Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-05-15
MOI HIS CORPSE.
LORD HuRLeuRr WAS A VERY
TALL MAN.


~ o.llnpns. May ID Il. Richards of
NahosNhir. ONO who has business intrr.
80 IA thls viiy. has rntnrned fr,n, I'M.
,.stoh aud Paris, Texas. after a fun.
III ~, s'nf"h Tor some trace of David ii
iiVnipui' ms long host broiher.in.lay
MIs' iiurlDut, wife Of the missing man
~ hcs al No n2 North High strepl
tinS n.y. ana some weeks ago itfnt,un,
tioh reached her that a man sni,,,nse1
70 nr her husband had died and Wa
uurNh under mysterious cirnmstnnre.
n,ar iNris, Tex. His dcnd body bn5
Dsrh found in the mountains near that
niArr' as though he had either io.t his
WY or died from starvation or wns
,iyu's r,fllt with ~ that nninhnbited scc-
siph. me events leading M TO th,. az.
appearance Of Hulbut inJcnteI tbat
We CORPSE discovered In the niountnins
~ ieSas was none other than his. Unrl-
W. was quite wealthy, and until nhnut
siA years ago was a resident Of Cali
iorllin. His health became had. nnJ hc
tlaVeled extensively Ia quest Of 4 climate
I'M Wonld be beneficial, His wlfr's rel.
ii, ~ ItSldr ~ GAINESVILLE, and eventual
ne came buck TO Ohio Herr Ills cou
dltl9n remained nnimpruyed, and he con.
yiuuru TO take a southern trip. Mrs.
iiurlbut rmnlnel with her relatives nni
Jour years ngO he started for Galveston.
Tex. His wife received letter fro,n
nm on the day following his arrival
lncre anu that was. the last trace OF his
WHherraDouts his relatives ever obtained
tie disappeared as completely us thourh
'fle earth Ind swallowed aim Every.
thing that might develop into a clcw was
investigated by his loved ones In vain
frultless Grips were made hither ami
thither over the country and thus The
mystery was deepening when infornu.
tlon reached his sorrowlng wife Of the
uiScoTeiy. Of the dead body in Texas.
Her brother at once started for the scene
anu npon arrival there learned thai Tho
supposition as TO the identity Of the
corpse IN the mountains was not without
some Foundation. II was learned that
the dead man called himself Lord Uurl
burt. and led the cccrntiic life of her
nit He claimed to he an Englishman.
nnd this fact strengthened the belief
that he was the missing man. for the
latter also WAS an l1nglishman. III.
III health might have unbalanced his mind
aud caused hin 10 adopt peculiar man.
ncr of living. Mr.. Richards. after a
long search, found not only whore the
dead body had been buried, but the men
who Inferred 1t. Their statements, how.
ever, placed another phase upon The case.
Lord Hurlhut, az he was known was d
short, slight man. while David Hurlb,t
was six feet tall aud weighed 200 pounds.
Another difference IN the two was that
two fingers on tue left hand of the mis.
sing man had been lost years ago. while
there was no such defect on the remains
OF the hermit These differences IN their
description made II necessary to exhume
the remains and thus another clew proved
fruitless
A peculiar feature OF the cxtraortl-
nary case is the legal complications grow
ing out Of the Disappearance Of Hurlbut
He left considerable property and an In
surance policy for $1,000 ON his life, Mrs.
Hurlbut cannot DISPOSE of the property
nor utilize II TO advantage, rs she Is nm
able to prove In the courts that her hus-
baud Is dead. The same missing link in
the chain OF evidence that he is dead pre-.
vents her from securing the insurance on
bis life. She can furnish no death ccr-
tiicatr to the insurance company because
50 deep is the mystery that in reality she
does not know that he is dead. The cir
cumstnnces Of the disappearance Indicate.
that the man was murdered for his
money. rs he had nearly $1,000 on his
person when he started for che South,
hut the peculiar question arises as 10
how his remains could have been 50 com
plctely disposed of In city as large as
Galveston.