The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-18

The grand jury has returned mot a
true bill' in the case of w. l.. Freeman
whom tho Union Pacific company had
indicted for grand larceny, and who was
held in the sum of $3.50, to appear at
this term of court. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Freeman after having paid
what he supposed was the full rate on
presented with an additional bill of $35
on arriving at The Dalles. This sum
Mr.. Freeman refused to pay and on the
refusal of the company's agent at this
place to deliver up the horse till this
amount was paid, Mr.. Freeman took
the horse out of the car and led him to
5 the residence of the Rev. Mr.. Roberts
near this city. Having done this Mr.
Freeman returned to town, as he says, to
see what could be done to have an ami
cable settlement with the company when
he was arrested and held to answer for
the crime stated above. The following
is Mr.. Freeman's account of the affair
which has not been published up till
now in order that the case might not be
complicated in any way before the grand
jury:
''After having disposed of my horses
! In the east l purchased stallion to
bring back with me. This horse being
agent of the Union Pacific at st. Joseph,
short time before shipping, to learn
their terms for such horse to The
Dalles. Mr.. Adsit replied that it was
according to what valuation was put up
on the horse that if 1 would value the
horse to the company, in case of acci-
dent for 500 the cost of shipping would
be $40, that is in case of wreck if the
horse got killed 1 would only get 800
from the company if 1 shipped him at
this rate, that if 1 valued him at 5000 it
would cost me $125 and if higher would
have to make a special contract with the
agent at Omaha. Thinking that one or
two hundred dollars would be no recon-
pense for such horse / concluded to
take the risk on myself and ship him at
a valuation of 500. The horse was at
first loaded in low car that bumped
his head When / saw this 1 went to
the freight office and aeked for a higher
car. The man addressed, y who seemed
to be acting as agent came and took a
look at the car and on seing the
cramped condition OF the horse ordered
a higher car, remarking as he looked at
the horse: THAT is good horse. .
This same man who had thus seen the
t,0rSo o,d luaU xUbat he waS made ont
my contract. and paid him what it
called for-$70 and started for home. No
one inspected the horse at any time
after till came to The Dalles. When
got to Julesburg, Colorado. / un-
loaded the horse and kept him there
rived in The Dalles, without any fur
ther stop, on Friday night about ten
O'Clock. The horse was side-tracked
over by the old steam laundry and left
there till the following morning, when I
went to the yard master and tried to get
him to run the car up to the stock yards
platform where I could unload. The
yard-master informed me he had orders
to sidetrack the car where the horse
could not be unloaded till the charges
were paid. I told him there were no
charges, that all was paid. requested
that the company unload the horse and
keep him at my expense till the matter
of charges was settled but this was re-
fused and the car was again moved to a