The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-23
TICKETS FOR TWO.
How Byron, the Blk, got His
Fare Paid from Denver
to Cheyenne.
A handsome Actress Falls a Victim TO His
honeyed Words.


The LEADER has no desire whatever
to crush the life from out the young
heart Of Henry J. Byron, the blk, who
still fingers in Cheyenne. When a poor
but handsome young man, with royal
blood coursing Its way through his
veins, studiously seeks to earn a liveli-
hood-by swindling the public-it may
seem cruel to lay bare his transactions
to the scornful gaze OF a cold and I'M
charitable world. But such is the duty
Of the press, that searcher of hearts and
r~evealer of skeletons in the closets
whenever such exposure will rebound
to the benefit Of the many. If a chosen
few suffer thereby 1t istheir misfortune
and not the fault of the newspaper.
Henry j. Byron, heretofore mentioned
by us, belongs TO the latter class, n we
were yesterday furnished with the de-
tails of a heretofore unpublished chap
ter from his life and crimes since he
first snuffed the Rocky mountain breez-
es.
1t will be remembered by our readers
thaton Wednesday wegently announced
his arrival from Denver. which took
place the previous Monday, and pub
Ilished a statement from q Denver paper
to the effect that he had eloped with an
actress well known In that city. The
facts are these:
Byron and the actress left Denver for
this city on Monday morning, he having
assured her that his relatives In Eng
land, who were very wealthy, had just
sent him n check for several thousand
dollars. The unfortunate woman, into
whose too willing ear he poured his
story OF love, In an unguarded moment
accepted his proposition. Her two
trunks, one of which contained her
wardrobe worth about $500, were con
signed to the sainted Byron who was to
put them On the Denver Pacific train.
He did SO, and, after assisting the
actress to a comfortable seat in n of
the cars, hastened to the baggage room
and sent for the conductor. Into his
ear he poured a pitiful story about his
financial condition, but said upon arriv-
ing in Cheyenne where money was
awaiting him he would pay the fare of
the actress and also his own, amounting
in all to S14.5O. The handsome con-
ductor, whose heart is constantly over
flowing with the milk OF human kind
ness, was anxious to accommodate him,
but the orders OF the company were i'm
peratiye. To be brief, he told Byron
to pay the fares or get of the train. AS
n last resort Byron took q check for the
smaller trunk and left the large one,
containing the wardrobe OF the actress,
with the baggage master as security
until the train landed in Cheyenne.
Upon arriving here Byron alighted, and
after turning over to the unfortunate
actress the check for one trunk, pro-
ceeded to "shake" her without further
ceremony. Then, n not until then,
did the victim suspicion that Byron's
ways were dark and his trickssuccessful.
Such was the case. The swindler had
secured a free ride from the Queen City
Of the Plains to the Magic City at her
expense. Tuesday afternoons train
bore her and her trunks back to Denver,
and yesterday morning she paid the
company s21.75 and the trunks were
delivered into her possession.
She does not blame the company,