Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-29
STILL TALKED OF At DALLAS.
MiNNiE Ash MAMIE WILLIAMS
NAVE FRIENDS


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Dallas. Tex, Nov. 2s-rhe total OBJ
scurlty surrounding ,he Williams girls
Minnie and Mamie. formerly OF Dallas
ana Oak Clin, whose names figure so
prominently In the Holmes sensation,
is sim topic OF hourly conversation
among the citizens Of Dallas and Oak
I cliff. especially the latter place. for
there the girls have many and intimate
I friends. There they are remembered
by schooimates and the older citizens
az bright and promising young ladies'.
Z modest md retired In their dispose
/ tons An who knew the girls speak
OF them in such terms OF unmeasured
endearment as to leave no disposition
to accept the idea that they would en-
gaze IN dlsreputable conspiracy.
( The Gazette Correspondent has today
talked with many OF the girls friends
Z In Dallas ana Oak Gin They all ex-
I press the one opinion that their silence
during the prolonged discussion OF the
Holmes nffair Is convincing that they
are either dead or living Ia some for
! clBn lhndi FOR II living In che United
States they could not fail TO hear OF
( the sensation with which their names
/ are connected Ia the public prints. and
u atill Possessed OF the character which
they bore Ia Texas, their womnnly
/ nrnmptings would be to at once make
known their Identity and whereabouts
and clear their names from all suspl-
clons. Their disappearance Is among
the most remarkable Incidents OF crime
In Amerioa,
The shortage Of the water supply in
Dallas Is now becoming something OF
serious question. and is being freely
talked about the streets. The city
however, is prompt IA her action TO
prevent a failure Of the supply. The
street sprnklers have been cut OFF from
inc MIGRANTS, and they now get water
from the river All lawn sprlnklng
has been forbidden. and I'm fact, the
use Of water Is confined strictly 10 do
m'stic purposes, economically admin
istered.
The city has supply OF 10000. 900
gallons In the reservoir. and by keep
Ing the pumps going. both at the city
park ana Turtle creek, Mayor Barry
says the supply can be kept at that.
hut mat II Is pf the utmost import
ahoe that the citizens practice the
most rigid economy In the use OF wa
tor
boy, described az about "A years
old tat ana wearing gray coat and
~ H'.' pab"lllHllE Nt suburban
grocery stores yesterday. buying az
each ono he struck all the way from
W. To so worth of goods and paying TO-
the Same In forged checks from Mr.
hodge Of the Grand Windsor, Mr.. Al
zen OF tho Oriental, mud Hughes Bros
IN addition 10 the checks the boy had
q uot1 IN each case to the grocer, tell
ms HIN TO cash the check aud give the
chhnEe TO him. He would buy about
~ worth Of groceries and give q check
Tor $40, and thus get 81 In money The
scheme worked At four or I'VE places.
nut IN others the groccrs, believing
therr was something wrong. did not
send out the goods until they lnvest-
gated. some OF the goods wore sent TO
che Windsor when Mr. Hodge said he
had ordered no goods from tho partlcr
lar grocery and had given no chocl, In
payment The officers have not yet ar
rested the juvenile forger The last
heard OF him he was trying Ia got a
drink at Chapman Bros saloon, but
was refused ON account OF his extreme
youth.
u Lamlsin filed suit In the Four
teenth judicial district court today for
divorce from sue IT, thmiin He says
they were married In Atlanta, TeN.,
August 2N, 1875, and lived together un-
az April 49, iS93 when she eiopcd with
one j, g. Haven ana went to Australia.
Wher" he learns that thay have since
lNou Ns nuSplhu ana wire Plaintiff
states That during their married life
they amassod property In Dallas and
IN seymour which tho plaintiff wishes
the court to turn over to him. along
with the decree Of divorce,
The Dallas Machinery. Implement
ana Vehicle association WIN hold Their.
regnlor monthly meeting ut 4 u. m
next Monday at the office or II r..
Avery y Sons, In the Farmers AM
Nncc building and as this firm has
only recently moved Into the building,
the meeting, after the business has
hteh dispatched, will resolve Itself Into
q house wnrmirg' \ sumptuous spread
NJ, Nm uO NSiNeu' Az the members OF
the association are notified TINT the
meeting VIII he one OF unusual Import
ance
The foraging corps OF the salvation
Aimy are nchveiy employed today In
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