Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-12-01
THE FUGITIVE FEE.
The Job Put up by - Runaway Hus'
band to Create the Impression
Of his Death.
New Orleans picayune.

day morning last, and his contin-
ned absence, the explanation Of
which we're confidently looked for
in the answer to Col. Longley's dis
patch to Jackson, Miss, is as mex
plicable as ever.
No answer was received from the
lnan +. Alexander, who sent the in
formation to Col. Longley; and at
though the Chief of Police at Jackson
Miss, asking for some information in
reference to the case, he also has not
vet received an answer. Mrs. Fec
was greatly exercised on Saturday
aud Sunday at her husbands absence,
and she wept bitterly. On Monday,
however, she appeared to have form
cd u sudden resolution as to her fa
ture course of action, and yesterday
afternoon began packing her trunk.
She professed to feel much better
than she had on the previous two
days, and said she would return to
her parents, in Louisville, where sh0
was sure Of warm welcome home
and the sympathy of loving hearts.
In accordance with this resolution
she left yesterday afternoon on the
Louisville and Nashville train.
Regarding the man Alexander and
his story Of how he came to send the
message, which created so much in
quiry, the following was learned
from jackson, Miss, last night;
A man giving his name as b. AL
exander, approached q policeman last
Sunday, and drawing him aside,
mysteriously said a have got
clue, may be you can make some
thing out of it, The policeman ask
ed him what it was. He replied sub
stantially Us follows: II came down
on the train last night, AS | was
about to step from the platform, IL
man getting off said to some one on
the ground. Hello, Paul, what are
you doing hereN The man on the
ground replied, | got into some
trouble and had to skip then
changed my mind about getting Oft
the cars, and walked back through
the coach, keeping close to the win
dows, to hear what further CONVERSE
ton occurred between the two men,
who were also walking toward the
rear end of the car. The man on the
ground continued
Igot into fuss with man on the
boat at Algiers, and knocked him off
into the river
who was itY His name was Fee
After this could hear nothing fur
Their
Alexander described the man Paul
as rather tall, slightly built man,
wearing q Derby hat and gray coat.
The police have observed in town q
stranger answering the description.
The men who got off the platform
ahead of Alexander he could not de
scribe.
Alexander left last night ON the
East bound train, going, as he said,
North via Chattanooga. He is q man
about IS pears old, has the appear
ance of a drummer, and claims to be
the senior partner in firm of f. Alex
der g. Co., corner of Franklin and
Christie streets, st. Louis. His con-
duct seemed to be mysterious.
The police attached but little i'm
p0rtance 10 his statement until the
news Of Edward Fees disappearance
reached Jackson yesterday in Mon
day mornings Picayude.
This explains how it was that Col
Longley received no answer to his
dispatch The man to whom it was
addressed, Alexander, was not in
Jackson when it reached there, and
Rhief Boylan's dispatch, asking in
formation regarding Alexander, was
unanswered for the same reasons.
The description given of Edward
Fee aud that of Alexander are iden-
tical, and hence it is believed that he
basely deserted his wife and concocted
the story OF his death to mislead her
and eftectually check any efforts to
discover his whereabouts save in the
Mississippi River, where he well knew