Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-04
,,ryJEWETT MYSTERY
49,. a. a Texas Veteran Who
Knew robertson, her Sup
posed Murderer
easements in Recently Pub
,,.,eh considered Far.fetched
and unfounded'

4 ,.aasnoc Of the 1aAe''p'
Il Tsy.. Sept. S.-Some days ago
", .,,ed IN THE GAZETTE u state
No death of Helen Jcwett in
4e,y and her connection with
.'Snpllee Robertson
hest to bring up the short
IA evil deeds of those who
~ .ince passed from earth, but
n M several matters not made
"A !. AZ article referred TO, desire to
"A 4. allowing sketch, and assure the
& il his journal that | know most
Il .uements hereinafter made, and
4 ..deayor to give only facts touching
4 variable case.
4 ,1r hslf century ago was a citi-
\ Sscogdoches, an old lndian-Span-
~ sbout 40 miles west of Natchi-
b, ID.
4 +, vas no stage line in those days,
&.,,ain the article referred to above.
4 .,e.ln those days made tri-weekly
4 NM Natcbitotches, or Grand
IA to San Antonio via San Au-
4 Y, Sacogdochcs, Crockett, etc.
4 ~ vas young lady, the daughter
/ mshanc or tradcsman of the middle
y M name was Helen Jewett, or at
4 fuo,. She had assumed that nom
lsme when she abandoned her parent
Eome Richard Parmlee Robertson
hsniware clerk; and in his rounds
ma circle Of young ladies, many OF
we're far better chan those having
Aem astray, he met the beautiful
n. She was said to have been finely
,aiM,ofremarkable intellect,and from
Mounts was one OF the most beuutl-
|,iles Of her city. She and young
Inson became fascinated with each
L. and, after a time, he sought to
her from his attentions, but she
|@deeply in love with him that she
|@d to be shaken off, and the case be-
eaioplc Of conversation among his
lds.
.ia facts were published in the New
kSm al the time of her death, which
murder; and, as re-
lter the details as published in the
tol Helen Jewett,n this young Rob
81 was supposed to be the, guilty
\ At least he fed the city, and there
d question but that he was Access
aileast.
1ung Robertson came TO Texas and
Eed by the stage from Red river,
sdat Nacogdoches, and to his honor,
! sid, made Il good law-abiding citi-
Inaic years he acquired some
sith and went into the livery bust
there, but he was ALWAYS
% In Texas ms II. =. Parmlee.
lade successful bids ON stage lines
1alltnp q lucrative business. | knew
some ten or twelve years before the
He was Of medium stature, weighed
! $50 pounds, had blue eyes and
? light complexion, was quick, ener-
and honorable in his dealings. lie
1ed widowed daughter of Col.
MSS and led a happy domestic
ms wife was widow Phillips who
We lovely little girl, Miss Kate Phil
El9 Is to-day the happy wife of one
most eminent lawyers in Texas.
'ag between, ! think 1850 and 1858,
faflnlee, as we then called him,
North, perhaps TO st. Louis to buy
spr ms stage lines, and died. His
was then at their home at Nacog-
I and sent for his remains which
now buried near the old town of
sdocheS.
u Nc uttered the name of Helen
y N his dying moments Is far
w, lived about his town then and
", " acquainted with his family, his
'0ois' friends and his few enemies,
's'gf heard this last statement till
' y. pntno faith in it. There are at
Ivy people at Nacogdoches to-day
ssushoer MIR. Parmlee and know
M q career was that of u good citi-
!" Nit no children. VETERAN.