Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-07
THEFT EXTRAORDINARY,
A Young Girls Hair shorn from Her
Head.
Disguised As women. Men rerpe,rn,e the
Robbery.


People In the vicinity OF Browne and
Ravine streets, in the northern part of
town, are deeply absorbed In discussing
a queer case of highway robbery, which
occurred on Thursday evening. Thcyic.
Tim OF this mysterious case Is Miss Flora
Rcls, seycnteen.ycar-old girl living on
Rayne street, about one square above
Browne
An Enquirer reporter called ON Miss
lteis yesterday afternoon and heard her
side OF the story. She is rather fair
looking girl, well developed for her age,
and lives with her parents ON the second
noor OF a small cottage, about midway up
Ravine street. Her statement was as fol-
lows:
''About . O'Clock was returning
from the drcss-makor's, where had u
suit fitted, and had almost reached my
home when was stopped by a person in
woman's clothes, holding u handkerchief
up TO her eyes as II crying, who asked me
to show her where Mrs. Schmidt lived
The woman aroused my pity, and vol.
unteered 10 escort her TO the hillside and
point out the place. As we reached the
rear of the buildings that face ON Rayinc
street, and was about TO point out the
Schmidt house, my companion, who was
walking behind me, crowded the
handkerchief she held into my mouth
and in moment third person rushed
up and began to clip off my hair. could
tell from their voices that they were not
! women, but men In women'S clothes.
/ They took OFF my hat and threw It TO the
ground, but didn't so to the trouble OF
undoing my hair, which was done up in
: a roll on the top of my head. The cut
ting wasn't done with pair of scissors,
: but Some.other instrument, and think
y the work required about five minutes
9 The cutting was quite painful and my
Q head has been aching all day.
y When asked If She had any idea who
Il the perpetrators We're, or what thei
I object was, she replied that she hadn'
y the slightest notion, and couldn't thlnl
of one enemy she had in the neighbor
;; hood. She says that the scoundrcls alsC
u searched her pocket and took out the few
cents of money II contained, and the onl,
g solution she could put ON the matter wa'
q that they took the hair to sell IL. lie
m hair was very thick and long. Aitc
l; committing the outrage her assailant
"a He'd over the hill, and Miss Refs hurric,
te home, as She says, almost frightened l.
K death. She related the facts 10 hc
~ father, who is employed at the Mocrlc
te Brewing company, and who told th
4 story at the station-housc.
lss A search Is being made for the Villains
IS as yet without clew. Miss Refs wei
at several times in speaking of an accou
nd of the case published in II morning pape
60 which intimated that she was a so-callc
i. "street.walkCr,n and that She had prob
bly, committed the act herself, and col
cocted this story in order to escape
scolding at the hands of her parent
nv Miss Refs wore switch of her mother
hair when the reporter called, which 81
removed to show the improbability OF tn
story,
The work was very awkwardly don
the hair in some places being about
inches long, while in others IL was c
MI close to the scalp, and would Certain
MI not be calculated To enhance the cir
~ personal beauty. What remained was
remarkably tine texture, which, VIII
hung loose, reached below the hips.
Inquiry among the nelghbors also el
tied the fact that she was an eNceptio
ally good girl, and all agree, that of
several opinions expressed, the one to I
effect that She did the act herself a.
matter OF fashion is the most improbab
she is said to have borne herself lit
dignlned and some believe that this Fl
nd provoked some enyious person TO conn
'U' the outrage 1t is n very mysterious ca
lcal and the girl seems to gricvc the loss
rom her tresses deeply.