The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-07-23
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Tho lnhumanily Of man 10 man, tho
Scottish bard tells W. "makeH countless
thousands mourn,n aud Tho remark N
none the leaa applicable 10 woman pal'
~ the public prints NJ Iheeounlry teen
with the details IT crimes 80 rank and
foul that they ory aloud 10 Heaven for
vengeance, scarcely paper can be
picked up lhat does not contain u re'
ollal Of young girls deooyed from the
paths oi virtue aud reclllude by luutful
aud designlng williams, who, soon tIr'
ing Of their Victims, leave them 10
drln down, step by step, into the low
osl vortex Ut sin aud shame,
Some three weeks ago thore arrived
IN this city, from the nelghborlng vii
lage of Plano, young woman, uppar'
entity twcnly-ono or twenty-five years
Of nge, who registered NJ the lnlorna.
lionnl ~ Mrs, q, a, lVo, In answer
10 Inquiries, she stated that her hus'
mnd had been compelled 10 remain
hehlnd 10 attend ~ business, hui
would arrive In Few days. IN the
COURSE Of two or three dnya u man mr.
rived aud was received by Mrs. lee
with all the love mud affection that u
wife should greet her lord aud master,
A couple OF days after his arrival, u Ia
Ny claiming 10 be the rightlul Mrs.
Lee arrived NJ the International aud
requested IN interview with the coll'
pie, which was denied her by the
young woman jumping out of back
window, aud Lee following suit. From
the international the couple went 10 u
house kept by u colorcd woman named
Fannie Smith, Here they remained
until last Thursday night, when they
suddenly lett aud took quarters ut the
Planters House, on Elm street.
Immediately after their departure
Fannie missed loIty-lour dollars, the
proceeds OF the sale of u buggy, which
she had pln cd In her trunk for safe
keeping. Discovering her loss, she
procured u warrant for tho couple, aud
they were arrested and brought before
Judge Burford for examination.
During the trial the following facts
were clcItcd That the couple Were
not married. The mans name was
Lee, but lac had n lawfully welded wife
residing In Plano, who was the lady
TINT sought the interview at the Inter
national, and whom he had left ut
home In order TO visit his victim
whose name IL Sallie Roberts She Is
n bright-eyed, handsome little blonde,
and AZ creduous and unsophisticated
NJ any country girl IN her teens. Her
story IL that she became acquainted
with Lee nbou, two mon tbs ago, and
notw outstanding she knew he was
u married man, she had deserted
n comfortable home and kind
friends to so with him. She IL n ma
tive of one of the western counties,
from whence she Went, after the death
of her parents, II few years since, to
the Indian Nation, where she lived
until n few months ago, when she
went to Plano, where she secured n
good home with Mrs. Mitchell, with
whom she lived until her departure for
this city. She expresses no sorrow or
regret ut her course, but seems to cling
with additional affection and tender
ness to Lee In his trouble.
After hearing the testimony in the
case, His Honor discharged Sallie and
held Lee to bail in the sum of five
hundred dollars, in default of which
he was sent to iail. Messrs. Sterrett
and Mcconnell appeared for the State,
Colonel j. j. Brooks for the defense.