Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-14
DALLAS.
An Eight-Yesr-0ld Daughter Bobs Her
Fathers Pockets and Puts the
Money in an Old Boot.
Considerable Rroney Lost on tn. Base Ball
Game-TeDpie Houston After Ian
hams Ssat-Peraonal NoteE.
A soMSAMDUusr's SAVINGS BANK.

A soMSAMDUusr's SAVINGS BANK.
Special 10 the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, Feb. 13.-JCseph Mel
son, an industrious carpenter who lives
in North Dallas, made s remarkable dis.
covery Saturday night. He gives the
circumstances as follows: During the
| fair last fall, he went home one night
having $50 bill in his pocket. When he
arose the next morning, the money WAS
gone. OF course he thought some THE
had entered the house and stolen the
money, and he reported his loss at police
headq quarters, and that was the last OF
the money; for the police
mad their hsnus full OF such roboeries,
and 1t was almost matter of Inpossi-
bllity to detect the perpetrators, the
crowds and crooks being so numerous.
Nelson on several occasions subsequent
to the theft of the $50 bill missed various
smsli sums from his pocket, but thought
that his wife had taken the money for
household expenses, which she
always denied. The only A%sy
then that Nelson could
account for the loss, wss that some thief
entered the house and robbed his pools
cts. After he found that his wife did DOT
get the money, he was very csrefE to
iasten all the windows and doors 81 the
house, so that 1t would be impossible for
one to enter without srousing the occu-
pants. One morning late In January, he
arose and dressed himself and found that
81 had been taken from his peck
ct during the night. An exam
nation of the windows and doors proved
almost to 8 certainty that no one mad en-
tered the house. He questioned his wife
and she firmly declared that she had
neither seen nor touched the money. His
little eight-year-old daughter, Winnie,
declared she hSd not. Here was Q mye-
terry, Nelson didn't know how TO solve it,
either. List Saturday night abou. 2
O'Clock, he heard noise IN the room, ana
as he sat erect in bed, he saw Winnie
in tue act of taking several smsll
pieces of silver from his pocket. He
spoke to her, but though her eyes were
open she needed him not. Was it posi-
BILE that she was somuambulist7 He
arose and followed her cautiously. lie
saw her go into her room aud open .
closet door. He heard faint jingle Of
coins, and then the closet door was
closed and the little girl returned to her
bed. Nelson returned to his room,
and got the lamp and
came into his daughters room,
followed by his wife. He swoke Winnie
and asked her what she was doing up
few minutes since. She firmly declared
that she had not been out Of bed during
the night. When she was accused OF
taking money frsm his pockets she burst
into tears and vowed her innocence.
Nelson being satisfied that his daughter
mad committed no Intentional wrong
turned his attention to The closet, which
was heavily stored with luggage.
In pulling out an old pair OF boots, one
was found to be very heavy, and Wlen it
was shaken the silvery tiukling Of the
coin could not be mistaken. Gong to
the table and turning the boot upside
down the pieces Of various denomi nations
ratified ont of the boot in great pro-
fusion. Putting his hand in the boot
several bills were fextracted, and
among them the $50 bill, which he had
lost during last fail. he counted his
money az found sls8 IS, quite snug
sum indeed. Nelson is profoundly CRATE
full to the somnambulism Of his little
daughter for saving his earnings for him,
as his rule has always been to spend
everything he makes. "InsEeed Of punish
log my GIRL" said he, al am going TO buy
her some nice dresses and the biggest
doll in Dallas"
THAT BALL GANIK.
The $4,000 base bail aggregation has
not received any smiles from Dallas te-
day, neither was q brass band al the train
last night 20 meet them on their return.
Dallas is indignant, disguised, and 1t is
doubtful il the remaining unsold stock
will be disposed Of. The players take
their defeat as matter Of course, and
ascribe it to lack of practice. Base ball
men recognize good material in the Dsl-
las mbinatiop, and say that q lit
tie practice will bring things out
all right. The betting In this
city was % to 81 p on Dallas
and q considerable amount OF money
changed hands at those figures. The
pls yers will hardly lose their lives Cor
this first defeat, but they will not dare to
play another game until they have prac-
ticed a good deal. They will have to
practice considerably to be on an equil
footing with the Forts tesm. Editor
Sterett is deeply grieved st the defe1t.
He says to-day: "Fort Worth arose IS
one man and guyed the Dallas base ball
club. This time no complaint can be
made against the conduct OF thst to 4n.
1t guyed the club yesterday. The waole
state is guying it to-day"
OF lack HINcKLEY's DEATH.
The particulars of the death of Z1ck
Hiuckley, an account of which was pIb- |
nshed In Sundays GAZETTE, were re-
ceived by the father of the young nan
yesterday. The letter written by Dursnd |
& Lucss, hardware dealers, OF Aspen,
Colorado, described the fate Of TIE IN
fortunate young man IS follows;
"He had been suffering st different
times with rheumatism, and had retired
to his room over the hardware store st |
o'clock On the 10Th. About 10 O'Clock
that night the building was discovered to |
be enveloped 10 flames. The fremen
turned out and when they had checked
the flames and partially saved the build
ing one of them, who WAS on the eve OF
leaving the building, stumbled over
and when light was Brought
It proved to be the charred remains OF |
lack Hinckley,"
LANHAM ANTAGONIST.
Hon. Temple Houston OF Mobeetie Is
IN attendance upon the Federal court
here. He reports that the Panhandle |
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