Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-04
THE HOLLAND CASE.
The Defendant Is PLACED on The stand
and Reviews the story Of the
killing.
History Of tho Hawdast sSlndie- How 4
man was made 20 neilsve Tie
Could Hwy Fortune.
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Special 70 tho 0arotts.
NKw YonK, March Among Texans
who attended Hollands trial TO. day were
II q. Buckner, ID. II. Meade, John n
Montgomery, y, A. Smons, s. NJ Raw.
r, l.. Grinneli aud w ID. Crossley. Davis
came In shortly after the prisoner. lie
took up a position directly opposite Ilol.
land and looked squarely IN the face OF
his brothers. slayer and shook his head
monaclnsly.
"You butcher mutiered Davis Ms no
walked outside the railing and took A
scat among The spectators
Lawyer Makemson offered a. evidence
the dispositions OF merchants, hank.
crs and professional men who live
I IN Abilene ~ 20 the character OF Holland
Among the men of Abilene who swear
I that Holland Is law-ahidlng citizen.
honest and good tempered and an nrna.
Sent TO Texas society are T.. ! lin, dis.
( trict attorney, Utto w Stenns and G..
w. Merchant, bankers, and George r.
( Phillips aud II. \. Moore, merchants.
I The most important deposition In lloI-
lands behalf was that of GOV, ireland OF
( Texas. He dcposed that for three years
I be had been governor OF the state Of
I Texas and mad resided IN the cliy of
Austin during that time He had known
the prisoner not Intimately. However,
\ he could swear 20 his knowledge OF llol.
lands good character and honesty. lie
I knew him 10 be man holding the highest
esteem by his fellow citizens
I There was a stir In the court when the
clerk called James \. Holland to the
stand. All eyes We're turned straight
/ 20 SEQ the prisoner. lie testified
I In clear voice and without nervousness
"Nly name IL James 4. Holland am
! thirty.throo years old and was born ia
Leon county, Texas. My mother and
/ father are both dead aud have no family
Until nineteen worked on farm aud
went TO schools then went 60 Jewotl
aud Kept books for J II beavitt 4 90.
| Five years after | bought an interest In
\ the grocery business. sold out and
went to keeping books again and thon be.
I gan dealing In cotton. When the town
1 OF Abilene was established ih 1880 went
thcrc aud bought real estate and then
started In the saloon aud live stock trade.
/ Last June n man la Texas, Mr. Harvest,
! told me how he WAS swindled ont ot $1,000
/ IN New York by the snwdust men
+. 1 was coming to New York
TO see the city aud Hu
was going at the same time. had
promised Harvest 20 see how the saw,
/ dust game was PLAYED and iany one trioc
to sell me $1,000 of good money for $500
/ ! would buy 10 and not let Il be changed
for sawdust,"
After telling Of his arrival In New
York with lllll and the negotiations
through Butler, the go.betweon of IN,
Davis brothers, Holland said; Hi anC
/ went to the Reade street entrance The
door was opened and "Tom" Davis said
GLOW do you dor Come in" He tolt
Butler he could go Davis told Inc e
examine The money II lay Ia piles OF
the desk against the wall lad o., 3,
and 50 bills, and compared them will
the money on the desk. also examined
the supposed money with magDifylnl
glass. Davis said; "Do you like ltY'
and I replied that | did. Laughter
Davis said that he had supposed that
wanted to Duy some and that he woulC
sell me s. 900 for $500. lie said that
could pack II and he would 20 along q
the express Office and ship II for me. liz
asked me II Hin would buy and said
didn't know. AfterHome other little con
yersatlon he said h. would see me nexi
day al the Merchants hotel lie showed
me clipping from newf
paper, In which IL appeared
that the authorities at Washington could
not tell his money from genuine, Davis
said: "Thcre is 10000 here on th,
the table You count the one dollar bill
and ! Will count the others.n We tiec
them up He said "llorc's the money
where il yours2r "lIere,n | said, TAX,
ng out the $500, We can put the money
in bag and tic II up | wanted 10 gd
out after paying him the $500. He said
that J cogidn't go out with the bag
Ihcn picked II up and started 20 20
Davis said; "You can't go out, Their,
are two men In the next room and yot
can't get out with that money llt
caught hold OF me and said 81 will XII
youn Some one In the uext room said
'lLill the ---.n | threw the bag on the
desk aud pushed Davis of He made
Tor me again | fred at him, lie fell
Ina moment I heard noise behind me
as thought | turned and fred In tina
direct on had dililculty IN opening
the door 20 get out. walked dow
the street ana was arrested,