Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-04
From DR.. Cooper.

Fort WORTH, TEX, Aug. 3.-Editor
GAZETTE In your issue OF the I'd inst.
appears a report of the arrest and incar-
ceration of one II. o. Henning, who wiz
o hers is charged with firing upon the
officers during the late labor troubles in
this city. As an argument TO show that
the fraternity to which it is said Henning
belonged assisted him in eluding the vigil
lance of the officers, and otherwise gave
him aid and comfort, you state that when
he was arrested there was found amdng
his effects travelling card signed my
self as master workman, etc, dat 4 July
3, $50. | wish it understood thu, / am
no apologist for crime. Ipresume ) those
who know me 1t is unnecessary to make
this statement. desire it further under
stood that on the 9th day of July, 1886,
the date which you state hemmin2's card
bears, l was sick IN bed and wholly IN
able to transact any business whatever,
and as matter of fact gave my signature
| TO no card or instrument whatever. Let
| 1t be further remembered that after the
| lst day of July, 1886, / was not master
] workman Of any assembly, and was not
invested with power and authority to sign
| travelling cards. | have no recollection
Of Hemmlng personally, but | do not
| deny that 1t may &c possible he has in his
possession such card bearing my official
! signature. 1t is well known
that immediately after the strike a con-
siderable number of railroad men left the
city, seeking employment. These men
invariably requested their travelling cards,
and among the great number thus crowd
ed upon me, each camoliDg for preced-
ence, and this at the brief moments that
interviewed in the hall during the hour of
business, rendered the situation at times
very annoying, and | may have signed a
card for MIR. Henning. la many in
stances, the demand being so frequent, /
signed transfer and travelling cards with
out critical examination, which
is quite natural In this connec-
ton | will state that at no time
have l knowingly, here or elsewhere,
signed any instrument for any person, OF
otherwise aided to Illustrate he law in
the detection and punishment of any
otfense And am not prepared TO be.
lieve that THE GAZETTE, or any other
journal in this city, would promulgate
such an intimation for the purpose of do
Ing me an intentional injustice. Very
respectfully, j. J.. CoorER, M. d.
Those Fisher county Surveys.
SToNEwAII COUNTY, Tx, July "a
1856. Editor GAZETTE DEAR SIR-En
closed hand you a sketch OF portion O.
blocks aud 3, Houston Texas Contra
Railway company surveys in Fisher
, county, showing old corn, is Of worl
. done In 1874. Those marked With circle
in red were identified by the witness,
trees, which the supreme colrt has de.
; cided must control in all subsequent
, work. For some reasons The origina
} work was not correctly done, and wher,
; mistakes are found the distances ar,
+ nearly always too snort, as Shown Ia thC
] sketch.
t The work of locating the settlers wa.
4 done by several surveyors, none OF whom
a had all the field noted, and II was natura
: that they, too, should make errors. The,
; would start from some known corner snC
$ run fun distances, often In variation
r that was not borne out by the origina
r work. besides, we find that most of tn,
! sections contain excuses, while IN IN,
e original work many of the surveys do no
J, contain $40 acres. We find the discrep
r encles in improvements ranging as higl
d as 1902 varss, as shown In sections Il an,
+ ~, and about 100 in the improvements II
e section ll2, which is the property of Mr.
y Napier, whose house, cistern and cas-
Il fence-line are more than mil
y from the line OF old corner
e west OF it and are the Improvement
8 referred to In MIR. Giddings' letter. Tn
II surveys that do not contain GAO acres III
e in turns, and attect railroad land an,
5 school land alike We place the narroY