New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-07
Mary Mcbride, the Female Detective

This lady who created considerable ex-
element at jackson, Mississippi some
months ago, in connection with ring OF
warrant torgers and check-raisers, is very
kindly spoken of by some Of our Texas cx-
changes:
YESTERDAY, on entering the Senate
chan ber our attention was directed to one
of the lady visitors present, who, at the
time, was il conversation with one OF the
senators, ard whom We recognized as no
other than Miss Mcbride, who will be re-
membered by many OF our citizens, for
making an assault with cowhide, on the
streets of Austin. upon Mr.. Quick, then Of
the State JouraM Miss Mcbride is of
good appearance, and we are assured OF
much more than ordinary ability. Lately
we understand shs was made the re-
cipiert of $500 from the Legislature
Of Mississippi for valuable services
rendered the State, not the least OF
rascally designs of o. S. Bell, favored
.protege and righthand-man of Governor
Powers, and the same individual who some
time ago figured quite extensively in this
State. ard who immOrtaliZed himself by a
series of Claude Duval letters to the New
York Ledger, wherein he declared him.elf
the hero OF many encounters with the froE-
tier outlaws, and who wound up his won
derful record by reporting himself muir
dered and drowned in the Guadalupe river
Here, and throughout the State, the fellow
was looked upon az a murderer, thief, cow
ard and black mailer, but withal a good
Republican. Mississippi Radicals gained
gem Of the purest water when they caught
him. We can certainly do without him.
1ustn. Statesman.
We clip the above article from the States
MAJ. The turning up OF rascals is one OF
the1rCcesses that seem to be as sure as the
rotatory movements of the earth. The
"Bell' mentioned above was professed
detective who figured lin Austin during the
twelfth Legislature. He was notorious for
detecting" what did not exist, and for
failing to discover what did exist, especially
ii it was profitable wrong.
We have in our possession one Of his mar
velous reports to Governor Davis, which
was never delivered, as be found it cOnve-
nient to leave Austin one afternoon without
much warning. A greater fraud than that
same Bell it would be difficult to scare up.
His "drowning," and being 'shot," and all
of the Munehausen adventures that befell
him are marvels indeed. We hear that he
is figuring in Mississippi and Louisiana, and
that the Governor of Mississippi has, in
some. sense, adopted him.
Another precious angel in Mississippi is
Pease, school superintendent. Pease and
Bell should be tied together, and set up as
samples of the spawn which revolutions
cast to the surface. God help Mississippi
if this brace of creatures are in the conf
dence of her uthorities.-Galreston Times,
Jltne !.
In bringing to light the rascally transac
tions of the notorious Bell, the lady named
rendered the state of Mississippi good SER
vice, which we are glad to see properly ap-
preciated and recompensed Miss Mcbride
is a woman of more than ordinary ability,
and we remember some of her letters, pub
lished in the Telegraph and other papers,
which would have done credit TO many who
are far more pretentious.-Gdlresto Neecs,
ynne l.