Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-05
him as the profile on a postage stamp, and

him as the profile on a postage stamp, and
says:
| John Amweg is not quite as cookbook
| ing rs the picture makes him out. On the
contrary, lie is rather an ordinary young
man, with but little intellect flashing from
his eyes of opal fire. When ON the stage.
however, with the ai;i of top dressing and
things, he is quite prescntable, and just
the sort OF u trOubadOur to Saily touch his
| light guitar and send her letters home to
"mar.'
He has been le-enGaSed ut the Cave, and
! will appear there next week. singing 1.-The
Heart Bowed Down. No doubt he will
be able to jerk i great deal Of expression
into it.
II the ca>r should go to trial. the key to
the situation will DC Il letter now in pos.
| session Of the plaintiffs attorneys. This
is the epistle which Amwcg has sent to his
| mother. Paramorc and lIazcltinc com
pelled Amwe. to send dispatch to his
| mother, who is summeriuS in Virginia, to
mail this letter to him. 2731 Pine street,
| when, Of course, it would have fallen into
| the hands of the defendants. As this let
ter is the only one in existence of the
proof OF the alley Irritation. its possess
sion, as 4 matter Of course, was Of vital
| Importance to either side. Amwcg had
no sooner escaped tie clutches Of bis ad-
| versaries than he telegraphed his mother
cOuntermaDding the previous dispatch and
instructing her to send tho billet-dOux to
him at Cfig'S Cave. The second tele-
gram reached Mrs. Amwcg about half an
hour after the first. just i'm time to secure
its mailing to Urig' S Cave. 1t arrived there
OH Tuesday afternoon, and within half an
hour afterwards Il copy of the missivo was
in the hands Of the Post Dispatch, to the
great disgust of both the plaintiff and his
attorneys the latter especially being an
nOyed ut the fact.
Until to-day, however, its publication
has been withheld in the hope Of obtain
ing fac-simile copy thereof. AS tho
plaintiffs attorneys decidedly refuse to al
low such copy to be made o. the press
to even make verbatim transcript Of it.
the I1st-Dispatch, us usual, in spite Of all,
presents the letter, inasmuch as it is bound
to play most important part Of this cause
celebrc. The letter is aS follows
Sr. Louis, Friday, 2:i inst, 1881.
Mr.. John Amweg:
eff, as might readily b. imagined, your
rccOllectiOns of last evening arc pleasant
ones, and you can offer proof Of your being
thoroughly TRUSTWORTHY, ablc to keep
CONFIDENCE SACRED from the jibcs Of
you1 course associates, then 0nstcer this epis-
tie. and you will, no doubt, hear some
thing to advantage and profit before
many hours. You appear refined. Mteli-
gent, gentlrm"nly, modest and dignifed, else
you would never ve..attracted the notice
of the writer 1t is not necessary to go
into any explanation of the identity of the
writer of this letter to YoU and if your
response Is worthy of it, you will hear
again from your friend.
Miss ELLEN MANGAN.
''Care Mr.. VIM, Hauk,
West st. Louis POstOtlice."
The words italicized arc all underlined
in the original, while those in small capi-
tails are twice underscOrcd. Tho writing
is in fine angular lady's hand, with some
what struggling characteristics, and both
composition and calligraphy point to the
author as being lady of education, and
not an Ortiaary servant girl.
On the reverse side Of the letter is the
rough draft in pencil of Amwcg's reply,
i'll which he states that of course his recul-
lcctiOns were pleasant one, and further in
quircs if he possesses all the charactcris-
tics which the lady has given him, and if
he is refined, diSnified. ETC., how could no
betray the sacred confidence.