Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 189, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 22, 1891 Page: 1 of 8
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JUDGE MCORD
Defense of His Management of
the I and G N Receivership
HE ANSWERS SOME EDITORIALS
Incased in an Impenatrable Armor of Right He
Denes the Malicious Shafts
The Record of the Receivership Reviewed
from Its Beginning to tho Present
Improvement Under the Pres-
ent Management
TviEn Tejc April 20 1S91
Editor Gazette
In view of the one sided discuscion of the
International and Great Northern railroad
receivership in some of thorpapers of the
state I have deemed it a matter of public
interest to give a statement of the ease I
ask as a matter of justice to me that you
give it a place in your columns Yours
very truly Felix J MiCoitu
JfBOE MCOKDS STATEMENT
Tyixi Tex April JO On Tuesday
March 31 1SU1 there was passed by the
Texas legislature a joint resolution provid-
ing for a committee to investigate the pro-
ceedings of the Smith county district court
in recard to the appointment of receiver of
the International and Great Northern rail-
road These resolutions and the remarks
of the gentleman who introduced them in-
sinuated reflections uuou the integrity and
characterof the district judge of that court
No charpes were preferred nor were the
names of witnesses given to whom these
insinuations could be traced Immediately
after the appointment of said committee I
addressed a letter to them asking in justice
to myself and the people of the Seventh ju-
dicial district an immediate investigation
also to be furnished a copy of
the letter referred to by the
gentleman who introduced to reso-
lution I followed tliis request by appear-
ing in person berore said committee and re-
questing an investigation On account of
A IliESS OF BUSINESS
and nearness of adjournment the committee
could not accord me an investigation at
once and I have not been furnished with a
copy of said letter thus I am left resting
under these insinuations being denied the
constitutional right accorded the meanest
criminal in the land of knowing the chanres
and being furnished the names of the wit-
nesses against me
I had intended to remain silent and await
the proof but since certain newspapers are
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mnting to lorestall public opinion Dy
lishing what they represent as the facts
in the case I feel justified in presenting- to
the public a plain statement of the history
of this receivership
Till- TEXAS FARMER
of April 11 comes out in an editorial re-
citing what it says are the grounds of com-
plaint and the Houston Post of the 12th
inst reproduces this editorial Allow me
however to preface this statement with
the remark that any intelligent person who
may read the editorial in the Texas Farmer
will sec that every act of mine therein
stated involves a judicial discretion and
only the conclusions of the writer could
possibly call lor legislative inquiry In
the way facts are stated the article from
beginniiig to end is teeming with false-
hoods
All the dates filings of papers and other
steps in the proceedings which are set
out in the article in a style to imply that
wonderful disclosures are made are mat-
ters to be found in the printed records of
the proceedings of which fifty copies were
published under order of the court over
twelve months ago and furnished to all
parties interested in the receivership
I Ail RELIABLY INFORMED
that tho editorial in the -Texas Farmer is
a substantial copy of the letter that Mr
Gerald waved over tho heads of the legisla-
ture while pressing his resolution I have
not apologized nor sought to justify the ap-
pointment of Mr Campbell as receiver to
the owners of this property nor will I ever
do so I am held by the owners and the
public responsible for a faithful administra-
tion of this trust
The owners of this property situated
over 1000 miles away would not know
whether a co receiver was necessary or not
I felt that a necessity existed for this ap-
pointment subsequent events have demon-
strated the wisdom of this step and if er-
ror it is one of law and the independence of
the judiciary ought not to be destroyed by
any
usurpation of judicial rcxcTioxs
by the legislative branch of the govern-
ment
Of course if I have acted corruptly in
making the appointment then the legisla-
ture has jurisdiction to inquire into it I
say unqualifiedly that there is no man in
Tyler wiio is railing against this outrage
