San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-29

EX-ALDERMAN BOLTON
Sends a Clear Statement From San
Francisco as TO His Sudden
Departure from San


Francisco as TO His Sudden
Departure from San
Antonio.
The morning paper prints news of
ex-A lderman Bollon's whereabouts
and gives that gentleman an inter
view, through their san Francisco
bureau, which interview places AL
derman Bolton very nearly in the po-
sition that the LIGHT took when his
disappearance was published and Is
greatly at variance with what the
other city papers maliciously pub
lished about him when his absence
first became known to them.
Mr.. Bolton is in San Francisco, Mrs.
Bolton is In San Antonio and her lit
tie property here is now advertised
for sale at sacrifice. Mr.. Bolton
said:
In the first place l deny the statements
made in the article in toto. All of them
are false. The article was inspired by
some one with the intention of injuring
me here"
Il was in the furniture business at San
Antonio, and q snort time ago made an
assignment without preferred creditors.
The statement that ] left the town with
$4,000 is untrue, and as matter of fact
left with less than $500 in money which
my wife had saved. idoverdraw at the
Maverick bank, but the transaction COW
cred the months of June, July and Au-
gust and it was done with the knowledge
and consent of the bank officials. l
had been depositing with the bank two
years. / never had any dealings through
paper with the Texas National
bank and never got cent from it.
THE direct cause of my assignment
was draft through that bank upon me
for 81 800 which could not meet. From
City Assessor FraSch | borrowed $500 in
March, 1887, securing him by notes.
made one payment of $500 on that, leav-
ing a balance of 81 COO, for which he now
holds a note. In the same date borrow
ed $500 from Jacob Kuhn, who is my
brother-in-law, and gave him note. |
have made payment of 800 on that.
Both these parties held notes signed by
my wife and myself three years ago.
Il don't owe any other person in San
Antonio cent. So far as the secret soci-
cites are concerned, have not been an
officer in one of them for three years. |
resigned my position as alderman on the
day of my departure by formal note to
the city clerk. The loan mentioned, |
know nothing about. was twenty years
in the regular army and went into bust
ness at San Antonio afteJ my discharge in
1885. left San Antonio TO start over on
the coast. My liabilities there were
something like $4,000 and my assets were
about s14,75O, putting the goods at whole
sale prices. There was no desire or inten-
ton to defraud, and it is a sad ill-fortune
that this piece of vindictiveness should
have received circulation. The San
Antonio papers up to the 21st inst, have
had nothing to say about it, showing that
they don't believe it. | am entirely limo
cent of all the charges"
What his future plans are Mr.. Boil
ton does not say. He had secured a
position in the Vancouver Island
United States quartermaster's de-
partment when the publication of
his departure reached there and his
appoin tment was revoked. He GER
tainly has some very merciless enemy
or enemies in San Antonio, where be-
fore he was very popular and much
sought after.