Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-25
THE COPYRIGHT AFFAIR
An Interview with County. Attorney
w. 8. Pendlcton on the Subject.
The Causes Which Led 70 the Domonstra-
lions Last Saturday Night.

Yesterday afternoon, n GAZETTE
representative interviewed County |
Attorney w. s. Pcndlcton, and learned |
his views upon the capture and nubse-
quent escape ~ Jim COPYRIGHT. Mr.. |
peudleton hns nssiduOusly Investigated |
the whole affair, and cheeffully an
swered the queBtlons put TO him.
"Mr. PendletOn,n said the inter
viewer no lao seated himself In the
county attorney's office, 81 want you
TO tell me ms near az you can what "
was TINT led 10 the demonstration last
Saturday night Mt the Unlun depot
al have tried ~ investigate the mat
Ter Ia all ita bearings," said Mr. Pen.
dleton, land am convinced that by
FAR the greater portion OF the crowd az
the depot on that night was attracted
ny MERE CURIOSITY,
There were only few persons
there who made any demonstrations,
believe the real cause OF the excite
ment was the mysterious way In which
Courtrlght was arrested. 10 was not
known by what authority 10 had been
done, aud the crowd thought he had
been kidnapped. Courtright had been
missing since In the morning Of that
wins In chains ut tho hotel the fact
created great excitement, aud large
crowd gathered. This / think covers
your question"
what do you think about the man-
ner OF the arreat2'
~ am utterly ut n loss to know why
Gov. Ireland should send u force OF
rangers here To arrest u man secretly
without any communication
wtTII THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES
whatever. The usual course In
such cases is TO deliver the warrant
| 90 the sheriff of the county and II he
needs any assistance from the
military he can call ON the governor
! for II. In this case, II this warrant
! had heon put In the hands OF the shor.
lfT, Courtfight would have been Ar.
rested and, IN my Judgment, there
would have been
No DEMONSTRATION
whatever upon the part Of the people.
They would have understood az once
! by what authority he was
arrcsted, but unfortunately for
Fort Worth, the impression has gone
abroad that this demonstration was FOR
the purpose of preventing the eXecu-
| tinn of the law, when there is no ques-
| NlNut w AAA NH , fAli lthllAt NhA Allhl Aut
| Impression upon the people, when the
crowd began 10 assemble, WAS that
| COPYRIGHT WAS being
ARRESTED NY srRA NuBRs,
| without authority, or la other words,
being kidnapped Tho indignation Of
the crowd had become considerably
aroused before they were Informed
that these men had any pnpdra. and
the manner I'm which the rangers had
acted led the crowd TO doubt that they
had any authority 60 make the arrest.
Many Thought that II they had papere
they were fraudulent, All the
rangers were strangers and
WHOLLY UNKNOWN
in Fort Worth. ! viii state further
that if the warrant had been placed i'm
the hands OF tho sheriff, Courtnght
would have been arrested aud Fort
Worth would not have been
disgraccd by Courtrlghrs escape.
He would have boeu placed In jail, and
not have been taken 10 "A restaurant
run by hts friends, where lac had his
table supplicd with boiled nah, quail
ON toast, with
PISTOLS HUNG UNDER THE TABLE
for dessert. ! think the whole disgrace
fll affair which ruileots upon For
w NAAAAf NAAN W. NhlhNNA NtAf NAhnNN -
the secrecy and mystery which sur
rounded the arrest,
"Do you know what Representations
were made to Gov, Ireland which
caused him 10 telegraph Capt Schmidt
To brBg his rangers here from Wioh
I tia Falle for the purpose OF preserving
the ptace2n
III don't know what representation
|, were made 10 him, nor 10y whom
which caused the telegram TO be sent
z have heard OF no request being mad
by the
. CRY or COZ My AurHoRiTtEs.
alt strikes me IA very unusual Pre-
! ceecding on the part OF the gOverno
OF state 60 send military to any sec
/. ton OF the state, or In other words I
Q declare martial law without requeH
: made 20 him by the proper authon
tiesn
i "Whcro do you think the reppons
Z bility OF Courlrighrs escape liee3"
1.-THE entire responsibility OF the oa
, cape lies wholly and solely with MI
I Richmond. the Albuquerque chief O
. police, aud the rangers who wer
guarding him, So far az my informs
4 ton goes, COPYRIGHT WAS taken out {
g his meals by orders of Richmond, hn
|. contrary 10 the Judgment OF tn
rangers
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