The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-07-24
"NOT WISELY, But TOO WELL"
A Country Lass Falls u Victim TO the
Wllcs OF an Oily-TOngurl
villain.

| Inc lllllulllalilty VI man W ilaii, lii'
Scottish bard tells US, "makes counties.
thousands MOURN" and the remark is
none the less applicable to woman. Dai
ly the public prints of the country teen
with the details of crimes so rank anG
foul that they cry aloud to Heaven fol
vengeance. Scarcely paper can be
picked up that does not contain re-
cital of young girls decoyed from the
paths of virtue and rectitude by lustful
and designing Williams, who, soon tir-
ing of their victims, leave them to
drift down, step by step, into the low
est vortex of sin and shame.
Some three weeks ago there arrived
in this city, from the neighboring vii
lage of Plano, a young woman, appar-
emily twenty-One or twenty-five years
of age, who registered at the Interna-
tional as Mrs. q. A. Lee. In answer
to inquiries, she stated that her hus-
band had been compelled to remain
behind to attend to business, but
would arrive in few days. In the
course of two or three days a man ar
rived and was received by Mrs. Lee
with all the love and affection that q
wife should greet her lord and master.
A couple of days after his arrival, Il la
dy claiming to be the rightful Mrs.
Lee arrived ut the INTERNATIONAL, and
requested an interview with the cou-
pie, which was denied her by the
young woman jumping out of back
window, and Lee following suit. From
the International the couple went to
house kept by "a colored woman named
Fannie Smith. Here they remained
until last Thursday night, when they
suddenly left aud took quarters at the
Planters House, Oh Elm street.
Immediately after their departure
Fannie missed forty-four dollars, the
proceeds of the sale of buggy, which
she had placed in her trunk for safe
keeping. Discovering her loss, she
procured warrant for the couple, and
they were arrested and brought before
Judge Burford for examination.
During the trial the following facts
were elected: That the couple were
not married. The mans name was
Lee, but he had a lawfully welded wife
residing in Plano, who was the lady
that sought the interview at the Inter-
national, and whom he had left at
home in order to visit his victim,
whose name is Sallie Roberts. She is
II bright-eyed, handsome little blonde,
and as credulous and unsophisticated
as any country girl in her teens. Her
story is that she became acquainted
with Lee abou. two months ago, and
notw outstanding she knew he was
Il married man, she had deserted
u comfortable home and kind
friends to 90 with him. She is ma
tive of one of the western counties,
from whence she went, after the death
of her parents, few years since, to
the Indian Nation, where she lived
until n few months ago, when she
went to Plano, where she secured
good home with Mrs. Mitchell, with
whom she lived until her departure for
this city. She expresses no sorrow or
regret at 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 Jail. Messrs. Sterrett
and Mcconnell appeared for the State,
Colonel j. J. Brooks for the defense.