The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13
TUCUMCARI is SUDDENLY
BROUGHT INTO LIME LIGHT
Beautiful Southern Girl Who Was Duped by English Lord
Is Located in This City.
NEWS OFFICE FLOODED WITH TELEdR
The Bersyer Is Now Paying Penalty in An English Prison
Had Married Nine Women.

uCunlCati mas piaNeu prom
incnt part III tn. columns ol all
the great papers oi the east and
south thus week. The city was
dragged into the lime light 10y the
report which was flashed over the
Associated wires last Wednesday
night to the effect that Josephine
Hood, prominent AshcvIll,, II.
C., g,rl, VINO d,sapp, at,d shortly
alter her marriage 10 All English
lord, three years ago, had been
located here.
| kilograms from all the leading
papers oi the country began to
pou into the News office, all
clamorlng iof the story vi the
young girls adventures and offer
ing any price Tor her picture. he
story oi Miss Hood Is one OF tn.
most thrilling that ever went into
news columns. Sh. was reared ~
Asheviile, \. c., later moved to
Louisiana with her parents and
there she married "a man who
claimed 10 have vast esiat. IN
Mexico. Nothing Was heard vi
her after the marriage, but TINS
occasloned no surprise Tor long
while, because net husband had
stated that they were going to a
place where there were no mails
and no one could expect to near
from them.
But AS time went on uneasiness
arose and finally alarm. Nalniy
kilograms were sent to Mexican
towns in the hope OF reaching them
aud the mystery was profound. IL
was succeeded by another feeling
when women IN different parts oil
the count y set up a CIamor that
they nad been deceived and II was
learned through photographs vi
this Douglas compared w,th those
oil The miscreant who welded Miss
Hood that the man was the same.
AshevilIe was greatly stirred aud
a large reward was raised there Tor
information As to either Miss Hood
or Douglas. Governors OF North
Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia
took up the matter and the depart.
ments ot state caused ITS agencies
in Mexico to search tor Miss Hood.
They discovered trace vi her IN
Monterey, MeAlco. but nothing
further, although false reports
came in from different parts oi the
southwest. The nope that some.
thing would be heard oi Miss Hood
finally faded away.
The career OF Douglas was hnAl.
ly ended by has INCARCERATION IN All
English jail tor a long term on
the charge OF bigamy. lie was a
man OF pleasing address VINO Is
believed to have been connected
in some way with prominent En-
siish families because Vi his addrt S.
aud familiarity with noted people. .
and he tod aliuTing stories vi ms
wealth, ms castle ~ Great Biitian
and his estates IN Mexico, and
there Tor some reason he took
several oil his dupes, and many
there were oi them.
The report that Miss Hood is IN
TucumCari was first started by AN
eastern man who knew Miss
Hood in her cir hood days, who
claimed that he saw her not long
ago. Her lather telesraphed her
description to the officers here and
many persons OF this city claim ,o
have seen a stranger here who w,lI
nil the description pc, iectly.
Representative oi the News
have been active IN trying TO locate
the girl and they have found thai
one by her name has flied on q
claim in Montoya valley and tina,
she has one oil the best ranches IL
this portion OF the country.
Officers here have her located
but they have not as W. 20 q