Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21
4 WACO SENSATION,
A Married Man OF Coed Standing ar.
rested for SaEdiDg Indecent Pre-
possls TO Young ladies Through
the Mails.
late Bond and Sent 10 jail Indignant
Cnizsus Tals Of LYnching.
Specl 70 the Gazette.

1 SptS.a- " tllS SELCLISs
WACO, TEX. Jan. 20,-O1e of the mos
SENSATIONAL CASES ever known in Vice.
was brought 10 light this morning by the
effective work Of the Hail & Waller De.
tective Agency. Fer some time Different
young ladies OF this city snd Corsicaus
| known for their high social stsrdirg
purity and womanly grsces, have bee en- re
| ceiving very vulgsr and obscene letters
from en- unknown party, asking for pri
yate interviews, and making proportions
fer criminal intimacy. The very virtue
aad timidi.y of the young ladies' caused
NEST OF the letters 10 be burned with
out ssyiDg anything about them.
Some OF the letters, however, were
handed over 20 the brothers and fathers
CT the young ladies'. The mztter wss
then placed IN the hands Of Detectives
Hall and Waller to ferret out the crin-
inal, and Plnkerton and his sleuth hounds
never did better or more effective work.
the writer OF the letters was very
shEeWd. He wrote under different
mems Gle plumes and asked that the
answers De directed in the care OF GER
ain unknown parties. Suspicion Of the
detectives faally rested on a certain
young man IN East Waco, and he has
been shade we'd far seyersl weeks. In his
letters to several Of The young ladies' he
asked thst they would make known. the
reception Ct his letters by writing
G few lines, and signed as he directed, In
one Of the Waco daily papers. The father
CT one Of the young ladies il CONJUNCTION
with the detectives wrote carefully
worded letter, dated Corsicana, signed
"Good.bye, NJ ;" and published ssme in
Evening Day. In answer TO this the
criminal wrote letter TO the youug lady
stating be had seen the publication in the
Day, and making the most abominable
propositions far intimacy with her, and
asking Ter to write to min in the nsme Of
FL. 7. Shelton, liz the care Of W. T Stead.
The detectives then wrote letter to Il.
T. Shelton In lsdy's handwriting asking
him when and where she should meet
him and signed it as he h1d
directed the young lady TO do. The young
man was then Swallowed and was eeen to
go to the postofflcs and get this letter,
WAS seen to go into store en- Austin
avenue and open and read 1t, WAS shad-
owed until he wrote the answer and
mailed il. The letter was Immediately
taken from the box, q private mark placed
on it and s detective followed the letter
to CorsIcaus where ii WAS directed to the
young lady, her father taking il FROM the
possofice and giving'it TO the detective.
Detective Waller, to make the evidence
doubly sure, went over into East Waco
yesterday and made a bogus sale OF some
cattle, for which, under some
pretense, he got the
young man to write him out 8 bill of
sale. The handwriting was the exact Of
that OF the letters. The evidence wss
then complete. This morning the town
was shocked by the arrest Of j. Faulkner
for sending obscene matter through the
mail, and the above is IN substance the
evidence brought in the trial before Com
missioner F.nks. He was placed under q
bail. Mr.. Faulkner is young man about
thirty years Of ags ana Is MARI ed to e
very beautiful and accomplished lady.
He is G brother OF Mr. G. Faulkner, one
Of he lsrgest grocery dealers in the city,
and Was in his employ ss bookkeeper.
He is related by msrrisge to Mr. K llum
Of the wholesale firm of Kelum & Ro1ap.
He is member of the East Waco Baptist
church and one Of the teschers'in the
Sunday school. But for tie detectives he
would have been killed by the relatives
OF some Of the young ladies'. His friends
and relatives can easily give bond for
him, but fhey are advised that the Jail is
the safest place for him and Il
is not altogether certain il he is
entirely safe there. The letters in EVIL
derce against bin were read by the re-
porter, but they are too vulgar and OBJ
scene TO appear in print.
The decoy letter written by the detec-
lives, and the publication appearing II
the Dsy, were found In possession OF
Faulkner when arrested.