The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-07-18

was astonishing to all save the few in
ltlGted. When Mr.. Hague arose IN his
place and asked the ear of the court,
Wllie no made statement, every neck
was orSned and every " strained to
catch his hghtest word. Though APP
pearing calm and cool, as his wont is,
tnose nearest to him could not fsil to
observe the unusual pailor of his face
ana the slight culver ia his voice, the
only outward signs of the tempest of
Indignation which agitated him,
as he rose and said: "May 1t please
the court; Before this investi.
CATION, proceeds any further, / desire
10 make statement to the court, and
10 follow that by matter that eX-
plains Itself. | will tell what trans
PRED between four men, two Of who m
were friends Of mine concealed for q
purpose. l have in my pocket $500
$1,000 in one hundred dollar bills and a
check for $5OO-that was given to ma o
by an agent of the courthouse parties,
so .tated, for the blue prints which l
had In my possession. | want those
gentlemen 10 know, and / want the
court and the world 10 know that
Hague and Coldwell are ret
for sale. The additional
promise was made that
Hague and Coldwell should receive
five $1,000 bonds as soon as the paper
could DO fixed up. This matter was
arranged yesterday. believe that /
was right in this case all the time-I
never faltered-now l know it. |
shall not proceed any further in this
case. 1t occurs to me that the matter
is about settled. These bills and this
check were given to me by man
whose name | am pledged not to di-
Yulge. Mr.. White and Mr.. Dieter
were present at the time. They
were called into room and con-
cealed for that purpose, and
the money was brought to my
house and paid to me for the
purpose that state. The additional
5000 was to be paid as soon as the
contract could be prepared. Now, hero
are $1,000 that | want TO donate to the
County Of El Paso for Charitable pur-
poses" By this time the excitement
of the audience had reached such q
pitch that tho inside of tho bar was
crowded and those outside were
standing on tho benches. His an-
nouncement OF the uses to which he
dedicated the money, was net with
q storm Of wild and irrepressible
cheering such as has seldom been
heard in Ell Paso. Continuing, he said:
"The check | shall retain: want to
state further to tho court
that this honorable gentle
man, Judge Davisl has been
deceived. He has felt it l believe be-
fore; he knows 1t to be- the case now.
l think he has been wronged and out
ragged as no lawyer ought to be, and by
men who pretended to DO his friends.
He Is an honest man, and he has con-
Quoted this case like gentleman, and
with his usual ability. He has been
deceived and you all know It,"
When Mr.. Hague had concluded, the
cheering was, If possible, more enthu-
siastic than before. In the midst of it,
all, however, Mr.. Campbell could be
heard loudly demanding the namo of
the man who had presented the bride,
but without any further result than to
draw from Mr.. Coldwell the assertion
that it was not Mr.. Campbell.
AS Judge Davis arose, shaken with
sincere emotion, to address the audi.
ence, 1t wa9 oYidont from the kindly
aspect OF tho faces around him, that no
man of all that crowd believed the
venerable nestor Of tho Ell Paso bar in
any respect guilty of completely with
the perpetrators Of tho frauds. His adj
dress, which was listened 20 with
much attention and. respect, was
briefly as follows:
"When this case was first spoken
OF, after the investigation by tho grand
Jury, Colonel Britton came to mo and
asked mo to represent him, | had
known Colonel BrittOn for years, and
at a time when every mans character
is developed-during four years OF
bloody war-yet ] told him that
/, Gs citizen Of El Psso County,
was es strongly interested in il6 wet
fare - any man, and would not under.
take his case II he were guilty. Colo
mel Britton theui ia my Office, so bo-
ing alone, raised his hand % his God
and told mo that taOre was nothing in
the charges against him, and !, bell3Y-
ing Theses parties Innocent undertook
the case. Iappgal TO opposing counsel
and Jp this court IF have mon .O?so.ue5d
wide every door in order that the light
might boo lot In upon g.. IL l had ever
any fraud in this case, would
have have pursued gtd,, ho,.o different to3IeEt
out evidence instead OF in.
Yiting the fullest and fr0cst inve5iiga-
tiOn. l rolled upon tho stG.omont Of
Colonel Brlt.on ant,.l believe, until
Friday l had satisfied Overy ono from
the evidence. However corrupt that
evidence may have been, l believed it
20 be true. was satisfied and believe
everyone was satisfied that the prose
cutOrs IN this case were simply mis-
taken. / will state further that twas
my Intention this morning after tho
crosS-oNGminatiOn Of MIR. Brewer,
y ! could not have aeen any more
light upon the Blue Prints, 10 tell
this court That II was their duty 20
withhold any further payment 70 Brit
ton u Long. Whom tho application
was made 20 this court Oh Friday to
refund these bonds, l voluntarily
came and told thom that /, for one,
on to until there had been q further in-
vosNgatiOu OF these Biuo Prints, My
duty az . citizen came IN conflict with
my duty as 8 lawyer, aud felt IL In
cumb9nt upon mo to seG That this
was not deiraudod OF one cont
in tho building Of that court house.
Thatis tho history that have TO give
OF this transaction"
Mr.. Hague: "Aud nobody doubts IT,"
Mr.. Coldwell also in q foW well
chosen words boro testimony TO tho
good faith Of Judge Davis and the ~
famous deception which hgd been
practicod upon him.
SIR. Brewer, 10 whose interchangeable
courage In pursuing the case (for tho
purpose OF clearing his own good
nano which had been assailed before
tho grand jury aud foresight Ia TAX
ing the blue copies the result of
the case is chiefly due, suggested
in fow words that tho county do.
mand the original plans and specii-
cations from Mr.. Giles, and make do.
ductions from tho amount OF money to
DO paid TO Britlon q Long in accord
ance with the actual value of the work
as now done and there specified,
Judge Buckler stated that tho S20,-
600 in bonds recently issued had been
declared invalid by the attornoy-gen-
eral and no action would now DO taken
to refund thom at present.
Its impossible 10 depict the various
emotions visible at the moment of Mr..
Hague's announcement of tho attempt
to bribo his arm. On the vast major
ity, OF course, the expression was
sheer unadulterated delight at tho