San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-05-23
SCENES IN WONDERLAND.
]. E. Lewis alias n. G. Wilson was
in Monterey-To be Sold on the
2Oth-Will be Married June
1st-Short Stops - Other
News and Personals.

LA CONCORDIA, MONTEREY,
May 20, 1898.
To the San Antonio LIGHT:
About three months ago man
about 90 years of age came to Mon
terey and registered at the Hotel
de la Plaza as H. G. Wilson, of
Chicago, Ill. Soon after Mrs. Glass
sold out and moved to TOpO Chico
and opened a house there. He
moved also and took room at her
house and remained there uutil
the afternoon of the fourth, when
he took his grip sack and told the
guests that he had a suit of clothes
made in the city, and that he was
going for them and would remain
in the city until the close of the
music on the plaza and that he
would come out on the midnight
train. That night he skipped out
for Texas via Laredo. Soon after
he moved to TOpo Chico Mr.. John
Haley, proprietor of the Hotel To-
DO Chico, received a letter with a
photograph in it requesting him
to look out for a man by the name
of L. f. Lewis, whose photograph
he sent him.
Haley soon located his man,
which was none other than II. q.
Wilson. He took him to one side,
showed him the photograph, and
told him that he was the man
wanted, and that if he did not
want to be arrested, he had better
skip out. Wilson denied being
the man, and pointed to the
photograph and said: "That
man has a heavy beard on and
| have none" Haley replied:
Eyes he has, and so did you until
you took that money, then you
shaved it off. But you could not
shave that nose off, so you see that
gives you away" Wilson still
declared that he was not Lewis,
that his name was Wilson and
that he would not leave.
Since that occurred he borrowed
small sums of money from new
made friends in the city and would
return it as soon as he re-
ceived remittance from
home, which he was looking for
every day, but never came.
He worked that racket until the
night of the 18th. On the arrival
of the Mexican National train from
the City of Mexico at IL 40 p. M,
he boarded it bound for Laredo.
AS soon as the train crossed the
Rio Grande next morning, Mr..
John Haley, who came in on the
same train, came to Wilson and
told him that he should not
show himself that way, as he
was liable to be arrested. BY this
time the train reached the |. & c..
n. depot, and Haley told Wilson
at the same time pointed out a
detective who was standing on
the platform. Wilson replied that
he would not leave, that he did not
do anything to run away for. AS
the |. d G. \. train pulled out for
San Antonio, the Laredo detective
got aboard and Haley introduced
him to Wilson, and they were to-
gethet until they arrived in San
Antonio. Haley and Wilson reg
istered at the same hotel and
rOOmed together that night.
Next morning when Haley came
down stairs and went into the Of
flee, he met Captain Lucy, of Aus
tin. After shaking hands, he told
Lucy that he had sore hand and
he left a bottle of medicine up in
his room and he would go and get
it. AS soon as Captain Lucy
had reached the room he
told Wilson that there was
detective down stairs and if he
did not want to be arrested, that
he had better skip out. Wilson
replied that he would not do any.
thing of the kind, and he went
down stairs with Haley. When
they reached the office Haley in.
troduced him to Lucy. Lucy asked
him which way was he going; he
told him that he was going to New
Orleans to visit some friends. Cap
tain Lucy asked him to 60 by way
? of Austin, but he replied that he had
no business in Austin and besides
twas out of his way. The captain
told him it would not be out of his
way. Wilson shook his head anC
said that he did not have the tim,
to spare to go that way. Lucy
then told him that he was the mar
he was looking for and he would
not go to Austin voluntarily tina
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