Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-08
LAWLESS ROMANCE.
MORE OF JENNIE MILLER, THE
FEMALE HORSETHIEF.
She Ran or With Her Lover, Kept Camp
for Him and His Pals and Located
the Horses to DO Stolen.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

MERIDIAN, BoSQUE COUNTY, TEX, Oct. 3.
Since the publication of 4 news article in
a Waco paper concerning a Miss Jennie
Sadler, who was captured with a stolen
horse in her possession, some newsy and
rather sensational developments have been
made in the matter When Miss Sadler
was arrested near Valley Mills by the par
ties in pursuit of the stolen property, she
was put in charge of that ubiquitous Bill
Yoakum, who can almost scent horse
thief across the county. with instructions
to deliver her to Maj. Donnel, sheriff of
Bosque county, which he did. That night
she made her escape from the private resi-
dence of said sheriff, and, crossing the Bos-
que, took from the lot of Mr. Frank Candy
a good horse and started off towards Iredell.
At lredell a women in her night clothes, all
tatered and torn, called upon DIR. Sellers for
medicine, and upon obtaining it immedi-
ately mounted her horse and in the dark
ness moved off towards Hamilton county.
In the pursuit next morning by the sheriff
and his posse it was learned that a strange
woman had passed northwest during the
night and was perhaps the escaped pris-
oner. Following up the trail into the fol-
lowing night Sheriff Donnell come upon his
woman in Hamilton county, who had +
up her horse near a hay stack and W.
self soundly sleeping i'll the stacl- -- fv-
turned without any compulsion is now
in the county Jail.
She tells great many different tales
about her connection with gang of horse
thieves from PalO Pinto county. She says
she kept camp for the boys, took in the
neighboring country during the day, located
the best horses for the boys, in the garb of
q woman, but at night dressed in mems
clothing and plotted her pals to the located
horses. 1t appears from her statements,
and these have been SubStantiated by cred
ible witnesses, that she had lover with
whom she had clandeStine meetings against
the wishes of her father, and finally agreed
ID run off with him and share with MIN
some of the thrilling adventures of an out
law. In company with said lover and two
other pals they left Comaache county with
some stolen horses, travelled at night and
hid out during the day, until they got into
Bosque. where they disposed of their horses,
went on to the vicinity of Waco and stole
two line horses one mare, from MIR. Nail,
valued at $780, and then came back on their
track going to the Territory. Miss Sadler
dressed most of the time in boys clothing,
and appears to have been saddIed with the
responsibility of personally taking charge
of the stolen horses, especially in the time
of danger. She is a woman of nerve, about
twenty years old, has been raised in the
country, is fine rider, handles a 44-caliber
with the deXterity of a man, and is most re-
specially connected both in Comanche and
Bosque counties. Since her confinement in
the lower part of the ia7erS department at
Meridian, Miss Sadler has been visited by
all sorts of people. and it is now currently
reported that she has made another con-
quest, and completely holds under the magic
of her charms young man who is also very
fond of horse flesh, but Miss Jennie won't
have him.