The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-01
ALDRIcn's TESTIMONY.

tilt SlhI'l.
ALDRICH's TESTIMONY.
The general impression Wa- that he
either set il ON fire or cau-cd il be set
on fire. | believe the impression wa,
after my Investigation. | took advice
from counsel in regard to whether the
burning was disposition of property
and counsel said il was within the
of the attachment laws. /
heard prior to attachment that MAJOR
IL paper had gone to protest at the
bank in the ncighborhood Of
$1,000, is my information. ! had
heard about an execution. ] learned
there was two judgments against mm.
and an execution had been issued for
one judgment 1hi, was prior to the
attachment. Major lIinchman told
me that he had transferred S2O,OUU OF
his insurance to ~clcN', Bank for the
purpose of securing unprotected cred
itors. who had no collateral. asked
him what shape it wa, put in. and
whose name, and if schedule was
made, and who it wa, toprotcct. He
said that there was no schedule; but
il was for the benefit of all unprotected
crcditors-my own house included.
The said Sclcv bank wa. trustee in
that particular He referred me to
Tie bank for information. ! went to
the bunk in company with my attor-
ncy, Major Graham. | inquired of
MIR. W. W Selcy, cashier, il those pol
icics had been put there II, Major II.
had stated for the benefit of his crcdi-
tors. He replied that he would
answer no questions in regard TO the
matter. He refused to give me any
information and referred me to Major
lIinrhman who he said was the
ton. | told him had already talked
to Major H. got no satisfaction of
Mr.. Sclrv. told him Major II. had
stated To me that they had been put
there for the benefit of creditors. He
said he could not answer the question.
talked to Capt. Herring about it
prior To seeing tina bank. was al
the hotel Capt Herring and Mr..
| Ross came out of the hotel together.
They walked together about "A,
/ far ~ the barber shop. Mr.
Ross came back in great
/ hurry and said he wanted to speak
to me privately He told mc to go
/ right down as soon IL | could to Cap
tain Herring, office; that Captain II.
| had the entire charge of settling up
| Major IIiuchuan'~ policies. and if /
would 20 down there and offer him
/ 5000 ne would secure my claim for
me. | hc,itatcd and he insisted. lie
/ had talked the matter over fully with
! Captnin Herring and had done 80 AT
/ the request of Captain Henry. went
| to Cnptniu IIrrrinu'- Office He said
! he brlicvcd there was "A sufficient
amount of asNcst, to paN the indebted
mes, if let alone. and if the crcditor,
| would let him alone and let him man
ave the affair without litigation the
Major would come out all right tin,
fall. He did not think am, one had
sufficient ground, for action. won't
! saw whether tho.vord attachment was
used or not hlt if i. my imbrr,.inu
| that il was There wa, very
LITTLE more said AT thnt meeting
I'm connection with what CAPTAIN
/ lliuchIuan said. he also said that there
was no ground, for attachment
/ Neither wns Major IIincbunn in ~
condition to have ANYTHING of the
| Kind occur to him. fhrrr WA, con
| siderable said remarked nil
wanted was security 50 | could 90
away and feel secure. even if had to
extend the time beyond the Lnir
named in the notes. Thi, $500 note
vus suokcu of in thi, conversation
! He said personally. that he knew
of the arranermrni that had been
! nIndr to take M, that note. remarked
! that il was the ). GOO and inward
wanted secured. Whenever the 5000
note was mentioned at any time.
always remarked that was of very
small importance II was the other
and grratcramuunt, wa, particularly
Interested in. The CAPTAIN and |
talked considerably about this matter
more than have stated but this il
the list of the conversation. | don't
remember the day this was that the
Captain stated hr was obliged to 90
away. and that he would be- back ON
/ Tuesday or "Wednesday. is my rrcol-
/ lection. and for me to hold -till until
/ he returned, and he believed that he
could induce the Major To- give me the
/ security md remarked that the Major
| thought good deal of him, and " hat
/ ever he advised the Major 10 do he
/ generally done, and that thi> wa, per
tcctly right and legitimate, and had
right 10 expect it. | told the cap
tain that | would do nothing until
saw him ON his return waited till
the Captain H. returned | went to
the Captain, office. He said he had
been 50 busy and pressed hr had not
seen the Major. and wanted me to call
again, which did called the third
time lie stated again hr had been
unable to do ANYTHING with the Major.
/ Then he asked me whether would
take insurance policies ~ security.
me r'piN was III substance; | would
II consider the whole S'jOU ln>ur-
anc" ~ security Tor lhc claim. giving
I hlm my reasons. | hr reason that