The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-06-26
NO WHERE 40 Lay HIS HEAD.
The Tribularions Of Ex-senator
John j. Patterson and
His Comely Niece.
ST. Paul Pioneer Press

81. faUl fl0neSf i'rtss
Elk United States Senator Sohn j
Patterson, president OF the Aondoi
and New Y ork Construction company
arrived at the Nicollet on Frida,
last, accompanied by a young lady
whom he re .iste ei as Miss Rogers
The senator is gentleman gray as t.
hair and venerable as to years, and
Miss Rogers is a comedy maiden O,
less than twenty summers, whom he
represented at the hotel as his niece
He guiIelessly SO reported her to the
clerks, and asked for adjoining rooms,
and was given instead rooms on CD.
possite sides of the hall. The morn.
ing following his arrival the ex-sena.
tor took his departure for Fargo,
where he entered into negotiations
for building the Fargo Southern rail.
road, Miss Rogers remaining the de.
mure occupant of room %, and absorb.
ing her time in the perusal of novels
and the preparation of sundry raw.
ishing toilets which an evidently ex-
tensive wardrobe ena bled her to make
The ex-senator returned to Minnea-
opolis on Monday, and again became
impertunate iu his demands for q con-
Meeting suit OF rooms, and was placed
under the ban of suspicion. Miss
Rogers suddenly developed a passion
for horseback riding, and the couple,
especially the lady, attracted atten.
ton on Monday evening by their ele-
giant mount on one of the fashionabI
avenues. The enthusiasm for horse
back riding got the better of the ex-
senator's discretion, and the suspic-
ion as to the relations of the couple
was confirmed when he innocently
left an order for $50 o'clock call
at No. %, as he desired to 20 out
for a morning jaunt, utterly unmind-
full of the fact that he was assigned to
another room.
ORDERED To.LEAvE.
Shortly after 10 o'clock it was dis
covered, however, that he was Joint
occupant of No. % with Miss Rogers.
and the couple were ordered to leave
the house. Toilets were hastily made,
trunks as rapidly packed, and uncle
and niece left tc secure train for
St. Paul. but took instead hack
for the Clark house, where hack
man of hcneyed tongue repsented that
he had an old gentleman and niece,
who had just arrived on q late train
and wanted two rooms. They were
at their disposal. one, particularly i'm
pressing his desire for tive rooms, the
ex-senator was assigned to No. 6 and
Miss Rogers to No. 4.
Shortly afterward the discovery
was made that one had suddenly
seemed sufficient, and the ex-senator
was again invited to take q walk,
which he did with little grace, leaving
the maiden fair to occupy one or two
rooms, as her wishes dictated, while |
he sought quarters at another hotel. |
At o'clock yesterday morning he
was engaged in that pleasant past
time. Yesterday morning he took
Miss Rogers under his protecting care
and the two sought accommodations
10 one of the hotels in St. Paul.
LATER MOVEMENTS.
Senator Patterson, after leaving
the Clark house. went to Bellevue,
where he registered as John Thomp-
non, New York. and remained during
The day, visiting St. Paul in the
The woman in the case
claims to be q Cuban by birth, speaks
with slight accent, and claimed to
nave met the senator in New York,
md that it was her intention to re-
main in Minneapolis. Senator Pat
terson left the Bellevue last evening
ior Fargo, and there was strong sus-
picion that he had joined his inamo-
alta during the evening and had sue
,eeded in wooing peaceful sleep in
quarters from where he was dislodged
IN the previous night.
Senator Patterson is of Pennsylva-
Tia birth, and is nearly So years old
He began life as newspaper man on
|uniata Sentinel, and for ten years
dited the Harrisburg Telegraph.
lie was in the state legislature from
1858 to 1862. In the war he served
n the staff of Gen. Williams of Iowa.
n 1869 he went to South Carolina,
md in 1872 was elected to succeed
Frederick Sawyer in the United
states senate. He took his seat in
March, 1878. Patterson was one of
he ring that robbed South Carolina.
Fear of indictments for completely
herein made him a fugitive from
south Carolina in Washington. and he
has since lived a wandering life in the
vest, investing somewhat, it is be-