Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-05

me ressram san o" TOP,
r.sa bottom fell with dun thud out
~ A Gamers attack upon the
s...r,er OF Manager Hoelzle OF the
r,anlnr Telegram yesterday. AS re-
IN, n the Gazette w. A. Garner is
\. manager OF an evening publica-
y. here. on an affidavit sworn out
= MIN the state arraigned c. w.
',oslde for swearing falsely to circu-
liam in an affidavit submitted with
Sid for the city printing. Garner was
h,dder for the contract. The Tele-
Fam got It. however.
m the day previous the court ruled
IA the state had to show that Mr.,
|r,eizle knowingly falsified the infor-
[,,aon on which he based his circula-
[.n atidayit. Garner and County At
|,pey Gillespie evlnced an eagerness
=, |, the State Printing company's
|oks and this evoked the courts
|lhg
| The state. in Diminishing the case,
not even call upon Mr.. Hoelzle to
|oluce his witnesses.
|rhs Garner attack collapsed before
blow had struck II.
'rse first witness was Henry Lyons.
|, testified he was assistant pressman
4 INC Gazette: acted as pressman dur
4 the illness OF regular pressman.
I,ye been with the paper since June
n on the 10Th, 2Sth and Both Of
4 we printed over 5000 copies Of the
lssram. The number varies Some
IA Il Is more and some days less
FL thls number. Mr.. STEELE keeps the
5mber OF papers printed. The press
listers the number OF papers print
During the month Of June the cir
Non nuctuated around 5000 copies,
4 on some days exceeded that figure.
HARRY smith. Was book keeper for
In Printing company; left its EN-
n two weeks ago. Made record
| he sums charged Telegram COM
any for printing paper Here the
hi again ruled that the books Of the
te Printing company were not
X psr evidence In this trial.
M S. r. Williams was recalled and
n haed as to the contract between
state Printing company and the
~ pgram company. The advertising de-
n tment would furnish him the aver
Il number OF kilograms printed dur
i the month, and the charge would
Il made accordingly. Could not state
II average circulation of the Tclo-
m
3. Golfer: On March 18th the Tele-
m's circulation outside the city Of
Worth was 100
hank Sprinkle: In June the Tele-
m had a circulation of between 1000
1900 inside the city The general
nge for the city was over 24OO and
laently went above 5000, and some
had been as high as 1900. He
knew Of the circulation Of the
81 Fort Worth; knew nothing Of
outside circulation.
P, Sprinkle: The daily circulation
NJ from day 10 day, but ranged
b 900 to 5000 and upwards. Know
llng OF the circulation outside the
10y Simpson. mailing clerk for The
Alle and Telegram. testified that
kept 4 record OF the outside circu-
% Of The Telegram; that for a
Aber Of days the outside circulation
he Telegram had exceeded 1900; he
peen mailing clerk of the paper
y began publication and at no
since 1t was started had he sent
ks than 300; he turned his lists
y the circulation man each day,
ovid not give the average clrcula-
q he did not keep in his posses
Re daily lists; he had frequently
Ne orders given by MIR, STEELE to
Fsssman, aud in many instances
Exceeded 5000
Ne stockett, testified he was at
lime engineer ON The Gazette and
Ram aud acted as assistant press
fhen his brother was sick. lie
lo1 give an average Of the cir
wv OF the Telegram, sometimes Il
~ ana sometimes over 1000, but
~ VAS regularly assistant press
~ only served as such at inter
enile his brother was sick. He
Ast state what the average cir
Aa o. the Telegram was and had
sans OF knowing. He had been
SEQ and had not been in the
Oh Inc state Printing company
/. .t,efal weeks, He had not acted
ss.e,llt FRESHMAN at any time ex-
sufihg the month OF March.
seSasit mad been assistant press
II me state Printing company;
y. now In their employ; was dis
~ apout the LIST of June. He
~ give the average circulation
a,.1lslsstam during the time lie
- sa''aht pfessman. -Four or Ave
fau papers may have been print
ne was there. Mr.. w. A,
& =, .n"hager Of the Evening
~ s"ore out the afiidavlt upon
!, w present prosecution was
(. u Questioned him about the
, OF the Telegram several
arr- stelle testified that he was
N. " lhe advertising and cir
4 "A rs Y funents OF The Daily Ca
II ~. eiesfam. He furnished Mr..
iosis,.h the figures upon which |
h 49, BASED his anldaVit for tho |
~ lIiaa-e' The figures furnished |
,t'- We're correct and Tet,ra- |
~ ~ actual average daily oircu-
N, 'ie Telegram MIR. HpelgIe |
nave obtained the figures ~ |
mn sh The witness, as he was
a PRISON who had access To tbs |
io.d y, one but the witness ever |
Z, sstb me books, When the oflIcers
'a,e Printing company or he |
~ aeiegram wanted inforn,a-
I" ihlss 10 circulation thew came
"a ~ ~ It Witness did not re- |
ca,lS circulation for any certain |
asnot,' noi carry the figures in
2 g. as ~ refused to make an |
The H.. would only be guess-
h raye ,snesi number for which |
Y ~, wh,rb order to the pressman |
.ie copid was IN the latter part |
= namhcr nut remember the |
Ne highest r ,,,sd' Could re-
II Il c.ar,preasion on his mind p1 ls. y
J. svsiss orders for 1000 and snSo |
tinasss , ,a here again renewed !
eiilslrssai9r the books. fhs VII VII