Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-10
One Of tho Respectable Ladies Of the
City ofDallas Attempts to Pass
Forged Order.
When Confronted She Begs Of Piteoasly
and Tries to Escape Without Dis
closing Der Identity,
A Horse.rhief Given six Years in the
Penitontiary Mormons on Their
Way TO Mexico.

DALLAS, TEX., Jan. a- A woman
giving her name as Aunle Gavin at
tempted e forgery on the dry goods cs.
adjustment of A, d Il Mitlenthal
THE evening. She purchased lot Of
goods and presented an order nom
Mrs. i. $ pfOus, the wife of the Her
aid man, for $50. She was
heavily veued, and from her
actions the firm SUSPECTED
that all was mot rlght She was de.
taiucd under pretause and Mr..
PlOuts was notified. He in turn tele-
pnOned his wife and received a re-
Bponse that shp had given no such
order MIR Pfouts chen visited the
establishment, accOslpd the lady and
she begged him pileously 10 say Moth
ing OF the matter. He assented, but
asked her TO raise the veil
and let BIN view he. face.
This she refused 20 DO aud left alb
ruptly. She he known, aud her name
Is reserved for a future date. Her
record is a respectable one, aud she
assumed false name 10 conceal her
crime. i, b. thought that she was In
iluenCed by wolihlpss father, as
"a number OF the articles which she
had selected belonged TO q Inau's
wardrobe.
in The distrlct court to-day +. d.
Gredet was sentenced to the peuiten-
tiary for y term OF SIX years He was
charged with the tleft VI a horse from
j. Hamilton in GrAysOn county scy-
crol months ago and was captured In
this city
Ge0ue Scott, charged with the theft
OF gnnuA from the mercantile establish.
meut of blanlenship d Blake of this
civ, Too conjunction with one James,
an cmploye OF lhe house, who turned
stato's evidence, appeared before
the district Judge to-day aud
pleaded guilty 90 two charges
OF theft under SEQ He was given
twenty four hours ln Iaii for each case.
William Coffee. iuHt urlor TO bathing
his face So the ST. q urge hotel this
morning placed a valuable ring on the
wash-smnd He NEGLECTED. 10 when
leaviag the basin, He soon returned
for /, and n was gone. A man named
Lee had contributed u tn his own
purposes Lee endeavured To- pawn II,
but wns detected iu the act and lodged
Ia prison.
The resideuce Of Mr.. Grey, at tle
corner OF Ross avenue aud Pearl street,
was entered last night 10y burglars aud
"A watch, belonging 70 the elder Mr..
Grey, stolen The house was entered
through % Wiudaw, a small amount
81 money was also distracted from the
Eentlemen'8 pockets Nothing else
has been missed
Among the passengers ON the vest
bound train this evening was q Nor
mon elder 10y the name OF Kimbry aud
eight women Of the same faith and
several children lourcorresponden
with a city reporter, essayed 20 inter
view them hut CLEANED bat little inior-
ma'iou. They are bound for uoint
near Cruces. In the state Of
Sonora, Mex. whore colony
will be organ zed 20 be denominated
Mount Young. They have been on
recruiting tour In Georgia and other
Southern stntes. where they claim 10
have worked up considerable inter
eet for the cause they advocate. They
sllege as a reason for the formation Of
the new colony that the United States
government by unwise legislation are
unjustly oppressing the tribe 10 Utah.