The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-06-02
ARKANSAS PASS MUDDLE.
INVESTIGATION OF THE RECEIvEK-
SHIP BEGUN YESTERDAY.
The Charges Against Receiver Yoakum
Now Being Investigated Before the
Master in Chancery-0the
Cases to Follow
Special to The Statesman.

SAN ANTONIO Tex, ay 31.-The
investigation of the San Antonio and
Aransass Pass receivership nastiness
was Cd ay sbefore Master in
Chancery Fleming. The situation
stated briefly is, Receiver b. F. Yoa-
kun is charged with having bought
into the firm which has the contract
for supplying stone to the Galve n
jetties and with having a contract to
haul stone for the jetties at ruin
ously low rate, the inference being that
t Tpro would accrue to the benefit
of himself and partners. The bondhold.
ers of the road through their local p
resentatives back up the contract
for hauling stone to the Galveston jet
ties. In return Receiver Jane S c.
Namara is charged by the Yoakum
faction with misappropriation of the
roads funds and dissolute habits.
Auditor A. G. Cooper has been ar
rested under charge of embezzling
$4,000 of the roads money. He has
given bond in the sum of $4,000. The
charges against Receiver Yoakum have
been taken up first, because they were
preferred first. Before the master in
chancery today the only witness was
Receiver Mcnamara, who claims the
contract with the road to haul the
stone for the Galveston jetties, which
contract was made by receiver Yoa.
KUN, member of the jetty firm,
was below the rate A letter
from Superintendent Sands was
adduced. Sands is of the
opin;o On that the contract would have
been profitable. The examination of
Mr.. Mcnamara will be continued to-
morrow. The testimony and ques
tions and answers so far as taken down
would fill a book. The investigation
of the various charges will probably
take two weeks. 1t is feast for the
lawyers. A supplemental petition
asking for the removal of Receiver
Mcnamara was filed today by the
legal representatives of the re.organi-
zation committee. 1t II cites that dur
ing the last county and state election
$50, 900 of the roads money was ex-
pended for campaign purposes. The
Inference is that it was expended to
secure the election of Judge w. w.
King of the 45th district in whose
court the receivership is vested The
petition goes on to recite that in order
to carry the county a num-
ber of Mexicans were employed
to ballast the roa,' from San Antonio
90 miles north to the Kendall county
line, That while they were so en-
ployed that they were voted. That
a part of the line so ballasted was a
branch line very little used. That the
gravel which was used for ballast came
from Riverside Park, property own
ed by Receiver Mcnamara. that it was
furnished at price greatly in excess
of its worth, and that in the transac-
tion Receiver Mcnamara acted in the
name of the Riverside Park company,
of which he was member. 1t is some
what noteworthy that in all the scan
dial there has not been made one
open charge against Judge King, who
is generally regarded as jurist of ex-
ceptional capability and an honest
man, determined to do his duty. The
entire investigation was precipitated
by him and it is universally consider
ed that he will do his duty, whether
Receiver Yoakum is displaced or Re-
ceiver Mcnamara is diplaced, or Aud
itor Cooper is convicted, or all three
are acquitted of blame altogether. 1t
is looked on as the worst railroad
muddle in the history OF the United
States