Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-29
SHERIFF MURPHY'S
NAME WAS USED.
A Telegram Sent From Tucson to
the Sheriff at Ell PasO Request.
ing the Arrest Of Hiss Holiday
Who was JOurneying to an East
ern College.

person who sent telegram In his name
to the Sheriff at Ell Paso requesting the
arrest Of Miss Elsie Holiday of this city.
The case is mysterious one, and will
be thoroughly investigated. Miss Holli-
day is the daughter of a respected citi-
zen of Tucson, and she is young wo.
man against whom no such charge can
be made. Sheriff Murphy stated that
the telegram was not sent from his Of
fee.
1t appears that Miss Holiday left
Tucson last week on a trip East to enter
business college. She was arrested in
Ell Paso on charge of stealing dia-
mond ring. The story of the affair as it
appeared in the FL Paso Times is as fol-
| lows:
Friday evening message was received
at the Sheriff's office from the Sheriff at
Tucson, Arizona, asking that Miss Elsie
Holiday, 4 young lady passenger on the
incoming Southern Pacific train be ar
rested at the quarantine station west of
town and searched fer large solitaire
ring, and that If the ring was found to
hold her until an officer could arrive.
Acting under the instructions OF the
message Deputy Sheriff Sam Bridgers
| drove out to the quarantine station, and
| showing the young lady the message,
asked her to accompany him in his car
| riage to the Jail, where his wife might
search her. This she did, although she
was very indignant to think that she
should be accused OF stealing. Mrs.
Bridgers searched the young lady, bu:
found no diamond and she was allowed
go her way. She stated that she would
like to go to the Hotel Orndorff to stop
over night as she was on her way to Fort
Worth to attend business college Mr..
Bridgers kindly offered to accompany
her to the hotel, when a young man
stepped up and ealing her "Elsie," said
that he would take her to the hotel.
The young man was C. S. Pick OF Mo-
bile, Ala, who had boarded at the home
OF the young lady in Tucson for several
months, and who had formed great
liking for her. They went to the Orn-
dorff where they registered and were
shown rooms. Miss Holiday, according
to the statement of one who has known
her for years, comes from very good
family in Tucson, and the charge of
theft she claims is only blackmailing
scheme.
1t seems that Miss Holiday went to
Los Angeles about year ago and mar.
ried man and then left him three hours
after the wedding and returned to her
home in Tucson. Later she visited in
Fort Worth for some time and lately de-
cided to go there and enter business
college. She had made all her arrange
ments to leave when an elderly neigh
Dor lady asked 'lrer to give the trip up
and come and make her home with her.
This she refused to do as she did not like
the old lady and could not bear her pres.
ence. On the day she left Tucson her
family compelled her to go over to the
neighbor's home and tell her goodbye,
and she thinks the old lady is the one
who made the charge against her. There
was report on the streets yesterday
that Miss Holiday was in Ell Paso to
meet her lover, and was to be married.
"This," said friend, sis mistake; she
knew Pick in Tucson and may have been
corresponding with him, but never in
tended to marry him." Pick was look
ing for the young lady and met the train
last night at the depot. and when she
failed toget off he went to the brakeman,
whom he knew, and asked him if Miss
Holiday had not been on the train. He
was informed that she had been, but
had been taken from the train by the
sheriff out at the quarantine station and
was probably then at the county jail.
Pick went at once to the Jail where he
found the young lady just starting for
thd hotel as related above. They left to-
gether yesterday morning on the Texas
and Pacific train. Miss Holidays ticket
read to Fort Worth, while Picks ticket
called for passage to New Orleans.
YOUNG BROILERS-THE BREAK
ER and THE BREAKER only has
them. No one else can say this. One
eye open, sometimes two never closed.