Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-18
MUROERERS OE SMELL.
The Identity of On. OF Them Estabrrhed,
but ais TEhere b1u,S 10 UrkuOwn.


bu. ais @hsre b1usS 10 UrkEOwn.
CHICAGO. ILL Feb. 1.-THE identity
Of one Of the burglars who threw Inc
town Into fever OF excitement bY MGR
derihg Amos J. Smell, the West Sidssmil
lionaire, about 2 O'Clock Wednesday
morning, February 8, has been disGoy.
cred, but the burglar himself is stilli5en-
joying al his freedom. During the later
part OF January q blonde young man Of
about nineteen or twenty years rented q
room Of Mrs. Wycks, who keeps g board
Ing house on West Madison street. He
was of slight build and ABOUT five feet,
eight inches tall. His complexion was
light, eyes blue or gray, and quite lsrge
snG round. He had small brown nous
taChe, and wore sealskin cap, brown
striped trousers Of = grsy!sh
& stylish sppesIanca. TRe young man
his arrival" said Mrs. WyCks yesterday,
"Scott got up and went out wearing 6
silk hat and dark sack cyercoat. Be
fore going he told me that he did not
want to make anybody's acquaintance in
the house, that his business required him
to De out ell night and he could not be
social. On the morning Of the Smell nur
der between and 4 o'clccE, Mrs. Wycks
heard her ledger come up stairs and GO
to his room. Sac thought she heard an
other man with him. The l0dger turned
the light out in the hall. Between and
O'Clock he came out Of his room dressed
az if for q Journey. Another man whom
the woman describes as being older end
gehteel in dress, was with him. This
NAN kept his face turned SO che
could not see Il. Scott had & SLOUGH hat
which she hSd never seen him wear be
fore, pulled down over his face. He said
to her: "WelI, 1 am going out on the
rosd today. l may come bsck 10 two
weeks, and It may be two mouths. While
| an gone, want you to tzke care Of my
things"
As soon as they were gone, Mrs.
Wycks' curiosity Was aroused to such &
pitch that she began an examination
Of the room just vacated. She found IN
the closet qusnity of silVerWare, two
coils Of fuse, several old chIsels and
Chi5el handles and bits, lot of silver
knives and forks and spoons and other
nick-naCk5. Mr5. Wycks also discovered
In q small drawer pair Of burglars felt
slippers and three sperm cand-
dies, one half burned. Now comes
some links in the chain that will
probably convict Nj. Scott, whose real
name is said to be William Gehrigh;,
one of the most dangerous and accom-
plished cracksmen in the country.
Jennie Clifford, prcprietrees Of dis
reputable resort on the west side, has
given the police valuable information re-
gsrding Billy Gehright, who, On the night
before the murder, called at her house
aud stayed q short time. Ga that
occasion II was showing aud he wore g
5ealsEin cap. Otherwise ne was dressed
just as Mrs. Wycks describes him. Miss
Clifford remembers thst he carried with
him when there mahogany case iustllke
the one found ct Snel's house filed with
his tools. She notified the police and
said she was willing to aid the police IS
fsr as possible. AiterWard she
identified the mahogany case as the
same she bad seen in Gehrlght's
possession. The police hsvs discovered
that Gehrigbt is the son Of respectable
family living on the north side They
have found two or three acquain1snces OF
his who agreed TO assist in the search for
him