The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1894-08-03
THE WIFE OF TEXAS JACK. /"
She is Merry and Very Talkative
Young Woman

She is a Merry and Very Talkativ
Young Woman.
Enrieht, who has been before tn
Albany police for the past few weeks
was released the other day, giving q
bail q mortgage on some horses. Ate
getting out he went to the pasture ant
got the horses and left. He was ar
rested in Portland and taken back t.
Albany Under the above caption thu
Portland Telegram gives the following
live write-up on the subject:
John Franklin Campbell, alias En-.
right, alias "Texas Jack,n arrested
here on q dispatch from the sheriff Of
Linn county for carelessly driving off
some horses not his own, evidently is
rarely given an opportunity to forget
that he is a married man. His wife,
Annie, who assisted him in driving
the stock, came over from their camp
at Sellwood last evening to see her
"habby," and the first thing she did
upon being admitted TO his presence in
the city Jail was to rake him over the
Goals for telling an East Side police
man that she was not his wife. She
concluded her TRADE, saying: "Frank,
III stick to you till you get out of this
scrape, and then I'll shake you"
Frank tried to conclliate Annie, but
it was "no CO."
After the interview Mrs. Campbell
who claims to be but % years of age,
went into the main office ofthe central
police station to ascertain how much
money had been taken from her hus-
band when arrested. 1t was As cents
and as Clerk Warren was not present
to transfer the funds to her, she CON
cluded to wait pending his arrival.
She is talkative little woman, and
fer half hours time she entertained
all those In the station with her pecul.
lar mannerisms and tales Of adventure.
She truthfully remarked:
Frank isn't q bit pretty, but he. II
DO, as | say, and he's all right.
ITS all mistake about those horses
being stolen. The fact is that Frank
was arrested for stealing some harness
up in Albany, and gave some horses to |
MS bondsmen as security, They think
these are the horses. The fellows that |
stole the harness turned states evi- |
dence to cinch my husband. Pshaw!
L was in jail myself for six msnths all
about that harness, and wouldn't let /
anyone go on my bonds; but froze
them ont, and they let me 60"
When she saw a reporter taking
notes of her talk, she said:
"You think you're smart; I've got
you sized up. If you put anything in
the paper about me I'll do you up as I
did another fresh fellow the other day.
I've been in this Jail before, eight or
nine years ago, for fighting, and would
lust as lief go in again for licking you,
20 long as Franks here"
She wound up after relating all her +
oelligerent experiences by saying that
'he never would travel with a dog
again, for it's "Jonahv to her and
Frank, They had a dog following
hem to Albany, Salem, and here, and
ZACH time they encountered little
lnpleasantness with the police.
While Frank is comfortably return
ng to Albany in the cars in charge of
IN officer, Annie proposes driving the
took back to Lebanon, whence they {
anne, single handed, If Unnecessary.
We are informed that the above wife {
Ann Arnett, and she arrived here s
asst Saturday with the stock. I