The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-15
NEWS OF SUICIDE
!, Il Police Ellis Receives Puz'
ling Inquiry.
CHARGE OF FELONY THEFT
...ivss Close Chain OF Evidence
M Oe's ere perpetrators OF Confessed
'9'' Wholesale Thievery'

s.srdins Perpetrators o. 00n'esSs'
S' Wholesale ThIeVery'
po,,ce Ellis is trying hts best 20
ore , little puzzle which came to him
hSs 0u' :. noon yesterday in the shape
sr'E ~. ..r, from Cincinnati, asking for
NJ, about mysterious suicide,
S''I'..' .nrloslty was aroused in the mat
irna'' ,bs fnct that the sender Of the
w. q NJ. Hubbard, is not believed to
E'sf'r, Connection with the Cincinnati
si'' a's rtnent. but IS doubtless an lndi-
IVY ,r+sde Of tho department who Is
"" ~ rersonnl Information, and who Is
aAIs - have confused Houston with
b1rel W DIV. The telegram was ad-
yas s' to chief Ellis and read as follows:
litsseu tS-,of description coffee suicide, de-
VIZ ciothes, Jewelry and shoes.
gfbne So'A''' c. NJ. Hubbard"
sguety. nossible exception of the Mex
WIZ In took his life Thursday night IN
lsn WY ~ The Tivoll saloon, on Preston
Htaue, W. Tor several weeks, and the police
b heus'yip oss 10 know who Is meant in the
n o rec received yesterday. Chief Ellis,
ffln ,rlred nm Immediate answer to the
hN55,..a marty In these words:
tl .ilL rba committed suicide February 10
w wo,,csn. DO you wish any more In
tsuadOnT'
80 ,vsence discovered yesterday by De.
,,,,. Kessler and Murphy in their prose-
y, a. the cases against George Hands
s,, and George Murray, las caused
u change tho charge OF mlsdemeanoi
,.e n that Of felony theft. Instead Of
-,srDe the maximum sentence Of two
~, an the old churge, the prisoners IRE
slated TO don penltentlary stripes for
-,peing anywhere from two to seven
pus Nor hnye the officers relaxed In the
Ia the,r ceaseless vigil in throwing
4. gebt on the wholesale pllteriug that
=, bsen going on. They still believe that
n r1soners have not told all they know.
e.F,yr,ne their thefts as they did for
.,.i1 i' extending over three months, the
..stIves believe the guilty parties had a
s.,sso somewhere IN the city for the
s.ss,rnsnt Of the bulk Of their plumber.
nstsrtiyes Kessler and Murphy yesterday
.I,.,ss Tho formal charge Of felony theft
..lnst tbe negroes ON the police hlotter,
NJ new charge is based upon the theft Of
Mn belonging 10 Y. NJ Gilbough from
~ central depot last Sunday night, and
-, me further theft Of q suit case from
* sane depot about a month ago belong
n toE NJ Bacon Of the Kirby Lumber
ynDsuy. Mr.. Gnbough is an oil operator
d BEAUMONT
Bch travelling cases contained a variety
4 ysluables and personal belongings, and
M, Identification was made possible by the
andry markings on the linen. Hands
keough and Murray are still being ques
teued closely, and are expected to give up
rest deal more Information concerning
tagr doings.
ke,sral merchants who were vlCtlmlzed
ty he robberles called Mt the police station
Yesterday and Identified the stolen articles
utich had originally belonged to them, but
ther are quite @ number OF other articles Of
aohlng, shirts and shoes which are as yet
uAsmed. The detectives have the salts
hctlon Of knowing that they have rendered
valuable service 10 the several merchants
lot town In breaking mp the wholesale
uraign Of robbery and loot, and they have
cute naturally come in for warm words "
fnlse from their superlors In the depart
rEt.
Detectives Smith and Lee yesterday lodged
q I'D offender behind the bars when they
aqmed negro woman charged with Pill
fang n Frank Rocco's Lobby" saloon.
& he corner of Milan and Prairie avenue,
Vststsy morning The woman IS said to
tre boldly walked away with the scarf
4 cgehng, for the plano The Officers
isrered the scarf and had no difficulty
\ tnting the woman, who f. charged with
aat The same officers also recovered q
ffiuahie
aten the night before from the office N
aitSney Ira P, Jones, I'm tho Khan build
ss The coat was stolen in the early
tgrs o. the evening, after Attorney Jones
I'D left his office. The detectives think
sHy have clew to the culprit and are
boxing for him.
Pistol toting in Texas would soon become
!, obsolete custom II tho offenders in that
aspect were given an occasional nne Of S2J
% costs such as Isaiah Scott. n negro,
Ma'ed yesterday at the hands OF the
elce Officers Stockton and Stone found
s"u win big, ugly looking siX-shooter
as person. The negro pleaded gui ty
~ qua MS fine, and his weapon was given
~ ~ % hlm, with his other effects, with
y Understanding that he wouldn't let II
,.lyn again The police say that all PTS
@l1es will be similarly dealt with, no
sa whether the weapon happens to be
'-'s hx or seven-shooter
Z lonely grave in the paupers' field,
ln'iRed save for the sing,e wooden slab
.'1cate the spot, rests the body Of the
-Al'Sn Mexican who ended his existence
e ,e a pistol in the rear Of the TivoH sa-
nm thursday night Scores of the curious
~ ~ ~ ook az the remains during the
Erhssst they lay on a slab mt Ross &
tsri,a !. Undertaking establishment. but
III ~ us tact not an inkling could be
iesad ra ae mans identity, The body was
Yesterday afternoon.
Ase was at a standstill In two courts
uaay because Of the unfortunate III
m % Justice Matthews and Justice Mar
n ~. po'n Of whom are unable TO attend
y, ~ court duties. Justice Marmlon has
u jus+, slec I, Thursday noon. and yester.
eya II Matthew's was unable 10 come
Mends - Y. Office for the same reason
PEI NAV IN, .le two justices are hoplng that
n M MN i'm be able to he out again. So
itious na dless Of neither has assumed a
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