The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-11-18
THE THREE TnIEvRs


Two OF Them arc Identified and Taken
Back to sherman, and the Other Is Held
for Attempted Bribery,
Mr.. b. f. Weatherly, who was swindled
at Sherman Wednesday morning out o.
500 by the confidence men arrested Thurs.
day by City Marshal Arnold, on telegram
he sent the marshal, arrived in the city
yesterday morning in response TO dis
patch acquainting him OF their capture. 70,
the purpose OF identifying them. Hc
went with the marshal "a
the station-house and the door Of
the cell in which Davis was confined had
not fairly opened before his victim ex.
claimed: by golly, that's him" ON en-
tering the cell Mr.. Weatherly was intro
ducet to the prisoner, who feigned not To
know him, and when asked if he had ever
seen Mr.. Weatherly, he looked as innocent
as a saint and replied that he had not, SO
far us he remembered, and added, as if BY
faces was very treacherous. Mr.. Wea.
therly was Of the opinion that it must be
fearfully treacherous or else the speaker
was u second Eli Perkins. lie was amazed
at the audacious cheek of Davis, and was
for a time dumbfounded, but finally gave
Davis to understand that his memory was
not so treacherous, and that his
image had been most iorcibly i'm
pr essed on his mind to- the
tune of 500, but Davis insisted that he did
not remember ever having seen him. The
cell in which James Mcbride alias Wilson,
and g. Il. Edwards were confined was next
visited, and the latter was at once
recognized as the confederate OF
Davis, but he failed to recognize
the former, who, though no doubt
confederate, failed to have a hand in
lleecing him. When Edwards was asked if
he had ever seen Mr., Weatherly before, he
declined to answer and laughed. Davis
and Edwards had tleeced their victim with
the old freight racket. lie is an old man
and farmer IN Red River county, and had
came to Sherman to take the train for
Eureka Springs, whittier he was going for a
skin affection and was at the depot await.
ing its arrival when Davis approached
him and engaged him i'll conversation. Mr..
Weatherly, who is u plain, old farmer, OBJ.
served that he was an elderly man, well
dressed. and of genteel appearance, and
had not held TWO minutes conversation with
him before he had arrived at the conclusion
that he was fine old gentleman. They
talked about the recent elections, the
weather and the country, and finally
he asked Mr.. Weatherly which way
he was travelling, and when he told him
| Eureka Springs Davis said that he was de.
lighted, asshe was on his way to the same
point, where he was going TO test the yir.
tues of the water for the cure OF asthma and
neuralgia, with which he at times suffered
intensely. Davis looked at his watch and
remarked that 1t was some little time be
fore the train was due, asked Mr. Weaiherly
if he would not step up the street shor
distance with him to the house where ht
had been stopping, as he wished to see i
the expressman had taken his trunk anC
other baggage TO the depot as he had tolt
him to do. Mr.. Weatherly cheerfully &C
guessed and they walked up the street uu
TIL they came to cross street, which
they turned into, but they had no
gone far before young mar
hailed Davis, calling him Colonel Craw
ford. When the young man, who wa,
none other han Edwards, pcrsonatins tn,
freight agent, came up, he told Davis, aliai
Crawford, tina his baggage was at the de
pot and as he was making out his bills o
lading lie would like to get the freight oil
II. Davis pulled out long, red pocket
S32o, which OF course was bogus
freight agent, who said he had no change
Turning to Mr.. Weatherly Davis, askt,
him to let him have 800 until he got back
to the depot, which he was more thar
pleased n do. The bogus agent ther
asked Davis to step into the house will
him aud he would give him receipt Ask
ing Mr.. Weatherly to wait outside fol
him just moment, they went into the
house, and that was the last he saw of then
until he beheld them in the station.houst
here yesterday morning. When it dawned
upon him that he had been duped he sent
the telegram giving description of them
and they We're captured, as already stated
G. Edwards confessed to Marshal Arnold
that he was professional thief, and
stated that he had been one fol
about year. He said that he did not gen
orally 20 with Davis, but remarked, whep
the Sherman game was referred to, "Well
yon know, one thief will aid another" lie
stated that he was born and raised IN Dan
vile, Virginia, aud that Tor the past yoar
he had made Chicago his headquarters, neaI
where he had an uncle living by the
name of Campbell. The marshal left
last evening with the two prisoners
in charge for Sherman, where they will be
turned over TO the authorities for trial.
Mr., Weatherly accompanied them. In q
private conversation the prisoners told him
that they would raise him 500 if he would
not prosecute them.
Mcbride, alias Wilson, was fined $50 in
the city court yesterday morning for carry.
inga pistol and is held to answer to Tia,
charge OF trying to bride Marshal Arnold
.s.
ELEGANT sILVERwARE