Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-10-22
loves YOUNG DREAM
ASt. Louis Detective Kips II 10 the
BIoom--A Gay Lothario and Q
Wealthy Young Miss
Of Fourteen Summers EIops From
the Far West-.A Long Search
For the Pair.
Captur ed and Taken Into Custody
The Ant of Love as Taught
BY the Hero.

Special LhspGsW 10 the Sfosady fsfVst0.
sr. LOUIS, OcsaSer 81. - About thre,
months ago the ds;ty press published an
item to the effect that q reward Of $f,eOC
had been offered by the authorities Of
Blsn cewty, Nebrssax, for the arrest q ,
lfunswsy couple who were supposed to
have come TO this city. The following
circular was distributed by thousands ali
over the West and every endev'or was
made 10 apprehend the elopers:
"0ne thousand dollars will be paid for
the arrest of Emil Pepperkorn, German,
81 years old, weight ITO pounds, broad
shoulders, 5 feet inches in height dark
hair rather thin in front, large R,nan
nose, out OF shape, having been cut az the
top before the eyes and shows dent tn ere /;
showing sort of q pimple there. Ras q
scar from left side OF the mouth to chee%.
bone, also . scar over left tenn plSs5
deep wrinkles on forehead, broad face
and wears his hair short; has
4 Sandy Mustache.
He is civil engineer by profession and
is q good performer on the piano and or
gan. He affects an agreeable manner an d
tries to make himself pleasant 70 every
body, and makes greater pretensions thar,
his education warrants Pepperkorn left
Omaha, Heb., on July l3, for st. Louis with
May Frahm, of Fort Calhoun, Neb., a girl
about Ii years old. She is dark blonde,
with heavy hair, five feet two inches in
height, weighs about l02 pounds, one up.
per tooth filled with gold. She speaks
in demeanor. Send information TO
w. ID. Gross,
Sheriff, Blair, Neb.
One Of the circulars and a photograph
fell into the hands of Detective Hugh
0'Neil, and he has kept his eyes open for
the appearance Of Mr.. Pepperkorn. Yes
terday the detective was walking along
Washington avenue, in the vicinity of
Sixth street, when he noticed couple ap.
parently from the rural districts walking
hurriedly past him. There was something
about the man that attracted his attention,
Something Familiar.
but where he had seen the face he could
not tell. He reached position where he
could have a good look at the mans feat.
ures, and he noticed a small wart or pimple
at the extreme end of his nose. 1t then
flashed acress 0'Neils mind that the man
was Emil Pepperkorn and that the girl
with him was no doubt May Frahm. Both
were dressed in linen busters and en-
deavored in every way to conceal their
identity. He followed the pair to the cor
ner OF Sixth and Olive streets, when the
man stopped and purchased some music,
and this satisfied the detective that the in
dividual was Pepperkorn, as he was set
down in the circular for a music teacher.
The detective then walked up 10 them,
and, tapping Pepperkorn on the shoulder,
informed him that the Chief Of Police
taA 20 \ nj hn rfa
This announcement almost
Took the Mans Breath Away,
but he recovered sufficiently to ask what
him that he was Emil Pepperkorn, and
that he was wanted in Fort Calhoun, Neb.
The man denied that his name was Pepper.
korn, and asserted that il was John Beck
man, and that he lived with his wife, who
was with him. at 16 North Eighth street
O'Neal said it didn't make any difference,
he would have to see the chief. On the
way to the station the pair acknowledged
that the detective was right, and that there
was no use denying it any longer
They were taken to the Four Courts and
locked up and last night we're seen by a
reporter. The girl was allowed the free.
dom OF the corridor, but contented herself
with sitting down in a chair just outside
her cell.
Pepperkorn spoke freely Of the affair.
He stated that May was his second cousin
and that in the early part Of last summer
he had been giving her music lessons. IL
seems, indeed, that music hath charms,
for in teaching the fair May the flow Of
melody, he also taught her the
Art OF Love.
She was only fourteen years old but she
learned her lessons in love much faster
than those in music, and finally the latter
art was used as mere blind 70 shield their
amour.
Pepperkorn says that he was married at
the time and for that matter is yet, but q
little thing like that didn't make any
difference TO him. He proposed 10 May
that they take summer excursion into
Missouri and May, nothing 10th, consented.
True, her cavalier was almost old enough
to be her father, but little thing like that
did not make any difference 10 her.
They arrived in this city the 18th OF July
and christened themselves Mr.. and Mrs.
Beckman, taking up lodging at 10 n.
Eighth street. The girls people were
Mortified at her action and being wealthy,
pair. Pepperkorn said last night that he
would secure divorce from his wife and
Marry the Girl
and IL this could not be done he would face
the music, which would be Of different
character from that which he is used to
playing. While in the city he has been
employed as a piano manipulator at house
of bad repute on Eleventh street. and the
chances are that he will be teaching music
in the Nebraska penitentiary choir before
many months elapse. The girl, who looks
nearer eighteen than fourteen, says she
will stick TO Pepperkorn through all; that
il was all her fault, for he did il all for her
dear sake. She cried and laughed by turn.
and said that her father would not prose-
cute "her Emil" and that IL he did she
would go to the penitentiary too.
The news Of the capture has been COM
municated to the Blair county authorities
and Detective 0'Neil will scoop In 81 ,OOOfor
his shrewdness.