The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-08
a DAMAGE SUIT.
What Mr.. Cleveland Says About One
brought Against Him.

Among the set cases in the civil district
court, published on Tuesday in The Post,
appeared that OF A. W. Underwood vs..
w D. Cleveland & Co. Plaintiff seeks to
recover damages in the sum of Si0,55o
| because OF removal of the body OF Emma
G. Underwood, wife of plaintiff, from the
old Filth ward cemetery. near the Cleve-
land compress. TO a cemetery some dis
tallce away, established by Mr.. Cleveland
for the reception OF bodies from this tract
of land, as he claimed 1t by purchase and
desired 70 use It in connection with his
coiaHress
Cleveland and questioned him about the
nature and object Of the suit.
nature aud object Of The suit said MIR.
t'isveifsii, as [ am unable 70 imagine
what ground there can be for damages Of
any sort hut believe 4 grows out Of
we have purchased some land and built
d cotton warehouse and compress. Among
our real estate purchases were some lots
which had heen used Tor a cemetery,
largely by eolored people, in a scattered
sort of q way, without regard to bound
uries or ownership Of the property and
With few marks Of Identification. We have
a clear title to the property, and as a
matter Of right we think we could have
iplpughed up the ground from one end to
tie other. but Wishing 10 spare the fecl~
ings Of those who had relatives buried
there we first provided five acres OF ground
further east, just outside the city limits.
which We sold on nominal terms to the
representatives of the largest portion OF
those Interested with the understanding
that q separate tract should be reserved
< for white people, should they desire to
mote their friends there.
1--WE then arranEed TO have the bodies
removed, with the consent and co-opera-
ton Of those Interested, nearly all OF
whom stfefrcd to consider the removal
very satisfactory to them inasmuch as II
gave them chance to care for their dead
NJ Z place reserved for that purpose while
before they were scattered at random all
over other peoples property, and subject
10 descrafion BY animals and other causes
we bought the property twelve months
ago and wanted 70 use II then. but out
Of confederation for those whose friends
We're biIrled there. have been making En-
forts since that time 10 -f,r- the consent
and ad OF those Interested
How does II happen that the nlafntlff
I'm this suit claims damages for disturb
ing the reniains of his wife7"
We are prepared to prove that the
grave IN which he claims TO have been
Interested could not be identIfed BY him,
but kl1at on the contrary this grave WAS
sisa}t whose husband had been Inferred
tllhfe me body about which this suit was
brought was claimed by this colored wo-
man as thai Of her huHband and by her
pointed out for the purpose OF fdentinca-
ton. and there was no other means Of
Identification.
''M.e h&ye every reason 10 believe. that
resIdents q that locallty INSTEAD o. helns
desirouN Of annoying uH, feel that we have
been effecting substantial improvements,
Increasing the yalue of proporty and maxi
ing additional opportunities for employ
ment: rrt there nre always few excen-
lions tczeyery rule