The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-16
MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
The Reporter on scest-Nsta Scalp
Does he Take,
But Secures Details Of Poor Womans
Fate.
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Fate.
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Some ten days ago the reporters got
rcept of an item which they trailed with
diligence TO find missing link, when they
charged itup TO profit and loss.
"Did you hear about that little affair at
the Revere house?" queried party OF a
HERALD reporter. where a young girl was
f.hen nv two men who said they were her
hrothers. and about her giving birth to
sfili.born babe, and afterwards dying Z
There is q mystery about 1t some way,
Tor the so.called brothers appeared 10 Dc
extremely quiet and unusually sollciti?9s
about the matter" win TINS uaiI tne
HrRALp man, along with brother reporters,
rfarted out to trail the item up, and they
vent direct to the Revere house, where
thew had talk with Franck. the proprl-
etor. who was rather evasive In his answers,
Int In the course of the conversation II was
pumped out Of him that two men mad come
there with a woman Of small stature, but
ordinary proportions, whom they claimed
as their sister. They hal engaged rooms
and the woman had given oirth 10 SUIT
born child and then died. lie said they
we're liberal with their money, PAID ,helr
bills PROMPTLY, and he guessed ,ney w1u ha
chosen to charge It. They paid their bills
and that was enough for him,
far Il was none Of his business.
He said that Drs. Pace, Allen, Car
ter and Thruston had been to see the
woman, whose remains were subsequently
shipped by Undertaken X. Q. Smith 10 MIS-
souri,, The physicians, each ana every one
OF whom stand Of the head OF the profession,
here were seen by the reporters ana 'hey
each were Of the opinion thas tneie was
somethipg wrong about the affair, though
fhsv knew nothing more than what came
mnder thar observation in their practice.
The two brothers told stories concerning
their places Of abode, their destination and
the trim that did not dove-tail.
The physicians had to take the child
from the Young mother, and say that 1t
had been dead from forty-eight hours to
one week previous to Its birth. Mr. n. Y.
Smith the, undertaken said he thought ev,
erything was all right and was 50 convinced
of that he loaned them $ioO 10 de,ray
their expenses back home. They told him
"A thew had others that their sister
had been married and that
her husband had been dead some four
months. He received his money, however,
an right. Yesterday Sheriff Smith re.
ceiyed the following letter of inquiry from
Bolton, Cas- county, Missouri, which ex-
plains ITSELF , 5000
Bolton, G ,ss County, Missouri, June sth, 1888
sheriff Dallas County Texas .h.. ,oruo.
QRA1 eIR--I am fully aware that gentie,
III &oc&pying your position as an official
Or TIE 68dntV are not unfrequently an
r 1921 INV letters Of this character, but
nnScr1hSieoe flake the liberty to address
u known to you some things
"a ISk NV - ~ some time Of interest to
6u; aud IA answer would be very crafty
Ine 10 me, and may be the means OF ena-
blInRlfno ~ put quietus ON certain sur
mise1 which are now rifein thiscommunity.
Thetefore without further apology or IN
PREDICTION proceed TO give you iuli &C.
count of the cause Of the surmising ana to
some extent the character and doings OF the
family, Of which the surmisings are now
ahouE, Solomon Wyatt is the head Of the
4 ,mpily, ID an old man, as also ms Ylie, OF
1ESm none charge In their surmising other
thSn fhat they have born their sons, A. l..
Wyatt and WylieA Wyatt and some others
not akin and are not at all times tenacious
of the truth, although members of the Bap'
tist church, and by their brethren In the
church not held In the highest esteem:
The elder son, A. L., has been IN several
scrapes the other son works the farm:
valuable land. Another son, j. W., Is mar.
ried and lives some distance away, OF
whom nothing Is said. The elder
son, A. L., is seldom ever at home,
which, perhaps, is healthy ior
him. He Is very fine pensman and ira
verses the land, so the family inform me
teaching writing school, is said now to be
In your state. live about q mile and
halt from the old gentleman and on the
night OF the 10Th Of May had q good span O.
dark bay or brown mare mules stolen IRON
harness. The mules are about II
hands high, in moderate condi
ton. shod all around and both ar,
branded with the letter II on lett fore
shoulder, but Is probably indistinct to view
unless the hair Is moistened. The Eighties
colored, and perhaps the quarter OF an incl
the taller of the mules, has small scar OF
the inside OF one Of the hind feet down clos,
to the hoof, and large scar ON the moutl
cut by the bit shows the mouth cut up to'
far, and is callous and not well closet
In the upper corner when drinking
often spurts the water out at the uppe
corner Of the left side. have read grea
deal, but to no purpose; have never hear'
of them; had postal cards printed and sen
them broadcast, but received no word yet
did not speak Of the brand in the card, 70
at that time l was not aware that 1t wa
visible; did not know that moistenin
would cause ii to be seen.
Now for another scene:
On the day before the night the mule
were stolen, Wylie Wyatt, with a sister,
but heavy body, left home for visit I
Texas. Lett Kansas City the next day a
tor the mules were taken. Last Sunday
Ss dVs 'u announcing u''R her death, ' an
on Monday the man Wylie an
the remains arrived at Bolton. He say
abe got bad just as he got out Of the Ii
dian territory and he stopped at Denisol
wrote to his brother, A. l.. Wyatt, Z
Troupe, Texas, and then he telegraphe
him and he came, when they col
started that d day, w. got 'I as IA Il
Is Dallas, aud there they had
stop he said. He said he had four Of III
best doctors in Dallas, and hired two W,
men at 81 per day TO take care Of her an
paid their board Of 81 per day, and that Oh
died Saturday morning at o'clock, Jur
End, and that he had got out Of money al
did mot know any one; and TIL II,
IN unuertuker, hnu toIu uiu nis utorys
told him he would give him oil he wants
go, $75, 500 or $500 II he needed 1t. Thu
he got SIS. am NOT certain that got Il
initials oil right In Mr.. Smiths name bu
there Was three letters. They brought Il
corpse from Bolton, about 8 o'clock Monds
afternoon, passed their own house TO Il
church some twenty 10 thirty rods furth,
and there deposited the remains In tt
grove, quite number Of the neighbors b
Ing present. Now for the surmisin
Many had suspicious on and before 81
len that she was In the way to become
mother and the many conflicting stat
ments that purport to come from Il
ismiiy convinoes the neighbo