The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1901-06-15
Capt. A. F. LUCAS.

dept of this Parish. /
The article says, that on Ger.
tam night short time ago, a
slight fair haired woman accompanil
ed tjy two small boys walked INTO
the Constitution office, and APP, eal-
ed for aid in her hunt 70: her lost
husband.
She claimed that she was Mrs.
A. B Lucas, whose husband TAI
disappeared shortly before, and she
fearel hat soma evil hid leea'len
him. sShe gave the patient nigh,
Editor long account of Ler history,
where she was born, vi e, 81 lad
married, AMI VIII re. She gave a
eomple'e account OF the movements
of her husband for years, indeed
from the time she CLAIMED they
we're married at d ,deyille South
Carolina, until his disappearance.
Her tale was 50 plausible that widt-
spread inquiry was made by the
Constitution in vain effort to find
the missing husband.
With the knowledge we possess
OF Capt. Lucas, whom we have
known for the last three years, We
know beyond the shadow of doub',
that Capt. A. +. Lucas late Mana
gel, and Mining Expert OF the
Avery Salt Company, and now Of
Beaumont, is or has ever been the
A. F. Lucas referred TO In the
Items article.
The Whereabouts Of the Captain,
during the very time the Atlanta
woman claims he was in Atlanta,
are kno Wn to us, and many of his
L
friends in the City, and knowing
this, we feel that we can take it up.
on ourselves, to brand this woman's
statement as an absolute falsehoud.
However, we have written Capt
Lucas for statement, which VIZ
hope he will furnish, thereby putting
a final quietus to one of the mos1
bare-faced cases OF black mail OF
record.
wednesday morning the lBERIAr
received from Capt. Lucas the fol
lowing letter which we print in full
1 he Captain also enclosed a splen
did photograph of himself, and
short hlstor: of the finding of tn
| fret gusher in Beaumont which W
will print next week
: Beaumont, Texas, June 18th 1901
Mr.. w. L. Grant,
New Iberia, La.
Dear Sir
Your favor IN regard t
the article IN the .sAtlanta Constit,
: tion," which you enclose, is
: nand aud l thank you heartily te
your good will expressed therein.
am aware Of the same, bl
!, while on a professional trip in AL
bama, where first noticed the arr
! Gle about ten days ago, | wrote
letter to that paper, and gave the
facts and fguers, asking them
: kindly retract and straigh,en up Il
mat er in the right light.
/ They investigated and found til
il the missing husband of the Allan
LADY, lived IN Montgomery, and b
name was A. z. Lucas. He, in
I very manly manner acknowledge
in that interview, that he was n
: tile ssBeaumont isuc s, sa!d
: wished he was. This fact "
= brought to the notice of the Ltla
Ia Mrs. Lucas and she attributed b
1. mistake to the ecceDtrlcity OF 7
: husbands. changing initials oc'
sionally. The Constitution re
j ever retracted very nicely and !
: me and my wife IN the proper lig
II. They stated futher that the
lanta Mrs. Lucas had to look
s another millionaire. as the be
mont Lucas had his affections
ready engaged.
N To you personally. aid to
,r- friends IN Louislana throughout
e, need not say any more. My dom
8 tic relations are, | trust, well kno
ed throaehonl the state. Ny wife y
sol 4 MISS Clrr,e Fitzgerald Of Mac
jI f,oI,ovo - as trup won