HONORABLE COLIN GEORGE
He did end up marrying her [Miss
Wild Bill Akers] and in later years she was said to have become
a big society woman. Colin George was born and raised in west Hamilton, at
the place I remember as the Millwee place, not there now. His father had a
store, while Colin roved the town perhaps dragging dead cattle. He became
a lawyer and was located at Stephenville. Mr. Williams said the boys got
him elected district attorney, in the convention. soon after one of their
friends got into trouble and they thought, of course that Colin George
would help them. He did not and he said they had to kidnap the main state’s
witness and hide him in another house and thus prevent the trial. When
very young I once wandered into the courtroom here and Colin George was
making the closing argument as special prosecutor in the trial of Dr.
Hubbard, a dentist, I think of Hico, for forgery or swindling. I believe
it was the most scathing jury speech I ever heard. Was told years later he
was convicted but that the higher court reversed the case on his argument.
Mr. George, who also liked fruit trees was when young a runner. Once in a
neighboring town he challenged someone to run, or was challenged. He
pulled off his pants and had on a track suit and easily won the race.
Years later he moved to Brownsville, where he became a partner of Mr.
Seabury, later appointed federal judge by Woodrow Wilson. He was
interested in buying Persian rugs had a Mexico boy to follow him on the
street and carry his pipe. In 1905 my fat her had Tom Main and me to come
down to Austin when he was in the legislature and hear Teddy Roosevelt,
the first president to come to Texas and a Republican at that. Mr. Seabury
introduced him briefly. Many years later I saw him mentioned in the papers
then an old man. I wrote him a letter, saying when ten years old I heard
him introduce President Roosevelt. I have his reply. He said that he
remembered the occasion well and that it worried him--that he wanted, of
course, to show all courtesy from the State of Texas and at the same time
to show "all possible contempt." That was the way they were in
those days.]
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CHESLEY'S HAMILTON COUNTY INTERVIEWS
BY
HERVEY EDGAR CHESLEY, JR.
Born: 21 November, 1894
Died: 17 July, 1979
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