San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-07-28

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Doueherty had threatened this surety
and tried to force him to Withdraw
and the surety positively refused t.
do so. AS matters now stood the
county was almost in anarchy, and
what next Was what perplexed Rus
sell and Dougherty. They were in q
qIuandary. Dougherty publicly stated
if he could put Odell In a position
soshe could not support his, family he
LDolgherty) would have sweet re-
yenge. & N,{h ~ ,i.1t ~
Russell and others approached Nc
Cabe, ayoung attorney recently 10.
oatedya It Hidalgo and insisted on his
accepting the position, then all par
ties came for ward and effected a
A compromises. 81 Eoy #ur tas'd M ,sT~tf..
McCabeb being, an entire stranger,
the people preferred to take chances
with himtratter than be Atyranized
over by Dougherty and Dougherty
finding it utterly impossible for him
to attain the position was equally
willing for McCabe to have the posi-
ton thinking perhaps he could bring
McCabe to serve his purpose. He
went so far as to circulate that Nc
Cabe was only a figure head and in
formed McCabe he must follow his
advice or he, McCabe, would be the
one to suffer. McCabe soon demon
| strated to the RUSSELL ougherty fac
ltion that he like Thompson had
a head of his own and to the utter
dismay and great discomfort of
Doueherty he picked up the Statute,
secured the opinion Of attorney gen.
FHogg on all ,contended points
and proceeded accordingly regardless
OF factions OF, parties, this was more
than Dohgherty could stand, and he
land his approached McCabe
with both smiles. and threats, but all
to no purpose. When Dougherty be-
came thoroughly convinced he could
not make a tool of McCabe his rage
was without bounds and his noble
sconntenancs. was sad to behold.
Again the third time Dougherty re-
ceived an inspiration. He again pro-
sceededstos ~ Brownsville whispered
into the willing ear of his honor that
McCaoe had pleased the people there
by winning the county to the great
political detriment of himself, and it
was a political necessity thai McCabe
fhust be checkmated or his w aspi-
rations could never be realized. He
also whispered into the ear of his
honor J. G. Russell that Judge Nc
.Cabe would moi obey his honor's
orders. What these proposed orders
werenone butthe RUSSELL Douglas fac
ton knew and this d~isobeying his hon
or's orders, like the order, originated
In the fertile depravify of Dougherty
and that for q purpose. Nevertheless
Russell acted In accordance with
Observation-Disclosures and early
Monday morning June 2nd. while the J
people:0f Hidslgo were in peace and
perfect quistadey Judge Russell like
the sWoop of the eaglepOn the cradle,
made his appearances accompanied
by a numerous. body of armed men
from Cameron County who took i'm
mediate possession of the court house.
judge MCabe at once called on
Judge Russell for N, explanation OIL
the presence Of this armed posse of
strange men. To this Judge Russell re-
piled he did not know any such posse
was In town, didsnot kpowswh8 they
were, or where they were from or by
whose authority present, but he after
wards remarked that q good
general never let his plans
be known, that he had come to
Hidalgo county to redress wrong
and brought this posse to enforce his
measures and that he had heard va
rious reports and was afraid his life
was In danger. To this commission
ers' court in q body called on his
honor, presented him with q memo
rial, and assured him of the peace of
the county, and further offered him
the entire county as a protection, and
to this end Judge McCabesissued q
writ to the sheriff commanding him to
summon fifty good and lawful men to
preserve the peace, and Immediately |
upon the return of this writ Judge |
McCabe called again on his honor and
offered these men to- hi" service, I
~whereupOn his honor called Judge l
McCabe and DIR. Headley, outlaws and1
other pet names and also accused
Judge McCabe of making certain dam-d
nable reports about him to certain state
officials in Austin Russell no doubt
had reference to his beiug on the
bench in a beastly condition at
the last November term of court
In Brownsville; or he may have had
in mind, on n occasion his
honor called on q prominent attorney |
in Brownsville and told this attorney
he would have to rule against him
| because 1t was a political emergency
or again, his honor may, have been
| thinking of the difficulty hefhad with
q certain driver of the Pena stage,
| Bat to return. to the business
of Russell's court. On Monday MORN
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