Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-02-14
NELLIE is BACK.
The Story Of Harriet LIE
T0urneau's Horses.
The Ledger" Helps her to Secure
One of the Animals-The
Other Forthcomlng.

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One of the Animals-The
Other Forthcoming.
Through the instrumentality of
the LEDGER and the efficiency of
officer Quisenberry, old Harriet LIE
Tourneau has recovered one OF her
horses and is in fair way to Sc
cure the other. 1t will be remem
bered that the old French Cana
dian woman resides alone on an
eleven acre patch of ground sever
al miles north of this city and that
her only personal possessions were
few dollars, her household effects
and two horses. The latter were
taken from her about three weeks
ago by a son-in-law named Field
ing Sexton. Sexton took the
animals down into Gala way coun-
ty, where he traded the youngest,.:a
sleek, blocky mare named Nellie,
for another horse and ten dollars.
He then took the other horse and
his newly acquired property deep
er into the hills of the Kingdom,
when an officer of the law is now
watching him.
AS soon as the facts in the case
were published in this paper, Of
ficers of the law took a hand in the
matter. A reporter for the LEDGER
secured an Interpreter and taking
officer Quisenberry, visited the old
woman. She described her horses
and expressed her Willingness to
pay a reasonable sum to secure
them. The officer at once went
down into Galloway county and in
a few hours succeeded in locating
one of the horses and learning
pretty accurately the whereabouts
of the other one. The horse he
found was in the possession of a
farmer to whom Sexton had traded
her. Of course the farmer reluc-
family parted with the animal, and
at once took part in the hunt for
Sexton. The officer brought the
mare to this city, taking her to
Mrs. LIE Tourneau. The old wo-
man was oserjoyed and she petted
and caressed the horse as affection
ately as if it were her child. The
intelligent mare seemed to be af-
fected by the meeting, too, for she
rubbed her nose gently against the
old woman's face and shoulders
and whinnied softly as the wrlnkled
brown hand of her mistress strcked
her flowing name. The other
horse will be returned to its owner
in a few days.
Sexton is said to be bad man.
Persons who know him are au-
thority that he imposed on the old
| French woman's credulity and
succeeded in securing most of her
money. When that was gone, he
took the horses on pretense OF
| borrowing them to drive to this
city to he gone few hours. Old
Mrs. lie Tourneau has relatives in
| New York City WHO are weli-to-du
and she has been offered home
with them. She says she cannot
beaI to part with her pet horses
| for good, but in her old age it seems
best that she should GO with hel
kin. She is grateful to the LEDGER
/ for its efforts it, her behalf, and she
says she will be happy again wher
she can stand in the door of hel
little house, holding some dainty
morsel in her hand, and call both
@! her pet horses to her side:
"Veins la wen la Lill-Nell
votre mere vous appelle -
! A Lads Adventure.
Theodore Romheau, Il brigh
faced, blue eyed lad OF twelve
wears. was sent to Jacksonville
Illinois, this afternoon by Mayo
Bassford. The boy came to this
city on Monday last from Mont
gomery City. He went to th'
Globe Hotel, where he explained
that he was without money o
friends and wanted place to stop
He said that his parents were boti
dead, his mother having died a
indianapolis four years ago. A
the death of his mother, job!
Oliver, a friend of the family and ;
map canvasser by profession, tool
charge of the boy and with hin
journeyed from town to town al
over the United States. They wer'
at Montgomery City last week ant
on Monday they arranged to leav'
that place for Mexico. The bo.
did not watch the time and tn
train left him. carrying with /
Oliver anil all of the baggage
Young Rombeau got on the mex
train, freight, and came to thu
/, city. He made a search for tn
canvasser, but could not find him
The folks at the Globe Hotel tool
| kin ally to the boys frank manne
and clear, open face and adrnitte'
: him to the house on the strengt
of his story. To-day, the litti
fellow repeated his story ia Mayo
Bassford and asked that he be sen
to his grandfather at Jacksonville
i III. The Mayor complied with nj
3 request and advised him to qui
the map business and go to schoo