Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-25

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resided Questioned very closely
regarding the details OF the matter. he
contradlceed himself several times and
when his attention was called 10 th,s
turned over IN his bed with the remark
that che was too sick to talk +" The n.
porter asked whore the prisoner was kept
while here. He replied sin boarding
house near the depot" but declined To
give its name. as parting request
Wooten asked that doctor be sent 10
him to give him hypodermic injection
OF morphine.
Nooten was seen again yesterday even
ing late. He was told Tint kilograms
had been sent out asking about him and
that II he had perpetrated u fraud
the best thing was 20 confess it, as Inc
truth would come out to-day Again he
REPEATED rm FICTION
OF the capture, although he had told
II certain gentleman in the morning that
ne was not the Wooten WHO captured
Jones, but that he heard that man
named Wooten had arrested the desper.
ado and carried him TO Gainesville. Fur
Their questioning brought out such maze
of contradictions that 1t was plain the
man was a second and larger edition of
Joe Mutation.
When Wootcn first arrived here he
called on the law firm OF Stewart, Hunter
& Peacock, and stated that Jones desired
legal counsel and was willing 10 give
$4,000 in cash. which was in Il belt around
his person, for
THE SALVATION OF ms NECk
The first two members of the firm had
known Wootcn for four years, In sulphur
Springs, as a gentleman of high-standing
and fine druggist. They had confidence
In him as gentleman of honor and vcrac-
ity, and did not doubt his story in the
least. They told him II might be possible
to save the outlaws neck, hut
that It was all that could be done.
Wooten proffered to take them over to
see Jones, but they requested that he
should hc brought to their Office. Jones
and the $4,000 OF course failed To mate
rlalize.
/ Dr. Wooten paid his bill ut the Pick.
wick yesterday evening and stated that he
/ intcndcd'to return home ON the earliest
I train. lie changed his mind, however,
and remained over until this morning.
MS PEDIGREE.
Wootcn is a man of very respectable
connections. His brother, Rev. DR.
] w OblCut IL lluSAOl VI lit I4ullluI fNlIttI
( Methodist church at Dallas, and he saws
he has another brother j. j. Wooten, IN
charge of the express business OF the
Texas 4 ST. Louis railway in Texas, Will
HEADQUARTERS at Gainesville. He repre-
sentS DR.. Wooten, prominent physician
of Austin, and u regent OF the university
as cousin. The mysterious doctor /.
a gentleman of tine address anC
La, tntalIf,r.n,sn a..
was originally irom Danyille, Va. tina
he was Confederate soldier in Lee,
army, Longstrect's command aud Pick
etts division, and that he was wounded
at Gettysburg What induced him {,
manufacture the Jones cunard is mys
terry. lie has been drinking heavily, bu
hardly enough to unbalance mis- mind
The Lexington tale shows too mucl
method for the rawlings of deliriun
tremenS Whether it isalSo u cnnard re
mains to be seen. The following tel
cgrams to TuE GAzETrE throw some
light on the matter;
WHAT ms NEiGunOEs SAY.
Special to the Gazette
KEMrNER, Tx, oct, -. The rcFor
published In all the dailies that Dr.
Wootcu Of this place had captured the no
torious Jesse Jones WHO murdered younl
Crissmnn near Harold, has caused con
siderable comment here. The report wa
at first hailed with delight by all, as bot
Wootcn and Crissman were highly re
spectcd and had many friends here
Contradictory reports published to-da,
caused an investigation OF the facts
which are about as follows on
last Thursday morning DR.. Wootel
left here, telling several o
our citizens that he was going TO for
Worth on professional business, and too
the II O'Clock train for that purpos
ostensibly. This train arrives ut Tempt
at 20 pm, whtnl the arrest was said I
, have been made in the morning. SO
would have been impossible Tor Woote
to have made the arrest first. Esquir
Crissman has never been informed o
the arrest, and many other eli
cumstauces Indicate that the repoi
Is unreliable. The general opinio
here Is that Wooteu never say
Jesse Jones, as he would have casll
described him from the numerou
descriptions of him posted up. ID
Wootcn ls practicing physician OF kemI
. ner, and has been highly respected her'
I There are many coniecturcs here as
. why the report was started. Notbln"
known as to his relationship to Tevin!
ton.
+ IRON TEMrlE
, special to the Gazette,
3. TEMPLE, Ten, oct, - Excepting Il
! account OF Jesse Jones capture in III
I G \yETTE nothing new has been heard {
Y il, and dllgcnt inquiry fails to lind an
/ one who knows anything OF the affair