The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-08-21
A WOMAN Of MYSTERY
ARRESTED 1T HOUSTON
Admits She Knows Suspect in the
Essential Case. - Almost
Stranded When Caught

/ We" vi anu hut ms " liiAii 'iiiiN
/ she pawned nearly 5000 worth of
! diamonds, a young woman giving
the name of Tennie Wilson, %
years of age brunette and pretty,
s in the meshes ~ the Houston
police, suspected Of knowing some
thing about The Rosenthal murder
! case in New York
She was arrested on her second
trip to Houston within week and
was pursued from the union station
Monday afternoon to S44 Hobson
street by Detectives Rexer and An
| drew. after she had several times
/ endeavored to elude the officers.
Both the woman and me police
used automobiles in the chase.
Tuesday, following IL hours be
| hind the bars-'a long night Oh
! Eard floor as she described it
the woman broke down. declared
she knew nothing about the New
York affair. although admitted that
she had been with the man arrested
in New Orleans Saturday. but to
Officers declined to tell anything
about her movements before com
| ne 10 this city, where she obtain
cd the hundreds of dollars worth
of ieWclry. or why she had been
lodging from one city to another.
The woman was almost stranded
| when she landed in this city {!
second time In her purse was
but p few cents i'll change her
grip contained nothing but 4 half
dozen articles of wearing apparel
and d single plain gold bracelet
made up the jewelry she wore.
Ahoat the chase in Houston Monday
afternoon she refused TO talk, and
when asked why, she smiled and
replied Il had a right to- | paid
MY money for the car
detectives declare that the "Wo-
man Of mystery is one of the
EitAt1tSt tHdt itd> fNtl Rttfi III
this city. Her actions and talk
the. say. indicate that she has
travelled much, knows the coun-
Try veil and never talks unless
l. her interest
It was some time before any in
formation could be cleaned. but
finally She admitted. they say. that
she knows Rose. the man arrested,
and was with him in New Orleans
He is the man taken in custody
there Saturday. suspected Of know
ing The whereabouts OF Leftie
Louie" and "Gyp the Blood
Monday night Chief of Police
Noble wired Attorney Whitman,
New York, that the woman is be-
ing detained in houston and asked
him TO reply at once Other New
| York authorities have also been
advised, Is we'll as Officers in New
! Orleans In the meantime the wo-
| man S movements. covering a dozen
or more OF the large cities over a
period Of three months, are being
investigated
The chase Monday afternoon WAS
one OF the features OF the woman's
arrest. TO police. when arrested.
she remarked, Il thought / had
| lost yon but | hadn't
Tuesday she seemed Interested
in Ross at New Orleans and the
Rosenthal case in New York. and
said that if the man was taken
from New Orleans she was also
willing To return.
Reading New York papers led to
the woman's arrest On both trips
from New Orleans to Houston. the
first week and the second Monday.
she Was seen To purchase New
YORK papers at every station, al
most, getting different ones at diff
ferent places.
Some suspicion was created be-
cause OF that, and when the Ros-
enthal murder stories were read
! by her first, Chief Noble WAS ad-
| vised by wire. The woman DESTROY
| ed Or left the papers, and changed
| her seat on the car before she
| reached Houston.
Detectives ReXer and Andrew
were detailed on the case and were
at the depot when the train arrived.
They Swallowed her uptown and
as soon as She suspicioned that
some one was trailing her she
walked hurriedly to the postoffice
building. She did not inquire for
mail but walked rapidly through
the building and out to Capitol