Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-10
L ABOUT IT.
How POIk's Party Passed New
Orleans,
Timss.Dsnosrss, 6,

reporter ieil back gu tue nsNsPaP''
mans
REGULAR STAND n.y. rHE HACK
MEN,
and worked than for all thes wsts
worth. Ors Of the gentry hsd a
slirht r~saolltotion Of scaipg q S'an an
lsweriue Folks description get OF the
N am. Jackson train on Friday, put
he could not tell what cab be had
taken. Then he thought seriously on
The subject, smoked one OF the report
erls best cigars, aud finally gave him a
list of all the drivers at the depot on
that eventual Friday morning.
With this clue the 'eare1 vas re-
newed. and finally the IDENTICAL hack
mar Was located in the person OF MT
LANES Dolan. one Of the oldest hack
men in the busiHess. Mr.. Dolan'
who is an honest,
WARM HEARTED FRESHMAN,
was found at his home on Freret street,
between Clio and Erato. he received
the reporter ia his little parlor, and
in response to bis inquiries, said
yves. | remember hauling the party
YOU are after. They got in my hack
FRIDAY morning at the Jackson rail
road depot. 1t was just 7:O6 o'clock
that is, the old man, who was very ex-
acting. said SO, and | had to take MS
word Tor il. Tntre we're three OF them
in the party, the old gentleman With
Inc peg leg. a tall. 6le looking yOung
nan and a Mexican servant They had
two v~alises, and after ! had driven them
a little distance, the old gentleman
instructed me to drive to place where
they could get a good breakfast |
headed my nag for Madame Eugene's.
on Canal street, aud when reached
the restaurant, they got out and went
inside.
After breakfast the two gentlemen
came out and went and got shaved
rhen | drove them to the Railroad
Office. then TO Lyons drugstore on
Camp street, where they purchased
some medicines. and then back e
Madame Eugone's They seemed to Be
somewhat excited and in an aTfu'
hurry, but did not appear to care
whether they attracted attention o.
not. After 8 wait Of few moments
drove them to the
sTATE NATIONAL BANK,
land the tall man got out and went
lnside To got money, | believe. The
old man with the peg leg remained II
he hack and | drove him back 70
Madame EuSene's. You al bet the5
Kent me moving. Then | took To
Mexican servant in the hack and went
LEAK .shsk =ak e &c. sAe eheeAs Tor
1.-The trunks iron the tall man.
He gave them 70 Us and We went u
the st Charles Hotel where tbs
trunks had been TAKEN By the transfer
wagon. But the clerk would not give
] them up unless they were Identified,
B SO l had TO 20 back to Madame Eu-
e genes aud get the old gentleman "a
} come along with me. Well, finally
! after some trouble We got the trunks
. three IL number, Then the tall mar
d got another hack and put some OF thi
trunks on it, aud the old man asked
me to drive him to a first class guT
,tore. | headed for Rhodes on St
q. Charles street, and he boughta
y DouBLE.BARRELED SHOT GUS,
a rife, small arms and ammunition
y At Da%nziger's Canal street store. the.
= purchased a bill of goods, and goinI
!. back to Madame Eugene's, they col
J, Ieeted their traps, guns and all, snt
\ loading my hack and the cab whicl
y the tall man had hired, drove dow
Bourbon street to the Morgan railroSl
;, depot and lett for Texas.
10 IL received S. for the load, reguls
!. tariff rates, and now that you know q
!, about il, tell me what was wrong wit
q the old gentleman
"0h, nothing much, only that ne 20
away with 100000 from the Tennes
il see State Treasury" replied the re
8 porter.
2 fine deviiP' said the hackman
4 snl the reporter left to continue hi
inv s9tigation and verify Mr.. DOlan'
ii statement.
Visiting Nine. Eugene's, the Times
I Democrat reporter INTERCEPTED he
"a son in-law, the young man who al
4. tends the establishment. He state
that on Friday morning at an earl
! hour two gentlemen and their servan'
- a Mexican, entered the establishmer
- and ordered breakfast. The gentle
y men sat at one table aud the seryat
at another. lie was a laxative fsllo'
o. aud was soon engaged 10 conyersatio
" with his host. He said tina. bis ma
ters were en- route for their mine !
Mexico, aud that he was glad TO get (
= New Orleans, because he could get
Is, SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT.
r. the cooking up North being simp'
III horrible. When the gentlemen fI
&c ished their breakfast they asked to
Of directed to a barber shop and left
rs get shaved. The servant remained
er Madame Eugene's until they returne'
Is when they all left together.
70 Subsequently they returned, an
ordering a sumptuOus lunch, paekt
m their baggage aud firearms In
Cd two cabs, left for Morgan's raj
y; road depot. paying their host ham
II somely for his entertainment.
cd Thinking that the fugitives migl
tie have changed their appearance at Il
N, BARRIERS, the tonaorial artists who BE-
10 performed the operation we're sOugI
for and found in Sustrabo's shop (
al Csrondelet. heal Canal street. Tn,
ts, we're perfectly willing to tell all th,
knew about the matter, and said til
the gentlemen called in the mornir
nd and had about two days growth
arc beard removed They did not hai
an their appearance changed 10 the lea
or. save that they looked a little mo
on. presentable when they left than VIII
:. they entered.
TRACING THE FUGITIvEs.
to Danziger's, it was learned that "a
ite. had purchased three pairs of blanke
rds, paying about $22 in cash fot the
uRh While they were in the store IN
yhe made no attempt to conceal Tn
roll identity, and one Of the gentlem
run. addressed the other by the name
~ Polk. The pentleman so addros,