El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-15
WHERE THE WOODBINE TWINETH.
editor" j. B. Fitch, Of the Tribune.
Skips to the Other Side.
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-. b. FlGCnI'-NO answer.
~. B Fitch!'-Still 20 answer.
81. B. F.tchr'-And still no reply.
This was the call in this morning.
Justices court by Justice MeKie; and
az the call continued unane wered, it
became patent to every one prese nj
that tho extinguished defendant was
non est iuventus; he had skipped his
bonds and removed his precious kar.
kiss to the south side of the raging Rlo
Grande hey ond the ordinary processes
of the American courts; and wbere 1t is
said he has already found congenial
employment.
This pudgy person, with the fear of
the state prison before bis eyes. took
Fr"nch leave 10 mean hear:less man
ner. His bobdsman was proprietor E.
P. Loweof the Tribune who out of the
mis- AIKEN goodness of his heart wen
ON his worthless subord Mates bond in
$500. And not only that, but when
til" scamp lied to bin vest: rday, ard
asked for . loan OF 81 TO Hq uidate cou' I
expenses on the assertion that the
CHI arge have been disproven and him
Sc 4 declared free, Mr.. Lowe again al.
lowed his misplaced confidence to get
the better of him and advanced the 81
Then the fellow put the cash in ri.
over-ample jeans and hied him over
the river.
Justice McKie laid the pap~rs in the
case before the grand jury this NOR
ing, aod the expectation was thai
Fitch would be indicted before even
ing for bigamy. 1t is reported that
Fitch had four wives, but how many
said. He gave it out cold here that
one wife was divorced and anos or
dead, and he was living legally with
the third, though the public impre s.
sion is that there is fourth hid away
somewheres. Over ear ago, George
Speck found out where one of the Fitch
wives lived in San Francisco, and Sc
cured q letter from her which he show
ed to the writer of this article The poor
woman declared therein that Fitcn had
deserted her, and that she was taking
in washing for living She state !
that her belief then was that he would
come to no good end.
People have been disposed rather to
laugh at Fitch, as he ambled and
shambled along the streets like an an
mated washtub, and thought he was
more of q goose, q pudding headed per.
son rather than q deliberate rascal ;aud
his graz eloquent presentions about
having been on the California and Ari-
IONA supreme bench afforded much
food for merriment at tho old goat.
wife ehortly after settling in Ell Paso
and as far as can be ascertained she
has been q good wife to him, and IL
overcome by latest developments.
Much sympathy is expressed for Mr.
Lowe who has been victimized before
by conscienceless persons because o.
his good heartedness. He had bet +
paying Fitch $l2 per week up to the
time he WAS horsewhipped by the wife
OF tho shooting gallery man, wher
Fitch became SO apprehensive that the
racket would cost him bis job that be
offered to work for just his board. 81
Mr.. Lowe reduced his compensation tt
81 per week, and on that Fitch hes
apparently managed to live. FITCH
never inspired any one with respect
for him IS q citizen or rs anewspaper
man. He was q plOdder, y stick-in-the
mud. If tho news came his way or
time, it was all right: If it came alons
. week after its occurrence, why, {
was all right just the same. The pre-
sence of viii ewhiskers on any piect
of intelligence made no difference Il
him. Mr.. Lowe says be had placed
confidence in Fitch because be wen
to church regularly. But Justice Nc
Kie gave Mr.. Lowe q good bit of ad-
vice when he told him, Look here
Lowe. don't you pin your faith ON any
man merely because he goes t.
church ,,