The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-31

maturing AT intervals: for him to pay
what he could on each note Is it fell
due and draw on the house for the
balance he couldn't pay. that he must
send new note for tn" amount
drawn for notified my house
what had done and they
and know what YOU are about.
hoped the Mayor wouldn't draw back
for too much. went to the bank
with the Major and authorized the
bank to accept his drafts for
what he wanted to draw for. lie drew
for some of these balances on each one
of these notes. He generally drew
about onc-half to two-thirds of the
amount back, and for some of these
renewed notes he drew back
in part, and drew back the
second time nearly all of them.
My house carried him through these
difficulties Never was but one
of those that went to protest
He did not blame II, for that. lie
blamed the bank sold him that car
in November, | think. | was at Kan
Sas City in October. The matter of
selling Major llinchman was discussed
with my house. came down here
and had the promise of II new Gus
toner and had the trade nearly con
suinmatrd when Major liinchnan
tclcphOncd from his residence to the
store to have me come up. Ills SON
delivered the message and | went to
his house. lie said. II understand YOU
are irving to sell kcllctt" He wanted
to know why. and if was going 10
take the goods away from him. Then
we discussed the past due paper and Il
note that had been returned unpaid.
lie snid | could wire the house to
draw nj three or five days for the
note that had been returned unpaid,
and also stated he would pay the
others n, fast rs they became due and
would not draw back any more.
There was something said about his
rotary pillow. The fact of Major II.
having SO many of our goods on his
hands. induced me to sell him
again. | believed he would pay
his Indebtedness He request
ed me not Ia sell To other parties.
did not have hard work to sell him.
There were good lot of ~ulky plowe.
think fifteen or twenty. | wired for
the indebtedness ON account. | at
tachcd four days before the tire. was
here at Waco. | heard his warehouse
was going to bc burned. i, the reason
! wired tor the account. | heard this
report before came to Waco. The
first | heard Of il was al Temple
heard Ovcr-insurauCc, the character of
goods in the house. The fact of his
having S5O,OVO on u house filled with
second hand goods principally. The
party also stated that he must get to
Waco as soon a. possible and
get his goods and ship them away
as soon rs he could. heard this
in Temple. My informant was j. Il.
Ralston. The Indebtedness came and
was sick. The fire came before | had
IN opportunity of seeing anything
about it. | was sick. | called in a
lawyer and employed counsel the
suited with Major Graham.
That morning Graham X Marshall
prepared the attachment papers. bur
ing the progress leading up to the
attachment. advised with counsel,
McssrS. q. ~ NJ. was here sick at
the time of the fire. After ! heard
that report at Temple. had only II
icw days 10 make IN visiting there
before was taken ,ick After | got
up, and after the iirk, asccrtnncd
how much insurance. both ON stock
and on the building Ne had | found
hc had Si9,0oD ON the stock
and Si,jOo on the building.
| had seen the building.
| didn't know the number of feet in
the building, although the Major had
told the size Il number of times. |
don't remember what il was. was
acquainted with the character of
goods in which Major III. was dealing,
My opinion in my Judgment is it could
not contain $4,000 worth of goods AT
the time of the fire. asccrtaincd the
condition of the building ~ To small
doors. cut windows shut mp with
sheet iron, the character of the goods
in it, part old and part new. | was
acquainted with the general Srnti-
ment
AT this iuucturc of the evidence u
question was asked the witness on the
stand rs regarding his opinion of the
capacity of Major lilnchman'S ware
house. II WAS objected to by the
counsel for the government, ON the
grounds that il was mere opinion and
not evidence in the case. The counsel
ON both sides INDUCED i'll quite
lengthy speeches, which consumed the
remainder of the evening. Court adj
iournrd until 10 o'clock this morning,
when the court decides rs to the cvi-
dcncc wanted to be drawn out 10y the
counsel for defense.