SAM SEIP
Az Republican Newspaper
Nov 8, 1893

Mr. and Mrs. Sam Seip returned yesterday from a six weeks tour of 
the east, embarcing the World's Fair, Philadelphia and other 
points, among which was Houston Texas.  The recollection of their 
stay at Houston is perhaps more vivid and strongly impressed upon 
them than at any other place of interest along the route, not 
excepting even the Midway Plaisance and the Ferris Wheel.

It was at this point that the ywere dragged out of their sleeping 
car berth, confronted by three revolvers of immense calibre and 
informed that they were "wanted".  Mr. Seip surmised as much 
while he was lookng down the asosrted muzzles of the revolvers, 
speculating which would probably go off first.  This was last 
Friday and the time was about midnight.  Mrs. Seip and the 
sleeping car officials wanted Mr. Seip to make resistance 
but he hadn't made his will and hadn't secured a clear title 
to a home in Heaven.

He asked why he was wanted for as yet the only warrant shown 
him for his  disturbance was a badge which might have belonged 
to an officer or a street car conductor.  He was told at first, 
it was none of his business but later he was informed he was 
under arrest for the murder of his father-in-law at Toronto 
Canada.  Mrs. Seip was an accessory or something.

They were taken from the train and met a cherful proposition to 
go to jail. Mrs. Seip at this point, became indignant at the 
unreasonableness of the officers who refused to accept her 
statement that they were not the parties wanted.  Mr. Seip 
also demurred and was aksed is he could name some responsible 
person to whom a telegram could be sent to verify his statment 
as to his identity.  He named Governor Hughes of Arizona 
whereupon his captors replied "to hell wid ye" not our of 
disrespect toward the governor but at the unlikelihood of Mr. 
Seip's intimacy whith so prominent as personage.

Among the interested spectators of the scene was Congressman 
Hutchinson of Texas who suggested to the officers that they 
had better arouse the police judge. They refused to do so, but 
thought better of it on Mr. Hutchinson's threat to obtain the 
prisoners release in about fifteen minutes on a writ of habeas 
corpus.

On reaching the station Mr. and Mrs. Seip were infomred that it 
was not murder but embezzlement committed at Montreal.  The 
victim in this case was supposed to be the father of Mrs. Seip.  
After a brief consultation it was decided that Mr. and Mrs. 
Seip were not the parties wanted.

The telegram directed the apprehension of a man above six feet 
in height, slender and about twenty years of age; a woman of 
general description, who looked about twenty six.  When the 
contents of the telegram were made known to Mrs. Seip she was 
madder than ever.

Thye were now released and Mrs. Seip became prostrated by 
nerves.  They were obliged to reamin in Houston the next twenty 
four hours.  The next morning, Mr. Seip began a $5000 suit 
against the chief of police.

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