The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
VARIETY OF CRANKS
BURDEN THE MAIL
OF DAVE TR0USDAlt
HERO OF EXPRESS ROBBERY
GETS ALL SORTS OF
REQUESTS.
MANY ASK FOR FINANCIAL aid
While Convicts Write to Enlist lnflu-
enec in Obtaining Pardons-.W ON
en- Present Their Charms and
Offer Marriage.

en- Present Their Charms and
Offer Marriage.
Notwithstanding the fact that 1t
has been more than month since
his heroic deed that brought him ma
ton wide renown and during most
of that time he has been quietly rest
ing at his old home near Columbia,
David A. Trousdale continues to have
a heavy mail and to receive all sorts
Of requests from all kinds of people.
From offers of marriage to re-
quests for small loans of money Mr..
TroUsdale 10 receiving an exception
ally wide variety Of communications.
He is beseiged with prefers of mar
rage. From far away California to
the cold states of the. Middle North
ne gets sweet scented missives sug-
costing that the writer's would make
him most acceptable wives. These
letters describe with good deal Of
minuteness the personal charms Of
the writer's and give some cogent
reasons why they would exactly suit
Mr.. Trousdale.
But the begging letters are proba-
bly, the most remarkable Of the Sc
ries. They contain all kinds Of re-
quests Evidently the idea has
spread abroad that simultaneously
with Trousdale's rise to fame he has
alrec ly achieved large slice Of this
worlds goods One woman in Mem
phis pours out a tale Of woe to his
Sympathetic ear to the effect that
her husband is stranded in Arkan-
sas and is unable to furnish the nee
essary wheiewith to take her and the
children to him and requests that
the modest sum of nineteen dollars
be sent to her in order that she and
the little folks may join a despond-
sent daddy
A farmer out in Kansas informs
Mr. Trousdale that he is short Of
funds, that he is very much in need
Of another mule to complete his crop
and intimates that 500 would put
him on easy street, enable him to &C
quire by purchase the requisite, ami
NAL without the pride Of ancestry
or the hope Of posterity" but never
theless most indispensable adjunct
Of crop making. The children have
been sick. the "old woman" is aiiing
and taxes are high, hence his inability
to acquire the 500 requested without
the aid of the express robbery hero.
Not only do the women think that
Mr.. Trousdale would be an exemplary
husband, and the men think he is a
rich philanthropists but the idea
seems to have spread abroad that he
possesses distinct pulp with the
powers that be In governmental af.
fairs. For example he has jus. re-
ceivcd letter from one Of the in.
mates of one of the Western peni
tentiaries asking that he use his "in.
fuence" to obtain for the convict q
pardon. Another convict is anxious
to enlist his aid in selling an article
manufactured within the prison walls
and from the proceeds of which the
maker hopes to finally achieve his
freedom.
These arc but samples of the re.
quests that Mr.. Trousdale's mail Is
daily burdened with. OF course he
cannot undertake to reply to them
He can only write to those who real
ly deserve an answer, those who
write to commend his courage or to
present some substantial testimonial
of esteem He has just received
from old friends at Kennedy. Texas
where he beved for short time, a
beautiful solid gold Royal Arch Ma
sonic keystone watch charm.
Mr.. Trousdale has not had any Of
fetal notification of his well deserv'
ed promotion by the Wells-Fargo Elk
press Company, the only information
to that effect being the dispatches
published In the newspapers. He
has, however, been directed by the
superintendent to report to Houston
upon his return to Texas there to
receive instructions for his future
work. He will leave here about
April 2e ard commence work again
on Msy l.