Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-19
THE PROCEEDINGS


COLONEL. ]. g. RICE. on being sworn.
snid. am nnanci,i asaa, -, a.. CO..
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IS my u"'S 10 nay out
money on the rolls presented. Gle here
produced tho roll of the Ellis couvict onu.,
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va. WV "'''un' ph'u
ny the state was sS3.79. 1 RENTED the
money to pay this The name OF Reddin
Andrews appeors n, bnr. n, ,.rc,oo,,
4. 49, -. -,
"'' '"o"' ma. nc receiFen 30 for
month's pay. tAt this point Andrews
Identified his signature on the roll re-
,srou,icd.i,a ,ho .ao.,,,, =, s-t 80, a..
''s 'seep' VI "o No'" '"e
S'"'e Vi iuNas' ha'u sum peins 'he amount
or his salary for the month OF july, 1887,
as convict sereeantl TN, fnre of the
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'e .s.l'D ~ ~, "n"ney.
oor, A S,.,a tno nc SGT
,, ~, vas 'nr p'opeI party 20
.V,.it 'i' .no"os ~ ine pny roii soss
ny s"o" ,''a, uns WV e,ep 'h"n neuu'n
.'t'u .i, We w. V'.'''neu ., Ie',,teu by Us seq
h.a''. W, ". NUM-. M VI NY, ie'', ~ S"u-
~ cnmp, Nv. Il ins ron uocs not sac"
80 ~ IN ''Nu ~ hntlNNH ,eNeNcu ~
ui'"h 'n,'r "tIe ""uut seNch,y-h'e CON
Nicts AT 'na' c"'"p Ut 'n"t Vhhr' ~ "
usu'i 70 hiiow guu,n Tor every elEht
men ana Jay mo night guard ana Tue
sSrtehh.. lne sh'nr'es OF the men are
- y" nhoh,n eucn' thu INC SeIseun' ut
~" lcr hioutn' t"uit WIS iuie NV hDuf'
amp "oulu We o'lt'''eo 10 eIeVen s'inrus
h''n d setkeant at cust OF '"'p INC
ansou .,t nHIu wv Iot rlis .unlp' 40 !,
WIS sS'a'lh Tor inc month OF july lsso. 1t
II not customary when sergeant or guard
w tetnperhrlly SICK 70 ucluet MS lost UNIT
hedirect-The name OF jim Lloyd an
pears on inc pay roll oil July, l@S' as Il
guard.
I. II. Bl'aCh' constable OF precinct
NO T. was next sworn am constable or
precinct NO =. fort behd county,.
know Reading Andrews ana u. A. What
ley. was on me Ellis plahtauon during
the month OF July 1926. Readin Andrews
was sergeant or camp NO. J. do not
think Reddin Andrews worked during the
month oi Iuiy' lsgj. 1 WORKED under RED
din Andrews In the capacity of night
guard Mt said camp from july until the
nm. From tho lst untli the ith scrgtnnt
Andrews was m camp quite SICK Reddln
andrews iert the carnp on the an, H.
re'u'nou W ,'Io ,an,p ap".' VIZ Hnt. "
dates dil not sec MN. mink jim
Lloyd guard, assumed chntge MS ser
gam on 'u,y ~ s.nt ny ~ ~
drews to assist his night Guard Mr. Hale
in nnkirg out the pay roll Tor TN month
or July. Mr.. Haze asked me no" we
would ADJUST the pay OF inc Serschi'
on the roll. l suggested that ne shouli
sneak 10 SERGEANT andrews nbout thh''
Sergeant Andrews tnen INTERRUPTED TIC
conversation comlng INTO the cnnn3, ara
remprked 70 MT halo 70 make OUT Tue
pay roll as he MAD previously Instructed.
saying that he ana Colonel Whntley had
had an understanding mat he should mp
pear on tho pay roll for the run amount
and he AndrewO would adjust u with
the other parties referrng to SHELBY ana
Lloyd, who had acted as sergeant during
his absence.
Cross-eya minatlon--I worked for thu
State the first eleven days OF July. 1896,
as n guard under Sergeant Andrews
when I quit. and have not been In the
employ of the State since, | went TO work
for l.. A. Ellis. am not now in his em-
ploy. rhe arrahGemehtn Ior tnis employ,
Mr.. Fills employ about the nth OF De-
&C mber. My account with Mr. ellis Is
sim open. Mr.. Ellis talked with me In
regard to this matter before the complaint
was fied the substance OF the conversa-
ton, as well as l can remember being
thnt he believed the defendants Were
guilty Of some great wrong against the
peace and dignity of the State. 1 room
nj the house of MIR Ellis, 1 had tho
statutes al nv room, and was looking over
the general law relative to the duties OF
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