Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-25
AN OHIO MAN
Who Fixes on Minneapolis as His
Future Home.
THE TRAIL LEFT BEHIND HIM
Smashing the Hearts OF Five Suscep-
fib]e Young Ladies'.
HE FINALLY WEEDS ONE VICTIM,
And Leaves Another in a Dying Con-
dition TO Bear Her Shame.
LOREN LONGBRAKE A NICE BIRD

LOREN LONGBRAKE A NICE BIRI
And p Splendid One He Must be To-
Minneapolis Society.
It appears that Minneapolis has recent,
obtained an acquisition. 1t is no less Der
son than a limb of the law from Ohio
Enquirer of the 18th, gives the following
account of Longbrake's exploits in Ohio:
If mans inhumanity to man has made count
less thousands mourn, certainly his perfdy te
woman has broken untold millions of hearts
1t has been so from the beginning, and ii
seems as if it would be so to the end The
last notable case in point comes to lis from
Marysville, which is situated on the Cincin.
pati Columbus, Cleveland & indianapolis rail
road, about thirty miles above Springfield, and
is the seat of Union county.
THE HERO ~ OF THE STORY.
is ayoung lawyer of the town named L. Lore,
Longbrakc, who is the son of well-to-do citi-
zen OF the place. He is q very stylish young
fellow of 28, about five feet ten inches high,
rather s;outish in build, very dark complexion.
eyes and hair, and with fine mustache and
full beard. He seems to possess in remark
able degree the power to captivate the female
sex and since his early boyhood days he has
been prime fayorite with the ladies wherever
he has been.
When but callow youth Just out of his
teens he succeeded in winning the love of a
very handsome young lady in Mary sville, and
they were engaged to be married; but before
the engagement reached its legitimate result
Longbrake was sent to Wooster university,
where he studied from 1870 to 1874, gradual.
ing with high honors.
While studying at this university fate threw
him into the society of Miss Mary Stoddard,
the daughter of one of the professors, and for
getting his affianced at Marysville, he made
dove to her with all the ardor of q Romeo He
was successful In his wooing, too, and in 1872
he engaged himself
To MARRY MISS STODDARD
When the sister OF his RIarysvilIe flame heard
of his perfdy she wrote to DR.. Stoddard it is
said and acquainted him with the facts in the
case The doctor, it is further stated after
taking Longbrake to task. was satisfied with
his explanation of his conduct, though he re-
'quired him to reduce his engagement to marry
his daughter to writing and to sign it.
In 1874 Lopgbrake returned to Marysville
and began the study of law with Hon. j. W.
Robinson, formerly member of Congress from
the ''Old Ninth district While mastering
the intricacies OF Coke Blackstone, and other
learned pupils of the law, he enlivened his
t.,a NV ,1,k, III.
ladies as society duck" of the first water
his fine appearance, good taste in dress and at
tractive manners making his company very
agreeable to them.
About q year after he began the study of
law family named Pierce moved to Marys-
vile from Lancaster, Ohio. The father Of this
family is fairly well off in this worlds goods,
and purchased him neat home in the town
and snug farm about three miles from it's
Limits. Among his household goods was a
FAIR YOUNG DAUGHTER EMMA.
This young lady, though not what would be
called beauty in general appearance was in
possession of q petite form, dark flashing eyes
that could droop with strange tenderness and
an intelligence that made her society peculiarly
attractive. There was, too an indefnable
something in her manner that charmed all who
came into contact with her, and her company
soon became sought by all the young men Of
the town, and happy was he could secure the
privilege of attending her OF evening or of
escorting her to or from any of the little social
gatherings of the place.
Foremost among those who were particularly
attentive to her was our legal Lothario Long
brake, and his usual luck attending him he
soon made himself so agreeable that he 'cut
Nh all he 9th haonv b,Jt bo
field to himself thereafter This, too, in spite
of the fact gossip had appraised Miss Pierce
that he bespoke man, and despite the
fact that on several occasions his aifianced,
Miss Stoddard visited his parents in Marys-
vile, and rema' ned their guest at his home for
weeks at time. 1t is true that during these
visits Lougbrake not attentive to the
prospective wife of his bosom as he should
have been, and often left her of evenings with
out the solace of his company in manner
that caused considerable comment in the little
town; but Miss Stoddard was of contiding
nature, and trusted in her lovers honor most
implicitly, bearing these abandonments most
patiently, and as happy as lark when he did
deign to honor her with his company.
About year ago a sister of Longbrake, while
moving his evening coat one day. saw drop out
of his pockets
A COUPLE LETTERS.
With the curiosity Of her sex, she opened and
read them and their contents caused her eyes
to widen to saucer like dimensions. They
were no less than answers to letters addressed
by her brother to the clerk of the court of Ken
ton county, and to % prominent clergyman OF
Covington, asking them about the marriage of
Miss Pierce. The letters conveyed the infor-
nation that on certain evening in the fall of
1875 one Samuel E. Dunn and Emma G. Pierce
were united in marriage in our sister city.
Miss Longbrake like the rest of her family,
tions to Miss (?) Pierce, and in favor Of his
marrying Miss Stoddard; she found
means to spread the news far and
wide that Miss Pierce was not
entitled to that name, but was a mar
ried woman, and that her husband was resi-
dent of Lancaster Then, of course, explain
ations were in order, and Mrs. Dunn, or Miss
PIERCE as she still insisted being called, gave
hers aa follows: While resident of Lancaster
she was the recipient of he attentions of
Samuel Dunn, and engaged herself to marry
him, though he was yet but very young man,
and, though of good, well-to-do family,
without the means of earning his own liveli-
hood Her parents did not approve Of his
wooing much nor did his either, both differ
ed widely in their religious views his family
being Catholic while hers were Presbyterian
However, she still continued to receive his adj
dresses as her preferred and engaged sutton
until the fall OF 1875, when he proposed to her
that they come down to this city and visit the
exposition together, informing her that they