The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22
THE OTHER SIDES STORY
ON The MINERAL WELLS AffRAy,
which Has 80 Engro-sed tho Attention ~
the natives since Last NoSsm-
her - 4 Counter statement
Properly Authenticated,

/ HERALD. In your Issue OF the pth,
notice an article under the heading of
GLOW II Happened" "rho Affair At
mineral Wells" purporting To be from
pleading citizens" OF the town, aud con-
tradictlng the report ot the affair as
given by special, Immediately after the
occurrence.
Now, lot MS see who the pleading citi-
/ Gems are who signed this letter. They
| consist OF the city mayor, city attorney,
/ city marshal ana deputy marshal, and,
| with the exception of about hVe clti-
zens, whom | doubt knew anything
/ aOout the affair, the rest were all mon-
I bors vi the Shotgun gang, as they are
/ Familiarity called here.
IL is truly said that no two men over
saw "A light alike, aud especially II one
Oi those two he one of the party To the
| night, aud rs the city attorney Is tho
author of the letter from "leading citi-
zsuS," IL can be easily seen how the
gentleman looks at this affair, ~ he aud
! A few Others OF our "leading citizens
have brought all of this disgrace upon
us by making "a mountain OF mole
nill.h
In the first place, "Leading Citizens"
would have YOU believe the young men
| In question are u SET of outlaws, when
in truth and in fact they all betong IL
tho very best families In the country,
and there Is not II stain on the character
OF either one of them.
So far as the report of the conduct of
the boys on the 9th of November,
"Leadng Citizens" aud myself, | think
We nearly concur, only in one thlng,and
that is "Leuding CitiZens' grossly mis-
represents facts 10y eNagsorating every
thing, and reporting the Boys OF having
been guilty OF many things they did
not do. IT'S true they went into sa-
loon in town while the proprietor was
out, but tho doors had not been closed
against them, nor did the proprietor 90.
ject TO their going in, as he said himself
they voluntarily paid double for all they
got. That load 0E guns that "Losding
Citizens" speaks of consisted Of one gun
that Mr.. Nillsap brought into town ON
the morning OF the 18th, having bOr-
rowed the same from Mr.. Richards
a. day or, two before to
kill some birds, and the gun was
Mr.. Millsap alighted from his puggy,
aud not stored away in the back room of
Il saloon as "Leading Citizens would
have YOU believe.
In the second place, Leading Citizens"
says the boys h I'd made threats TO take
the town on or about the 18th. Now, l
deny that, and upon the authority of
upAu iiiG iltNOi ANU 'lbN "Gt'ihpN
selves, who told me on tho morning of
the 10Th OF December that the boys had
made no such threats, and the young
men themselves have since said that
such thing was foreign TO their
thoughts,
The city marshal was not powerless
on the nth of November, as "Lehding
Citizens" has it, but did not attempt TO
make an arrest, but u the contrary was
with the boys all day, and am not sure
but helped them TO "paint the town
red"
AS far as the young men going west is
concerned they might have gone to
their ranches for "a few days at a time,
nut were never out of the country more
than for a few days, and could have been
found at home and in town almost any
day after the occurrence OF November
y, last.
Harris, whom they say came into the
town on Christmas day with lot of
other boys, came IN alone, and he, as
well as all the rest OF the young men,
was unarmed, or Atse we might have
had bloody scene on our streets.
Now, Mr.. editor, the truth of the
whole matter is this: That the corpora
ton authorities by their General-Dick-
sboet-'em-on-the-spot policy have killed
the goose that laid the golden egg, as
was evinced at the election on January
o. to decide whether oor or not
which resulted in nearly a threefourths
majority for suspension of the corpora
ton.
Now, there are also somo other lead
ing citizens in the city OF Mineral Wells,
and you will please do mo the favor to
publish their certificate, as well as this
letter, with enclosed extracts from the
Mineral Wells Pilot. REPoRIER
Va tnn 10 in ~ a
Herald, of the 9th purrorting to be
from leading citizens Of Min
eral Wells, and coutl adicting the
report, as telephoned the HERALD, OF
the difficulty of the 25th, and 1T seems
that most of the signers to the letter
are either city officers or mon who were
engaged in the trouble. We have heard
reliable citizens, VINO did witness the
trouble, say the report, AS given in the
special of the 10Th, was as near correct
AK it could have been given, and we had
hoped the thing had ended, but we fear
The article above named VIII breed hard
feelings on both sides, aud prolong the
infamous trouble the corporation has
produced so much of.
AS evidence of the fact that tho corpo-
rate authorities were 10 blame for all
the mischief done here on tho 18th,
the young men who were arrested and
tried by The same power for violating
the peace and dignity of the city of
Mineral Wells on the eth of November
were all, without an exception, hon
Orably acquitted, which ought to show
the powers that once were where they
stand in this matter.
NJ NERAL WELLS, Jan. 10.-We, the
undersigned citizens of Mineral Wells
and surrounding country, certify that
we have Rad the account of the difficulty
AZ this place on the 25th OF December
t.,st hal "A