Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-25
THE GAZETTE. WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25
MEMORIES OF WEAVER.
The Man Who May or May Not BE the
Interesting Atlanta Corpse
Muchly Wanted.
Clew which, II He BE Living, May Dis
cover hts Hiding Piace--iIis At.
tachment for Mrs. Eden.

No case of recent record ever created
such sensation In legal circles as the
one now on trial at Atlanta, Ca, wherein
two women are laying claim TO the body
OF one man--and that man the perma-
neDtly unconscious relic OF railroad
collision. Much has heretofore been said
In the columns OF THE GAZETTE con-
corning this celebrated case.
our readers win remember that
the decision OF the lower court was in
favor OF Mrs. "woodn Pierce, the Texas
widow, and that the case was appealed
by Mrs. Weaver, the Indiana widow. A
GAzHTTE reporter was detailed yesterday
TO investigate the circumstances and re-
suits of the adultery suit at this place
against j. L. Weaver, or j. w. Pierce, as
I he was known here, instituted by the
same Indiana lady who is now pressing
the suit at Atlanta. The facts developed
throw considerable light on the present
remarkable tease and may prove impor-
tant in the way Of bringing out further de-
velopments Of a-sensational nature.
City Attorney William Capps was one
of the attorneys for the defense in the
suit OF Mrs. Weaver against her
naughty husband Said he; "lf the dead
man at Atlanta was possessed OF any con
siderable property am confident that h,
cannot be the Weaver who was here
When the latter left Fort Worth he Git
: not have dollar in the world except So
which we let him have on a note. II wa
ON account OF his poverty that he wa
compelled to lie in Jail so long
We got him ont finally b,
negotiating the sale OF his hotel property
= for which we received SLIGO, and atte
all the expenses OF the case were dc
e irayed and his other bills had been SET
tied nothing remained. Weaver col
: responded with his paramour, Mrs. Eden
while he was in jail and after she ha
= jumped the town 20 escape arrest fo
adultery. She went from Fort Worth
the Indian Territory, and immediatel
after his release Weaver Joined her ther'
lie was greatly Infatuated with her, an
II he is living now / am pref,
confident they are together. The las
information had from Weaver was col
Il tained in letter which he wrote me fro
Chattanooga, Tenn, about eight or te
It months ago. In this he intimated thu
n he was needing money badly, and !
lie quested me to look after small clai
T. which he had here
e Mr.. Henry Fnrman, also an attorn'
IL for Weaver in the suit against him f
re adultery, stated that from his knowledl
a of the circumstances and habits OF Weav
~ at the time he left here, he is satisfied th
l. the latter cannot have accumulated al
l. great amount of property since then.
&c remarked "The dead man is said
rs have been In Atlanta for the purpose
Of buying an Arabian horse. Hump
OF Weaver couldn't purchase an Arab
ed chicken
G. Mr.. Robert Mozart, attorney for MI
III Weaver In the suit referred TO above, al
ay testified to the poverty of her husbar
,ly lie related, in reply TO the reporters
n terrogatories, the difficulty which,
EN- client encountered In getting ba
ed any of the money with viii
I'm her husband came TO Texas. Wea'
ed was greatly incensed at his wife, said
le- on account of the prosecution. Mr..
ne Cart thought 1t very improbable Il
Of, Weaver had accumulated means to
he great extent.
he The statements of Mr.. Capps give {
lily very important clew 10 the case TT
rot locate Weaver later than any previ'
ed testimony, and offer an oppor
de nifty to trace up his pres
A whereabouts. The fact I
tu- at that time he was so near Atlanta
lr. Chattanooga, Tenn, may be clrct
NJ stance in favor OF Mrs. Weaver, but II
of plain that II the dead man was possess
,ed OF property he cannot be Weaver.
lie 4 suit against Weaver Is still
ost the docket in one Of the
ne. tees court here, brought by
err of his hotel employees
d a unpaid salary. The amount was SIN
but 1t was found impossible to maxi
md out Of the defendant and therefore
es; case was not pressed
en-, Altogether the Atlanta case is one
hat the most mysterious that ever worl
uld the brains OF the lawyers.