The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
BAILEY'S LAND TRANSACTI0I'
A Statement from Barnett Gibbs thai !
flutes a SANDER. y

INVESTIGATION !, before s,sal,Io, !.
!. Is not only true that M. !. Sslv
paid out OF the personal rr... sa'''y VI
ne , obtained In this transaetlsn, , \, I, ~
money which has been paid ~, w y
also that In order to NAV. =. ~ ~
absolutely ' secure for the ps,s ., .'aas
iand which ] got from him I ''sah
the land which sold was asss. - ~
FRANCIS and II stands in ii, 49, Y
upon 'a s records q Dallas cous,, ',q
bailey himself does not own : ,.a
land. and the only way o. i, IVY ~
own 0',a !. IS to work 1t out He ,s ~ !
allow me to retain an hall iulss sa''ss :
same terms and 1 declined ~ ~ % y
ton. ~ piop,a.
one man suggested In ,.e..
that IT might be entirelv y
'ne m0rtsasea on the land were MN, n
sham, and that they would i .-'1
dered to Mr.. Bailey; bu. ia, n 's'''a'
NOT know that neither Mr.. F,,.., y
any OF his friends own aon,.S aa
o. any OF those mortgages. for 81 d. ~, ! !.
.ae amount is held by the Texas M
mortgage company, and ths s,s1s ~
held by Colonel c. c. slaupb,sr '''''s
Another gentleman who w,o,a
he understood that Mr.. Rail-, y ny
no interest on tho $4,000. and ss. XVI
lne REMISSION of interest might ss sss''s'
,ns 80 as d compensation; but n. y. !.
oius Oh Dallas county show ~. "
sas,44o.20 due the Texas Lana Ia. "a,
sase company has been extensss !, ~, I
bailey Tor i've years, and thai u, y
pays interest at the rate Of -. pug
per annum. on IT.; while the "a Ak ss' :, ~
Colonel c. Q. Slaughter has besn , ~. u
TIE sale OF the land subject 10 1, u XIV NJ.
l. Nj. Gentry and John Fields = Y zen
aesaed II at 1r, Bailey's request
ms plain statement OF the fac,, -.
convince any honest and far.ms ~
man that Mr.. Bailey's enemies havs ~.
MIN gross injustice. But evan !, n
iacts We're not so plain, there pevs, =.
any good reason for surprising M, ~.
ernor Francis was trying Ia carr',r y.
puollc ofnclals. The men who kuor 4 4
Il. Francis as l have for twenty ,,,s
know that no Is as much above surh ~
duct as any man. have heard H eh,,,,,
that Mr. Francis Is a stock ho,aar /, X.
Waters-PIeree OIL company, and | IN
also heard it charged that he i IA \.
torney for that company, but both chsr,u
are absolutely false. Mr.. Francis d,
not own a share OF stock In the Wa,,r
Pierce OIL serpany or in any oths, a
company. and Mr. Bailey made thb ID.
tive statement in public Communicates,
to Hon. w. A. Shaw more than sr vwI
ago. The statement that Mr..Ffaud, h
the attorney for the Waters-Pisrce ii
company betrays both Ignorance and Ia,
peration, because as a matter OF feet NJ
Francis is not lawyer, never Epdia
law and never attempted to practice 4
day in his life.
l have known Mr.. Bailey since be fru
located In Texas, and my brother 10 w
sissippi has known him since he w 4
boy; and while I have not always AGED
with him in politics, neither ! nor ~
other man who ever knew him doubted ~
absolute integrity. do not bellere ia''l
any amount OF mercy could tempt hin "
do wrong, and know that he b N
smart to accept lawyers fee whil Vi
subject to mortgage OF more than ssasN
l have taken some part In the polite
OF this State, and have seen some ~
bitter contests, br! in all my EXPRESSES
I have never known such an cuirasNi
and unwnrMnted attack upon any psDH
man in Texas. Respectfully
Barnett GlhM
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