except those who made application for some
office or for fees and are disgruntled becauso
they were not successful and arc now going
about spitting out their venom upon tho
district court of Smith county
I ask my enemies not to fight under cover
but come out and fight boldly dont striko
with
THE ASSASSINS DAGGER
Please indulge me and I will give a short
vife4
history of this receivership and permit me
to say that every act complained of except
the appointment of Mr Campbell as re-
ceiver was done long ago ana was made a
part of the records in the case of Bonner
Eddy vs llearne reported in Texas Re-
ports Vol 75 and has been revised by our
supreme court and this case has been in a
shape from which an appeal or writ of error
could have been taken to our supreme
court and errors of law revised since our
February term 1SS9 k
A record has been kept of all pleadings
proceedings payments und disbursements
and if any payment or allowance has been
made that is not a matter of record tho
same has been done in violation of the or-
ders of this court The idea that
ORDERS FOR ALLOWANCES
werCinade by tho court and no record of
them kept or greater amounts paid than
ordered is the merest twaddle emanating
from a disordered brain The records have
all been subject to the inspection of every
citizen and are clean and open
On February 11 lSbJ the first day of the
term of the district court for Smith county
after I had organized the court and charged
the grand jury it then being about 12 ni
Mr H M Whitaker of Whitaker Bon
ner lawyers at Tyler arose and asked the
court to turn to civil docket No 3123 as ho
desired an order Before this I had noticed
a stranger sitting beside Mr Whitaker
whom 1 afterwards learned was Mr Mer
riam of the St Louis bar I turned to the
case and saw docketed Jay Gould vs Inter-
national and Great Northern railroad com-
pany suit for about five hundred thousand
dollars 1 saw that service had been ob-
tained about the last day for service of the
term Mr Whitaker who represented
Jay Gould plaintiff said Mr Mcrriam re
resents the International and Great North-
ern railroad company and wants to confess
judgment
Mr Chilton arose and said that in behalf
of certain of his clients lie desired to inter-
vene
I stated to Mr Whitaker that it had al-
ways been a rule of my court to never allow
judgment by default or confession before
default day which was Friday
MB WHITAKER STATED
that the supreme court had decided other-
wise and 1 replied that I would pass tho
case until 2 p m and he could then present
his authorities
The unseemly haste with which the
matter was being rushed through caused
me to think that something was wrong
At 2 p m all parties appeared and
Messrs Chilton Duncan and Herndon all
asked leave to intervene and some of the
interventions were filed at the time When
this was done I stated that in keeping with
my general rule I would allow them until
Friday to prepare their pleadings and on
that day would take up the case
I will say here that I had just adjourned
court on the Saturday before at Long
view and did not know that such a case
was on docket until Mr Whitaker called
my attention to it on Monday
On Friday the pleadings were read
Mr Gould asked judgement for his debt
In his subsequent pleadings he alleged
that the Intel national aud Great Northern
railroad company had defaulted in the
payment of interest on its bonded debt
Mr Memam stated that he had a reso-
lution from the directors authorizing him
to appear and confess judgment
Messrs Chilton and Duncans pleadings
were in behalf of their clients for un
liquidated amounts and Col Herndon filed
intervention in behalf of the Missouri
Kansas and Texas railway company and
also Mr Foster appeared as an attorney
for Cros Eddy receivers of the Mis-
souri Kanaas and Texas railway The in-
tervention by the Missouri Kansas and
Texas alleged that the debt of Jay Gould
was fictitious and fraudulent that Jay
Gould was tho president of the Inter-
national and Great Northern railway com-
pany that said road was insolvent that
the Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad
owned 97234 shares of the 974S4 shares of
tho stock of the International and Great
Northern railroad company outstanding
and that said Gould was holding posses-
sion wrongfully and that to allow Gould a
judgment would impair the value of stock
bonds etc and prayed for the appointment
of receiver or receivers
THIS INTERVENTION
was sworn to aud was not denied by Gould
or tho International and Great Northern
