The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-02
LOUISA BIlALL TRAGEDY,
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Murder ar u hnicides

made mention OF the sudden and mya
terlous disappearance Of the wife OF u
negro hgmed lsaau Beall, who was NJ
the time arrested aud thrown II to Jail,
upon n warrant sworn out by the miss
ing woman's mother, charging him
with having foully dealt with her
The clothes she had wor0 the iuy pro-
vious, aud all her other wearing apN
parel, were LEFT behind, not u slngle M
tlcle OF amy description being mlssirg'
There WAN an air Of mystery over The
whole affair that was uneNplalnahle,
Several days after Beall's confinement,
II was reported that she was seen In
Fort Worth, where she has sister
living, but upon investigation II proved
30 be- false, The woman had upon diff
ierent occasions before threatened TO
leave him, and taking into considera'
ton this fact, Beall was discharged from
custody, the officers being OF opinion
that she had gone oil to some place,a and
from some odd fancy had tried to make
her demise as mysterious on possible,
The affair had passed out OF the minde
OF the general public, and the clroum'
stances concerning the matter had
been forgotten, when yesterday
morning the body Of u woman
was found lodged ina pile OF drift
wood Oh the Trinity, about half a mile
below the bridge. A negro man cut.
ting wood for Mr.. Robert Cockrell, was
the frat person TO discover the body.
On going to the place 10 chop he was
Mortified at the ghastly and naked
body OF the woman lying among the
logs. He informed Mr.. Cockrell OF
what he had seen, who in turn notified
the authorities. Upon going to the
spot theyiound the woman lying among
the wood, ~ the negro man had de-
scribed. She had on no clothing whats
ever save her stockings. The body
was considerably decomposed, the
flesh In many places having begun TO
drop OIL The mother of the woman
identified the body as that Of her
d daughter, partly through recognition
and by two rings and cross ahe wore,
In the mean time the news spread like
wildlire through the city, and |
espe clally exciting the colored people
to action, who turned out en- mnsse to
look for Beall who had ben seen IN the
city that morning. Sheriff Moon upon
learning OF the finding of the body
rode directly to his house, situated be
yond the suburbs on the Preston road,
where he found aud arrested him. The
sheriff took the prisoner TO the spot
where the body was still lying, when
he said that he "guessed II must be
her. Justice Mcclure held an In
quest over the body, occupying the
day in hearing the testimony Of wit
nesses, and will return u verdict |
this morning. Beall was placed
In Jail and the reporter call
ed TO hear what he had |
to say concerning the matter. He
stated that he thought it was the body |
of his wife, and protested that he was
innocent Of her death, saying; "They |
can haug me If they will, but am In
nooent of numbering her." ut Is just |
rs told you the first time was put
in here. | awoke one morning, and
she was gone; that is oil know about
It," Upon the reporter asking him If
she had ever threatened to suicide, he |
answered that "sbe had frequently |
said that she meant to disappear some
time, and no one would ever know |
what became of her." Besll and bis |
wife-who had been married before, |
having left her former husband--got
along unpleasantly together, he having |
on two different occasions left her on |
that account; but each time making up, |
with her again, 1t is also stated by
those who knew them, that they were
both jealous Of each other, and that
MISUNDERSTANDING between them were
not unfrequent. Whether this 10 foul
murder or o suicide, will have to be
determined by law. Terrell Martin,
an old negro man living near BealPs,
states that he saw her alive, near that
portion of the city, a few weeks ago,
and since the time OF her disap'
pearance. The negroes are much ex-
cited over the affair, and it was ru-
mored that they had threatened to
take him from the jail and hang him.
But Sheriff Moon will be on the look.
out and ut once put an effective stop
to any such demonstrations. Beall
will probably to-day have an examin-
ing trial.
A few days since Sam Miller, a
brother.intlaw OF the negro woman
found in the driftwood OF the Trinity,
came to Sheriff Moon and showed him
letter he had received from the wo-
mans sister, telling him to come over
at once, az there was woman there
who could tell all about the murder of
her sister, and where she was buried.
She stated In the letter that the wo.
man said her sister had been MUIR
dered by her husband and two other
men, and that her remains were con-
cealed three blocks west of the court.
house in this city. Thinking that the
woman In question might be partici.
pant in making away with the wo.
man, or might throw light upon the
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