Telegram-herald., 1886-12-09
Robbed or His Affections, Pro
visions and Money.
FRANKIE JOHNSON THE ARCH THIEF.
4 Midnight Bedroom VISTA Mar
rage Contract Acqsts the
WOMAN ne Contract
and Letters.

an Old grey headed man and from the
sulliei mouth Of a woman Of Questionable
repute The odor in the room. where So
many unc.esnly beings were collected was
a. Dad as tie reputation ley oear. Tie
case on Trial was thar OF the People IS. Nellie
i.oyeIsnl and tfanke 81. Johnson charged
hv- the editor Of D0r lank.t- utfca J. W.
Van leeuwen with stealing seven cans of
frMt aud few dollars from hlm ou the
morning oi Dec 3. The evidence showed
that NJ Van leelwcu went 70 ms rooms iu
D'Ooge's 'roost' on CAnal-st and afte-
wearylng himself with his iabOrs in lle
printing ohce, retired 10 a room adjoining
and Went 90 bed The time was shortly
after . o'clock tho date December ,. AT
about half-past the next morning be Was
awakened by some 0ne-a woman-shaI-
ing him violently. Aroused be asked " LAT
was wanted and iu looking around, per-
ceived that two other women besides The
one who had SO rlde.y torn Morpheus
from bis embrace, were ln the ROOM Tie
arouser was Miss frankie H. Johnson srd
her companions two sisters. .he Misses Nel-
lie aud Hattie i.oveiand. All these people
reside in Canal-st. block. and their Occu-
patton and reputation are both bad. it ape
pears that Lass MAY. N.u LecaWtl "a man 1t
years Of age, became infatuated with ths
Miss Johnson, very homeiy and lily proc
pOru0ned creature, @uu paid her attentions
m0rs or less marked up - the time %, his
wiie's death. September Is. Then the re-
lAtiou bloss1mei into one mutuallv CONT
Dental, ami on October - ihe following
marriage contract was drawn Lp and
signed
We, John ". Van leeuwen. party Of the
first part and Francis Nj. Johnson. both of
Grand Rapids. Kent county and State Of
Michigan, party OF the second part hereby
bind ourselves TO tie following agreements,
tO-wit.
Party of the first part hereby agrees 10
furnish house or rooms Tor domestic liv-
ing purposes and furnish means for livirg
and party OF the second part agrees - flr-
nish her part of the household goods and
keep house for both and her little boy. all
OF which agreements shall be binding f1~
two weeks from date until party OF first
part has arranged his private affairs salts
factOrly 20 himself and wlli then marry
party of the second part. Both parties
agree 10 keep the matter secret until the
bargain Is consumateG. Party Of the second
part agrees to marry party OF the first part
whenever he is ready.
!. W. VAN LEEuvEN,
Mss FRAN, IL NJ. JoHNsoN.
With such sn agreement as this. il be-
came no uncOnmOn occurrence for
frankie when occupied in sitting in the
old mans lap, 10 intermingle her love taps
and caresses with dives into his pants pock-
cts. which were generally relieved of such
money as they contained She also. IS the
contracts sets forth, was accustomed 70 help
herself 20 such provisions as her wants de-
manded. But the Old man was generous 10
her. Both before and after his wife's death
he was IN the habit of bestOVinE up8n her
bits of silverware and other articles. as well
as money and eatabies. This was the re-
latiOn existing at the time of the nocturnal
visit, save Tor exiting probability that the
woman had no intention Of marrying Van
LceuWen, her only idea being % obtain what
substance sne could from him
These three creatures appeared |
TO make themselves at home. The |
old man suggested that Hattie was !
comely and plump, and asked ms |
lady love If she would object 20 her setting /
on the edge Of his bed frankie saia that /
she was willing. and Miss Loveland forth |
with complied with Or lnte, DUCTS !
wishes. Their conduct osculal0ry and !
otherwise, soon excited Franhie's jealousy. |
and She raised an objection. 6hicu was I'D !
mediately oferruied by an invitation for /
ner 10 come and sit On tHe bed TOO since it /
was both long and wide IS the old gray /
head said. Ine tliri woman, Nellie Love /
land. being possessed o' more aesthetic /
and cultured nature. had seated herself a. I
the organ and was pounding out rhapsO3ies /
TO Apollo. playing on the music. a. Van |
pnt it. frankie marched 10 the couch ac-
companled by hellle's music. She sad I
that they visited there ON the bed. the I
three % them for some time and then she
frankie, got up. wenl into Van leeuwau
pantry, called Nellie in AMI told her /
that she had package she wished
her 90 carry to aeg rooms Nellie
soon after the other two started
10 90, bnf Van wa 10th 20 have hem eaye
and objected. They stayed q While longe-
and then went
Van S pants hung Qgiete over tie bei-
post re looked lttlem feitiu The p.l,sf
fnsiiEafod hv The sight of some 0f its cone /
tents piled nn tle be1. and found some or
his money missing. He th.u looked is The
cupboard and 7aw empty arr where Dc had
placed seven frut cans not many hours oa
fore. He 81 once dressed. went 10 the resi-
dence ot his late ca eTs AMI found thr4e
~ asfonished and innocent women there ne
had ever crossed his path They knew
nothing II The goods Bat Van knew bet
ter he started 20 headquariers. in
formed~argeart Hurley and the two
siampFt into the Canal ST. block where
the three femsiee Eve. Noisv sum
mons were unava ling f7r some r-ae
ont finally an audience WAS perm.ftel ami
he charge aEsin 1fn.el hlf fnaH- aa-
nitfei- he cen.ra.t printed above was
shown ihe otoer ami he refused ta make
'n arrest Van i-eg2e1 went hsrs ta h..
pfni- anl Tas sFsu C.lfr0rfef Hr rf..lo
Fh. ae Weeping Size arnur. .arz
f.a frs arl s0.He ~ f.nl.r a.f
F .af ff T4n.a r.t f.-.e f.f oa-e arr
-.lar .at
$3.50 or .nFr thr ne.t morning.
$50 lie ~s- srr AZ
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