Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-21
BjDSOU TALKS BACK.
,.uioe to the Front for the First Time
a. 4 Defense Of That Cattle
Transaction.
That His Bond Amply Secured
= II. Randolph for the Amount OF
the Forfeiture.
manages to be sought for the In.
: reference of the United States
Authorities.

:. ~ r. Hudson of Bosque county
,dln the city yesterday from Will
county, where he had been on
Z ~ connected with the 2O0O head of
N, attached by L. V, +. Randolph of
81 Jersey ,
y yeporter and made the following
ssis true that Mr.. Randolph paid me
I I'M nm A contract by which | was TO
a 55Op head of cattle at
\ \ York ranch, forty miles from
\ Memo, for the faithful performance
.Aich contract ! gave bond. | gath
lino head Of cattle and started ON
a ANA, intending to get the rest of the
a .s6lof The state. found | could not,
d .Seount of delay, deliver the cattle on
]. percontract, and told Mr.. Mathis,
n n aas acting for Mr.. Randolph, to wire
rst fact. knew It was now
4 .s.nl with Randolph whether he
.yred the cattle or whether he
,oud sue for the forfeit on the bond,
t'aTneyer sold head of cattle until
j AMI found | could not deliver them
N knew had already forfeited. Before
.d any cattle had Mathis telegraph
{v,niolph that | would meet him at Fort
INoytb Cleburne or elsewhere to talk the
after over and adjust 1t. | also sent
4 Oer Invitations to Randolph to meet
/ M bat he always refused and replied he
ared nothing to do with me and
roud not talk it over. can
.ly prove that had all the
,rle in Throckmorton county claimed
N have when | made the statement to
&lp. was delayed in delivering the
&aue first twelve days at the Bra2os and
! len sixteen days at Red river, when |
4 r,st up the river in the hope of crossing
&soner, and this is why | was off the
HnlI. These delays took up all the time
Il lad in which to make the drive of the
n sue from Fort Worth to the place of de-
nep, so was utterly impossible for me
b comply with the contract. was Will
n and offered Mr.. Randolph to pay him
ID $4,000, which he proposed TO be done,
r. uthe then refused to take it, wanting in
5 aitlon all his expenses and the money
ID had paid out since he had been in
Texas His attorney aftcrward made me
Aaeaer 10 compromise ut 500 900, which
va again willing to do, but when the
uc came Randolph again refused to
aa the amount,
III "When the cattle were taken charge of
4 he soldiers and Indians they We're on
tail being driven to the Dominion
iiile company's range, where | had
pie arrangements they should be Win
rd On the ground that | was a tres
sSr they drove the cattle seven
reit miles in the Territory, and
pa iorty-three miles across Greer
aniy into Wilbargcr county, where
Hf were attached. These cattle
sN not mine but belonged to my
eher, b. f. Hudson, for whom
was acting under power
allOrney OF course, my brother Will
Protect his property and repevn these
uc During the drive from the Ter
eE to Texas the soldiers killed cattle
ileei for the Indians, rode the horses
wv, scattered the cattle and lost many
n laen, and all this time my men were
tael arrest According to statements
N men who saw the cattle and the way
" were treated, they are damaged So
head suit will be brought
AnSt the parties who have done
wrong, for the cattle were on the big
q public highway, and were not
elassing.
nj nave always made a living without
}ug anyone, and don't have to begin
am known in this country for
n as'lNe years, and have always man
treat all men fairly and squarely
ne given Mr., Randolph n good and
Tleat bond for his money, and he
METER try the civil law to
WI what damages he may have
salned before he tries to blacken the
h aNrr OF those who are trying to dc
NJ i right.
wan, 1t distinctly understood that
~ 10 compromise the matter before
slit was brought.
w kandolph's course in trying to gel
nVlrY is a sort OF double barrcled
'e' nc sues on the bond in the United
A@ courts and then tries the crimina
N Texas. This is not the
I, sase Where men have failed to com
m contracts; If it was there would
necessity for bonds. II would have
I'M PERFECTLY proper for Mr.. Randolph
waited and seen If he could not
Ia plected his money from the bond
/ ~ randolph tried his best TO get the
MI megally sending two bodies OF
4 NY men to bulldoze the men with my
cattle, but the men knew theil
20 The hulldozing racket wouldn't
NJ I'm Informed that $500 was Offered
VI Ise never rushed into the papers
ghs, but Mr.. Randolph is saying
a viii have people hear tn,
WY Of the whole transaction.