The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-25

III, u, N, Ofena, The DefauIfins iionfs Aaal
ho TAKEN IN ~ Detective Lacy. 81 The q.
Mail service
10 u u. Gregg, alias Howard, the rou
Z agent between this city and Iil Paso, wi
h demnliod opd disappeared last July lea
y Ing Uncle Sam In the lurch Tor a conslde
y able sum, has been arrested In Nashville
Immediately amer he decamped, news wa
: received berc which II since fransoires wa
sent by himsslf, that he had drowned
, and u was published In some of the new
papers that he had suicided, but he agar
bobbed uD serenGly, and after playing q
star engagement here and there oyel
the southwestern states, he Is nip
ped at Nashville. The statement that
he had wife here lacks confirmation.
Ihere was woman here who claimed to be
his vile, but the most dilligent efforts on
the part Of a HERALD reporter failed TO find
her. In speaking of his arrest the Nash
vile American says:
| About the middle of September las u
neatly-dressed man, apparently fifty year
OF age, dropped into the furniture house 81
Mr.. Bradford Nichols, on College stree
and applied for position of any kind, lie
gave his name us q. III. Gregg, and repre-
sented himself as Mason in distress, witt
out money, and in fact, anything to eat. He
also stated that his wife aud motner-in.law
were with him, and dependent totally upQT,
his exertlons for support. That they were
entire strangers in the city, having just ar
rived with him in Nashville from the NORTH,
which locality they had left and come sou.ii
Tor a change of climate, which was neces,
lated by the bad health of the two ladie;
he was given employment and worked
very faithfully and satisfactorily until one
week ago, when he threw up his position,
and requested letter of recommendation
as to his energy, honesty and ability as e
business man. This was given him, and he
lett the establishment. Gregg then went
next door to the furniture house OF
Atwell IL Co., and procured employ
ment. He remained with that firm until
yesterday about o'clock. At that hour @
Mr.. Lacy. detective, in the employ o.
the United States mail service, called on
one of the proprietors of Atwell Sneed d.
Co., aid informed the gentleman that he
would Ike to see one of the firms en-
ployes who was there under the name of
Gregg. The detective was asked if he
wished TO see Gregg on any particular bust
ness, and replied that he did; that doubt
less the man whom he wished to see was
one whom he had been looking for all over
the United States that his true name was
Howard, and that ne had been formerly
engaged as railroad mail agent out at
Dallas, Texas. On the 9th day of last June,
so the detective continued various packa-
ges OF money, one of which amounted to
$500, We're stolen from Howard car, and
the theft had been traced to him, but before
he could be arrested, had fled the state and
gone to Kansas TO that state he was
traced, and from there to other portions of
the United States, until finally run down
in Nashville.
Gregg was brought to the front part of
the store, where he was Immediately iden-
titled by the officer and placed under ar
rest. lie was then taken to the custom
house, from which place, after a mittimus
had been issued by the United States court
Clerk, De was transferred to the jail and
placed N a cell.
A bench warrant was filed out by Clerk
Baxter, and will be forwarded for signature
to Judge Key, after which the prisoner will
DC taken to Texas for trial.
The day that Gregg left the employ of
MIR. Bradford Nchol, his wife called ON The
position as cashier, and produced as creden-
tials the letter her husband had
received from Mr.. Nichol. The lady was
given the position she applied for, and
filled it very satisfactorily until the fact be-
came known that her husband was arrested
on the above charge. when her services
were dispensed with. She was a resident
of Topeka, Kansas, until about four months
ago, when she met Gregg at that place and
married him. AS it is understood, he rep
resented himself as man Of wealth, etc.,
Offering her home of luxury and happi-
ness. After marrying him she found that
he had misrepresented his financial stand
ing, and discovered that he was, compare
lively speaking, without q dollar. She
nevertheless accepted her lot, and to-
gether with her husband and mother,
left Topeka, and after stopping at
several intermediate points arrived at
Nashville. A month after they had been
married, the mother of Mrs. Gregg received
indirect information to the effect that her
daughters husband had wife and family
OF grown children living in some part of
Texas, but the statement could never by
her be authenticated until yesterday, when
Detective Lacy informed them that his
prisoner had, at the time of his fight from
Texas, deserted most estimable wife and
family of grown daughters living at Dallas.
The grief that the young girl (who is proba-
bly, not over twsnty-three years Of agel and
who had been living with Gregg
their marriage, was pitiable TO
witness when informed of the true state Of
affairs. She, as well as her mother, give
evidence by their cultured address and re-
fined manner OF being ladies in every sense
OF the word. Their present condition is
one to be pitied by all. Thousandso miles
away from home, no friends to assist them,
and IN all probability with not enough
money on hand to pay weeks board.
The mother OF Mrs. Gregg was postmistress
in "ue of the largest towns in \ lnsas for
-four years, and has in her possession most
flattering letters from an ex-governor OF
Kansas, and also from quite a number OF
The representative men OF tie state.