San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03
ABE ROrHsCaILD.
~ Alleged Murderer sf "Dlanssd Bessie" TX.
,isIulng How No Cheated ths llassnsa.


Denver Col, Republican.
A Republican reporter yesterday
morning met Abe Rothschild at the
Union Depot, just as he was ready to
take tic Union Pacific tr.iin for the
East. The notoriety which Rothschild
has acquired in connection with the
murder OF Diamond Bessie" Moore,
in Texas, led the reporter to seek nm
interview, the result was what will be
found below: th
The murder Of diamond Bessie" and
Abe Rothschild's subsequent arrest in
CINCINNATI formed one of the greatest
sensations in the criminal annals Of
that city. The first intimation of the
murder obtained at Cincinnati was sup
plied by circular to the Chief of Pc.
lice, announcing, that the mutilated
body of woman had been found in
the woods near Marshall, Texas. She
dad been seen in company with an I'M
known man, who took her out in bug
ey and returned without her, saying
chat he had left her with some friends.
When tho body was discovered the
jewelry had oil been removed, aud one
of the fingers had been severed to take
off diamond ring,after which the body
had been concealed under rocks and
rubbish. The man who was with het
had evidently registered under an as
sumed name, as he could not be traced
back.
About week after the Cincinnati
police received this circular, mysteris
GUS shooting occurred, very late one
night, at Jake Aug's club house in that
city. the victim being Appointment
young fellow of the town named Abe
Rothschild. The ball had entered his
head near the eye and produced a
CHASTITY wound. He volunteered the
statement that he had shot himself ac-
cidentally, and was removed to his
fathers house. That day, another Cir
cular was received from Texas, saying
that, by means of scrutinizing the
handwritings on various Texas registers,
the detectives had become convinced
that the man who was with Diamond
Bessie" was one Abe Rothschild, whose
handwriting resembled that Of the
mysterious lover. A guard was imme.
diately stationed ct Rothschild's bed
room, and when he recovered he was
taken to jail, and afterward, by de-
tective's trick, was conveyed, in the
face of habeas corpus proceeding, to
Texas. He lay in prison three years,
when his release followed.
When the Republican reporter met
him at the depot yesterday morning
his appearance was peculiar. He
is about five feet ten inches high, of a
stout build. He is not obese, but his
physique denotes considerable muscular
power. His neck, set between two
stout shoulders, is thick, and widens
In front, as it rises to full round face,
though the proportions of the face are
not formed from fabby fat. He has
black hair and brown eyes. The eyes
are the most striking feature to an OBJ
server at the first glance. They are
large, protruding and very round, with
scarcely any perceptible elongation.
His head is large and round, and his
nose indicates a decidedly aggressive
possessor. The vomer appears abnor-
mally large and the nostrils dilated,
and the structure is crowned by deci-
sive pug. He has thin, short, silken
mustache. Ills dress was that of an
ordidary travelling business man. A
narrow-rolled brim SLOUGH hat, sack
coat of the texture denominated pepper
and salt, and vest and pantaloons of the
same kind.
After the usual preliminary greetings
the reporter remarked:
Mr.. Rothschild, on account of the
great public interest manifested in the
trouble You got into in Texas, we would
like to hear your version of that
matter"
We'll, / don't care to give any yer.
sion of it. I am in business now, and
keeping this thing alive does more
harm than good"