The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-07-14
FEMALE FOLLY.
A Moline Girl and her sad
History.
A Rock Island Lothario and
his victim.
rArTHLEss WIFE.

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too small for his amours, he started for
Chicago where he caused the suicide OF
husband through his wife's infidelity. 1t
appears that Abrahamson went to board
/ with a family ON Milwaukee avenue, and
soon succeeded in ingratiating himself into
the good graces of his landlady. So pro-
nounced were his attentions to the land
lady, that the husband of the latter became
respondent and finally ended his existence
by shooting himself. The destroyer of the
| family happiness has since made himself
invisible to the Chicago police, and it is
not improbable to suppose that he will
soon visit Rock Island.
In giving the details of the affair the
| Inter Ocean has
THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT:
The green eyed monster seems to have
sent another husband to violent death,
| the act of his own hand. The scene of the
suicide is a small eating house at No. 1T
Milwaukee avenue, kept by Peter Ander-
son, a Norwegian, about 45 years old and
his wife, some fourteen years younger
Anderson has been extremely jealous of
his better half, and has on number of oc-
| casions threatened suicide, once displaying
a bottle of poison to the hired girl NATL
da Peterson, saying that he was going to
| kill himself.
Monday morning, after procuring
number of articles for the restaurant, he
went to his room. Shortly after 7:30
o'clock, while Mrs. Anderson and the girl
Peterson were in the kitchen. they heard a
shot. The girl ran quickly up the stairs,
and as she did so, heard second shot and
a third as she reached the landing at abe
| head of the stairs. She found the door to
| Andersons room locked, and, rushing back
she got the key from Mrs. Anderson.
Entering the ROOM they found Anderson
| lying on the bed dead, with three bullet
| holes in his left breast, each an inch of the
other, and directly over the heart Life
was already extinct, and apparently all
three of the deadly balls had penetrated
! the heart.
The affair was reported to the police,
who recalled that few days previous An
derson had complained at the West Chica-
go avenue station of his wife and boarder
at their house named John Abrahamson
! His story was that few nights previous
| he had party at his house, and during
the evening, when the fun was at it's full
| height, he missed Abrahamson and his wife
He suspected something wrong, and going
up stairs, found the parties under suspi
cious circumstances. He ordered Abra-
hanson out of the house. In view of
these facts the police Immediately placed
Mrs. Anderson and Miss Peterson under
| arrest but later let them 60 on their re
| cogniZance, the suspicion of foul play be-
| ing dispelled, Abrahamson cannot be
| found He has not been seen since he was
ordered out of the house. The Coroner
was notified and after impanelng jury,
who viewed the body. adjourned the in
quest Until Thursday, by which time the
police hope to secure Abrahamson. The
deceased was soap maker, and worked in
Kinks soap factory, while the wife man
aged the restaurant. The rash act was
committed with a self cooking French re-
volver, thirtytwo caliber.
THE OLD STORY.
Hulda Higgllforn, is Swedish girl who
came to this country from her native land
only short year ago. She came direct to
Moline, and was there engaged as a domes-
tic in several families She also was en-
ployed for short period in this city and
at Des Moines. Her youth and proposing
appearance, being blood of the most |
pronounced type AYE got her friends in |
ilka place" and eventually led to her down
fall and ruin. Among her admirers was a |
young Swede who succeeded in inducing
her to leave for Chicago, and while there
betrayed her. She succeeded in making
her shame public and the ordeal wrecked |
her health and spirits. After recovering
slightly she again sought for work, and
succeeded in securing employment at No.
II North Wells street, Chicago.
Her father had sent her ticket to re-
turn home, but she was unable to use it till
out of her trouble. Then her money was
gone, and in a moment of desperation last
Wednesday while working for Mrs. Wilhel-
nina Wolff, of No. liz North Wells street
she stole $3.50, which that lady had secre
ted in satchel in her room. Suspicion
fell on the girl, when on Friday she quit
the place, having personally paid some $40
worth of debts. The police were notified,
and finally traced her to the office of the
National Steamship Line, No. South
Clark street. where she had already sent her
trunk, marked Miss Hulda Haggblom,
Goteberg, Stockholm, Sweden" She was ar
rested there yesterday afternoon, when she
came for her ticket which had been sent
by her father to the agent When accused
of the theft she broke down and made a
full confession. About $193 of the money
was recovered, part of it being found in
one of her stockings, and the remainder
very adroitly hidden. She had purchased
quantity of articles and odds and ends, |,
accounting Tor all but about $40. Mrs.
Wolff, from whom she stole the money, is
somewhat noted in connection with the
'railroading" about two years ago to the
Penitentiary for fifteen years for daring
robbery. Mrs. Wolff at that time was
keeping a boarding house on Wells street,
and one afternoon, while carrying her babe
in her arms she was assaulted by the rob-
Der, who threw the child away from her,
knocked her down, tore open her dress,
and robbed her of large sum of money.
He was arrested that night. held to the
criminal court the next, tried, sentenced,
and on his way to Joliet the day following.
Mrs Quabach a lady residing at No.
1O3 Fourth Place, New York. states that s
she was subject to frequent attacks of {
headache, and used St. Jacobs Oil with I
great satisfaction. 1t relieved her when {
nothing else would +