The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-18
A HEARrLEss HUSBAND
He Deserts his Sick Wife and Children,
Robs His Fellow Immigrants and Leaves
for Parfs InknnMn


Robs His Fellow Immigrants and Leave,
for Parts Unknown.
Wednesday about noon seven wagon.
loaded. down with immigrants and theil
plumber, filed through Main street, crossed
the toll bridge and struck westward iol
Hood county where they proposed to 10,
cate, and either farm for themselves or on
the shares. They came from Falcon,
Arkansas, overland with their teams, and
owing to the recent rains their trip was
retarded, and they were put to
considerable additional expense while
they experienced great Inconvenience in
finding shelter during the chilly nights of
the past three weeks. Among the party
was man by the name Of John Linton.
who was accompanied by an invalid wife
and two children, boy and q girl, aged
respectively four and five years. Each head
of the seven families was in a pretty good
fix for the purchase of an ordinary farm in
Texas, having on an average from
$500 to $4,000 in cash, they having sold out
their homes entire in Arkansas. But for
the gist of the story which shows up
mean man, despicable husband and vile,
contemplate father and base thief They
camped Wednesday night near the Tarrant
county line, the southeast end of
which county they traverse in
their route to Hood county.
In the cleaning of the evening the caravan
went into camp and the usual preparation
for supper and the nights rest were gone
through with. The common cOmmissary
box was opened up and soon the fumes of
broiled ham and coffee filled the air The
women and men of the party sympathized
deeply with Mrs. Linton ard did every
thing they could to conduce to her comfort,
which her husband, who is young
man of some twenty-seven summers,
protested to appreciate, and he was pro-
they showed his wife. That night, the
supper over, and the horses properly
lariated out, they all retired, Linton re-
firing, as was his custom, under the wagon
in which slept his wife and children, who
little dreamed of the villairiy to be wrought
by the husband and father before
the dawn of day. The following morning
Linton was missing, and following this dis
covery Mrs Fuller, the mother of one of
the gentlemen of the party who is an
elderly lady, found her pocketbook, of
which she was wont to take such care on
the ground near the wagon in which
sue passed. lnc UlSII, empty.
The $Gl5 it held when she retired
for the night was gone. This put the en-
tire party to inspecting their purses, and it
was discovered that four out of six of the
men Of the party had been robbed of q sum
amounting in all to SLIPS, money they had
brought along on their persons to defray
expenses, they having the remainder
fortunately in exchange on New
York. He also took fine
shotgun and pair of pistols from the
party, as well as an oil cloth coat and the
best horse in the outfit, leaving behind his
wagon and two horses and his helpless wife
and two children whom he so cruelty
deserted, leaving her dependent upon
the charity Of the party, without a
cent to pay her way through this cold and
uncharitable world, When the news was
broke to his wife she tainted and the prob
abilities are that she will not recover from
the terrible shock. She will be cared for
by the party until she can be
sent back home by rail to her relatives,
who live at Spring Hill, in Arkansas.
Messrs. Wheeler and Parker, two of the
party, passed.through the city on yesterday
mornings east-bound mixed train over the
Texas & Pacific, which they boarded west
of here, on their way to Texarkana, near
which place Linton has some stock. 1t
will be a sad day for him when they catch
him