The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-18
FORT WORTH.
A HEAVY ATTACHMENT SUIT.
Two Newspapers Under Levy sRufe Lind
sey Not Insane-Herrin's Wife
Takes Him Cup of Coffee
Exceeding Fragrance


A few minutes before 3 o'clock this
morning your correspondent was told
that if he would go to the courthouse
it was probable an item might be OBJ
tanned, as the Sheriff and District Clerk,
with several citizens, had just driven
up there.
At the courthouse he found A. NJ.
Carter, Esq, with Capt. j. ID. Reed and
Mr.. j. NJ. Hartsfield, District Clerk, pre-
pairing. papers. for attaching all the
property of the Texas In
vestment company, the Ga
zette type, presses ETC., included.
Reeds claim was $1,000, and when a
bond Of $4,000 had been given, the
Sheriff visited the Gazette Office, mott
fled the pressman, who was running of
the last side, and then went up stairs,
notifying printers and editors, who had
Just ceased work. In few minutes
Messrs. Carter and IIartslield came
with second attachment for $1,000 in
favor Of w. a. Huffman. To-day addi-
tional attachments in favor of j. p.
Smith for $500 and w. II. Harrison for
$4,000 were also levied.
The City National bank holds mort
gage on the presses, type, etc, for $1,000.
This morning the Sheriff attached the
Democrat and all material, ii being also
the property Of the Investment com
pany. The news soon spread through
out the city and nothing put sincere re-
| greet was expressed. The first inquiry
was, will the paper stop, and arrange
ments to provide for its publication to-
morrow were at once made. W. A.
! Huffman assured the printers that he
would pay them for the coming weeks
work and asked them to aid
him as far as possible. lie did
not expect to buy the paper and only
ran it to keep from suspension. The
printers contributed between 800 and
$3.50 of their wages to the
cause. The Sheriff promised the
men that wages due them for the
past week should be paid. An order OF
sale will be applied for, and both papers
will probably be sold this week. The
Democrat, it is understood, will publish
tomorrow with deputy sheriff in
charge. The cause of the trouble
was not the Indebtedness of the
Gazette, which is about $4,000
but the dissatisfaction of the Board OF
Directors of the Investment company
with the Manager and President, W. j
| Morphy.
Forseveral days conferences have beer
held and the affairs of the company in
vestigated with growing dissatisfaction
Last night meeting Of directors wal
held, when Col. j. p. Smith and Capt. j
d. Reed offered to assume So, 900 of tn,
Indebtedness and run the paper. Mr.
Morphy wanted to retain One-third in
terest in the paper with two gentlemen
named, which they would unde
no circumstances, consent to, anC
after urging MOrphy to consent, bu
without success, the attachments wer,
decided upon as the last resort of tn,
creditors to get their money. Col
Smith and A. NJ. Carter charge gros
mismanagement and misrepresentation
of funds ON the part of Mr.. Morphy, am,
say that Reed, Smith, Huffman and tn,
others will lose heavily. Mr.. Huffman
offered to lose the $500 he had put in, i
the management could he changed
while Col. Smith was willing to sinl
$4,000 to get the paper on Il good basis
The Investment cOmpany'S indebted
ness will reach SljO,OOO.
Wild rumors as to who will get the pa
per are current, but from the move
ments it looks ASH George Il. Loving
ESQ, will probably he the man. Co
Smith says the paper shall not stop, an
| y
Tuesday. Mr.. Carter informs the HrI
AID correspondent that Mr.. Morphy Ina
employed counsel to fight the other ii
rectOrs, and 'claims tire property as
homestead. The friends of Oh
paper are determined il shall h
placed on solid business basis, an
sold TO Il man who can run it. Mossr,
, Malone and Lee are still i'm editOri,
management, and will so continue, q
far rs is known.
The Gazette and Investment compan
, complications will keep Col. Smith an
a. NJ. Carter from Houston, where the
intended to go rs delegates. ono of I'll
U statements made In the IuvestmeI
company failure is that M. Morph
- overdrew his account 5000 from oh
d, company's funds and invested il i'm lar
> in his own name. There is consderab
c bad blood in the matter.
{ Further attachments on the propert
- of the Investment company are II.
" Martin, 1897 rs; A, h. Smith, $2jl.lT; |
5 G., Thurmond, $3,61j.35. The Stoc
il Journal was also levied on this cvenin
Several combinations have bee
formed to buy the Gazette. IL is no
thought Col. Smith will get it, and
r soon as possible assume control. III
10 books are to he OvCrhaulcd to-morru
: by the directors, who have Il meetin
The total levies are $iS,Gl1.
o Mrs. Herrin, the wife of the murder
IF of DR.. G.. w, Barradall, went to the ID
10 yesterday carrying liquid supposed
:. he coffee in pitcher which she want,
" passed to her husband. The qua
he thought II had peculiar odor, al
pr called the iailcr's attention to it, who
smelling it was made very dizzy. II
sheriff was also notified al
inhaling the odor was al
affected, as the jailer had been. NJ
st alleged coffee was bottled and is nc
with the chemist TO he analysed. II
thought that opium or some 9th
= deadly poison had been placed in 4
III coffee to enable Houin To commit s.
D. eide.
RUFF Lindsay is safe i'm Jail hero. a
81 has nothing to say. lie seems 10
~ perfectly rational, having none of I
~ symptoms of cra2ed man, or mani