The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-09-30
WHO IS HE
Probably Two Dromios P!
F. j., F. w., or What!

i: About a week ago the papers OF our CIT
contained an account of the arrest in this city
of one F. W. Stokes, the Parish Judge
Grant parish, on requisition from the Gov
ernor of Texas, charging him with being
defaulter.
| At the time of the arrest Stokes proteste
that his name was not F. w. but F. j.; tina
he was not the man referred to in the requlsi
ton. and that he knew nothing of the matter
He admitted that he had been to Texas, bu
denied ever having been in Cass county, and
consequently could not be guilty of the charg'
preferred against him. Despite these protes
tations Detectives Cain and Walsh arrested
him, by the direction of Sheriff Williams, Of
Cass county, Texas, who declared he knew
him to be the man wanted, and was taken
from the city Immediately.
Since this occurrence we have gathered the
following facts relative to the past history OF
Stokes. from gentleman of our city who has
known the man for years.
In 1859 and 1860 Stokes was stage driver
and sub stage agent at Fort Smith, Arkansas,
on the overland route. When the war broke
out he ran off all the stock belonging to the
company, and it is thought that he either
transferred it to the United States Govern
ment, or sold. it and pocketed the proceeds.
He was subsequently made Transportation
Agent or @ 1artermaster in the service of the
United States, and figured in the Western
army. At the close OF the war he drifted
down to this city, and shortly afterwards went
to Texas. Reynold was then the reigning
military autocrat in the Lone Star State and
through him Stokes was made Treasurer of
Davis (now Cass) county, and for while all
seemed to go along smoothly enough until
his love of pelf again possessed him, and 10!
he vanished.
Soon after his disappearance, it was dis
covered that he had provided against disaster
by taking with him some $500 belonging to
The county treasury; but as his whereabouts
we're not discovered, he was left in the enjoy. |
nent OF the fruits of his theft. The next we |
hear of him it that he was engaged by Doc
tors PIN and Scott, of this city, as their |
lriver and collector.
But it was not in the nature of things that |
10 versatile genius should be allowed long
o occupy mental position while Radical
SIN was regnant. His talents became known
and were recognized by Warmoth, who
DON afterwards appointed him Supervisor tf
SS6AosA"eAoA1 AL Ons0AOuId pc1lASu, 6uu SuUSo- |
uently for Terrebonne parish.
When Warmoth's term of Office expired
tokes' star waned not. but was dimmed in
1stre only for brief season. Gov. Kel-
'gg, several months ago, appointed him
Judge OF Grant parish, but the judicial er-
line was worn by him but for one brief hour
re he visited this city and retribution over
,ok him.
Stokes denies emphatically that he is the F.
7. Stokes mentioned in the requisition, or
lat to him this interesting sketch relates He
aims that his name is F. j. Stokes, and that
IS character for honesty and integrity is be-
md reproach.
DR.. Scott is Of the opinion that mistake
IS been made, and that Stokes's claim of mis-
ken identity must be well founded. He
VS. that while in his employ S okes handled 1
rye amounts of money, and that his accounts
ere always regular and correct
1t Sheriff Williams is mistaken, this is a
markable case Of mistaken identity; and if
It, we have rarely heard of career marked I
SO many vicissitudes and such determined
query. We await with interest the result of
8 investigation.