Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-09-27

MARRYING FoRrUNE-An Unfortunate
WOm0n Of Geo 0iG TIctinlized.-An unfortu-
at the central station with q serious com
plant against her husband, which enlisted
The attention OF the detectives. Her name is
Jane Geary, and she is resident of Allan
Ia, Ga, where she was until very recently
The pcssessor OF very comfortable place OF
property. About six months ago Mrs. Geary
formed the acquaintance OF an interesting
young gentleman, George Geary, who in
formed her that he was a resident OF Boston,
Mass, and that his parents, who were we'll
TODD, resided In that city.
After few months acquaintance they
were married. A short time after Geary
started for Philadelphia, stating that he had
important business here. He Induced her TO
10 follow him 10 Philadelphia, where they
would spend q few weeks seeing the centen-
MIA, after which IL was his plan to take her
10 Boston for permanent residence.
This was done, and on Monday last Mrs.
Geary arrived at the Baltimore depot, and
was received with open arms by her hus-
band. BE took her TO a private boarding
house at 18th and Race streets. Mrs. g cary
had considerable amount OF money about
her, the proceeds OF the sale of her property.
On Thursday night after they had retired
Mr.. Geary complained OF cramps, and she
knowing that there was nothing In the
house 10 relieve him, advised him to go TO
the drug store In the Immediate vicinity aud
obtain some medicine. He went but never
returned. By daylight Mrs. Geary became
very much alarmed, and on putting on her
dress discovered that her pocket-book, con-
tsining over ~ 800, and q lot OF jewelry,
which sne had kept In her dress pocket, were
gone. Geary has not yet been found. His
wife is much distressed at the foul swindle
perpetrated upon her.-l PhaId lem, 2oth.
A GENUINE LOVE RoMAScK.-Thirty
years ago John SeitZ, German clerk In
New York store, was engaged to young
girl named katherine 2ief. The California
gold fever broke out, and he Joineu - 90.
OF adyenturers. The first letter that he re-
ceived from home bore the tidlngs that his
of his child. He pledged himself to return
as soon as possible and marry her. She went
TO Honesdale 10 live with her brother, and
10 wait for her lovers return. Two or three
letters came and then there was silence for
years,
A young blacksmith named wendt pro-
fessed great love for her, aud after putting
him of for four or i've years she accepted
him, fully convinced that her gold hunter
was dead. She took her child TO New York,
and lived with her husband. He was q brute.
He abused her, neglected her, and threw her
into consumption. Meanwhile Seitz, In
stead OF writing letters or dying, had made
an enormous fortune and returned to Homes
dale after his sweetheart and child. He went
TO New York and found her dying In q tene-
ment, no one near her but her baby-his
child. He buried her In Greenwood, and q
week afterward Wendt, overcome with re-
morse. shot himself over her grave.
The child was left In Honesdale with her
brothers family, and bis father returned to
San Francisco, where he married, built q
fine house with an elegant apartment known
a. "Johnny's ROOM" and provided literally
for the boy in bis will. "Johnnyn was q frail
cies. He never occupied that palatial room;
he died week ago Tuesday, a. rich as
prince. But he did not know OF his good for
tune, for the father died In San Francisco
barely an hour before the sons death. Ths
boys Inheritance goes 10 his suot.-lOincia
ndd kfdr.
THE TWO Elk QUEENS. Isabella and Chris.