Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-25
HB 4 CRANK?
| Actions Of a Lampasas Doc
hho Claims John Teviug-
toms Money
Laos. The Stage Robber and
..r. yanishes Like the Delu-
I =, a summers Dream.
Noyellst who Persists That
n Reality and That His
uos Been spirited Away

,,ores,inr psychological ques-
,,b , pr. II. h. Wooten OF Kemp !
'ln 'a, = county, Is n crank, a fool
lpas ,sfth strong possibilities that |
sNei W." Wonderful combination of |
r. M Wooten arrived in Fort !
Ernnrsday night on the north
+ i, iuso Pacific train. Taking
!. , ~ the plckwlck hotel, he gave ii
~ ~, ,Sss the captor of a notorious
4 ~ w." Use Jones, the scli-con-
~, aorer of W. w. Crissman of
u'T The doctor is Il very plausible
A a none except reporters drunk
4 !, doubted then the truth OF his
4,,s,opce was published in TIM
y !, Eriday morning, and consisted
q rni ne pursuit of Jones from
" "a. ~ Ono redoubtable doctor and a
N W., " Moves, the fight between
v H., ,b capture Of the desperate,
'' asdIsieIy confessed himself the
w y FRESHMAN. He was also said
" Iing NE horse for which Crissman
- N Friday morning Wcoten tel
M to Harold that
Mn HAD THE MURDERER,
\. tcd Ashby, who was with Crisis
4 ne lime he was killed, to come
\ Il identity his prisoner. Sheriff
n wichita got hold of the tele
I'M arose from sick-bed to come
worth, Arriving here Friday even
4 ,aOp.m., he at once visited Wootcn
Mai aud asked to be shown the
N The willy doctor did not In
4 rellnqush his prize so easily,
n and replied that the 5000 re-
<bIeh had been offered would have
brown in sight before any one
III glance at the famous desper-
lhe sheriff was nonplussed, and did
Iw what to do about the matter.
was as calm us Il May day, and
Iced that he had his prisoner
|up in a room, under two guards,
be Intended to Keep MN uhlll inc
|was forthcoming
II this Tune reporter OF
|GAzErTE who had been M
ting the matter, came
bssession of facts which led
believe that Wootch 5 story was
FucE or CHARMING FICTION,
at Jones, the slage-fopocr ana
rcr was AN imaginative myth
were communicated 10
GERS and further investigation oy
lorter disclosed mat Nooteh hau
Sou confined III ms room or any
hbont the holei ms was con-
proof that his story was a pure
|tion, and the officers, VINO liau
aplated sung out a writ OF hapeas
retired nom thc scene IN uiN-
d Wo0teh arrived IN tile clty
4aynlght ne immediately hunted
fhlal Rea ana prolessed himself
nephew OF Johh IeVllg,
iae stranger VINO died
n y a0tel III lllls Guy w ooteIi hlSo
8iAat he was the iavorlic relation
J. lgdAfEE offhE DecEAsEp,
pressed q desire to get possession
f5l4 found upon the person OF the
llle stranger. The marshal accom-
Or. Wooten to the western motel
4 latter made Inquiries REGARDING
'nlse Oh ms departed relative, II
tServed at that TIME tnat ne dld no,
very familiar WIN inc haDllS ana
+ appearance OF ms alleged uncle
aade close inquiries regarding the
\ tue dead man, tlle coiol
IL halr, eyes, etc 10 Mr
he said nothing hpou'
fture OF Jones, but when the Col
&mer affair was mentioned re
that "they were after the murder
frlssman." Friday ana SATURDAY
Htof devoted himself TO the TASK o
n this money, but niortunatel,
Ssuccess of his efforts
n THE rALpAnIE FRAUD
~ IN regard to the capture o
MalSed serious suspicious as TO th'
bis pretenSlons in this matter
r secured counsel BY letter sevcra
go IN the person OF Il promlnen
RI this city, and his plausibllit.