Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-27
EAST OF TIE ROCKIES.
4 Young Girl Deceived, Drugsed and
Driven to Insanity.
COTTRELL AND HIS EsCAPApES.
An Embezzler Drops Dead in His
Cell The Formation of
Blue Grass Derby.
lsPEc1AL DmsArcHr TO THE RzoosD-us1os.l
EAST OF THE ROCKIES.
AND HIS ESCAPApES.
lsrrc1AI DmrArcHrs TO rHr RECORD. usIos.l
MAYOR corrRELL.
How He Won a Young Lady's Heart IL
Two Weeks.

Two Weeks.
CEDAR KEYS (Fla.), May 26th,- Mayor
Cottrell has not yet been caught. Relatives
aver that he has left the State, never to re.
turn, but this statement is viewed with sus.
picion. The details of Cottrell's crimes
and the manner in which he terrified the
town are coming to light every day. Cot.
trell is credited with the killing of three OF
four men, and he has maltreated several
others.
No one in Cedar Keys dared to thwart
him in anything, and one young English
man, who was staying at the principal hos
telry in the town. had narrow escape after
offending him. He was leaning against
the counter in the bar-room, and. as is
sometimes the custom with the Briton
abroad, he was making disparaging re-
marks about the country.
Suddenly the slight form of Cottrell
loomed up in the doorway. After listening
for moment to the strangers conversa-
tion, he drew his pistol and told the
Englishman he would make him toe q
chalk mark out of the town at the point OF
the pistol, and he did.
The story of his marriage is most 70.
mantle one. About two weeks before last
New Years bright, good looking young
woman from South Carolina was on visit
to her cousin, DR.. Dopper, station agent at
Cedar Keys. One afternoon Cottrell met
Dopper in a barber shop. The Mayors
voice was thick with pathos and whisky.
He was on tear" He said: "Dopper,
introduce me to that cousin of yours, and
I'll marry her within two weeks
Mr.. Dopper replied that that was not the
time or place to talk of such q thing and
that COttrell was not in fit state to men.
ton lady at all. Cottrell resorted to his
argument, and drew his pistol. Dopper
drew his and several shots were fred with.
out any more damage being done than the
smashing OF pane of glass.
The young woman was at that time en-
gagged to leading lawyer in Jacksonville,
but few days after the meeting in the
barber shop Cottrell became acquainted
with her and she sent back her engage
ment ring and presents to her old sweet.
heart. He came to Cedar Keys and expos.
tulated in vain. Cottrell won his bride and
they were married within a fortnight, as
he bad said they should be. They spent
their honeymoon in Jacksonville and Cot
trell promised to reform and become a
most exemplary citizen.
On their return, four days later, however,
Cottrell was drunk again. They were liv-
ing at Bellatina's Hotel, and Bellatina re-
fused to supply Cottrell with any more
liquor. A fracas at once followed. Cot
trell pursued the saloon keeper all over
the house. He broke through two rooms
successfully, but Bellatina's wife threw
herself before the door of the room in
which her husband was hiding, and said
that Cottrell would have to kill her before
he gained an entrance.
This sobered him up a little and he
pocketed his pistol and Withdrew. Next
day he had Bellatina arrested and took
possession of the bar, quenching the thirst
which consumed all of his companions,
until there was nothing left in the house
but water.