San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-23
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MONDAY. July. 20. 1888.
ROBBiNG THE MAILS.
Forgery. Theft and Deserving the
Service Of Uncle Sam.

. Service of Uncle Sam.
Much excitement has been caused
of late in the small town Of San An
gelo, by musician in "K Co., 10th
Infantry named David H. Coles,
who, having openly betrayed his pas
sion for one of those dance hall women
with whom soldiers get the credit of
being especially intimate. found it
necessary to rob the mail in order to
carry on his illicit intercourse longer.
On Wednesday, July IL, Deputy U. 3.
Marshal G. l.. BroOme, San Angelo,
received notice that the mail, which
was carried by "the librarian at the
Post, a private in the army, had been
tempered with, money orders abstract
ed, and the names forged. Capt.
Towle of TX 20. 10th U. s. in
fantry," had offered the stand
ing reward of $50, as the man
had deserted. After obtaining the
description of the man, Marshal
Broome started out after him, remark
ing "I,ll be back here tomorrow by
noon, with him." Right after dinner,
the following day, the attention Of
three soldiers passing by q store was
directed to a crowd at Justice Dubois
office. Sure enough, Marshal Broome
had made good his assertion, having
nabbed his bird at Fort Mckavett,
after riding 80 miles the day before,
tracking the fleeing bird. Coles was
given up to his company commander
on the Saturday following, and was at
once put in shackles. He is to be tried
at this post (San AntOniO) next week
by general court martial for desertion,
but whether the civil authorities will
take further action in the matter
afterwards remains to be seen. When
taken before Justice Dubois, an ex-
officio U. S. commissioner, a prelimi-
nary examination was waived, and
bail fixed; the latter not forthcoming,
however, commitment was issued for
his incarceration, and, in the ordinary
course of things, he should be taken
to the Jail at Ell Paso, there to await
the action of the federal grand jury,
which will be empaneled for the
October term.
Coles is of slender figure, dark
brown hair, dark gray eyes, fair COM
plexion, five feet ten inches in height,
and only 10 and IL years of age.
When he saw that it was ''all up"
with him, he made a clean breast of
everything and acknowledged his
guilt, saying he was sorry for it, and
didn't know why he had done it, hav-
ing spent all his own money as well
as his ill-gotten gains to win the affec-
tons of some Dulcinia del Toboso.
Dulcinia, otherwise known as "Nel-
lie," has certain pretensions to beauty,
but like the majority of her class, had
little use for soldier who could not
cut "a DASH" Hence the sad downfall
of this otherwise good-natured boy
for he is quite boy in appearance as
we'll as years-whose record up to
few weeks ago was good. To the
credit of DulcInia, alias "Nellie,"
however, be it said, she has visited
the young man at the guard house,
Fort Concho, several times during his
confinement, and passed through the
bars evidences of her fondness for him
in the shape of dainty lunches. Their
meetings were naturally very pathet-
ic, but perhaps it had been better if
even now he had wiped her name out
of his memory.