The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-09
Mystery and villalny Combined.


Mystery and Niliainy Combined.
New ORLEANS, La, October There has
Just come TO the notice Of the police case
which, a, far as it was investigated, shows
many marks Of mystery, and probably of
atrocious vilainy On the afternoon train
of the Jackson railroad, last Monday, there
arrived in this city a young lady whose ap-
pcarance indicated excessive fright or in
Cipiont insanity, While she was able to
answer questions luCidly, vet the wild,
startled look in the great brown eyes, which
were dilated and distcnded beyond what
was natural, bctokeued that She was on
the verge ofmcntal Distraction.
THE CONDUCTOR
Of the train brought her to q cab and placed
her in charge of the driver She said she
wished 10 20 to Michigan and the driver
promised To drive her To the ticket office,
more to quiet his charge than anything else
ns the conductor had previously in
structed him TO convey her to the
police station As she stepped into the cab
with her valisc her eyes encountered those
of a policeman who was coming toward her
The sight of the uniform almost threw her
into commissions, and it was with difficulty
that she was finally restored to quictness.
With his attention divided between the
young woman and the horse the driver
whipped up, and in short time was in
front " the Central station. He stop
ped his cab and the lady alighted and was
conducted into the detective 5 Office where
Captain Malone questioned hcras to whence
she had come and whittier sho was going
She was very retiCent, and 1t was with diff
iiCulty that answers to the questions pro-
pounded to her could be elected, but from
her conversation it was evident that she
was well educated and refined. She said
she came from Lansing, Michigan,
BUT WOULD NOT At FIRST
give her name. She appeared to be iidgety
and anxious 10 90, and several times when
she thought the old detectives eyes
were busted elsewhere, she started for the
door, but was each time caught and es-
Corted back to her seat, where the captain
attempted to pacify her and keep her until
Chief Boylan should arrive aud make some
disposition of her. The conductor in
formed the driver of the hack that the UNI
fortunate woman had boarded the train
at Trenier Station, but No she was possessed
ola through ticket from Lansing, Michi-
igan, she had evidently been a passenger
on the previous night train, and had either
been inyeigheled into alighting by deception
or had while lahoring under temporary
barked The woman had on y dark brown
dress, trimmed with satin ofthe samecolor,
black straw hat trimmed with black rib
bon, and she carried red morocco yalisc
Her dress, which, although clean, was
rumpled and disarrangcd, bore evidence of
the long trip which she had undertaken
At the police station her valise was one ned
and searched, In the hope that some
letter or document could be found which
would
ESTABLISH HKR IDENTITY.
A letter was found from which il was as
Certaincd that the lady's name was Ada L.
Thompson, and that she was graduate of
female seminary ut Lansing, and that her
services as teacher had been engaged for
Straight university high school for color.
cd students, under the charge of able white
teachers in this city. Chief Boylan soon ar.
rived, and again questioned her, but was
for long time unsuccessful. Finally,
howevc. by dint of persistence he
her which CorrobnNtcd what before was
only Supposition, Mrs. Thorn pson
told her story Of how SHE had obtained a
situation, and, securing through ticket TO
New Orleans, had taken passage on the
train. She spoke freely of all that trans
pircd upto the time she left the train, but
stopped short then, aud positively refused
60 answer any more questions, either be
ing unable or unwilling 50 to. do
The officers believe that the woman had
been dru eyed aud forcibly taken from the
train in the swamps bordering the western
end of Lake pontchartrain, aud there sub.
iected to outrage. They attributed her
evident insanity TO the drugs they believed
had been administered to her,
- - FROM rnE- EFFECTS or WHICH
Ill L.. l,tl al IL.
effected arrangements with the proprietor
of u boarding house in the vicinity of the
central station, where Miss Thompson was
made as comfortable as possible,--tG
Democrat.