Iron County register., 1899-03-09

d CHARLES GoFF WHITwoRTH and LUL
E HILLS, Rev. L. F. Aspley officiating
10 this most deserving young coupl
the REGISTER tenders its congratula
tions and best wishes. May their lif
be replete with happiness. Mr. AM
: Mrs. Whitworth left on the noon trail
Monday for Jefferson City. where Mr.
Whitworth is at present located as
clerk in the Legislature.
The eight soldiers who have beel
stationed at the rife range for the pas
few weeks left yesterday for the Bar
racks-the regiment to which they be
long having been ordered to Manila
While waiting for a train at the Area
dia depot Wednesday morning the boy
in blue, having inbibed too freely
made trough house" They scrapp
ed, fixed bayonets and fired their guns
frequently. Gore flowed freely but nj
fatal results attended. Their con5uc
was outrageous and the offenders, i
ever they put in appearance here again
should be severely punished.
County Court is in session this week
Monday and Tuesday we're chiefly de-
voted to settling with the roadover.
seers. Certain taxpayers fled com.
plant with the County Court alleging
that roadoverseers Jno. Probst and
Jas. W. Dixon failed to collect poll tax
from a dozen or more voters in each oi
| their districts. The Court will inves-
tigate the charges and if they are sub
stantiated the amount of the taxes not
l a0l1antal Aa ahnr - he
roadoverseers. The Court will pro-
baby be is session all week, and then
| adjourn to the latter part of the month
| when a settlement will be made with
| the collector.
Most people In the Valley will well
| remember Curran P. Talbot, who
made his home in this city in 1897.
Talbot left here something over a year
ago, and shortly afterwards it was re-
troubles with J. ". Craven of the
Citizens Bank, Lufkin, Texas. Mr..
| Craven, writing to friends here,
| made serious charges against Talbot.
/ a few months afterwards a warrant for
| Talbott's arrest, on the charge Of OBJ
| tanning money on a worthless check,
was received by the Sheriff here from
| the authorities in st. Louis. Talbot
| had not been here then for several
| months, and the warrant was return
ed not served. Nothing more was
heard of him until last week when the
St. Louis papers reported his arrest in
that city on a warrant from Texas
The following is taken from Friday
| Globe Democrat: Through an appli-
cation made yesterday afternoon for a
| writ of habeas corpus in Judge Klein s
court it developed that Curran p Tai
bott. formerly of Lufkin. Tex, who Is
| wanted there on a charge of forgery,
will fight against returning to Texas.
Talbot was arrested at Broadway and
Chestnut streets Monday, and word
| was sent to the Texas authorities, not
flying them of the arrest, which was
the result of search extending over g.
period of nearly twelve months. Yes
terday morning Sheriff ". NJ. Jones,
of Angelica county, of which Lufkin is
the county seat, arrived in the city.
and directly after his arrival came the
announcement of the fight against
Talbott's return. The hearing of the
writ has been set for Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. According to the
story told by the police, Talbot left
Lufkin about the 1st of April, coming
to this city. On April IS he was in
dicted by Texas grand jury on a
charge of forgery. A dozen times the
police were close upon his heels. but
he managed to evade arrest. In the
Aa
urging the local police to do their ut
most to apprehend him. Monday he
was caught. Talbot refuses to discuss
the case. but the police are authority
for the statement that the prisoner is
wanted for a forgery alleged to have
been committed in the handling of
some deeds. Last night when Talbot
was seen in the holdover at the Four
Courts he refused to discuss his case.
All that he could be induced to say was
that he had been in St. Louis for
months past and that he had made no
effort to evade arrest. He also stated
that he would not have been arrested
had it not been for the action of a sup
posed friend, who revealed his where
abouts to the police in order to pay
back an old grudge. From other
sources it was learned that Talbot
was formerly in the ticket brokerage
business. He is married, but for some
time past has been separated from his
wife" Then Tuesdays Globe Demo
crGt printed the following: The writ
of habeas corpus applied for by the
attorneys of Curran P. Talbot, wanted
at Jufkin Tay tnr f0rcarv WINS da-
MED yesterday by Judge Klein, when
the case was called at 10 o'clock
Previous to the time that Talbot was
presented in court an effort was made
by Deputy Sheriff Dye to serve a war
rant charging him with petit larceny.
Service was refused him by the police,
and when the case was called before
Judge Klein this warrant was used in
an attempt to retain the prisoner in
the State. Circuit Attorney Eggers
refused to accept this warrant, which
charged Talbot with stealing S25 from
John Daniels, of 1929 Franklin avenue,
and when the application for the writ
was beard, Judge Klein refused to in
terfere IN the case, ordering Talbot
remanded TO the custody of the Chief
of Police. He in turn gave Talbot
into the custody of Sheriff Jones, of
Angelica county. Tex, who has been
in the city for several days. He az
once left the Four Courts with his |
prisoner. and late yesterday afternoon |
caught the Iron Mountain traiu at Jef- |
ferson Barracks. Talbot is one of |
the most expert ticket clerks who ever
uorlxad hohipd a brakar-S f.au1ter 1