The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-11-24
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fie Deserts his sloh wife aud Chiidroh,
Hoba Ills Fellow Immigrants aud Leave.
for Parts Unknown
Wednesday about noon seven wagons
loaded down with immigrants and their
plumber, filed through Mains street, crossed
the toll bridge and struck westward for
Hood county, where they proposed to To-
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 u man by the name of John Linton,
who was accompanied by an invalid wife
and two children, Il boy and girl, aged
Respectively four and five years. Each head
of the seven families was in pretty good
fix for the purchase of an ordinary farm in
Texas, having on an average rom
$500 TO s., 900 in cash, they having sold ont
their homes entire in Arkansas. But for
the gist of the story which shows up u
mean man, a despcable husband and vile,
contemplate father and "A 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 tine 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 filed the air. The
gf artN
deeply with Mrs. Linton and did every
thingthey 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
fuse in his thanks to them for the kindness
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 villainy 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
she passed the night, empty;
The eGi5 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 a 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 a 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 acuyer from
the terrible shock. She will Ne cared for
by the party until she can ba
sent back home by rail to her r.!otiE-S,
who live at Spring Hill, in Ar'.al$9,s-
Messrs Wheeler and Parker two Of the
party, passed through the cit ON yesterday
mornings east-bound mixed raiu over die
Texas & Pacific, which they boarded west
of here, Oh their way to TeAalhana, l.e..s
which place Linton has some stock. 1t
will be asad day for him when they catch
him