The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-20
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Ihe strange journey ~ Resident ~ Dsi-
Ias A gUrIoua fiaao of Nlduapplna

tas-A curious Ease ~ Rldnnpplng.
A reporter OIL be llEHALb yesterdayo ven
ing obtained nm interview with Mr. Oliver,
who now resides in this city and WHO is a
sonin.aw Of our wel.known citizen, DR..
W. II. Hughes, the worthy pastor
OF the Lamar street Methodist church,
and obtained somo startling informa.
ton with reference t. u romantic eSneri
cnce of Mr.. Oliver. Some lime since the
gentleman pamed was living in suburb OF
Nashville, Tennessee, ANA one evening about
4 o'clock went into Guy on business.
While returning home about dalG, per-
haps, lie felt n heavy blow upon the he ID,
and was conscious of being At TIE same
time kicked and otherN Use beatc In
moment, however, he became Obvious
to all surroundings, and Is UNI
able TO say what length of time he remained
insensibe. The first iact learned upon re-
gaining consciousness was that he was in
boat, light yawl, and rapidly descending
the Cumberland river. In the boat With
him we c two men, rough and sinister look
ing, heavily armed, but entire strangers 10
Oliver. Shortly thereafter the boat was
deserted, ana the party proceeded ~ II
covered waSol going west constantly The
wagon had evidently been lei in waiting.
The two kidnappers refused 20 converse
with Oliver at all. and none OF his inquiries
enabled him 10 obtain any i,iurma. 90 as
to the canse of his capture. or ,ne destina-
ton of the party. In The meantime the
two men had takena gold watch and $l2Oi in
money from their prisoner. The wagon
carefully avoided towns and human habi-
tqtions as much as possible, and jour
neyed night anu day. passing west from the
point where the Cumberland was
lei. through Arkansas and the
Indian Ter,nory and into New Mexico.
within ] 90 miles Of Albuquerque. MI. Oil
ver's feelings as he was carried nus myste-
riouSy through wood and swamp and over
prairie for long, weary days, CONSCIOUS at
the same time That cooste, nation and sor-
row existed in his own home, I.om which
he had been tora without wa Ding may
better be imagined than described. His
wife, of course, ard Dr. Hughes, TO whom
the news had beeo conyeNeo, were con-
WINGED t;rat olive bad been robbed aud
murdered When the DO nj, above leier-
req TO bad been reacued IN New MEXICO the
party were met bv two other men. They
bad been waiting Tor tae wagon, with Oil
YER The endezrous evidently having been
selected aud agreed upon long before. The
newly met men ,7ere camping and no evil
dences OF oiDer. human life near were to be
seen. 1t was vase everywhere as was
most Of the county t,ayeried by the cap
and bloodily n the midst OF Tie wilderness,
but could not possibly coriuie up le son
for such couise. IL was all an
unfathomnble mystery to hin, and be
could do nothing but waic His suspense,
however, was of short duration: for the two
men they had just met exclaimed, The
wrong man !" and began to in!errogate Mr.
Oliver closely about people and places and
events, about which he knew nothing, as
was soon apparent 10 all. The deepest dis
appointment was manifested, and the
curses were mot loud, but deep" When
the mistake was beyond question, l'ttle,oi
divers money was returned. 10 him, and
he was Informed that q short distance
away another vehicle could DE found
aueruue, where be could find railroad IA
cilites. He found IL as they had stated,
and lost no time in reaching the city men,
toned and telegraphed home immediately
his whereabouts and asked for money TO
return on. The wife send the letter 70 DIR.
Hughes in this city, who cent the MONEY,
but with insi rucdoDs not to pay 1t over -
as TO his identity. The Decor fea- ed he
had been Murdered and thas. the
te eerayhing was merely scheme
TO obtain mole money. In the mean
line fortunately Mr.. Oliver founI
IL the pc,v-office at Altuque'que an old
ana al d.'Fcu.ty was oDv,a-
tea. He io1 thNith letrrred 10 Nashville,
whee he was &, eeied u .ne dead COZ e
back. Subsequently he and his vile came
to Dallas permanently to reside, Mr.. Oil
yer lxps neyer to this day been able 10 ferret
ont the rhysteiy surrounding th's unpleas'
anu but roinanc'c epicoce n his lie. there
is but one explanation he can see. The
Questions put 10 him all referred
10 one Oyerton. WHO had prey iously |
been Ur'tsd States deceive |
Ground Nashville, and the, SUP
position is that taese ;Our men had deer
mined upon his murGer and had gone to |
the pains OF carrying the vicsim to The |
de err fof his blood IN Older that there
millt De 10 tiouDle ,lereaGer From 'le |
81 Iiiaritv o. the pames oliver vas mis- |
take Zoe Ogeitol. TIE fac.s OF this sin
,ula" case appel almost incredible, but |
when de, aileI by ST cn men as Mr.. Oliver |
and DR.. Hughes leave no room for doubt. |
They a'e but ano,her QUO, oDpjng of The |
lr,k and curious life histories hidden by |
,iime ON the puDlic's eye.