The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1888-01-21
TOTAL DEPRAV|TY'
,yssR. OF EAST WACO Ian
GUSHtS IN JAIL
|, ,i,,s yiI,airousIy Obscene Letters to
Ss,oectabe Ladies Of Waco and
Other Points.

u! IN Waco began receiving
!, " the mails anonymous COM
esstions of q most villain u char-
cs mrit,en in red ink upon note
"cn,,tsining private none
I'D va supporting to be from
a ao who had met them repeat
G IN society. one such letter,
Nov ?, 1897, but not dated,
~ at'ly fell into the hands OF II
u "r II =, tho young lady to whom
p' a.ddreesei before she had dis
0d Aft ia G. araoter. This brother,
"rbsusting his resources in eff
e. Ga discover the aui hor, placed the
~ in the hands of Mr.. Van Hnll,
uJ & Waller detective agency
Al. city, where it has rested
aimee without material develop
until otaer similar lie tiers came
,b,n,..tssion of the agency n
aoy. sgo and Information of rt.ll
~ =. which had been destroyed
! receipt by tle young ladies'
y gh Modification at being singl d
r. such Infamous propositions.
tter. St, med 10 follow closely
the publication of society news
Mar OF the city daiIies, aud few
circles escaped the cruel iHtru-
In Two known instances the
rs followed the departure of the
y to other cities. 1t WAS
nch A decoy correspondence i'll
ot the cases that the in famous and
cienceless author was unmasked
IN, Identity discovered. lmme-
civ after The Bagby-lIerring nup-
a visiting young lady-a mere
)ol girl who had accompanied her
Err from Cor-icaua received one OF
et,ers. 1t was handed her by her
or and opened IN his and her
hers presence. Not knowing who
b have written her from Waco
locked for the signature and
Id only the words good bye"
Nv, papa, il has no signature" she
and tuning back to the begin
she began reading. In moment
cruei charac er OF the letter be-
plNn, and wing II INTO her
hers lap the Ii tie girl burst into
0. The iutl,r seized the letter
rca it, and proceeded at once TO
WORK OF unearthlIg t'e "fl'er'
copied the liter ara .ert the copy
iessrs. Herring & X lily, attorney 5
'8co. ana suosequtbt al thelr re-
g. he expressed theL the orlA1hnl
shof' tiIh u secohd letter Oh Is.
hcVer "nu purpose was r. celVt q
'no ou''"Svu ,a'uel boarded ne
'r"i" lor " AGO. Inc ie'ler'
o!g otner ln'nSs contained a sug-
sion lnnt "'lIiugness 10 acceue 10
ploPos!V'1uS DC lnalcat q oy pup
my ~ CON 'luhlcA''oii IN tne ENeA
re I' av gu "a, any sunJect to o., oe
neu M Nc McCol um OF the
, WAS 'ahen ipto con ildence aho
'o''er prepared ana puollshec
n" ., concerning soCletN
s M, III NorSi, ana lh' itail x
"son0y was also cal'ed III
olou@n' inc Drother Oh the
'aul uf't i'ieht oned ana the
5 ~ y. Wv No'slcana l1dy togelhcr
'NO; nave operated III cohcer
~ AN "oFV was maze 10 orihs
Az al Interested pal Ties, Du
WE VI neIlcacy or prudence pre-
~ o'ue's tahlhg any active part
III o VIZ "era'd was apprise'
r.I InuA'ioh ana gave promp'
!, , ,'r',, assistance. The Ia!
Iat'a ea''ou pore 1rult IN the SHAPE
.,oti '' esslog dell ght 1T th'
,ao,; "o''co .he "r'tcrs advance
No. 'eu' ana ootfag'ng decencj
nt W no use OF language lou
o. ~ oiis'er me paper on Whlc'
MAIL w. IT, ms lie ter contalhe'
49,, 60 w. Woich me reply was I.
49, C''W u; henry shelton, care w
and " AGO. l'Xas. Here was
m IN" 'aluaole one. VINO wa
fon,' I''u VINO was Steed Stec'
souao 10 be young lad of IA O
G sI.I olu VINO had been employees
tWHsow4! a Fa'kner's store il
MAJ s@, - :, ana who Is now reSidint
wdot ~ h III w II AS ina IL Hmm tArI