Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-20
SMELLS MURDERER.
Tascou, the Supposed Murderer, Il
Years 0Id-Gn Ex Convict and
Born Criminal.
ala va,hsv IA x s,. but sis HONS Was
Hateful, and 5. r ~ Iently Fan away
an IocJinAtian to steal.
wHAT sCHooLMATR SAYS.

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frss reported. H. IS ONLY tTenty-one,
aud ins.esd Of being Eve feet nine or ten
inches, he is probsbly not over five feet.
eight and a bslf iCc9es. O1e CT MS cnleI
traits is his fondDsss or poo playing ana
his ex1eT'nesa - the game. Inc ponce
s-s DIT, pariug ediitiorsl circulars, laying
stress On The fac that although apps
rentlY light weigat AID almost eneml-
nate IN APPEARANCE, ne Is IN resIlty al
athlete, vita bodily muscular develop !
ments Of an UNUSUAL degree. lie seems
10 bs 3 born criminal When very |
small bow ne ,xhinited marked ability IS |
Z thief. A boynood friend Of his talking |
aboat him 20 DAY, said: "TAscott used to i
steal things out OF stores and sell them 70 !
make pocket money He was bright |
young fellow, wonderfully smart IN every |
WGy. He used to 90 20 Lyon Hesly's |
aud steSl fare or o fte or some such
thing and Sill it. H attended the Brown |
school when 1 frss knew him. H5 dld
not like his stsp mother. He said she
never spoke kind word to him IN Aer
life and that his hOma Tas hateful, Some
times ne ran away from home. He was
always talking Cf going aweT permanent
IL. About four years ago he ala GO
away. saw no more ct him until snout
three months sgo. He told me that ne
had knocked around 3 good deal, ana
dnaIly got a position in rAi!rosd ONCE
in Jacksonville, Florida. He said ne haa
made up his mind to pc TOOK, having
been driven from home and ing Wlthout
honest means Of support"
The Tumored presence OF IAsco5l III
Los Angeles has led to the discovery thls
evening that Voung w0mSn with Whom
ne was vary ultimate is PROBABLY no" IN
that vicinity, and perhaps hiss peen VS.
lied by him Who she is what her sp-
peararce is the police dtc'ine TO sey, sno
will only state that she left here for Cali
fornfs some months ago. l. Is hinted
that her destination was SIN Diego a
curious ass rtion is msde by persons who
should be in position to know. IL Is
that young Tsscott was not after all tee
son OF Colonel Tascott. The story IS
that the colonel adop,ed the murde er
when the latter was o babe OF three
months.
CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. IS The man who
assisted Ia the murder of Millionaire
SGell by standing watch outside while the
residence was being robbed IS bshind the
prison bsrs. The arrest WAS made to-day.
and the police have already secured q tall
confession from the prisoner. II confirms
beyord q doubt the statement that the
murderer Is you William b. Iascott,
son OF Colonel j. B Tascotti the wealthy
manufacturer. The man arrested to-day
made young Tsscotps acquaintance TINS
winter in the Garden City billiard hal
Of West Madison street, and for
several weeks pas they have been
together every day The morning that
Shells house was to be rob ed he and Tas-
Colt went to the 5ouse together. Tascott
went izside lesvlrg MS comrade on the
sidewalk. After the murder WAS COM
mitted Tafc0tt buried out, grasped his
companion by the avn and together they
went to TAscutt's lodgings on West Mad
ison street whore they remained several
hours. Tascott told all and the other was
so Mortified and so afraid that he would
De charged with the murder itself thai
ne RETAINED from giving information to
the police. He made sworn statement
to-day and satisfied the police that he
was telling the truth. The police refused
TO reveal the meme Of the prisoner.
r1acOTT RELIEVED TO BRIN CALIFORNIA,
Los ANGELES, CAL, Feb. lS.-A theory
Ia published mere to day that notorious
crook with several aliases, one OF which
Is Clark who was lodged in iSil here
Wednesday night aud escaped IN few
hours by cutting through the wall, Is the
man wanted in Chicago for the murder OF
A. ]. Shell. HIS description telltes Win
that given in Associated Press dispatches
this morning.
HOW TAsCoTT IS MARKED.
CBICAGu, Ill Feb. l6.-The Ascot
ated Press dispatches giving the infor-
nation that criminal answering the de
scriptton of Taseott, the Shell murderer
was csplu red at Les Angeles but hsG
broken jail was esgerlY peTused to-nigh
by INSPECTOR BOnh5ld and Detectives
Aldrich and Elliott, TO whom 1t was shown
Immediately on being received
The detectives exchanged slgnd
cant chances, and 1t WAS plain from
their manner that the news was IN Lint
with one Of their principal theories as 4
4be direction Of the fight of the mur
derer. This much was later virtually ad
united by Detective Elliott, who SAT-
TascOtt WAS known TO have preViouSl.
bsen in California and to have eXpresse'
more than oEce & marked inclination t
return there st the frs opportunity. DE
tective Elliott showed dispatch just re
ceiyed from the warden Of he ksntuck
uguitentiary, where TsscOtE had been IN
csrcerateo, stating that the fugitive
body YVES peculiarly marked, afford
ing certain means Ct identification
The Young fellow has scar on the 1ief
hin. where he WAS shot when attempts
to escape from the Frankfort prison
There were slso scsrs, some perhaps u
uuhesled, on the right leg and on u
knees and both elbows, The results
bsyiog TO wear ball and chain. II
detective WAS anxious tas informstio
should be spreac, and especially to Cal
soruis aud Tie sou n1est, that Tascott
upper front Teeth ex1ioiE gold NILE
line or su1fsce Of metal ex5endtng sloE
the edge The filing seems 10 be iro
the interior, but shows prominently, u
upper lip belrg slightly drs@n back.
GAVE HIMsELP AWAY,
Considerable speculation has been
dLlged Ia as to how the police manage
IN mske sure that the mysterious ioog
AZ Mrs. Wycks was TAscott. The poi
Was cleared up this evening by the dem
monde Jennie CiifMc, who said she hi
given the Information 10 Inc police. Ia
colt had talked IN his sleep and not on
had he told his own name in mutterines
night or TWO before the tragedy, but
frequently inside reference wi
ea,ns to sold Sn.ll'' and ga
lnklings Of still more horrio