St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1878-06-01
The Murder of Bessie Moore.
CORPSE IN THE WOODS NEAR
JEFFERSON, TEXAS.
from the st. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.I

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Houston, Texas, May 10.-The trial
of Abe Rothschild for the murder OF
Bessie Moore has again been delayed
the criminal having obtained a change
of venue.
Bessie Moore was born in Syracuse
N. Y. Her maiden name was Annie
Stone. The daughter of a shoe mer-
chant in easy circumstances, she was
surrounded by all the advantages of a
pleasant home, fond mother, indul:
gent father, and troops Of friends, and
was given a polite education. She
grew into girlhood the idol of hel
father, the pet of a select circle.
She was the elder sister, and early
exhibited tendency for literary pur-
suits, and might have graced the lite1a-
ry world as she did the social circle
sixteenth year, but the man to whom
she was bethrothed ruined her and then
deserted her. She then went to Cincin-
natl and led life of shame. She met
Abe Rothschild at Hot Springs, Ark.
in the summer of 1875. He was a
drummer" or commercial traveller
He is the son of a wealthy jeweler of
Fourth street, Cincinnati. On account
of his dissipation he was, some time be-
fore the murder. discharged from the
employ of New York notion house.
! The year before the assassination he
had been disowned by his parents.
With the first acquaintance of the
murderer with his beautiful victim be-
gan that ascendency over her which
he possessed to the day of her death.
Notwithstanding his greatest cruelties
and almost inhuman treatment she
clung to and refused to leave him, and
even lavis'led on him the money that
was paid as the price OF her shame. On
one occasion be assaulted and beat her
because she refused to give him $50 per
day wherewith to carry on his de
bauches. As is shown by the records
of the Police Court of Cincinnati, he
sions. About two weeks before the
murder Rothschid and the girl went to
Danville, Ind, and We're married.
Thence they came to jefferson, Tex.
In January 1877, they registered in the
Brooks House in Jefferson. This was
on Friday. On Saturday they were
seen together in the town, the wife at
tracing much attention on account OF
her great personal charms. On the
same day Rotschild went to gun store
in jefferson and bought pistol.
At about II o'clock on Sunday morn
ing, Rothschild and Bessie Moore en-
tered IL restaurant, ordered refresh
ments and went away taking with them
luncheon. A short time after they
were seen crossing the bridge over the
bayou, lesurely walking, apparently in
the direction of the woods some dis
lance beyond. That was the last seen
of Bessie Moore in this life. In the af-
ternoon Rothschild returned to the no.
tel alone, and in reply to inquiries he
told different stories: On Tuesday
morning he took the first passenger
train from Jefferson.
Two weeks afterward the corpse of
Bessie Moore was found in the woods,
some distance out of Jefferson 1t lay
near a log on which she and her muir
derer evidently sat before the crime.
Near the body was portion of the
luncheon taken from the restaurant,
and the body was still covered with the
same stylish dress worn the Sunday
morning on which she was last seen
alive. In the centre of the forehead
was bullet hole. Detectives we're put
on Rothschild's track, and he was finally
captu1 ed in Cincinnati, after an ineffec-
tual attempt at suicide by shooting
himself, which cost him his right eye.