentiaiy
.asuding m bills Tor hundreus OF dollars more
han me actual cost. He failed to pay tnr
sheriff. Il various countirsin Texas snu n, 4
consequences the authorities oil several coun'
ties IA Texan refused to keep prisoners any
gonrer. He produced Tree transportation ni
Uni,ed States prisoners over stage lines III
his dis,rir, by false reports, t1us orlngin.
che Department under deep repfosch snd
the chnrge OF swinding the companies.
rRAuDULLsT from BEGINNING 40 END
The G ,nnt uuon which Russell was prose
CyprC'l drge IDf
transogr,irg prisoners aud Was go sly
Srsudulnne IN through. II was rendered IN
an account OF actual expenses Tor .TanspOI =
ing nine United States prisoner ana seven
guasds ir3m San Antonio, rex = TO
the Chester penitentiary ~ dr "a IN 80, ~ y
TIC charges amounted 10 SlOc0.0o ~ nj.
.One of the items va a charge Tor me- 81
three IN. ses to take the rrisortfs ana lec-
essarv ards r. Instance OF neasly one ana
half lies sih On The Investigation ne
prourietor Of the bus company test'h
that only one bus was employ u, anu ,,..
was on DECEMBER Ii. at San Antonio, Tor
breaif,st for self ana prisoners and neoes.
, ssyy guards. twenty persons IN hlli tWon'Y
meals. at seventy-hve cents a meal, 30.
This chnrse Is absolutely iaisa, as b.rnrr
prisoners nor guards were Iu, ni'neu WI, !, ~
Il, an meals Mt he depot ut San Aniop,o. All
the food they had was provided by hasseli
before he leit San Antonio. IL was carried
: In ! basket and served out at inttrva Inc
basket In this case was not opened ~ All u''
1Sis /. merely a specimen OF the CHARGES.
..,,,. scconpt IL fraudulent from beginnin {
= = srS snd shows 10 every line OF /, de-
s;he,ss. ,nteptien to swincls the govern
,rsnt. The charge Of seventy. hse cents
meal for each pr' ;So ,s sau though the
c<pcs sas supplied entirely from the bssket
and n i, in evidence that they got very iit I'VE