Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-06
AFTER THE WRONG WOMAN
,urySrE DETECTIVES SCENT
on A COLD TRAIL,
. Sensational Case of Mistaken Iden-
m, peyeIoped at waco With Some
r.,,,,ing Incidents Thrown In for
salt,

he had gone from Bolton. us he
..vs upon the trail of woman. who
!. accused Of attempting bold black
ss,llnr scheme at the latter place
tuesday night
We told the following story. in which
=. ,mn,leated two Waco ladies, whom
,nyss,lgation by The Gazette corre-
..orsent shows. had no connection
r,th tho matter. The detective seems
y ne 4 failure In following trails and
,a.de mistake in locating the woman
IN This city, which has caused embar-
:, rassmen, and annoyance to respecta-
Me people. The following is the story
detective Russell. told in a morning
paper.
Kate D. Saunders is the name OF a
Woman who has been engaged together
Win a female companion in the BUSH
ne.s Of peddllng corsets. They Travelled
from town to town and canvassed each
,oru from house to house. Thursday
Ms. Saunders visited the house OF Mrs.
Harris Of Bolton, whose husband is a
partner Of Hon, X. b. Saunders. She
tried to sell Mrs. Harris u corset, but
did not succeed. Later the woman
called at the home of Mrs. L. NJ.
Walker and tried to sell that lady a
corset. Mrs. Walker is the daughter
OF Judge Saunders and her husband is
in the dry goods business. Mrs. Saun-
ders was told that no dry goods were
needed and after a few minutes OF
persistent persuasion the peddllng
woman was convinced that a sale was
impossible. She left somewhat irri-
tated. saying, "You'll wish you had
bought from me"
About dark Tuesday night the same
woman was discovered by Mrs. Walker
In the dining room.
~ am Kate D. Saunders" she said
to Mrs, Walker, land l HAYS child
whose father is your husband. II
you do not want the fact made public
you must pay me $500"
Mrs, Walker was frightened but she
did not believe the woman's story, and
she replied that she had no money. The
woman told her she must get 1t from
her husband Mrs. Walker took good
care TO keep at a safe distance and
finally succeeded In reaching the door
to the hall
"Ill try to get It for YOU" abe said
as she reached the door, and quick as
lightning she ran. Mrs. Walker did
not look back to see which way she
went, but with little scream she
darted through the parlor and went
out the front gate. Here she met her
husband and another man. They re-
turned TO the house and the two men
armed themselves and proceeded to
search the premises for the woman.
They had almost given It up. The
upstairs was ransacked as well as
downstairs. Mrs. Walker had preceded
her husband down the stairs. and
thinking that the woman had gone,
walked carelessly into the parlor. To
hsr CONSERVATION Mrs. Saunders was
sanding In the middle OF the floor, and
MN revolver presented, she said:
mrs Walker, YOU must give me that
money or You die"
MIA Walkeg screamed and fell In
ialnL Mr.. walker ran to her assist
n st anu Mrs. Saunders escaped
,tnlough the window. The other gem
~, nsp'sh Joined In the chase and reached
sh s 'front.' porch In time to get Ia
snot as Inc woman went through the
front gate, He saw her fan and
thought that he had killed her. mt
t .ne got up and ran down the street,
w nan pursuing her and firing twice
al each shot ~ 'He s'ue""iN
,ba Misunderstanding at this poiHt in
'e ehass Terminated II very suddenly.
fSo He,snoor thinking the pursuer was
AN -s pursued not having seen the uom-
sinr pass' presented gun and the nan
tnaSa ~ peiore explanations could be
AM me woman had escaped"
M oron eVtIVs was engaged on the ease
=, nv iue and he soon got on the trail
u me two women. He tracked trem
~ Saneron, whore he located on, OF
friend. vas MIS- saunders
h,, mter telling the above story. She
SsNng detective located the woman
street 'es' at NO 1878 Cay
hn rae Gazette representative visited the
ia ~, o. Mr. g. w. w. Goodwin, at
newsnsSss street and handed him
nent a. article containing the state
ders r,s regard to Mrs. Kate Saun-
Goos,yw,,n. o IS a relative OF his. Mr.
fnlir ~ read the article through care
ds,iSS, and when he had finished. ssid
Nh; ,Dsrately; 1T is the most OUTRAGEOUS
Nor,s . ever saw or heard of. and /
thau not have Mrs. Saunders xmas
wiz ner name had been connected
world s.i sueh a story for anything ii tAe
third Is true, some policemen and
cama party. whom / did not know
soma oo,, mere this morning and held
sard to ~ O. Sa,ion at the gate in rO-
coneSy and another officer. Seemed
isten that their guide was mis-
vera , Mnen they saw who fhe 'peoplp
Is,e saat lived at 1928 Clay street."
coo,,,-a lot a further statement Mr
hlac.yn said: "As to the attempted
nc,tInil spoken OF in Bolton. / knos
hern 9I IL. Mrs. Saunders has lived
not m waco several years, and hnI
sister n,out Of the city for a year. Her
employ,-,alss Louise Garrett, obtained
iady some time ago to assist
did sorna selling corsets at Bolton, and
soon ga, work soliciting orders, but
selllne MI up and has lately been
ceedlnrs ~ containing the full pro.
RelIrlens " s me Worlds Congress Of
Gays az =, She wrote to us several
eron ara nat she was going to Cam.
NJ we Cotton Palace opened !"
ana SoodWyn is an elderly rent1snan
hi,sgSrmerly kept a stove ana lin %.
or m 'ulnent in Waco. but an account
enraya satin he has not been able 10
year, m ~ any business for several
Rcter ~, ~ Is man OF the highest char.
Mrs ~ unimpeachahle Integrity.
cofnrn,,- saunders stands high IN the
iatoa unity and the fonl renor. c,,,c,,.