El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-05
HE APPEALS
FOR AID
Mac Stewart Has Not Yet
Lost Hope.
HAS FAITH IN CROSBY.

From His Dungeon the Aged ex-COn-
federate Writes Letters To His
Friends In the United States, Urg-
ing Them To Help Him Regain His
Freedom.
| Mac Stewart, the ex-confederate
soldier, is still earnestly endeavoring
to escape the penalty of the courts of
Mexico for killing q Mexican police
man at Parral.
| His case has been made famous in
all parts of the south through the he
roic efforts of his old comrades to pro-
cure pardon for him. Column after
column concerning the case has been
published in the leading papers of the
country and the public is entirely ia
milisr with the whole story of the
killing and subsequent trial of Stewart
and the passing upon him by the judges
| of the death sentence.
| For a long time he had been confined
in a filthy Mexican prison at Parral
while his case was being reviewed by
the higher courts. He was lacking in
money to insure the proper conduct of
his case in the courts and to obtain le-
gal aid, but friends in the United
States came to his assistance. They
even went so far as to send an ennis Sary
to Mexico, who called upon President
Diaz. Governor Ahumada, and others
in authority, to endeavOr to procure a
pardon. Letters were obtained from
influential persons in all parts of the
Diaz by DIR. r. G. Lignosky of
Texas, who visited Mexico in person
to intercede for Stewart. From present
indications his efforts in behalf of the
old soldier we're entirely unavailing
and sStewart remains a prisoner with
no prospects of escaping the death
penalty for the crime committed sew
to be innocent.
From his prison cell he has recently
sent to Texas the following communi-
cations to Brigadier General @. @.
Beavens, of the United Confederate
veterans at Houston, who has interest
ed himself in behalf of the condemned
man
"CHIHUAHUA, June 10, 1s9S-Dear
Friend and Comrades: Judge Crosby
! called to see me today. He thinks If
we could raise the money he could get
me out, either free or on bond. L like
the way he talks and I believe he could
get me out. He met one or two cattle
friends not long ago and they asked
him to call and see me. They told him
if they were satisfied it would get me
out. Judge Crosby says, not that he
wants the money SO much, but that it
will be necessary to have it to pay
where it will be needed.
"I think if you and Judge Crosby
would write to Mr.. Barley at Fort
Worth, the man who deposited the
getting me out, 1 think he would see
those who gave it and get their consent
to let Judge Crosby use it, for they
would know that it would not be blow
ed in foolishly if he took it and agreed
to help me. The Judge told me about
receiving letters from you all and
mentioned Comrade Lambert especial
ly, and see in today's News that he is
dead, and l am very sorry TO hear it..
The judge aid not tell me his plans,
but he got Clayton, the American, out
of this place, and Clayton bad q much
worse case than mine Is, or ought to
be.
81 still believe that If the evidence in
my case was read before the judges of
l keep well, but 1t Ia an awful place in
here. Judge Croshv is personally &C.
quainted with Governor Ahumada
here; also with President Diaz, and his
cabinet, and he thinks great deal OF
the governor, and thinks be will do
what he thinks right. 1 was taken out
of the court house yesterday and saw
Lawyer Ulloa, but did not get to talk
to him. He had been granted some
thing he had as ked. for about my case
and l had to sign my name to some.
thing.
MAC STEWART"
, "Chihuahua.-You know Judge eros.
by got Clayton out on bond and he
, knows how to manage it from ex-
: | I'D I'D Nv iol> be-
can do it again, so, general, let me
know how much the Judge asks to take
the case, and if you have or can get
enough, L will try to get what is neces-
ssry from N.Y. old cattle friends.
think we could get to use the money
paid in a bank at Fort Worth. Please
Also the following of later date;
scot, 23.-Dear General: If you
don't get enough money to engage
Judge Crosby or some lawyer, please
let me know and 1 will try to my cattle
friends to help me enough to engage
one, and since L saw and talked with
, Judge Crosby L think he is the right
man: be will get me out on some plan;
the petition will act quicker and won t
cost quite so much, but may be will
need a lawyer to attend to that. an
, in hopes you will carry it to Mexico
and bring it back here and get the go
vernon and congress to fix it. have
great faith in Judge Crosby. bespoke
very highly of you all. 1 am perfectly
satisfied with whatever you do, wheth
er it gets me sout or not, for don,
know what is best. Yours forever,
"MAC.'
In this connection it would be per.
8 tinent to state that Gen. Beavens has
i written to Gen. McCleary, now with
: the army in Cuba, asking him about
i certain im portant matters connected
. with his (McCleary's) part of the work
3 placed in his hands previous to his de-
i parture from San Antonio to join the
b. army. He hopes to get an answer soon
/ though the hardness of the mails may