Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-25
PARIS LETTER.
Details Of the Arrest and Extradition
of Mr.. Worth j. Duncan.
Criminal Charges Substituted for 0rdi-
nary Civil Action.

special Correspondence of the Gazette.
Paris, February 2i.--Just month
ago. surprise occurred in social and
business circles here. II created stir,
and was very generally talked over
You had the particulars by wire up to
mat time. The surprise was occasiOned
hy the arrest upon requisition from
South Carolina, of Worth j. Duncan,
II prominent cotton buyer who had not
long before located here. BY his very
correct dealings, gentlemaply barring
and well established record from his old
home he had soon secured TO himself Il
host OF friends. HIS business conn.c
ton here was, as it still is, one that
lent further spnnsibility To his trans
actions. So, when it was noised
ubou, that tt sheriff had come after
Mr. Duncan, and the next day both
left for SpDrtansburg, $. c., of course,
those who knew Mr.. Duncan were
anxious to know the why's and where.
lores. He wasrharged with breach of
trust. He had for SIX years been agent
IN south Carolina for Il certain wealthy
Baltimore firm, manufacturers OF fer
liiizes. IL was their habit to permit a
pro rata part of crop failures to fall on
themselves when their Gust omers were
thereby affected with loss. Last year
Mf Duncan ceased 10 act as ageut for
the firm mentioned; he then held for
his principals and himself farmers
notes--his share being the largest, the
amount owing his firm was 81 III. To
put the matter in shape he gave his
urn his individual nnte secured by
the farmers notes rs collaterals. These
latter were return d TO him, and upon
some small portion he collected, part
~ ny trading on cotton, etc. About
this t'me he had completed arrange
hehts for locating in Paris, Tex
ney mentioned his intended
departure aud the allegation made to
'get out rtquisilion-that he had
He'd, was simply ridiculous. His
Individual note was still held by The
baltimore parties. pending Il final set
Element.
Duncan came TO Paris in September:
IN December he returned for his family
WINE IN Gafneys, at the instance Of n
iawyer, who was under delicate obli-
CATIONS to Duncan, the Ia ter was mr..
rested on the same charge, which later
on formed the basis for the reuuisition
, pom Inc inst examination the trial
Justice refused, upon the testimony nd.
'aneed, to bind Duncan over A
iiionth later the requisition rpached
man Just after starting back with the
Sheriil, telegram reached hare
lanhulling the requisitiun; of this DIM
cnn knew nothing. He duly .rriv,.d
at sSpartansburg. was met by a Nun
Der of staunch citizens of that Mace
ANA suffered no Inconvenience ar 49, ~.
slraiat Of liberty. This gather from
me local paper of the town. Al once
Iaoeas corpus proceedings were hnd
the matter. was fairly opened, The vsry
weak testimony was producrd "a
Mr.. Duncan was honorablv " liz
charged from custody. The Rail-,
more party who instigated the mr.
eeedings, aud his attorney, are said ~
nave discovered before Tie AMI
OF me trial that the adjacent state wna
possibly more comfortable and dec,d
ediy saler, but whatever they dIscov
cred they made an early exit. and Wv,
parenllya costly blunder. x man IN n