The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-12
MYsTRRIousLy MISSING,
Mr., j, o, Tollott, Of Now Orleans Here Looking
Por His Brother, Whom 10 Pears Was
Murdered foT His honoy-A
Prulleaa Search,

Mr.. j. O. Tellott, from thu vicinity OF
New Orleans, arrived In tho city yesterday,
looking for his brother, whom ho fears has
been ioully dealt with, His brother whose
name Is q, l., Tolott, loft bis home on tho
10th of January for this State
on u prospecting tour taking with him
some $4,000 In money, On leaving
homo he told his wife that ho would, on hlf
arrival In Now Orleans, deposit 81 900 of tho
money In tho Canal bank, of that city, They
received letter from, written on the l7th oil
January, and dated Dallas, In which hC
stated That ho had been taken down
with severe attack Of pneumonia, aud
TINT his physician, DR., Sam Jones, sud that
no would not be well enough 10 got out for
some two weeks 10 come, They heard moth
Ing more from him. but the brother here In
search received n leltor post-marked Dallas,
signed ThOa Henderson, stating that II was
his painful duty to inform him Of his broth
er's death, when occurred ON the 2lsl OF
January, He wrote further TINT no had met
his brother In Galveston and that both being
bound for Chambers creek, In this county,
they had Travelled together and that
he WINS with him during biz
illness and nj the time of his death. llo had
found sevonty'Ayo dollars on tho person of
the deceased, and that before dying no had
requested him To write and inform him that
he hud deposited most all Of his money In n
Galveston bank,
Mr.. Tellott says that his brother wasa sober
and rather quiet man. Since his arrival no
has hunted diligently for Dr. Samuel Jones,
but has been unable to find him. There is
no such physician here 80 far MS we know.
There aro only two physicians Of that
name in tho city and he has seen
both of thom, but they never attended
such man. lie has visited most all the
practising physicians but none of them know
anything of H. Besides this he has made in
quiries NJ tho City hospital and of tho city
sexton, as well rs all the undertak crs
In tho city but none Of them
knew anything concerning such II person
The registo ut every hotel have been
searched for his name, but in vain, lilo has
visited the principal boarding houses in the
hope of finding some trace of him,
but TO no purpose. There is something
very mysterious about the whole affair, and
it looks MS though the brothers misgivngs rs
to his fate might prove true. The officers Of
the. Canal bank refused TO give him any in
formation rs TO whether or not his
missing brother made deposit
there unless he could show some
authority for tand properly identify himself
and not having time to do this he came on
here to look for him. He has acquainted
Marshal Morton and the police with these
facts. Mr., Telott fears that he
has been murdered in some way for his
money. The missing man is about five feet,
seven inches in height, weighed about ono
hundred and forty pounds, dark complexion,
and wore dark chin whiskers and u nous
tache.
Any Information concerning him addressed
to his brother, in care of this Office, will be
thankfully received