Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-03-17
A HANDKERCHIEF FILTRATION
uo.x +, R..u,..d In Case OF a Couple
ofLight Headed Iowa Girls.

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Special Dispatch to the Sioux City Journal.
Wn,,r loo, Iowa, March l4-Our Guy hnt
been Quite ,%hornu1hiy excited during tbt
past IL " days hy u scandal case involving
n couple III travelling men ana " Of the
daughters III n Cnuple 1T our most respect
able cit,z.us. the facts IN the Case are
about rs follows: Some time since y man
named H. K"blc,z came to this city
Nv nm agent tor Turner's Art Gallery, MI VT
nubjical,uu rm the press Ot ID. Ai'plel"D
y Gu. al New York city. There nls'
came IL, the civ a young msD named 9 Dale
Armstrong. He cams Origii ally from
Morris, IL S. me years since he got msr-
RED aud went 10 Chicago.
During the last few days Of last week
these fellows succeeded in getting up y
Irritation with Two young girls. aged IL
wears each. On Sunday afternoon lss'
they met tnem by appointment and walked
around tie CITY, g"lng to the fair grounds
and elsewhere In the evening they met
them again aud went with them to tue
west side If the r'ver. and during the walk
lhey endpavOred Ia obtain their consent 10
leaving the c,,y together and going of the
road. THIS tue girls refused, aud althOu9b
inducements OF every kind were made.
continued to decline their Offer. About
IL O'Clock in the evening they crossed The
river to the east side and then asked them
To 20 I'D to the hotel and
remain with them. This they also refused.
When they reached the hotel the girls, as
thew lived some distance away, we're afraid
to 20 home at that hour Of the night alone.
The fellows peremptorily refused 10 go home
with them, but told them they could 20 up
TO their rooms and occupy one room during
the night and they would stay in the other
The girls were finally persuaded to this
During the night the parents OF the two
girls came 10 the hotel in search Of them
The night clerk then went u the rooms &C
cupied b, the fellows aud told them tina
the pirls' fathers were dow" stairs Will
shot guns and a policeman a-king for thei
daughters. Koble.z answered with the re
mark, There is NO daughters here" Arm
strong then went ~ the night clerk an
asked for some secret way OF leaving tn
house. He was shown the servants er
trance. Kohle,z then gave the girls on
dyllar and told them to 90 to Cedar Fal
(six miles dist.nt,) and go t, the Con
mercial house, register as Collins and tn
next day one Of the fellows would con
up after them, pay their bills, buy thel
some VeLl6 ~ uAsSuAaS suSASSAsSoS sAS
they would 60 to Vin,on, Cedar Rapid
Omaha and other places. Frightened /
fear of their parents the girls left the hot
and walked to Cedar Falls. On Monds
the fellows were.taken under arrest aud II
girls brought back. The preliminary e.
animation was begun before Squire Kuhn
when q change of venue was taken
], SQUIRE Mosher and the examination VI
held Monday and Thursday. Owing to Il
fact that the girls Lad been indlscrect al
4 begun the Irritation no case Was maj
against the defendants and they were d.
charged, although the justice In giving h
decision said that his sympsthles were y
with the girls.
Kobletz, the principal villain, is evideu
ly q tough case. He goes under the alias
Of H. S. Collins and w. H. Brush. Arr
strong the other participant. is a young ma
who puts on q good deal of style, but VT
has evidently got into bad company. A
parties concede that he is probably moi
much to blame as HE companion.
The whole case shows the lamentab
, consequences which attend the commc
!, practice of handkerchief Irritation, aud 1t
hoped that the lesson taught will be heed,
by the girls of this place.