The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-06
An Interview With Colonel Dyer. Ex-sena
tor Iabor's "Best Man" In His secre,
Wedding i'm September Last

| ~N 'N''1'iiS iHurmdtlOu relative TO thu
marriage Of ex-senator Tabor and Mis-.
McCouft, secretly in st. Louis last Septem.
Der was elected from Colonel Dyer, VIII,
managed the affair for the Colorado million
sire, by St. Louis reporter. After gettin,
his.cue and finding Colonel Dyer, the re-
porter says;
This made very sure case on Colone
Dyer, and late last night visit was mad,
to his residence on Lucas avenue. Hi,
olsnd smile gave place 10 look of awe
when he heard the remark Colonel,
have come to get n fun account of the wed
Jung OF United States Senator Tabor q
Mrs. Elizabeth McCourt, In which YOU as.
sisted as master OF ceremonies
The match with which the colonel was
reaching for chandelier halted in its ascent
and burned out. He threw the STUMP
away and maintained his silence few NOR,
seconds. Then he got another match, and
as he 1T jet exclaimed
where in"
Then he studied awhile and broke out
again with;
How in the name Of
tie stopped, sat down and said: haven't
anything TO say about it, But how in,
Who told your
why, its all over town, coonel-that is,
there are fragments of il all over town,
Why, we've found the marriage record"
We'll, OF course, il you've got that. that
settles 1t. But I'd like to know how You
hrs1 heard OF 1t, There were mighty few
persons living that knew about the affair.
They don't even know it at Senator Tabor's
house in Colorado -
But since we have this much, colonel,
nothing can be served by further secrecy as
10 the details. In fact wouldn't il be best
for all concerned to give the whole story, so
as to prevent people from theoriziny and
indulging in Suspicion
81 don't know but what il would. But
that's too bad. It's shame suppose il
Will be sll overthe country by morning."
Very probably"
| well, there isn't much of story to tell,
Senator Tabor is an old friend of mrne-in
fact, we are jointly interested IN n piece of
property, and have, for long time, been
his attorney. He came here in the latter
part OF last September, and from what al.
forwards learned, | am satisfied he came
! by appointment with the lady he
married and for the purpose
of marrying her, although his
ostensble purpose WAS TO attend to some
law business. The lady arrived here the
same day, or the day after he did, and she
wa accompanied by her brother, Mr.. Nc
| Court, who, i understood, is in business IN
Oshkosh, whore the family resides. AS he
knew me probably more intimately than
anyone else here, MIR. Tabor naturally
called on me to help him in arranging for
the marriage, rs they wanted it KEEP, Sc
cret,"
What was the purpose of secrecy"
"Oh, 1t was very good and legitimate
reasons; You see, at that time, although
he had been granted decree of divorce
from his first wife, she was suing him for
! alimony, and the marriage during the
pending OF that suit might
complicate matters, SO they thought il
would be best to make 10 announcement
until the case WAS disposed of"
We'll, what was done that day?n
81 went with Mr.. Tabor to see Recorder
Irwin and explained TO him what we
wanted and why il should be withheld
from the public, and he very kindly con.
sented to engineer the matter so as to avoid
publication. We got the license, and then
! called into requisiton the services of
Justice Young"
Where We're they married."
In my office. | did not witness the
marriage, as | closed the folding doors
which separated the room where sat from
the room where it occurred. IL was wit.
messed, however, by the lady's brother"
Where did they gothen?"
u think he went back to Denver that
night, and she and her brother went back
to Oshkosh
Were you acquainted with the bride?"
mo, although | had seen her in central,
Colorado, several times when she resided
there. She IS about q years of age and
very pretty
"How old is the senator"
tlIn 10 ~ and euorv inch a ,nan IL ,,a.l,
his fortune by his pluck and business en-
terprise at Leadville, and he has done more
Tor Denver than any man in it. He built
the opera house, VIII ich is the finest west of
New York, and he erected also the most
imposing block ofbuildings in the city,
I" What is your idea concerning the Wash
ington marriage"
III see the lady's parents accompanied her
there, and | suppose that it was determined
that, now that the suits against Senator
Tabor were determined, il would be best to
have the ceremony performed again, espe-
cially as her family are Catholics and would
naturally like to see her married by a priest.
There is nothing to hide in their course, and
! think the reason for the secracy observed
about the marriage in st. Louis was reason.
able"
An effort to find Judge Young proved
unavailing.
A look over the register OF the Lindell
hotel resulted In finding the inscription ~.
Nd. Tabor, Coll on the page devoted to
September % The records of the hotel
show that the gentleman departed on Sen.
TENDER 30.
POOR MAN FIVE YEARS AGO,
In the spring Of 1878 Horace A. w. Tabor.
who was elected United States senator from
Colorado for the term ending In 1888, kept n
small store in the California gulch near
Leadville, and was a poor man George
Hook and August Rische-the latter shoe.
msker-succeeded in inducing Tabor to 20
into scheme with them, and TO put In
what miners call n grub stake.b In
plainer words, Tabor was to furnish means
for buying tools and the provisions with
which to sustain life, and they would search
and dig for the minerals. Tabor WAS To
share the profits Of the finds"
Hook and Rische started up q hill near
Stray Horse gulch, which is now known as
Fryer Hill, where George II. Fryer was
digging for ore. AS soon as FRYER had
found vein Tabor's partners went for il
also. The latter named their mine Little
Pittsburg, and Fryer called his the New
Discovery. Soon afterwards Tabor bought
out his partners, and in less than six
months he took out OF the mine and sold
S3OO,OO0 or 100000 worth of ore, After
wards he disposed OF the mine to Messrs.
Unailee & Motiatt for large sum of money.
THESE two mines and some smaller ones
were consolidated under one management.
The Little Pittsburg was the basis of
Tabor's wealth, which is now estimated at
100000. He is credited with having
made the assertion time and again that had
he known where his partners were going to
commence operations he would never have
risked dollar. More than once before they
found anyone he threatened even TO with.
draw his GRUB stake"
Tabor received the republican nomiua.
ton for lieutenant governor of Colorado In
August, 1878 He was elected, and filled
the Office during 1870 and 1850. He was AL.
ways anxious from the time he received the
first political honor TO become n United
States senator. Last year, when Governor
Fftkin was about to appoint successor
to Henry M. Teller on account Of the lat.
ter's acceptance Of the interior portfolio.
Tabor's prospects were injured by his wife's