The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-01-17
THE OTHER SIDES STORY
ON THE MINERAL WELLS ARRAY
Which Has so Engrossed tho Attention of
the Natives since Last Noysm-
Der - A Counter Statement
Properly Authenticated.

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notice an article under the heading OF
allow it Happened" "The Affair ut
mineral Wells" purporting to be from,
''leading citizens" of the town, and con,
tradicting the report of the affair as
given by special, Immediately after the
occurrence.
Now, let us see whs the leading citi-
Zens are who signed this letter. They
consist of the city mayor, city attorney,
city marshal aud deputy marshal, and.
with the exception OF about five citi-
gems, whom | doubt knew ANYTHING
about the affair, the rest were ali mem.
bers OF the Shot-gun gang, as they are
Familiarity called here.
1t is truly said that no two men ever
saw fight alike, ana especially il one
OF those two be one OF the party to the
fight, and AS the city attorney is the
author of the letter from ,"leaaing citi-
zens," 1t can be easily seen how the
gentleman looks at this affair, AZ he and
a few others OF our "leading citiZens,'
have brought all of this disgrace upon
US by making "a mountain of mole
hill"
In the first place, WIeading Citizens,
would have GU believe the young men
in question are set of outlaws, when
in truth and in fact they all beong To
the very best families in the country,
and there is not STAN on the character
Uf either one Of them.
so far as the Sport of the conduct of
the boys on the 9th of November.
"Leading Citizens" and myself, | think
we nearly concur, only in one thing.and
that is "Leading Citizens" grossly mus
represents facts 10y exaggerating every
thing, and reporting the boys OF having
been guilty OF many things they did
not do. Ills true they went into a ss-
loon in town while the proprietor was
out, but the doors had not been closed
against them, nor did tho proprietor OBJ
ject to their going in, as he said himself
they voluntarily paid dOuo ole for all thew
got. That load of guns that "IIeadinv
Citizens" speaks OF, consisted of one gun
that MIR. Millsap brought into town on
the morning of the 18th, having Dor
rowed the same from Mr.. Richards
kill some birds, and the oi snn wa ae
delivered to MIR. Richards as soon as
Mr.. Millsap aliyhted from his buggy.
and not stored away in the back room OF
asaloon as "Leading Citizensr would
have you believe.
In the second place, "Leading Citizens'i
says the boys had made threats to take
the town on or about the 25th. Now,
deny that, and upon the authority OF
both the mayor and city attorney them
selves, who told me on the morning of
the 18th OF December that the bows had
made no such threats, and the Young
men themselves have since said thai
such a thing was foreign to their
thoughts.
The city marshal was not powerless
on the Zith OF November, as "Leading
Cltlzsns" has 1t, but did not attempt to
make an arrest, but TO the contrary was
with the boys all day, and am not sure
but helped them to "paint the town
red" WV
AS far as the young men going west is
concerned they might have gone to
thelr ranches for a few days at time,
put were never out of the country mora
Than for few days, and could have been
FOUND AT home and in town almost any
day after the occurrence OF Novemser
n, last.
Harris, whom they say came into the
town on Christmas day with a lot OF
other boys, came in alone, and he, as
we'll as all the rest of the young men.
was unarmed, or else we might have
had a bloody scene on our streets.
whole matter Is this: That the corpora.
ton authorities by their General Dick
observation-disclosures policy have killed
the goose that laid the golden egg, as
was evinced ut the election on January
., TO decide whether or not
TO discontinue the CORPORATION
which resulted in nearly athree-fourths
majority for suspension of the corpora
ton.
Now, there are also some other lead
ing citizens In the city of Mineral Wells.
and you will please do mo tho favor To
publish their certificate, MS well as this
letter, with enclosed extracts from the
Mineral Wells Pilot. REPORTER.
we notice an article in the Dallas
HERALD, of the 9th, purporting 10 be
rom leading citizens of Min
eral Wells, and contradicting The
report, AS lelophoned 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, rs given Ia the
special OF the 10Th, was IA near correct
as IL could have been given, aud we had
hoped the thing had ended, but we fear
the article above named will breed hard
feelings on both sides, and prolong the
infamous trouble the corporation has
produced So much of.
As evidence of the fact that the 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 9th 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.
MINERAL WELLS, Jan. l0.-We, the
undersigned citizens of Mineral Wells
aud surrounding country, certify that
we have rssd the account of the difficulty
~ this place on the 25th of December
last, az given In the Dallas HERALD and
Fort Worth Gazette of the 9th, and be.
neve 1t to be correct in every particular,
the letter of the Both ut, from "Lead
ing Citizens" to the contrary.
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