The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-06-21

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A LIVELY YOUNG WOMAN.
Thrice Married Though Not Gu,
Of Her Teens-4er Career
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Erie pal Dispatch
Three husbands ia three year,. oil
living. and the triple wife only nine.
teen years old. Such Is the dashine
record Of an Erie county girl tor whom
40 officer of the Law has just started
to San Francisco to bring back ON "a
extradsti0n warrant from Gov. Hoyt.
Detective &. G. Halstead. of the
Central Pennsylvania Detective Asso
ciaiion. IL the name Of the officer ap'
pointed to escort this fast young lady
across the continant. He Is . very If:
fable fellow. and does not seem At all
scared 1t the prospect Of having "a
travel several thousand miles in the
company Ut this dangerously bewitch.
ing girl from Cory. To the reporter
the detective Was nost accommodating.
As his game Wa already bagged be
had no fear IF spelling sport BY . pre-
mature disclosure. therefore he oblig.
ingly permitted himself Ia be pumped
dry. We give the detective. story u
told to the reporter:
THE girl-for she is yet scarcely
more than girl. being not yet nine
teen years Of AGES the daughter oil
q wealthy farmer Of Cory. Pa.
When hut sixteen years Of age she re-
ceived the attentions Of q dashing
young oil operator named Haskings.
who was reported tn have cleared sev.
eral hundred thousand dollars on the
floor of the exchange at Oil City. A
proposal Of marriage Was made and
laughed At BY the girls parents. who
protested that their daughter Vas .
mere child. and refused TO hear of the
match. An elopement Vas the con.
and on the 18th of Septem.
bsr. 1879. the pair were secretly mar
ried in Oil City. The girl was thrown
among bad associates. and soon drop
ped into bad habits. Early in the
spring of 1880 che suddenly decamp-d
from the husband while they we're on
. visit tn New York. and stopped at
the St. Nicholas. and took with her
aoms IS. 900 in cash. besides three
United States registered bonds which
could not-be converted. aud were con.
vslUeless. The matter Wa
hushed up and search made for her.
bat without success. Subsequent de-
proved that she went to
Buffalo and started . millinery estab-
lishment on Lake street. taking into
partnership one of her former Oil CITY
Here she played the
role of . maiden and SION attracted Q
Young clerk it one Of the railroad Of:
fees. In July last they we're married
10 the Episcopal church in that city,
the girl being les than eighteen years
years Of age. She lived happily With
her husband until September. when
The Was startled ono evening BY the
announcement that he was expecting q
visit on the next day from IN old Oil
City friend. To her dismay she dis
covered that it was no other than her
irst husband. That evening che fed
rom Buffalo. How she obtained the
money no one knows, but she next
turned up in Chicago. where she spsnt
act winter - . trimmer in . fashion.
sbIe millinery shop. Here she played
Der old game. Her pretty face and
rim figure attracted attention. A.
hough her 6rst husband had discover
d her residence and subsequent fight
rom Buffalo and had placed Detective
aalstead 90 her track. she succeeded
o escaping detection. On the Sd Of
March she was married for the third
lime. Her victim WAS Q clerk in
field 4 Letters Wholesale establish. |
nent. drawing . good salary aud able |
o support her in comfort. She had
'een married scarcely more than three |
1eeks when she found out that her |
we're watched, and on the
9Th Of March. the very day on which
Ter fret husband arrived in Chicago
o face bis faithless spouse, she broke
pen her husbands secretary, took
rom it $500 in cash, and left the city.
IN the 18th of April she left for San
Francisco. She was recognized there
lst week BY . friend Of her second
usband. who telegrsphed her aiicov-
~ to Buffalo. Her husband 1t Oil
'ity was promptly iuformed, and .
'essage sent to the chief Of police ask
x for her arrest and detention"
Detective Halstesd had . requisiaion
ON Governor Hoyt, given on the
worn statement Of her first husband, |,
nd will doubtless bring the lady to
'stice and the penitentiary. 1t is said
mt her parents 10 Cory have offered
oney - q compromise. hut bsr irst
asband declares il his intention to
AXE his bisamous wife pay the pen
ty Of her exploits.
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