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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
No. 2259. ANONYMOUS TO JOHN A. VEATCH
Laredo 6th Deer. 1846.
SIR,
In answer to a verbal enquiry in relation to an order from Genl. Patterson for my arrest at Comargo, I have to offer the following statement of facts- For a trifling foUy committed in a moment of frolick, myself and two others belonging to Cap. Lamar's company were put under arrest; I broke custody and escaped to my quarters. On the next day if I mistake not, I was informed by Lieut. Thos. M. Likins, then in charge of the company that Capt. Lamar had recd an order to deliver me up to the guard in Comargo; and he offered me his pistols, to resist the arrest if attempted. I accepted the proffered arms, but had neither the inclination nor the occasion to resort to them- My conduct I freely admit was foolish and imprudent, and my only apology for it, was the artificial excitement under which I was laboring at the time; an.d for this folly, I was stricken from the Rolls by Capt. Lamar [incomplete] No. 2260. EDWIN R. CLAY'S STATEMENT Laredo Garrison Dec 6th 1846 I certify on honor that I have seen Lieut. Thomas M Likins gam- bling time after time, I have seen him lose as much as twenty dollars at a time, and I have seen him playing until he said he had lost all the money he had with him, I have seen him win at some times, I also certify that I have seen him play at cards with his money on the table, and have seen him play nearly all night in different places with the privates of the company to which he belongs, and have seen him lose much more than I ever saw him win, I also certify that I have seen him gambling at cards in the Quarter Master's department un~il very late at night with the privates of the company commanded by Capt l\L B. Lamar the company to which he belongs, I have also heard him speak disrespectfully of the first Lieut, and say he intended to see that he attended to his own business and not interf~re with his, This remark was called forth in consequence of Lieut. Veatch remon- strating against the quality of the beef and corn furnished to the company, I heard him say at Monterey Mexico soon after the company was made up, that he accepted the office of adjutant of Col. Wood's regiment for the honor of the thing, but said he accepted the office of Quarter Master of Capt Lamar's company so that he might have a chance to grease his fingers EDWIN R. QLAY Private Lamar's Company
No. 2261. ANONYMOUS STATEMENT
Laredo 6th. Deer 1846. I do hereby certify that I was called upon by Lieut. Thos. M. Likins to sign my name, in this place about two weeks ago, to a paper the nature and object of which I knew nothing at the time, and still re- main in a state of ignorance. There had never been any pecuniary
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