Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-09-24
A MISSING GERL.
Thornroniai Woe Caused by the Msinter-
probation of Tclegrams.

probation of Kilograms.
A young giil about sixteen or seven
ton years Of age came to the Illinois
House, i'm this city, on Friday, the l4ih
Of this month, and told Mr.. p. h. Saf-
geant, the proprietor, that her name
was Cora sellers, aud that she was on
her way TO her home In Abilene from
~egtiin, where she had been attending
school but on arriving in this city had
lost all her money, and asked to be
allowed to remain until she could tcle-
graph to hei stepfatber, Mr.. G.. B.
Petty of Abilene, for money to come
home.
Mr. Sergeant consented and gave
the young lady room. NeXtday she
autographed for twenty dollars, but
not hearing trombone She telegraphed
agGin on the following Tuesday, and
latcl in the week sent still another
telegram hut got no response. 1T ap-
pear. that Mr. Petty received all the
kilograms, but as they did not state
where 10 send the money he sent
twenty dollars IN answer To each Of
The two first kilograms to ,Seguin, not
noticing the kilograms were from Fort
Worth, and not having received a let
ter which his daughter had written
him on leaving Seguin.
The third telegram was received
about the same time with letter from
here in which Miss Sellers asked why
no money had been sent. The letter
showed that the young lady WAS in
great trouble, aud was blurred and
hlotted with tear marks and filled
with reproache5 for not sending her
money. Mr.. Petty then knew that
he Ind been sending money to the
wrong point and Immediately sent
telegram to the First National bank to
lave twenty dollars paid To his step.
daughter mud telegram TO her to chat
effect, a"d tired on the next train for
Fort Worth He arrived here on Sat
uTday night, aud yesterday was regis
tered at the Mansion house
Yesterday morning he went to the
meeting in Major Penn's tent and
stated the facts 10 the preacher, who
called the attsntion of the congrega-
lion 70 them and requested that they
help Mr. Petty find his lost child. In
The mem time Mr. Petty had hunted
in all the leading hotels in the city
without finding any trace of her.
Mr.. I'd Sect was In the congrega-
ion and from the description given. |
thought he recognized her NJ being the |
young lady whom he saw at the Hi |
nois house during the past week.
Mr.. scott boards at the Illinois house. |
After the meeting was over he went |
to the hotel and looking over the regis |
Ter found her name registered on Fri |
dny the lath inst. hut Learned from |
MIR. Sargent that she Ind lett on Sat
urday with gentleman named A. II.
May. who Is also Il boaider there and
had not returned.
Mr., Scott set out to look for Nav.
and meeting him on the street in |
CURED for the girl, but got no satislac-
ton from him. He followed Nav and |
saw iim enter the Mississippi house |
n the lower end of the city and after |
Nay left went there and found the Girl. |
ne then took her TO the telegraph |
iiliee and got The telegram for her and
vent 10 the Mansion House to look for
Ter step-Ather. Mr.. Petty was not i'm
md he then took her to the Illinois
rouse, where she was awaiting Mr., |
'etty at last report.
Miss Sellers is ap attractive young !
lady, exceedingly bright and intelli-
gent, and her manncrs are refined and |
cultivated. Mr.. Sargent says he can
not account for her leaving his house |
but that May knew Of her and her |
iolkH previous TO meeting her there. |
q 'hrill of joy ran through the city |
last night when IL was known she was |
FOUND, Tor her Disappearance was the |
subject In every ones mouth all day
yesterday. she was safely restored to |
her step-iuther about TO O'Clock last
night, and the glad tidiugs of her re-
cnNery telegrnphed TO the anxious and
almost hear.-broken mother at Abi-
line.
LATER.
a reporter found Mr.. Petty at the
Mansion House late last night. He
stated that he had found his daughters
iil-law safe and sound at the Illinois
House in good hands and rs pure as
she was when she left her home i'm
Abilene nine months ago. He stated
'lso that the young lady had lost no
money, but had gone by Rosenberg
alter leaving Seguin, when she should
have gone by san Antonio. about
me huudred and twenty-five miles |
Dut o. her way; that she had spent all
her money bur S225 when she arrived
at Fort Worth, aud that this was
gwen for board from Friday night to
sunday. lie tclegaphed his wife OF
the joyful news and said he would
snrlsfor home tonight. He also ex-
lIosSed his heartfelt gratitude 10 the
people OF Fort Worth for their zeal
aud sympathy in behalf of The ungor-
tVnWe young lady, and especially to
those who had SO disintcrestedly ex-
crted themselves TO find her.