Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-24
DALLAS.
A Monster Suit Involving Over a Mil
lion DollarS' Worth Of Property
Ready for Filing.
A Great Cry About the Maltreatment Of
Prisoners Officers Of the Knights
Of the Golden Rule.


Deen prephIcu fehuy iOI nluk IN the
courts by Mr.. Robert r.. Laws Of this
city through his attorneys, Messrs.
Williams & Tierney and Col. Simpson,
that will cause many lsndholder In
this county to vince. He sues for
about $l00, 600 worth OF property In the
city, consisting of four or five lots and
dwellings and other improvements
thereon in the Cedars, and some of the
best property on Main street, twenty
acres on which the town of Mesquite
is located, and tracks OF
land In five counties adj AGENT to D4l.
las, amounting In all to over 81 ,00l 900.
The grounds on which he base his
claims are rs follows: His mother
died in 1861. The property above
mentioned. and more, was owned by
herself and husband in community.
Her husband, the plaintiffs father
failed TO comply with the require
ments of the law in giving bond and
q ualiiyirg az administrator, or, more
properly speaking, AS survivor in com.
munity, before disposing of the proper
ty. The plaintiff alleges that lie can
establish this fact, and prays that the
property be restored to him.
The papers OF this city have raised
considerable cry about the shameful
treatment Of Prisoner Simpson at the
hands OF Mr.. FORESTER, superintend-
ent Of the county roads. They state
that Forester "hand.cufied and pin
toned the uplifted hands OF Simpson
to the upper portion of the cell, and
kept him in that position for twelve
hours, without water, food or other
~
give as their authority for the state
ment III. G. billiard. Your reporter
has made an investigation OF the al.
legations of barbarity and cruelty to
which Simpson was subjected, and
finds that Forester did put one hand.
cuff on Simpson and elevate his hand
but did not withhold from him food
and drink, and that the prisoner did
not suffer the least physical pain from
the punishment. 1t is very com.
mon practice with the officer to
chain up or down refractory prison
ers. A few days ago Sheriff Smith
went in all to bring out tae road
gang. One OF the gang, Rev. Dooley,
said, "well, I've gov bad taste in my
mouth this a. M, and won't Co." An
other, named Wilson, said, tits too
hot; I'll lipger In the shade to-day
Taylor observed in plain Anglo-Saxon
derivatives, 'well, id IL | work this
day. 1t went on this way until
eight of the gang had voted against
work. Mr.. Smith took the rest out on
the road, returned and got doctor,
who, after examining the eight, found
that, with the exception OF Rev. Dool-
ley's tongue being little coated, they
were as healthy u set OF men as he
had ever seen This announcement
being made to Sheriff Smith, he pro-
ceeded to chain down the whole gang,
except the parson. He allowed them
| to remain chained for three hours.
Next morning they were only too glad
TO get to work.
The statute says that when convicts
refuse to work they may be punished
| by solitary confinement and dieted on
bread and water, or In any other man
ner the commissioners court may di.
rect. The commissioners court of Dali
las county directs that they be chained.
l.. W. SIMPSONS STATEMENT.
The morning | was chained up Mr..
Forester said he punished IN 3 for using
insulting language to Mr. billiard, one
of the guards. Going to work one
morning found a file, and Mr.. billiard
asked me to let him see 1t, and did
so. In q few minutes ] asked him to
give il back To me, but he then threw
1t away and said nothiUg. and i told
him he would look better splitting
rails than guarding prisoners. He got
mad and spoke something about fight
| ing. II Mr.. Forester has any ill-will
or malice toward me, he has never
shown 1t. know that | did wrong in
speaking to the guard as l did, and
knew that ] deserved punishment.
TIE punishment was not 80 bad az
might be imposed. j Jared very well.
got little tired standing all day.
o .herwise did not suffer, and the fol-
lowing day one Of the prisoners got
away out OF the gang Mr.. billiard
was working, and / heard Mr.. For.
roster say that he disch arsed Dillsrd
for letting the prisoner escape am
thoroughly convinced that Mr.. For
roster punished me for using insulting
language 10 the guard.
l.. w. SIMPSON, Prisoner.
Mrs. Daniel Clark Of Waco went to
Mayor Brown this morning and stated
that several days ago her husband
came to Dallas to seek employment
and, not having heard from him, che
chIut 10 NUM- MN up t7up iuit hti
stated that she had two small children
with her aud was without the means
of getting anything for herself and
them to eat. The mayor gave her al
order for 81 worth Of provisions. She
hiss 80 far not found any one who has
seen or heard Of her husband in the
city.
The order OF knights OF the Colder
Rule met at their hall last night, aut
installed the following officers for the
ensuing term: Post Commando
Thatcher was the installing officer j
II. Porter. commander; j. H Bumpas
vice-commander; William kingan
; prelate; p F. Barrett, master.at-srms
g. NJ. Swink. secretary; l. Wagner
treasurer William Bustrip, herald; +
Sehupbach, warden; A. II Llvings
ton, sentinel.
The prize fight which was TO hav'
come CIR next Saturday night has beer
40 changed as not 70 make prize fight
The parties have changed II SO tina
the ST. Joe kid undertakes, for a stake
/. of $3.50. to kuock out the Bickam mar