railroad but they contended that this court
could not appoint receivers beeause it did
not have jurisdiction and counsel for the
International and Great Northern railroad
asked that the case bs passed until Satur-
day morning
Tho court on the Saturday following held
that tho facts pleaded authorized the ap-
pointment of receivers See art 1401 sub-
division 3 Sayles annotated statutes but
refused to appoint receivers on the plead-
ing of Messrs Chilton Duncan holding
that receivers could not be appointed upon
unliquidated claims see Bonner Eddy
vs Hearne 75 Tex 242 but did appoint re-
ceivers upon the intervention of the Mis-
souri Kansas and Texas railway
The court thereupon appointed T It Bon
ner and N W Finley as receivers
As to Col Bonner being a warm personal
friend of the judge there had nothing hap-
pened before this to justify anyone in say-
ing that we had been warm personal
friends We were friends but had always
differed about political preferences
As to Mr Finley lot me state boldly and
my enemies may make the most of it ho
has always been one of my warmest friends
and having implicit confidence in his in-
tegrity and lcnowing that he would never
do or permit to be done anything that
might affect me dishonorably I appointed
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him and will say that I would to day trust
him with the kecpinsr of my honor as
CONriDINGIT AS THE CHILD
when it lays its head upon its mothers
breast
No one knew that I was going to appoint
receivers
That I concocted the plan or collusively
made the appointment upon any other
grounds than my honest belief as to the
necessity of the step is as false as the
man who uttered it The aftjiointmcnt was
made under the law and if there was error
it was one of law and has been passed upon
by the supreme court and cannot be re-
vised by the legislature
fivery judge is called upon to fix allow-
ances and whato er amount he fixes will
always find a critic and to construe the al-
lowances I made to the receivers as an evi-
dence of corruption would be far fetched
To this good day no creditor stock or
bondholder or person interested has ever
raised his voice against these allowances
Now as to the employment of Chilton
Duncau general attorneys- and W S Hern-
don general solicilor I had uo more to do
with it than had the
EDITOR OF THE FARMER
Messrs Bonner Finley employed their
attorneys in the same manner that they em-
ployed their manager superintendent
roadrnaster and other employes What
they paid them is a matter of contract
1 did not emuloy them nor have anythine
to do with fixing theia salaries though I
am satisfied that their compensation is no
more than reasonable No complaint has
ever been made to the court that the re-
ceivers wore paying too much for their at-
torneys services
On March 11 IssO Mr Finley presented
his resignation and Mi- Cochran and Mr
Whittaker as attorneys for the International
and Great Northern railroad and Jay Gould
said that in view of the fact that Mr Finley
had resigned his place as attorney for the
Cotton Belt railrojd to take the receiver-
ship it would be a great loss to him unless
the court agreed to make a reasonable al-
lowance aud that they thought 10000 was
a reasonable allowance
ALL lARTIES AciKEED TO THIS
They further agreed that this allowance
should be paiil out of the earnings
of the International and Groat
Northern railroad and oOOO was allowed
Mr Finley then and paid on account ami
tho other i000 was subeequently allowed
by the court and the receivers paid him
The reason it was not all paid at once
was that there were not sufficient funds on
hand to do so
This was all done in open court before
the gaze of the public
Mr Eddy was appointed in Finleys
place as a practical railroad man at the re-
quest of all parties interested
Now the strange thing is if the matter
was so rotten why on March 30 the court
being in session and two weeks alter Fin
leys resignation the bondholders repre-
sented by Messrs Willie Mott Ballin
gcr of Galveston and other eminent lawyers
with the records before them knowing
what I was allowing the receivers anil
knowing who ivcro the attorneys for the
receivers and the amount of their compen-
sation would come imo my court ask to
have their bonds foreclosed and to have
the receivers already appointed continue as
receivers over their debt never once ob-
jecting to a single step already taken
As to the salarv allowed the master in
chancery T M Campbell I will say that
