Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1886 — The Mabbitt Mystery [ARTICLE]

The Mabbitt Mystery

The latest report concerning the Mabbitt escapade, is to the effect that when accosted by a detective in Texas, recently, Green asked what he was wanted for, and on being told that it was for “the murder of Miss Mabbitt,” tie invited the detective home with him, wheie the “murdered girl” was found in the person of his wife, who expects shortly to become a mother. Green then told the detective to arrest him if he dared, that he and Miss Mabbitt were both of age and they had a right to get married if they wanted toj which they had done. — Delphi Neics-Letter.