Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-11
ALONG, HARD CHASE,
In which a Handsome Woman and q
Gay Gambler Figure.
How the Pursuit Becams Hot in Fort Worth.
From Alabama to New Mexieo-Ths
Result Of Misplaced Confidence.


has been the pivotal point in a romantic
but real life play such as would have
made the fortune of Hbrettist had he
conceived such plot and inserted it in a
pleasing opera with appropriate music.
Briefly-An embezzlement of thousands
of dollars in Alabama, disappeaFGnce:
be writes to his mate, who departs Co
meet the defaulting lover; pursuit
by the police, who make
close call at Fort Worth, win
the curtain falling exasperatlu-iy
just before probably happy denouemeut
in the final act.
Frank J HELEN used to be a sporting
man of wide swath and heavy calfJer in
| Birmingham, Ala. II only rolled high,
and would scorn the small games. About
| q month ago be conceived q scheme. II
! c. James is the name of a leading citt-
zen OF Birmingham. He is man ut
| wealth, but not averse TO turning that
! wealth over occasionally that more may
accrete TO it. So when be was
approached by Frank J. HeIeQa
| aforesaid with prOpOS,tio4
to chip in literally toward the establish
ment of sporting house, from which
/ large returns might be reasonably eX-
! peuted he was in no wise averSe, and
! after the Arrangement of prelimaries he
/ put up the respectable sum Of $4,000.
! HELEN was happy. He was likewise
! ambitious and of thrifty turn.
/ He ran his sporting house one night
| only, made a good winning, ana next
| day he was missing. So was MIR. James
/ $1,000.
Mr.. James was not only surprised and
! discounted, but he was mad. He didn't
know which way to look for the ab-
scOnder. However, be placed the matter
in the hands of the police, and ulti-
mately 1t was given over tc Detective
Sullivan OF the Birmingham force,
good officer, who has seen light with the
desperadOes of his section, being the loser
| of some odd fingers on his left hand as
the result of mOnkeying with some moon
sinners.
Detective Sullivan began his search for
HELEN in q systematic way. lie i'll
uuired who his amOurs had been, and
found one particular woman whom
HELEN dotted on. A waiting game was
PLAYED. About q week ago she began 20
prepare for flight. So did sullivan ana
James, and when the woman took g
train for New Orleans these two men
were with her, but unknown to her. She
came through New Orleans to Galveston,
to Houston. At the latter place she
spotted her pursuers. But she didn'
seem TO mind that, for she came on TO
Fort Worth arriving here last Monday
night about 8 O'clock.
When she alIghted at the Union depot
in this city she took a hack and told the
driver to go up town. But soon she OBJ
served that her pursuers were in another
bach following her, and tracing her step
of
window she said to the driver:
E'You see that hack behind me? The
men in that hack have followed me all
the way from Alabama. Now, l want
you to drive out in the suburbs and
shake them off the trail. -
The driver was willing, and straight
way put whip to his horses and dashed
out to the East Side of the city.
So did the other hack. The puTsuers
were not to be shaken so easily, and hour
after hour the two carriages drove ons
after another, as rapidly as whip could
make the horses go.
Finally, Jehu No. 1 gave up and told
the lady /. was no use. The moon was
too bright. He could not get away from
the other carriage.
"Then drive to the .Piokwick, - was
the order.
And to the Pickwick went both car
riages. The woman registered as Mrs.
E. W. Nesby.
Tuesday mC-ning Mrs. e. W. Nesby
left the hotel and went to a house down
town, where the officers easily traced
her.
The next question was to find the hid
ing place OF her paramour. Officer Sebs
Maddox was called on for aid. He had
an idea. He got hack driver to take
her out and get her drunk, secure her
kilograms, several OF which she haG re-
oeived during the day.
The plan worked admirably. The dis
patch which gave the desired cIew was
dated Fort Sumpter, New Mexico, signed
by HELEN, telling the woman to meet
him at small station up on the Fort
Worth and Denver, about sixty miles
from Fort Sumpter. That was what De-
tective Sullivan wanted.
That night, also, the woman engaged
a hack to take her out to Kyle early the
next morning, that is Wednesday morn
ing. The detective understood that
dodge. The woman wanted TO
catch the Denver train at that point so
as not to be seen getting on at the Union
depot in Fort Worth.
So that fine morning the detective
jumped on the Denver train at the Union
depot expecting Mrs. Nesby TO get on az
Kyle.
But he was disappointed.
At this point Of the game the woman
WIS too sharp for him. Instead OF TAX
ing the Denver she drove on to the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas, went to Whites
Ooro, over to Gainesville, and from there
me is lost. She may have gone to Hem
'ietta and caught the Denver on Thurs
lay morning, day behind Sullivan; or
The may have gone to Purcell and around
70 New Mexico over the Santa Fe.
At'any rate, Sullivan is now at Claren-
Ion waiting for Mrs. Nesby to come
through, that he NAV shadow her and
'atch the defauIting HELEN. Maybe he
will catch him. Maybe he will not.
Mr.. James is still in Fort Worth. He
S quiet man, and very much or the
gentleman in appearance and deport-
nent. He says he doesn t care so much
about the loss OF $4,000, but he wants to
each HELEN that he ism to be done up
n any such style as that attempted.
In all kinds and $500 Of sprains Salvation
Dill with rest, viii - \ speedy cure. -
en- oco ooF.