the first years work was heavy and I al-
lowed him U500 the second year only
400 and the record so shows
This ans vers the charge that I allowed
TnE MASTER 10000 A TEAR
I have in the past urged and pressed that
this case be disposed of but one thing aud
another beyond my control has prevented
it
Every lawyer knows how difficult it is to
get a speedy trial in civil suits involving
large amounts Every lawyer knows how
powerless the court is when parties agree
that tho case may bo passed by consent
At the September term lb9 the attorney-general
intervened in these bond suits
claiming tho bonds to be ficticious and
issued in violation of law The Missouri
Kansas and Texas railroad also intervened
and claimed that there had been no default in
payment of interest By agreement the
case was continued from term to term until
the September term 1SU0 when the bond-
holders announced ready for trial The In-
ternational and Great Northern company
anuounced ready also Tho attorney-general
also The Missouri Kansas and Texas
announced not ready and asked for a con-
tinuance on account of the serious illness of
leading counsel Simon Sterne
SENATOR JOHNSON
was floor manager for the Missouri Kan-
sas and Texas and was pressing for a con-
tinuance I refused to continue but reset
the case for the following week where-
upon tho bondholders moved to dismiss tho
suit the state through the attorney-general
objecting on the ground that a party
could not dismiss when an intcrvenor was
asking for affirmative relief
I held that the state was not asking
affirmative relief and allowed the dismiisal
The state excepted and appealed the case
which is now pending before our supreme
court
The question is asked why has not the re-
ceivership been closed I answer that iu
the first place there has never been any ap-
plication or motion from any source what-
ever to discharge the receivers and tho
pending appeals of the attorney general
renders its practically impossible to dis-
pose of the case untilthe fate of those ap-
peals are settled That I ever made places
for my friends 1 positively deny but Ido
say that if I have the power to appoint to
office I do not give places to my enemies
when I have friends capable of filling them
As to tho condition of the International
and Great Northern railroad when I ap-
pointed receivers it was almost a wreck
People were afraid to ride over it Old
shells for depots no rolling stock and com-
paratively no money m the treasury I
would not allow a single debenture to be
issued and with a floating debt of over
300000 outstanding including 123000 in
pay checks just issued
IV TWO TER5
the receivers undr my management have
bought sixteen new enzines b20 box cars
nine passensrer aud baaiirage cars costing
5l3tU0
Built 370 miles of wire fence 10S3S 11
Ballasted 320 miles of road SlMsy
Built twelve new elecaut depots 25
79945
Built eleven new iron tanks on solid
masonry IM009
Built ten new iron and steel bridges
J122C7S43
Eighty miles of new steel rails 130
47013
Other betterments ltH12952
Interest paid on bonded debt j332O0O00
Cash on hand March 1 l9l Sol7J357ti
Paid off the floating debt of over 300
00000
This does not include judgments and
damase claims anil suits pending at the
time of the upjiointinent of the receivers
which have been since paid amounting to
about 6150000
The operating expenses of the road have
boen paid outside of these sums and by
promptness in meeting obligations the road
lias secured tne good will and friendship of
all parties along the line
The bonds of the road have continued to
advance in value under the receivership
and the railroad track to day i one of the
best west of the Mississippi river and is
being constantly improved
By the payment of good salaries to re-
ceivers and attorneys I have secured the
services of able and good men who have
saved for the property ten times their sal-
aries
IN ONE LETTER
I could not go over all that has been done
I have said here what can be taken as the
earliest of an effort on my part to conceal
nothing I have in tho management of
this receivership been prompted by the
desire to show corporations that a receiver-
ship could be as honestly and cconimically
operated in a state court as iu a Federal
court
Believing that I am incased in an impen-
etrable armor of right I defi the malicious
shafts of my enemies and I boldly chal-
lenge a thorough and honest investigation
into my every official act Respectfully
Felix J McCoud
A WOMANS CRIME
live Years in Uio Penitentiary for Mur-
