St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-22
A PLEASANT PASTIME.
How Gllded st. Louis Youth Varier
Life's MonOtony by Beating
His Wife.
A Repulsive Looking Charmer Who
Nevertheless Induced Girl to
El0pe With Him.
Resignation ola Y. NJ. C.. A. Secretary OF
Account Of a Difference With Mer-
chant Evangelist.
fractional War Among the Chinese and &
Wholesale Arrest for Playing 'Tan"-
The Police War.

WHOLESALE Arrest for Playing 'Tan"-
The Police War.
Correspondence of the Globe
ST. LOUIS, March 1S.-Mrs. Emma Mers-
man, well-known society lady. Yesterday
entered suit for divorce against Mr.. Fred
erick G. Mersman, her husband, very fair
specimen OF our gilded youth, who has a
rich father and who drives tandem and is
member of the Elks club and everything
else that is right and proper. The couple.
has been living at the Park hotel in the West
end and the story runs that Mr.. Yocum, tas
proprietor of that aristocratic boss
elry, was obliged to kick 49,.
Mersman out of the house one
night as sort of a return game for beating
which Mr.. NJ. gave his pretty little wife. The
lady's story is very pitiful one and recites
mar puillnes and horse whippings, pinchings
and thumpings enough to make all maiden
hood eschew matrimony forever. What has
been told, however, is not nearly as inter-
esting as the story which everybody is trying
to hush up, and which has, so far, thanks to
the good connections of everybody con-
cerned, not appeared in any of the
st. Louis papers, though it is COM
mon talk at every club in town.
There is great friend of Mr.. Mersman
mere, his chum, in fact, whose wife is per-
haps the prettiest girl in st. Louis She has
lace like flower, and in every feature one
can read refinement, elegance and modesty.
This lady's husband is very gallant gentle
man, and if gossip is true he formed an at
tachment away from his own hearth with
another well known lady,. Probably for no
very good reason Mrs. Mersman
is said to have become very Jealous
of her husbands attentions to
the wife of his chum and her
frequent circumstances furnished the cause
for the discipline which she received Queerly
enough it is believed that the chum, who is
the head OF one of the largest firms in this
city, is thoroughly aware of the condition of
things at home, and only asks to be let alone
IN his own amatory pursuits, extending the
same license to his wife that he
takes for himself. This being the story
which it is thoughtwill be developed by the
examination of the witnesses in this case, it
is easy to understand with how much inter
est st. Louis society is looking forward for all
the delightful disgusting particulars of the
trial.
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call that year ago last New Years day one
of the many mysterious disappearance of
st. Louis took place. A special interest was
given to this case by the fact that one of the
two girls missing was the daughter of we'll
known newspaper man. After a time the
girls were brought hack, and yesterday the
man who had decoyed them both away
Polk Cooper-was sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary by the judge of the criminal
court, after legal battle which lasted for
fully year. Cooper belongs to
very good family, but he has been
in the gutter for years past. The
letters found upon him at the time of his ar
rest were the strongest part of the case
against him. The fellow drove regular
trade with keepers of houses of i'll repute and
provided victims for them. He is a mos ire
pulsive looking man, and how any girl could
listen to such charmer, much less elope
with him, is one of those mysteries which
none but women can solve. The letters
which were found were pieces Of the coolest
brutality imaginable. trader in Georgian
or Caucasian slaves in the bazaars of Persia
could not cry his wares with more anxiety
to get the very best prices for his merchan-
disc.
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1t is believed in some quarters the old fight
on Chief of Police Harrigan will be reopened.
Gov. Marmaduke recently gave the press for
publication an affidavit meant to hit Mr..
Rainwater-I told you about the war which
was raging between those two doughty Con-
federates-but this affidavit was much more
severe against the chief, who was charged
wit nityiuu wifi Poi otar 70
gamblers. 1t is only fair to say that this
affidavit is ten years old and that it has been
denied over and over again, and that Chief
Harrigan is the only man who has ever
broken up gam bling in st. Louis and cleared
the town of thieves. He is making most
excellent chief and everyone, with the real
interest of the department at heart, hopes that
the old fight will not be begun and the old
mud batteries started again.
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Two Chinese secret'societies, conn rising in
their membership the Chinese population of
st. Louis, in all about 236 males, have fallen
at variance and are waging bitter war. Last
night member of one of the societies called
on the chief of police and volunteered to
guide the officers to place where sixteen of
Iuc il'ai ooCicty "CiC SdhAbhnS' n PidIooh
and the corps of detectives were led to a
house on Market near Sixth, where they
swooped down upon the Mongolans. The
Chinese showed fight, producing murderous-
looking knives and daggers. The officers
drew their revolvers and threatened to fill
the morgue with Cinnamon II they did not
surrender peaceably. The proprietor, with
sixteen of the players, dozen pipes, large
quantity of opium, lottery outfit and lot
of gambling implements, were seized
and taken to the station. The Cinnamon
offered s., 900 cash security for their appear
ance, but this was refused aud they were
committed to the calaboose for the night.
The members Of the prosecuting society have
offered themselves az witnesses TO explain
the mysteries of the game of ''Tan" and
calculating the chances of Chinese lottery for
the information of Judge Cady, before whom
the cases will be tried.
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Rev. Walter G.. Douglas, for nine years
secretary of the Y. NJ. G. A. in this city, will
shortly resign.to accept pastorate In Boston,
Mass. The resignation is said to be the re-
suit Of an internecine war in the association.
Several months ago Mr.. G. K Garrison, a