Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-10
WEAVER AT ATLANTA.
The Mystery Cleared Up at Lnst-,Mr.
Ladsden Finds the indianapolis
Undertaken.
He Is Taken to Atlanta. where rio Makes
Compile e Confession es
Evsrything.
Atlanta Constitution

Is now In Atlanta.
weaver was arrested yesterday In
Chattanooga by Captain Couch and has
confessed his identity. For several days
past Mr.. Ladsden, OF the law drm of Gar /
trell & Ladsden, has been tracing Weaver.
On Friday he asceriained that he was in
Chattanooga, and yesterday morning. ac-
companied by Captain Couch, left for
Chattanooga. They reached that city
early In the day, and calling upon the chief |
OF police, made known their mission. MIR. !
Ladsden aud the captain at once called
upon Weaver. He was at his boarding |
house, and was not in the least expect. !
ing anyone to face him with |
his past cord. Mr.. l., d .den, 81 |
ter gaining an audience, did not walt
long before informing Weaver what he |
had come for. AZ tirst wesver did not |
seem disposed to talk about the matter,
but when he ascsrtained that Mr.. Lads. |
den was well backed up with evidence
tending to show that he was Weaver, he
admitted his name and convinced the
gentlemen present-if they entertained |
any doubts-that he was j Pierce Weaver,
the indianapolis undertaken. After Sc |
curing Weaver's admission, MIR. Ladsden
informed him that he would have TO come
to Atlanta. Weaver protested at flfst.
but when he ascertsined that he would
be placed under arrest and brought
through he agreed TO come. TIE party
had no preparations to make for the
| Journey aud left on the next train. They
reached Atlanta this morning at /
O'Clock by the Eass Tennessee
tram, and were met at the depot by
Detective Bradford aud Mounted Offlcer
Thompson. Mr.. Ladsden, Weaver and
/ the officer entered a hack and were driven
( to police headquarters. Weaver was not
chained la any way and had almost COM
| plete control of his actions. In leaving
the train he walked out by himself, aud
upon the platform became lost from the
officers. Mr.. Ladsden did appear uneasy
during the short separation from his pris-
oner, whom he found In few minutes
waiting for him near the ticket office. At
police headquarters Mr.. Ladsden called
Chief Connolly By telephone, and asked
that a man be detailed To watch Weaver
all night. Supernumerary Wright was
detailed to do the work, and Weaver was
provided with a room ~ the Piedmont
house, where he slept while the supernu-
merary kept guard at the door.
Weaver bears no resemblance whatever
to Pierce, the man who was Killed in the
accident. Weaver is q neat-looking me-
chsnic and dresses in good taste. lie
was wearing full suit of dark goods, q
straw hat and carried cane. He wore
ye-glasses and his face was beardless
except for heavy, brown, dropping mus
tache. His hair is yet dark aud inclined
to curl. His teeth are wide apart, ant
this, together with his eyes, make up hi
, entire resemblance to Pierce. He i
, about live feet six inches tall, and weigh
about hundred and forty, while tn
dead man was five feet nine inches an
weighed hundred and sixty pounds L
: actioa and speech Weaver is slow. He /
, slow to begin conversation, too, bu
when he starts, talks freely, using goo
e language. After he had been assigned
/ his room he was asked
"Are you Weaver"
III am" he answered,
: ~ Pierce Weaver, the Indlanapoil
: undertaken"
a 81 am j, Pierce Weaver, the IndlanapC
! lis undertaken, and no other"
oYou don't look like the man who wa
killed."
mo; and am not like him, and the
/ woman knew that he was not me whe
she swore it,"
n
! "Some time ago"
: "when did you see your wife lastp"
4 1.-TWO years ago"
q "Where2"
. "Iu Fort Worth
.'Do You know DR.. Wilson,"
U "Yes, / knew him in Indianapolis"
"Did you know Miss Morgan Long
Fort WORTH"
eyes, saw her when she was visitin
her sister, Mrs. Murdoch"
j. "where were you when the accidel
happenedf"
% lin Mobile"
:. "What was your objectin keeping you
;. self secretedp'
+ al don't know that ! kept myself s
% creted, but my object in not making m
N self known was TO lose myself to tn
"a woman
z "Why?"
r "Because she had caused me enoul
trouble. ] tried for sixteen years TO liz
{" with her and could not do 1t, and
o. thought 1t would be wei for her to thii
re me dead. | have done nothing wron
In In the fest place never knew that | VI
al supposed TO be the dead man until
id month after the row began"
I'd "Gow did you nnd 1t out?"
N "Well, first l read recounts OF the acc
10 dent in Mobile, and then when got ba
W TO Chattano "a ] saw squio In which
by learned that l was supposed to be Il
at dead man thought If that would 10
lie me 10 the woman had married, ali rigf
"a. and kept my mouth shut
fy "Did you send your wife that caro-
%, yours day or two after the accidentS'
50 81 did not j."
is "Do you know who ddI''
Ial az do not. How should know"
IS, "Dld you ever see the Texas mani"
mt Never"
Gle had d scar on his neck, VIM
he your wife said you received by bel
ch shot. Have you oneF"
n, Eyes, see," said he, pointing TO
e. scar on the back of the neck.
to nWhat about the ring that was iden
iiy hed on the dead mans hand as yours
I" Mr.. Lsdsdcn has H.. gave II 10 b
to-day. II Is Masonic ring"
{" How about the toes bent In q
tapping overS"
~ have them"
ir- nDo you think that DR.. Wilson v
NO recognize you as the indianapolis man