The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-21
DALLAS.
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DALLAS, Feb. 15.-About three
weeks ago slick stranger appeared in
Dallas and after remaining two or
three days was arrested by Chief of
Police Arnold as a suspicious charac-
ter. He was released, however, on
making it appear that he was detec-
tive in search of Virginia murderer.
He also passed himself off as detec-
tive from Tombstone, A. T., IN the
employ of the Wells Fargo Express
company. He went to the west part
OF Dallas county and stopped several
days with farmer named Lex, and
when he left an overcoat and $75 was
gone also. He then went northeast of
the city and remained few days and
grossly insulted a respectable lady and
had to skip the country to save his
neck. Chief of Police Arnold notified
officers in other cities and tonight a
telegram from Denison announces his
capture. The prisoner goes by the
names of j. 2. Lockwood, Wade Al
len, Bob Nelson and Bunko Bob. He
is regarded as a member of a gang of
swindlerS who have been working
Texas for the past winter and the Of
ficers think several bad transactions
can be fastened upon him. An officer
was sent to Denison after him. He is
suspected also of being a party to the
gold brick swindle at Austin.
The first through train over the
Missouri Pacific and Texas Central
roads since Sunday last arrived here
to-day. 1t brought four immense
wagon loads of delayed mail matter
for Dallas.
Fair weather has set in here and the
river is falling rapidly.
John A. Mann, chairman of the
Dallas county executive committee of
one wing of the Republican party,
died to-day. He was a fine business
man, good citizen and respected by
all classes. He was one Of the few
Republicans who was not a chronic
office seeker, which added largely to
his popularity. He was a native of
Iowa. His remains will be buried in
Dallas at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
1t is reported in railroad circles that
Huntington, the Southern Pacific
magnate, will visit Dallas and North
Texas generally at an early day, to
look the railway field over. particu-
larly the Texas Trunk and the Texas
q st. Louis narrow gauge.
Information was to-day received at
the Office of the United States mar
shall in Dallas Of the arrest, by Depu-
ty United States Marshal Sam Wright
in Cooke county, of John Means,
charged with numbering Henry Ser
enger, sheriff of Pickens county,
Chickasa Nation, Indian Territory,
about two weeks since.
Information was also received this
evening of the arrest by Deputy
Wright and posse in Clay county of
the following gang of alleged cattle
and horse thieves who have been op-
Grating extensively in the Indian Ter
ritory and the Red River region of
North Texas: j. M. Ryan, j. w.
Davis, Chas. Lippincot, Thos. Marshall,
VIM. Rose and Steve Gorham. All of
the above were forwarded to the Sher-
man Jail. They will have a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Ricketts, and no doubt will be sent
into the custody of the marshal of the
Western district of Arkansas and
probably committed to the United
States Jail.
DALLAS, Feb. 16.-J. P. Lockwood,
the alleged thief, swindler and bogus
detective with several aliases, was
brought from Denison and lodged in
Jail in Dallas to-day.
The Ennis, WaXahachie and Dallas
hunting clubs, composed of some of
the wealthiest and most prominent
citizens of Dallas and Ellis county,
held a meeting and resolved on a
grand hunt at Silver Lake, in Van
Zandt county, leaving Dallas on
the Sd Of March.
A fire about 2 o'clock this morning
destroyed two frame buildings and
contents at the intersection of Elm,
Live Oak and Ervay streets. The
loss is estimated at about $1,000. No
insurance.
A private letter from Congressman
Wellborn was received by a gentle
men here to-day, in which the state
ment is made that work On the new
federal building in Dallas will begin
in March. Plans are now being made
in the office of the government archi-
tect at Washington.
George Stone, who plays MOorey
Fleming a billiard game at Fort
Worth on the 22d for $1,000, is practic-
ing for the match. He ran lob points
in sort of an of-hand, easy way to-
day.
A report is current tonight that
Harry Hill, the great New York sport
ing man, is here to arrange a fight
between Sullivan and the new slug
ger backed by Duncan Ross, of Cleve-
land, Ohio.