Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-01
DALLAS.
Transfer Company Attached CoIored
Washerwcman's Twenty FiVs
Thousand Dollar Lott
a. L. Smiths statemsnt as TO the Cause of
His Arrest on the Charge of En-
bszzlement-OOurt Notes.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Jan. 3I,-G. W. Brooks
ran an attachment to-day on the. Dallas
Transfer Company for S495.
civil suit was instituted in the Dis
trict court OF Dallas county in 1883 OF
tcespass to try title brought by W. G.
Patty against HOPPE Thompson, colored
wssherwoman, who purchased the lInd
in 1868 for $50. The property is now
valued a. $4,000. The plaintiff claimed
thSt Isaac Thompson, Hopie's
husband, sold him the property
and gave him deed signed
by himself and his wife. Hopie's
defence was that her husband beat and
forced her to sign the deed. Judge
Aldridge instructed the jury to find for
HOPPE still owns her S25,000 lot.
Mr.. A. L. Smiths statement as TO the
cause OF his arrest on the charge Of en-
bezzlement at the instance Of Mr.. J. L.
Miller is, that he and Mr.. Miller were
friends aud associated together in the
Nutlock Company of Chicago, and that
Miller asked him to aid him in the sale of
his shares of said company, Smith
bought Miller's shares and sold part
OF same for more than he
paid Miller. Mr.. Miller was dis
satisfied with the transaction and claimed
that he should hsve received the differ
ence between what S NTH sold and what
he paid Miller; or, in other words, Miller
was in a tight place financially and
wanted to sell his stock in the 'Shillen-
berger NutIock Company of Chicago, ILL.,,
and Smith, coDVersant with the circum-
stances, purchased seventy shares and
all OF Miller's claim against the company,
amounting to seventy more shares,
making in all 14e shares for
5000, delivering the money TO Mr.
Miller. Mr.. Smith says he re-
marked at the time: "Miller,I lave been
at some expense and trouble in coming
over here (Corsicana) and think it is
worth about 800. This amount was
agreed upon, Mr.. Miller demurring some
what, receiving $3.50. This transaction
was last October. Mr.. Smith sold seven
ty shares for 1928, which left him profit
OF S146 and gamer OF seventy shares.
This is what Mr.. Miller claims is due him
the difference between 5000 and the
SIPS and seventy sharee-clsiming that
Smith acted as his agent.
E. d. E2ston was arrested this after
noon on the charge of forging bills of
lsdiDg on the Texas and Pacific Railroad
Company in the cotton tswindIing trans
actions IN which Joseph Loenstien was
recently tried and acquitted. Esston was
the freight agent of this road at the time
the alleged bogus bills Of ladipg on which
money was obtained were issued to
Baum & Co. and was taken to Sherman
tonight where he will be tried.
In May last Mr.. Lee Adair married g
widow lady in Montgomery county
Texas, and removed to Dallas county
Adair lived with his wife ur months,
and one day he took his family to 8
neighbours to await his return. They
waited long and patiently. Adair never
returned and the good people Clipped in
8 few days ago, and Mrs. Adair, sad, !
but perhaps wiser woman, started for |
the home of her relatives in Montgomery
County. 1t is said that Adair has mar
ried and deserted three wives.
= Judge Pardee opened United States |
Circuit court this morning, and called the |
equity docket. Cases went over until to-
morrow. The findings in the case OF
William D. Foster ct al. vs.. Texas and |
Pac fic Railway Company, that was filed |
by Judge Pardee in lsst November, |
have been published. To-day the decree |
in this case was submitted. The case
was dismissed to-day st the cost Of com
pIainsn]s, and the defendants will get |
back all the costs paid out BY them.