Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1899-10-28
MARRIED IN FL fAsO.
the Cattle S~windler, Persuaded q
Young Girl TO Go win Him TO Ri Paso.
DrrAIcArroNs WILL REACH $4,000

The report sent out from Detroit.
Mich, that Arthur u. Robert. the big
cattle swindler. who WAS arrested IN
that city and taken to Kansas City, where
ne now lsnguishes IN Jail, had married q
Dung woman In ri faso, Texas, about a
month ago Is true, says the nj Psso
Herald.
Robert Is only - years Of age and for
one OF his age has seen much OF the wori0,
aud II n half the ~crookedness charged
against him be true, he Ia not q novice
~ a confidence man.
When he came to Fort Worth early In
| August he had quite q large sum Of
money which he transferred 10 one OF the
local banks from Ardm0re and Duncan,
| T., and drew on II rs he was In need Of
money TO carry on what now transpires
10 have been an illegitimate business. IL
Is definitely known here that he received
able assistance from two or three con
federates who live In the territory, In
carrying out his schemes, one OF which
WAS to dispose Of various punches OF
cattle TO ~ many buyers ~ could be
drawn into the deals, aud each time the
cattle were sold he would give . bill Of
sale. In these transactions he was aided
by these confederales until IL Is reported
here the total OF these deals reached
nearly $4,000.
Robert formerly conducted q milling
business In Duncan, l. t. and also at
%6randbury. Hood county, Texas, and 1t
WAS while n r, sident Of the latter place
that he became acquainted with q Miss
Bailey, daughter OF Robert Bailey, a pros
porous and Influential csttleman OF Dub.
lin, Efath county, this slate.
The acquaintance ripeDed into a love
affair, and on the 18th OF August last,
Robert and the young lady met. prob.
ably by appointment, az Cisco. and con
tinued their journey 10 III Pas0, where
they were married.
The couple went to Mexico, where they
spent their honeymoon, but later turned
| up In Washington, from which point the
wife wrote her father, since which time
nothing has been learned OF their where
sbouts by Texas people until the dispatch
was sent out from Detroit and ksnsss
City, announcing Robert 3 arrest, charg-
ing him with victimizing Q Kansas
City live stock o commission irm out Of
t32, 900.
Robert Is q boyish looking man. dressy
and very attractive He Is q native OF
Canada. After his arrest he confessed
that he swindled the George X. Barse
Commission company, Of Kansas City,
out OF $32, 900. He IL known In that city
as Rober aud Robert. and says he went to
that city from Duncan, |. T two months
ago. The report published about Roberts
mar euvers states that the Bsrse Commits
sion company held q considerable guam.
tity Of Roberts paper. and had sold some
OF II to a bank In Quincy. III. The bank
became suspicious, intimlted to the
Barse Commission company that Q swim.
die was on and got out In time. At this
time Robert was involved In deals aggre-
eating $4,000. When the Bsrse com
pany M the bank began to look for the
cattle mortgsged by Roberts the latter
aed.
II LICENSE.
A marriage license WAS Issued by
County Clerk Pitmsn to A. q. Robert
on August 30, authorizing him TO wed
Miss Addie b. Bailey, and the couple
we're subsequently married by Rev. X. ID.
SHUTS.
Roberts age was recorded az 20 and
that OF his bride at ~.