Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-02-25
SIMPSONS SIDE.
He Returns to Dallas and Meets
All Accusations,
ARRESTED ON ONE CHARGE,
But He Promptly Gives Bond With Promine Mt
Men as Sureties.
He Owes Money and Doesn't Deny it, but
Says He Has WrorSed No One,
but Has Been Slandered
by the Papers.
ARRESTED ON ONE CHARGE,
Col. simpson Arrested.

Special to the Gazette.
| DALLAS, TEX. Feb 1S-The city has
been stirred to its depths to-day by sensa-
tional talk, rumors, ETC., in regard to Col.
james 5. Simpson, who was known to have
| arrived in the city this morning from Hot
Springs. A little later on, when he was
| arrested on the charge of ENLIGHTENMENT on
! an affidavit sworn out by one Thomas +.
| Binnie, representative of the Scottish
| American mortgage company limited, of
| which company Col. Simpson was the
agent, street corner talk about the matter
| became general The following is q copy
| of the warranJ upon which he was arrested:
The State of Texas, County of Dallas
| Personally appeared before the undersigned
! authority, Thomas F. Binnie. Who after
being by me duly sworn deposes and says
| that James =. Simpson, in the county of
! Dallas, and state of Texas, on the 31st day
of March. 1891 was the agent of the Scot
| fish American mortgage company, limited,
private corporation, created by virtue of
| the laws of Great Britain and ireland, and
| having its principal office in the city of
| Edinburgh, Scotland, and doing business in
the state OF Texas by virtue of a permit
| from said state and the said James B.
| Simpson did then and there fraudulsntly
embezzle, misapply and convert TO his own
| use without the consent of the said incor-
porated company or any officer thereof GER
| tain money of said company Of the amount
| of S2S, coo in current money Of the United
States of America, the denomination of
| which is unknown to af1iant, which said
money had come into the possession of the
said j. 8. Simpson by virtue of his said
| agency aforesaid, contrary to the form Of
the statute made and provided, and against
| the peace and dignity OF the state.
THOMAS T. BINNIE.
| Sworn to and subscribed before me this
10Th day Of February, A D., 1892
]. D. FoURAKER,
Notary Public, Dallas County, Tex.
Filed this 10th day of February, A. D.,
| 1892. e. S. LAUDERDALE,
Justice of the Peace.
Col. Simpson promptly gave the required
| bond of $1,000, j. B. Adoue, president of
the National Bank of Commerce. and NJ. l.
Robertson. the son-in-law Of Mr.. Simpson,
| going on his bond.
COL SIMPSONS STATEMENT.
Your reporter sought an interview with
Col James B. Simpson this evening and
asked him if he desired to make state
ment or answer to the charges made in the
St Louis Republic and he promptly and
courteously gave the reporter the following
statement in refutation of the charges
made.
81 hardly know how to characterize the
SANDERS of the st. Louis Republic. Prob
ably to take them up seriatim would be
best. This paper asserts that, I obtained
$50, 600 on duplicate note, the original of
which had been paid. This is lie, pure
and simple. The next assertion is that
own vast tracts of land and a hundred
houses and lots in Dallas, but that these
are mortgaged for more than they are
worth. l have no vast tracts of land mort
gagged, but have mortgaged two or three
farms and several properties in Dallas for
certainly not more than 80 per cent of their
present value. This execution of mort
cages in Texas has not heretofore been
considered d crime.
De-,
worst features of my collapse is that a
great many poor people purchased homes
from Simpson upon his assurance of clear
title. answer this by saying that 1 know
of not lot in the city sold by me for a
home with even a cloud upon the title, IN
less the Aspley claim could be SO con-
sidered
"The next charge is that two British loan
companies each suffered loss of $50, 600.
This is untrue or at least partially untrue.
If 1t means that these companies have lost
through bad loans or upon property that
they have been forced to foreclose, it is
probable that this may approximate the
amount, but as the books are in the COM
panies' hands 1 cannot state positively If
the paragraph means that owe these coU.-
panies this money, then the charge is IN
true, save rs to one company TO which there
is probably due, approximately, 5000.
There may be, and probably are, some |
odd items of interest due which
careless bookkeeping has caused
10 be overlooked. only desire to be adj
vised Of what these items are when the
books are checked up, The Republic next
asserts that tbs Weir plow company sold
me $50, coo stock of carriages on time and !
charges that this IS the next largest single |
loss. l simply state this TO be lie pure
and simple. paid the Weir plow company
every single dollar due on this stock Of bug
gies sold me
lit is not necessary to advert to the mali |
cious bosh about my being either en route |
to Europe or South America. This is mani |
festly lie and one on par with the silly
falsehood that l have gotten away with |
S50O.000.
1.-THE Republics last and most far-fetched |
lie is that built railroad for English |
capitalists and beat them out Of $4,000. !
This Is an unadulterated and bare-faced |
fssehood.
There are other malicious and untruthful |
insinuatlonS and covert charges that TO |
people in Dallas speak their own refuta- |
ton.
Il have lost very heavily in business mat
tiers ana owe many persons whom must |
ask to wait with some patience until l can
pay them.
Like other men in Dallas, Fort Worth |
and other large industrial centers, have |
lost by specializing in real estate and by |
pronounced shrinkage in values. stringency |
in money and the difficulty in realizing on |
any real property, but have Intentionally |
wronsed no one. and expect TO live in Dali |
las until every dollar due TO my creditors |
is finally paid.n