San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-04-28
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex April 20, 1892

DALLAS, Tex April 26, 1892.
There is no longer any doub about Chas.
h. Henry having murdered Irene Rus
sell. News comes from Denver. Col, that
Henry, when only - years old, murdered
young and pretty woman in that place
in variety theatre because she could
not mary him, having a living husband.
There he was cleared on plea of tempo
rary insanity.
Saturday in broad daylight. on one o
the principal thoroughfares two ladies
were rudely jostled against by two young
men. For a moment they supposed the
Williams staggered against them and that
they were drunk This thought was dis
PEELED upon Mrs f.: II. Smith exclaiming
THEY'VE got my purse" The purse con-
tanned considerable sum OF money. The
bystanders gave chase to the robbers AT
once. The hindmost one called stop
that man" and while this directed atten-
tion from himself, made good his escape.
The incendiary is getting in his work
here. though net to the extent that the
fire bug in the Alamo City his
G. j. Burke's residence was burned to
the ground with all its contents. The
family have been absent for three weeks
and in that lenght OF time there has been
no fire IN the house. S. NJ. Wright'SS
was also burned, but Mr.. Wright man
| aged to save most of the furniture.
| A. l.. Rogers has been transferred from
the Dallas jail to the penitentiary at
| Rusk.
| Mr.. j. E. Hendricks, who lives in thet
| country, says he has one more BABY on
| his hands than he intended. a MIS-, sAel-
| ley stopped at his house, she had two-
| year old child and a young baby. She
asked permission TO leave the LADY with
| Mrs. Hendricks till she returned from a
| neighbours. The baby was left a mouth
| ago and Mrs. Kelley has not yet re-
| turned.
| The Gazette is determined not to be
| outdone by the News. short time ago
the News put on a fast train and invaded
| Fort Worth, as IL has been doing towns
| north of here as far as Denison. The
Gazette and st. Louis Republic can now
| be had, delivered by carriers, in any part
| of the state. for only Sl.25 per month,
| while the price of the News is 81.
| Alderman Cone had fine dog to cis-
| appear couple Of years ago. The dog
has Travelled around from place TO place.
MIR. Cone hears of him every now and
| then. but the dog vanishes when Mr.
Cones inquiries arrive. Not long since
his six year old chestnut sorrel horse
| disappeared as u ysteSiously as the dog
| He says he will ask no questions II his
| horse is returned.
white man has been making busi-
ness of stealing chairs from steps during
the night. Not long since handsome
| WICKET CUdlT was TAKEN ITOU1 Iut pOICU VI
oryan street residence. A negro hearing
OF the loss, told of a white man
| whom he had seen take the chair. AT the
time he supposed IL was some one belong
| ing to the Home or one having authority.
A few days later the negro reported he
| had again seen the mn who took the
| chair and was willing 10 ident fy him. Up
| on the negros identity bne rogue was
| arrested and this chair with those belong
ing to several houses, recovered from
| second hand store, or pawn shop.
| a lady whose property has been in the
| hands of well known real estate agent
| called on the firm repeatedly for money
| due her for the rent of her rouse'. The
| firm told her the tenants had not paid,
| they had not the money and could not.
| This went on for two months. There was
| no rent money from any quarter. Final
| ly the agent told her of one of her
| wealthieSt tenants having moved, left
the city,. and two months in ar
| rearS. She ascertained the that
| the family was still here. rxctps the
husband. The pro Jerty owl er Cd le on
| her eX tenants wIfe at the place She was
| viSitiGg, determined il possible, 10 ex-
tract her back rent, il this could not be
! done, then 10 give her piece of a wo-
I mans mind. The lady called upon de-
clared her husband had paid his rent
| r, gularlv as it was due. She thought She
could find the receipts packed away la
the trunk with other papers. An hours
| search brought the ne, dfu receipts to
| light These were satisfactory TO the
| caller. She borrowed them to carry to D.,
the agent. He paled and trembled when
| she returned and informed him she had
| seen Mrs. - who is still in the city,
| When she produced his receipts for the
| money he had denied receiving. all be
| could do was to promise TO make it good.
| That IL was a mistake etc.