Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-11-27
JOAN OF SAN ANTOINE
A Peerless Beauty Queen of
the Lower World.
A DARK HANDSOME GAMBLER
Appears on tho Scene and Other Lovers Arc
Banished From Her Presence One
Night loan Was Found Muf.
dered "A Confession.

Detroit, Mich. Nov. pa solution
OF ono OF the most intricate murder
mysteries OF late years has just been
brought to light Ia this city. Many
there arc who ilrmly believe that God
permits no guilty person tn escape u
just punishment for his crime. To
such this true Htory VIII appeal
directly, while it cannot but interest
even those who will laugh ~ the posi-
hilily OF the outcome OF the story being
brought about by anything more super
natural than chance,
Two years ago the writer, in tho co
paoity 0f a theatrical press agent, was
qu0rtered NJ the Hotel Maverick in sam
Antonio, In which city the attraction
! was representing was TO play an en-
gagemunt u few duys later The Au-
gust heat WIS something awful, tho
burning rays VI the sun beating down
upon the heads OF the uninitiatod until
the Nor,hornor with visions OF lake
bree1es, summer resorta ana sea-bath-
ing, TO be enjoyed IN his mr-oif homo,
soothing through his brain, was half
Wild for Just one Whit Of stan lake
breeze.
in spite Of tho excessive heat had
started early one morning in company
WITH A MEXICAN GUIDE,
who was tho possessnr of an old tum-
blcd.down wagon and an unusually la9y
| jack, IN spend tho day viewing and
I sketching the lnre old missions lying
some miles out Of the city. So isolated,
deserted and alone arc these old monus-
| telics aud churches. now covered with
! the growth OF Southern moss and
| clinging vinos, that one cun easily im-
agino himself In another world from
which the people had fed, leaving II
70 decay In solitude.
1t was midnight and pale moon
she'd subdued light over the whole
landscape, making the iack rabbits,
which were darting back and forth
across the roadway appear ua large as
wolves when We started to return. 1t
was an eight-milo drive and the jack
OF our MoNican guide was 80 slow that
II was nearly ! In the morning ns We
drove up IN front of the Maverick, and
sprang from the wagon and started to
enter the hotel by the private enter
ancc. ! am not easily frightened, but
the sight
THAT MET MY GAZE
that morning as ! entered The hallway
Of the Maverick will remain With me
through my life.
Mi a,.,ns nntst,stchcd mud hnnds
nahtlv cinched !, ,yenitl, az lonq rnven
hhir row united with blood. coye,inp
,nost of he,. bead md shoulders. was The
NM, ~ \ ,yotonn Stlcltiny out from
the back OF her neck was the handle ut
what proved TO be u stiletto buried to
tho hilt In the flesh OF It's victim.
instantly gave the alarm aud u
amnll rrowd gathered, gazing with
, ,,'hat ,,nnsIdo,ed unroncetn unon tho
a,rt,i .rc,c mo rn,ono, nrriyod and
~, bol,. ,,as ,ni,nn n,vnv That avon.
inf, ,vsnt 10 ND morglin and pnyed for
~ No., limo ,rnon tbe fneo M III, aead
gi,J N was n faco OF remnrknblo
hanntv Tho bIgh forohend clpnu.cut
fcatutns and hiSh. nrrhod eyebrows. 10.
',othc,. With ber dollcuia handg with
Gn,,t, tanr,.ino gn,,e,,s provin5 nor well
80 n,I,,ast
IN r,,, hcn,,a l,,, etorv gh, Ind mr..
,t,i,d IN s.an Antonio yenr before. a
,,,iiI ,n,l,ie.s r,irl ,yi,ns,
RARE GIFTS OF BEAUTY
Ind won her many admirers among tho
gnv Young fellows about town. She
was known to nll as simply "Joan.n For
a year she was the queen q the deml-
H. iisn on y, aemen,ed. sbc seemea !,
na,t,nhie woman ~ hre' who could noi
", VI d'a,,,,t mil shs Ind srorched iha
~ go ~ a,a,y MN ',yha cemo within ,he
, nnsa ~ ~ ot han ,yonIro,is evns Nlany
npms AZ nnar,,,Ia and bIncr Gghts
wp,v III ,t,o yo"ng foilnws of tho tewn.
any"s ., ..v md honIno Tor tho
aann XXX, lr b,,, hoart III I'D bau
W. ii''' 'i''' -
o" M $40, month"; hororc hcr deatb tber,
t..t $500 4, ia XIV n IAN hand.
n''~ tiIio,,, n,ha ,,,,o,ad ia In a ,,an.
I'm io,i"m, wy ,,,,, ,on ~, nan.
plori VI, WV ~ ali ~ snoi,,
LOU I'm Dip'' ,,d t.o,n III. nnn.a,,
Frencn nuen.'s' ~ ''s sss ni,ppa,n ,,.
n n, NV ~. ~ ho,s os ,le toSn' n,
renVug & i iai t XXI a. so,,,ot,,,c a.
wa5 es ~, .,,,i ,aa,,i 9 s.,ttons lnauiric,
/ nc nau 'naN ini re~sraing n,
. ~ svon -. ~ ,o',a liz ,nee his nntn,
!, np, JUL - ~ fi,c thirG a,@Ii
~ 1asI,n ~ 's," he No, q Inn u 'rh,
ne Nas ~ wy ~ ~ .,.. ~ .l,s, ,',.,a-,,,,
sceno ,'lAs WE III, i"I that tbny NM
prpseu eouo'9 ~, ',,,,,roa"hed hs,. Viii
eacil o'aet' ,a,oh a e ~ r,nn;ns anti,
! ho~ering ~
own HIS CRUEI. FACE.
i I Wv Nv M - 1911