The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-10-18
The Evidences ola brutal Crime Found
Under u California Tree.

From the Lakeport (Cal Democrat,
September 10Th: Last Monday morne
ing a gentleman coming down to his of.
flee was surprised at finding the follow
ing articles under an oak tree on Main
street. One elegant cut-glass scent bot
tie, still retaining tlace OF perfume q
knife covered with dark spots, possibly
Blood lady's handkerchief; neclStie
cuff and a portion Of ladys wearing
apparel, similarly despatched; two large
punches OF auburn hair that looked as
though they had been violently torn
from womans head sleeve.button, a
silver brooch watch guard and the
photograph of very lovely girl. The
following letter, with visiting card, on
which appeared gentleman's name,
also formed part of the debris, which
was in condition that indicated the
occurrence of fearful struggle on the
spot during the night. Following is the
letter, in a woman's neat hand, written
in pencil and signed with the name
Lille" as appeared on they back Of the
photograph,
DEAREST HeRAcE-Again | will inns
pose the burden on you of perusing
these few hurriedly.written lines. Cold
and contemptuous, indeed, appears
your present admiration of me Have
| followed your reckoning into these
rural haunts and turned my face from
home and kindred to meet this unmer-
tied retribution at your will who ap>
peared to me during that painful sewers
ance as my only solace in such adverse.
ty2 1t cannot be. cannot point my
finger at men and COVER him with vir.
tues retributive justice when on him |
have centered my last fond hope Of
peace and solace, while | placed my
heart and hung my soul within his keep.
ing. 1t is like turning the finger of
scorn within upon myself. If was but
the treasury chest, borne by your sem.
blance of what | deemed was wholly
unvarnished integrity, into these and
other haunts, to deiray the eager yearn>
ing of your ambitious nature, could
not from my store of wealth have aided
YOU in your distressed condition, as !
have q hers in like pecuniary cir
81, without the degradation to
Ich .,ou have brought me, an enemy
If my own, torn from mothers atiec>
zion, possessor of disconsolate father,
and all since they knew you in truth
and in folly and fiction. My virtue
YOU did not win, but how can estab>
lsh such an inconsistency Return at
once the jewels which are mine, the
treasure care not for, and they and ]
will remain in these lar.oii wllds in OBJ
security if not in peace, and these secrets
that are mine will be buried together
with me. Send them, therefore, TO me,
and the hour that | will have them
again in my possession will be the hour
of our everlasting and final separation.
Till then. LILLE
BARTLETT SPRINGS, September 81, 1871.
Up to the hour of going to press no
clue has as yet been found that prom
ises to lead TO solution of this myss
fiery. The face in the photograph,
though handsome, is by no means
familiar one to any of the numerous inN
diyiduals who have examined it, Like
many of the unaccountable mysteries
the attention of mankind is called to,
this one will probably haunt the future
and be told by the present generation
and their grandchildren at the fireside
rs one of the eventful episodes in the
history of Lakeport