The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-07-16
CINCINNATI'S AGED JOSEPH.
Alleged Assault OF q Widow Upon
A WldoWer IS Years Old.
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cinnatI, OhIo. lie - whtOwer, al
wears Of age. has u .rown-up son aud
u daughter. the wifi. u: Andrew Null
lame living In Cincinnati MIR.
Dennis owns and occupies :. handsome
suburban place ut Ilar,we!l About
three weeks ago. - he says. he was
standing in front 1t n photographers
ON Fourth street examining likeness
of himself that the arts, had hung
out ~ a specimen OF bis work. y
woman who stopped just beside hIm
asid F.:
What fine-lookin. oil gentleman
H. must b. minister. jud:in. from
the benign expression OF his counte-
nance.
Mr.. Dennis turned AMI saw at his
eiIn'w u pretty and handsomely dressed
person, with blue eyes ami modest
ien,eanor. y"un. enough ~ he his
daughter. and unknown To- him. He
Acknowledged that the picture WI,
one If niuistlf The woman waS en-
lrirr;,S>e,! at her mistake, and in en-
deavorin. Ia make IN apnlp.y. man
aged To- continue her compliments. In
the conversation that naturally follow
Ell she told Mr.. Dennis in Il viyaciu,i>
and cunii.iing manner that her name
was Mrs. :. r. Lucas; that She had
lust arrived from - Louis, where she
had lett her three i,.h. ri,>s children.
aud that the object of her vii, in
4 incInnati was 10 exchange So,nc
valuable real estate IN -. Louis Tor
profitable stock In Cincinnati
IL followed Us Il matter Of course
that her hu>inc>, being directly in the
line ri Mr.. Dinnl,'S he wa> in,rr.ied
with it. In the three weeks tina,
followed. She called frequently ut his
o!iis-. hut the negotiations dill not
move with much rapidity.
| On Thursday mornin" last Mrs.
Lucas called upon Mr. Dennis. and
after talking the proposed trad,. over.
invited him To her room. in Reeds
Hotel. His own story Is that about II
o'clock he Went To the hotel, AMI with
out gnin. to the office. walked imme-
,liately To- her room. He found her
sewing, and ch;,tted with her Il few
moments. Before the subject Of the
trade had been entered upon she
locked the donr and put the KEY in
her packet. Then she took from a
bureau drawer pistol and cooked it.
She WAS very pale. AMI hal IN ~
preston on her face. that alarmed Mr..
Dennis. Approaching him. she
ievcIled the pistol nj his head, and
>ternly said:
Take oH your clothes"
Dennis, seriously frightened. obey
I'll. removing all his garments except
In. his shirt. She allowed him To
stand for II moment in this condition.
aud followed with the command:
''Get into that bed ~
Dennis moved rather more SLOWLY
than was ple;,>in. To the woman. and,
Iapproachin: him cla>er. she cried:
Get in and be- quick ~
He got i'm.
Putting the revolver upon Il small
table near the bedside. Mrs Lucas
wanted him To sign paper acknowl.
e.lging that he had tried to commit an
assault upon her. He repeatedly re-
fused. She became frantic, and threw
his clothes from window into an alley
Then she called ~ porter To- bring
the clothes hack. giving him Il dollar
TOR doing the errand, the money. all
that MIR. Dennis HAL in his possession
ut the time. being taken from one Of
vest packets. She locked the clothes
up in drawer, and >wore that unless
Mr. Dennis igned the paper sh. would
blow his brains out At length the
old man signed rs she had desired.
"Why, SIR" he said. I would have
signed anything she desired.
Then she produced blank hank
check, and forced him To ill it out for
500. AMI sign it. Finally she took
his gold watch and chain, and put
them in her pocket.
Having put on his cInthcs. MIR.
Dennis suggested that they should 90
to the hank AMI get the money. it he
Ing his intention, before they gut there
t" give her into the custody Of AL
office. They lett the hotel together.
No officer being in sight, MIR. Dennis
told the woman I" 60 to his office and
ne would bring the money to her there.
She did As he directed. lie got an
"tficer and arrested her. although not
without some difficulty, for she sill
had her pistol. and tried To use it.
Nothing could be obtained from her
previous history. She denied Dennis
story; said that she had known him
tor nearly a year, that he wanted to
marry her. but that she had repeated
~ refused, and averred that Dennis
himself had given her the watch, put !
ting the chain about her neck. She
insisted too. that she had lived in Gin
cinnati most Of the time for the last
fifteen years.
Mrs. Lucas Is about thirty years Of
age, Of medium height, with dark blue
eyes that hl;,zs ut times like those Of |
an enraged cat. She has regular
features. with pale face and skin Of
an unhealthy hue. She is very neat |
and tidy, in her dress. Seen On the
street the Impression she makes is that
IT Il woman of wealth and refinement.
She uses good language. and speaks
IL. L E
showed that she possessed a terrible
temper.
About six weeks ago she registered
at the Hotel Emery. bu, was expelled
after a few days. suspicious arising in
regard TO the character. 1t was she,
too who several days ago drew pistol
in the Arcade on . guest Of the Emery
named Wilson, causing him to beat a
hasty retreat.