The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-11
were sold to those who had alre dy
filed their applications, the awards be.

were sold to those who had alre dy
filed their applications, the awards be.
ing made nu he day OF he receipt of
notice. The applicatio 8 of w.
Thompson, E. r. Mclean, Il 2. Nc
LlughIin, F. n. Beattie, James Neil
and others were shown witness and
he wa4 ask, Il ii hey relot written
in The samu had, but Tie witnt IS re
phed that no did not know :
Witness protested t. the land COM
mi .sioner that il the two eections were
sold to B0az he whole bl1cS should
/ he put on he maTksG. Witness didn't
rene n Der whether he told tho COM
mic siouer that these bands could not
! DO sold as detached, Uug knew there
had not bee1 sale up to That Time as
detached sections. Sales in Wharton
county to" Schwartz were made after
the Harris county lands. Schwartz is
the father.in law Of Harris in the
school land department. Schwartz
bought two SECTIONS in Wharton and
twl in Liberty county.
Cross examinatiou-The applica-
tons of Sch warz came to witness In
due course of business. The applica-
tious were presented by Harri s, but
came from one desk to the Other,
There was no collision about the mat
ter. Witness testified that Thomas
f. Taylor, one of the applicants for
the Harris county land, lived in Aus
tin and was not an actual settler; and
the same was the case with the others,
The policy of the office was to treat
| lV oil r.
Their questioned by the defense Tor the
purpose of showing that the Liberty
county lands were not fit tor settle
ment because they were low and
swampy.
Redirect examination - Witness
was shown nine applications from olti'
zens of Liberty county for detached
sections, which were rejected, because
of prior sales.
There were two applications from
College Station - Abundance and
Riser. Witness testified that Fried
haus and his wife applied for mum
Der of sections, but the commissioner
ruled that his wife could not buy.
1t is true that Harris told witness
to 90 ahead and sell the Wharton
land to Sch wartz on the dead quiet
The commissioner was not there a.
the time this remark was made. AL
applications were acted upon in &C
cOrdauce with the rules OF the office
Witness knew that in the case of {
section of land in Fort Bend county
the preference was given to an actua
settler who made proof that ne had
settled on the land and improved 1t
Here etter was read from the com
missioner notifying BOaz that unless
he compromised with r. I. Carroll
the actual settler in Fort Bend, hi
application for the same section woulC
be rejected.
The chair reminded the counsel OF
both sides that they were conductlns
the examination in very loose anC
irregular manner.
w. G. Thompson was called by thu
state. Witness testified that he re
sided now in Houston, but had livet
on section % in Liberty for the pur
pose of making it his home. HaC
made application to the county CLERK
and had made arrangements to build
Could not buy the land because reply
came from the land office that it hat
been sold to Wilgus.
Cross examipation-Witness frs
went to Liberty county in January
1892, and was engaged until May o
that year in raising sunken steam
boat. After trip to Tennessee wit
ness returned 10 Liberty county ant
attemuted to get the land as settler
Richard Marshall of Houston, wal
next put on the stand, by the state
Had been living in Houston excep
: about 10 days. Witness made applica
ton in June to the county clerk o
Liberty county, and gave an order TO-
lumber, which was delayed by tht
burning of mill. Application wal
made to the commissioner, but reply
came that it was sold to Wilgus.
Cross Witness came
from Kentucky originally, was a mer
chant. When first came to Texas
lived at Velasco a short time and the1
at Dayton in Liberty, where he en-
gagged in business. Had been engaged
with the National Oil company sine
Aug. 1892. Witness intention of going
to the land was to live on it and &c
cure it They took cooking utensil
and other necessary things.
Redirect examlnation-Wilgus ha(
enioined the witness from building
his house. Thompson's house wa
nearly completed when the injunction
was filed. Wilgus had made no pre-
paration to occupy the land as al
actual settler.
Major Walton asked the consel TO
the tate if they could say W hen they
wouldbe through with the in
ton of witnesses.
Representative Henderson said they
would be through tomorrow probably
Message from the governor appoint
ing R. s. Neblett, s. A. Pack, j. s
Gill of Navarro county as board o
: managers of the State Lunatic asylum
: was received and Thursday fixed fo
: exec tive session.
Adjourned till 3p m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
> The senate met at p. m. as a court
f Senator Jester moved that the cour
take a recess of ten minutes in order
to pass the general appropriation bill
which had just been reported from
the house. Carried.
The bill was referred to the finance
committee, who amended by substi