dering Her Daughters IHeRiti
uitite Oftspring
Special to the Gazette
Ci co Tex April 20 Mrs Vick who was
sentenced at the term of the district court of
this county to five years inthe penitentiary
was brought here this morning to be con
veved to Huntsville by way of the Central
railway The crime for which she was
convicted occurred about two years ago in
Stcpnens county the case being moved to
this county on a change of venue She is
charged with killing two infants the ille-
gitimate offspring of -her two daughters
Her history is a sad one and much sympa-
thy has been manifested in her liehalf
bevcral years ago she was left a widow in
good circumstances Two nephews came to
live with her and thv proved the ruin of
her daughters and reduced her to poverty
They got possession of her property and a
considerable amount of money inherited
from her husband To remove the evidence
of the disgrace of her daughters she mur-
dered the babies and afterward gave infor-
mation leading to the finding of the bodies
Judge Veal of Stephens county is making
efforts to secure her pardon Mrs Vick is
a fine looking intelligent woman of about
forty five and has been highly respected
FATHER WELL PROTECT YOU
A Couple or Koys Skip Out that They May
Not Testify Agaiut Their 1urent
Special to the Gazette
WEATHEiiroKD Tex April 21 It is reli-
ably reported that the two sons of John
Roberts who are the main witnesses in thu
case of the state against Roberts charged
with incest as reported in to days Ga-
zette have skipped out presamably to
avoid appearing against their father
In the case of the state vs Ab Lewis
charged with theft of COO pounds of seed
cotton which was on trial yesterday in the
county court a verdict of guilty was ren-
dered and his punishment assessed at 23
fine and thirty days in the county jail
Sirs Martin on tho Stand
Birmingham Ala April 21 In the
trial of Mrs Julia Martin for murder the
defendant hersclfis on the witness stand
to day She is telling the same story she
recited at the time of her arrest with a
few new features She says Ed Martin
hounded her with detectives and when she
begged him to stop he grossly insulted her
She told also of the other marriage to Clar-
ence Martin and her experience with De-
tective Embry at Eureka Springs
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W H TAYLOR DRY GOODS CO
VOL XV NO 189
PROMISES WAR
Mr Blaine Posing as the Silent
Candidate
BLAINES FRIENDS ANGRY
The Galveston Speech Characterized as An
Attempt to Steal Blaires Thunder
Lnlrs Ilurrison Lets Up there Is Trouble
for lliui Justice limar Publicly
Kxprc nes liis Keligleus llellef
Tho Old Man railing
Secretary Lnmur us a Lecturer
Special to the Gazette
Washington April 21 Justice Lama
of the supreme court appeared in the n v
role of lecturer before a Sunday uftcrovmt
class of the Young Mens Christian a
tion The announcement that he was i
speak attracted a large crowd to the tJ
loom drawn there as much from curio- y
to see the ex secivtary uho appears -a
seldom in public as to learn his rvligioua
belief a subject upon which he rarels uu
even to his most intimate iriends To
many persons in Sundays audience V i
changed appearance of the eminent South-
ern statesman was shocking He has a -d
very perceptibly in the past few jcai s ami
is now a thin stoop shouldered man w li
lleshlcss cheeks to which the skin hangs i
folds with long thin gray hair clauuLo
hands and a general air of feebleness ILs
talk to the joung men yesterday was mob
interesting and was dclivcn d in a solemn
and impressive manner almost suggestive
of divine inspiration
Justice Larmer dwelt upon the three oi
iu his life when he had listened to
relisrious addresses which had made a deep
and lasting impression upon his mind la
after years when he had been perplc d
and oppressed the recollection of thcuonU
of the Christian faith uttered on these oc-
casions had come to him to give him
strength He had a hesitancy about speak-
ing publicly of his personal experiences
but he always desired to show his colors
and he would simply add that he believed
there was a God who was infinitely it ao
and merciful aud ho believed in His hm
ncss justice and goodness and closed hs
address by reading a portion of a chapter of
St Paul
ELMNE FOR I RESIDENT
The nomination of Secretary Ulaine for
president is unions the strong probabili-
ties of the next Hepublican national con-
vention Ulaine will not be an activu
candidate for the nomination but his
friends believe that he will not refuse it
