The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-12
Nellie Bailey'S Career.

On Monday there was commenced At
Wichita, Kansas, the trial of a girl, lit
tie Nellie Bailey, who since she lett
the boarding school of Miss Ellis. at
Newark. has had & most remarkable
career, although she is now only aboGt
. wears OF age. She calls herself
Miss" although She has bceu married
two or three times. She is OF sight
figure, with q clear complexion, abuud-
ant dark brown hair. which She ireguent-
" wears over her shoulders, M pos
sesses a pair Of lustrouS brown eyes.
The chiyairy OF Wichita were at first IN
dignaut at the incarceration of such a
witching little sprite, and universal
sympathy was excited III her behalf;
but as her career became better known
all talk about bal ceased, although the
COWBOYS are still regarding her with
undlsguised admiration, and paying her
the tribute Of a prosecuted heroine.
Nellie Bailey has been waiting pa
tiently for court to sit for nearly eight
months, but now that the time for her
trial is at hand she exhibits considcra-
Die nervousness Her friends, who are
still numerous. are full of sympathy for
her. and she will have many of them to
comfort aud support her during her
trial.
Little Nellie Bailey is described by
her teacher in Newark as being a romp-
iSh little elf when 1T school, bubbllng
over with mischief, and wonderfully
p~recocious for her years Full OF pranks
and a pertnGss which in Ii 50 petite
became amusing, ROBUSTNESS that
would not have beer tolerated or par
donable in any ordinary person, her
endless tricks and trolics secured immu
nity from punishment, which had a de
moralizing effect upon the rest OF the
scholars, and finally she had to be dis
missed from the school. Her people
found her Maynard and uncomfortable.
but her aTchness was so welded to an
attractive face and winning manners
that atrocities seemed only r0guish
~yivacity in the little elf, and SO her
downward career took on the form OF
simple meretricious sportiyene.s. She
was. and is still, a great admirer Of lurid
literature. and it Is said that she de-
clares her intention when She GETS ont
OF jail to turn novelist and playwright.
She to call her iirSt work
1.-The Drover's Revenge or, The Sc
cret of the Sunset Trail She added TO
the Sheriff at Wichita: 1T won't take
me long to get through with this trouble
when court One takes up my ease, ano!
then | shall 90 to Newark OF New York
and begin operations. Her iucliuatioas
in her girlhood days took her TO the
variety stage. She obtaincdau engage
ment at Harry Minors Theatre III New
York. where an in~tltuation with II of
the actors, who vas about starting on a
provincial tour. led to the beginning of
a most adventurous career. Drilling
hither and thither, she broke of ner
liason with the actor, and in the year
1880 she appeared in Kansas. She soon
infatuated a banker OF that State named
Shannon Bailey, to whom she was mar
ried. With him she made frequent
visits to the Black Hills and other min
inc districts. Finding that his wealth
had melted away. she came further east,
visited some relatives in Rockford, Ills,
and Waukesha, Wis. and Indifferent as
TO Bailey's existence, married a man
named Riese. whom she believed TO be
very rich. In this impression she was
again doomed to be disappointed. and
then, remembering that she had been
introduced to an elderly Englishman
named Bothamley while in Wichita witt
Bailey, she wrote to him-an artiully
artless letter-depicting her misery and
asking him to meet her in st. Louis
The two met in the city according tc
agreement and entered into some SORT
of a contract. Bothamley was rich be
yond question. and was about to move
to Texas to establish a great sheer
ranch. Before leaving St. Louis she
persuaded him to deed to her lands II
Kansas valued at $4,000, and to make
her several valuable presents Of jeweiry
and diamonds. They then went t
Wichita in July, 1888, and made pre-
parations for a journey overland to then
new home. They were to travel to
cether as brother and sister, occupying
the same wagon. handsomely fitted VI
within, and drawn by eight oxen. Dis
regarding expense, everything was pro
yided for comfort. and an enjoyable
trip was anticipated. They took ZOO
head Of sheep with them, and employee
two Young men to herd them. One 0
these boys was named Dodson. Th
prose luton tomorrow will attempt t
: Show that Miss Bailey entered into thi
scheme deliberately for the purpose G
robbing and numbering her companion
They left Wichita about the middle {