Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-08
LOAN TO A FRIEND.
rHE ADMoNITIoN TO "sAY MOTH
ING, DID NOT REFER TO
THE MONEY.
nc WA. Out with n Party of Gentie-
men and Wanted to Keep
n 1t Quiet.

The feature of last nights session
o. the judicial committee of the city
council was the examination of Chief
Maddox. who testified very fully and
md freely in regard to the matters
under investigation. The workings OF
Dc police department were thoroughly
oVerhauled with the net result that 1t
appeared that he knew very little of
that has developed since the investi-
Eatlon was set on foot until after II
s hnd begun.
# T. j. Smith was introduced at the
beginning of the session and testified to
lendng young Burton money to get his
stock out of the pound.
| Mrs. o. a. Ferguson told about Mat
kin asking her husband for money be-
fore starting for Houston and also
about her husband finding an envelope
with 50. so in at home.
An affidavit was read from l.. s.
Fraaier stating that Matklu had told
him he took only $50 to Houston.
John Burford testified about having
cattle In the pound. John Burford. Jr,
men testified to paying So to Mr.. Fer
gisOn.
IN. b. Mosier told about his mare
nfing In the pound in September His
lttle son, Arthur aged 10, then testi-
fed that he paid 81 to Lace English to
gel her out.
II Chief Maddox was then introduced.
Remembered when Ferguson was APP
pointed. Matltn, he said. handled the
Money from the city court before that
over money to Matkin. They deposited
once a month. Witness had told Mr..
=. ven Zandt, chairman of the police
commlttee, that somebody would have
70 be IN the Office TO receive fines dur
ing the day. To the best OF recollec-
ton OF witness, Mr. Van Zandt had
SAID for Ferguson to receive IL. The
snortage had first been called to the
attention of witness on the Friday
night before the Monday when the in
xestigation began. Matkin at that time
tod witness he thought Ferguson was
kind,
Aiatkin then told witness about three
tf4ses In which fines had been reported
worked out In which the fines had been
paid. Then Matkin had asked witness
+ POW much money he had got from
ferguson. Witness replied he thought
fit was 500 or S65. Matkln then told
tWi, ness that Ferguson had told him
witness that Ferguson told him wit
nNfs was charged up with over $500
conlmlttee he had borrowed 1866 from
No tHin and Ferguson, which he ex-
I pleined was in accordance with a
ete cement made out by these two gem
{ tlfmen. He had paid the amount the
foIowing day Witness had kept no ac-
count before that. He had squared up
Win Matkin in March and paid him
q that time all that he owed him
iWttness had never borrowed over $50
tfeln Ferguson at any one time. Wit
ness thought that the S3G6 was really
mole than he owed in the settlement
q. Vhen, upon being asked what had
pefome OF the missing money, said that
ne. believed from the check which
MAO on the office that the responsible
~ FOR the shortage was between Fer
Euson and Matkin. He would not state
WIG he believed had got the money.
lWitness had not collected over $50 him
peif since the beginning of the year
he told about standing good for the
Waggom u stock and paying the
amount aOerwards. Also about receiv-
ltmK check from Waggoman for
hne which had been imposed on one
OF bis employees.
He described the collection of the
rrostltute fine every two or three
n Ell 81, 90, o,,.
derfrom the Hotel Worth.
1iere the chief was pressed to say IL
me BAD been in a game of poker there
and there was an interesting colloduoy
among counsel. ending in the sage OBJ
scryation by one of them:
n IL would not have been an offense
.lfor him to have been in a, game If It
JNaa not In a gambling house. for II
IT was, how many of us would be in
;lsehc calaboose|'
y. Witness was then asked II he had
sewer used any of the city's money in a
t3cl<er game.
e Co,insel objected to the question and
re- was given his choice about answer
lkhE
q He registered an emphatic negative.
: Al this point, Attorney Ball declared
hat inasmuch as witness had stated
hat he believed the shortage lay be-
ween Ferguson and Matkn. his client,
fr.1'erguson. would take the position
-shat the shortage lay between Matkin
nd Maddox.
WITNESS explained the notation on
i he order which read send me 500 and
AZ nothing" The Injunction to keep
itra. he said. had no reference to the
MONEY but TO the fact that he was
nut with crowd of gentlemen and
va bot wish 10 say where he was
(e afterwards explained that he want
D The 500 TO lend to q friend
He did not remember giving Natkin
ni:r<n, ission to use the police fund.
''II{H remembered he had a conversn-
-~po With Atatkln three years ago, when
fatkin's flther-ln-law was very sick
az Sould not recall having given gen