Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-05

1aspcr and Newton counties. res
iirrtiyar. 10 aet ~ claAsliers for those
irsn counties when BE- iirs wrai inlo
office KeiEt had surveyed these lHnd-
for ilie I,ariles and that was wlt "
was paid 50 pcr Dag ~ TIE iHahinnNi
fLrsc lands hecdnsc he ihonghi II VII,
legal and he had right Ia DO ~. lie
thn,t.bt ID wax for the hrsi iutVrr-i ~
the atrtr. He never SiW The inlsc GER
lilicnir that was presented u" jug
Branlcttr. Did not present 4 liihr.n
and wonil not present false frftih'
cali. under any circumstances. lie sign
III certificate TO the map, which was
correct In every particular. The chirt
drnughtsman. Mr.. Prrsler. said The man
was rorrecC An actual settler Who hhd
hourht seh0ol hand in Liberty comfy
had npplied 10 the land oihee for p.T-
mis-ion 10 boy the land without seiVe'
nrnt. as The land was not ~ for nan
ifntiou Witness was Informed That thr
Iinrfis cappty lands were covered with
water in SONS months nnd be- lil MOI
regard them AZ agricultural lands ~
fanne 10 fhis conclusion from frequent
inatiirv. He did what he. thought was
10 thr best Interest Of the state, iie
did not favor any man ~ ms pne'l
duties. but treated all ahke.
Witness asked Bnaz about the Harris
county land and Found ont TINT u was
hardly I'll for hahitation. Did not COW
SHIRE with DeCordoya, Buaz or hnybnlt
.isr and did not know that they hhu
bought any land. He put great eonh-
dencc In his clerks and felt IKE q father
to them all. The mining stock was EiNeh
son John without his knowlrnEs OF v"i
sent nnl he did not know whether u
wa. worth anything or not WITNESS 70
mcmbered talking with Roach nnd Say
Tor about the Liberty county sales. lhHy
said something about nm Investigation.
no replied That he courted IL; that be Ind
done nothing to br assigned OF MI
Harris asked witness II u were wrong
for his fnthcf-in-lnw 10 buy school lnuus
mud witness replied that there was no
law to prevent H. Witness did not know
of the sale "a Dufield until after j WIS
made These purchasers got M invors
over other people 50 far m the lnnd oliirc
II concerned
REORGANIZATION Only IN rare cases
arc parties permitted Ia remain IN the
office after onicc hours llnd knoNn
Williams for some time ana Snllun
brought n letter Of introduciGnn from Mr.
Donghcrty. fiiend ~ tlr witness
l<ellir aud lNOplcy applied 10 linn Tor
the position OF classihcrs, The re-fln~-i-
ticaii0n was made upon the Natclnrni
Of kcllie, no. under oath, lNellle wanted
10 be- employed 10 rt-clnsslly me lhlnlH
had destroyed much Of the timber. lpd
not remember the reduction made on
these lnnds He n-vnlned aud SOLD
these lands on the same day Did not
give uny opportunity dor competition
on these lands because he was not re-
anlred To do so. Witness had formerly
held TINT the Harris county lands could
be sold unly to actual settlers pldht
remember TO have said that he did not
know Of the sales until three weeks
after they were made, His son Iohu ana
Tho clerks advised him not in put the
lands on sale. lie did rcucnhcr TINT
h. said II he had known that his clerks
had dnhblcd IN The public lands he wonld
have cancelled the sales aud turned me
clerks out lie did not now think that
tho clerks had dOuc anything wrong
lie sold the Liberty county lands rs
detached sections.
Here witness was shown map ~
Liberty md Chambers counties ana re-.
un,,stcd To count the sections OF school
land At first he declined to count them
bnt then assentcd aud the question wa
not Insisted upon.
Before the state had finished with
the cross-examinalion thc court ad-
iournd.