Republican delegate says trio tried to intimidate him

FORT WORTH — A prominent local attorney wants the three people who cornered him Wednesday after a rules committee vote before the Republican state convention to answer some questions.

Gerald Haddock said one of the men had a handgun.

Haddock filed a petition Thursday with the Tarrant County district clerk’s office asking the court to allow him to depose Bill Eastland, also a member of the rules committee, who appeared to know the trio.

Haddock wants Eastland to identify the people who “confronted, coerced, bullied and threatened” him so he can depose them, according to the petition.

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A person familiar with the incident provided the Star-Telegram with the names of the three. Andrew Holley, who said he was wearing a holstered black powder revolver, said that two uniformed officers were standing nearby and that if Haddock felt threatened, they would have reacted.

More at http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/06/5880853/republican-rule-maker-claims-constituents.html .

[font color=green]This could get very interesting. The Republican convention is at the Fort Worth Convention Hall where alcoholic beverages are served, meaning that nobody should have a firearm in the building.[/font]