if it comes to him
It may be difficult to judge whether hti
has any chance of nomination until tho
last moment There will be a perfunctory
sort of indorsement of President Harri-
son from a great many state conventions
and office holders will be very chary about
declaring against the president
If it once appears that a majority of
delegates are bound to vote for Harrison
the whole convention will swing into lini
with a desperate effort and enthusiasm
If however the presidents chances ap
pear doubtful the name of Elaine wit
likely sweep the convention like a whirl
wind
Mr Blaines policy of reciprocity is tha
only thing which promises partly to re-
deem the McKinlcy bill and give the IJi
publican party a lighting chauco in th
next election All of Blaines friends be-
lieve that the credit of this policy is due en-
tirely to him
There was a deal of sarcastic comment
among them when tho read the speech of tho
president at Galveston at iutimating that
lie not only approved the reciprocity clausa
but did some powerful lobby work lor it be-
fore it was put in the McKinley bill
Blaines friends observed that the Presi-
dent must credit the American people witlt
very short memories and dense stupidity il
he thinks to deceive them regarding ths
history so recent as that regarding an
opinion of the reciprocity policy and tha
credit
Blaines friends say that it shows an au-
dacity on the presidents part which eiuaU
anything ever imputed to Blaine They du
not propose that the president shall steal
the fame which belongs to their favorite
and if the president continues to boast oi
the achievements which belong to Bluina
ho is likely to get into trouble
Patents Cninteil Tcxans
Special to the Gazette
Wauington April SL List of patents
Pump spring W D Black Fort McKavitt J
churn power J S Dickey blanket derica
for cooling milk C T Hall and L K
Farrow Liberty Hill wire stretcher T
Kennedy liuiiaio uaung press it
Klockmann LaGrange derrick W
Lincsey Larissa washing machine J
Wood Willow Point
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Washington April 21 Commandet
Rciter who was involved in the Barrundia
affair is to be restored to favor Becausa
the commander did not protect Gen Bar
rundia he was displaced from the command
of the ship and received a sharp
letter of reprimand from Secretary Tracy
That was November j last year and sinea
that date tho commander has been so-
journing at his home iu Pittsburg Pa
under waiting orders He was to day
given command of the Thetis now at
Mare Island Cal under the command of
Lieutenant Commander Stockton Tha
vessel is being fitted out for survey wori
and will continue the work of sea survey
iug begun by the Ranger
Smokeless Powder
Washington April 21 In the light ol
the highest satisfactory result recently ob
tained with the new brand of smokolesi
powder of American make officials are now
convinced that it is only a question of a feM
months before the army and navy will ba
able to adopt a new standard equal iu elti
ciency to the very best produced and used
by any foreign power
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MoNTOOMERr Ala April 21 The grand
lodge of Alabama Knights of Pythias as-
sembled in the state eapitol at 10 this moru
ing Addresses of welcome were delivered
by Governor Jones Malfa Graham and W
G Bibbs and resjonded to by Grand Chan-
cellor Schuster of Selma Several hun-
dred delegates are in attendance
The annual meeting of the Alabama
funeral directors association was called tc
order in this city to day by President Roclm
of Mobile Delegates are present from
every city of importance in the state Tha
body will probably remain in session to-
morrow
Local Option Election Petition
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Sanger Tex April 20 ConsiderabU
feeling was brought about in Sanger on
last Saturday by a committee carrying
around a petition for a local option election
at Sanger on account of which one of tha
carriers received a sound cursing for incon-
sistency Hasty preparations are being
made to open a saloon here the first ol
May which brought out the petition
Storm at Jewett
Correspondence of the Gazette
Jewett Tex April 20 A yery severs
storm struck Jewett at 1 p m and lasted
about ten minutes Houses were lifted
from their blocks and trees and fences
blown down No one was hurt The tracli
of the storm was about a quarter of a mil
wide from the south The roof was torx
off H Levys merchandise establishment
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