St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-01
SAVED HER FROM SIN.
A New York Hackman Acts the Phencm'
email Fart of Disinterested
Philanthropist,
And Prevents Beautiful Southern Glrl
From Entering on Life
of Shame.
She Had Tired of Life in Convent
and Yearned for
Freedom.
Harsbness and Confinement Rem
dered Her Desperate. but She
is Now Repentant.
Rescued From Herself.

hGSCueO FROM t1eISekHs
Special to the GLOBE.
New YORK, July 31.-John Conlin is
hackman by calling but nobleman by ma
ture He has seen considerable of both the
dark and sunny side of life since he first
handled the ribbons some twenty odd
years ago. but upon Tuesday, July 20, he
had an experience which with him will
lorm an epoch in his career. He had left
his home in Jersey early in the morning IN
question and crossed over to the New York
side to catch what stray passengers he
could. Presently pretty girl of II or
whereabouts, of distinguished mein and the
sweet air of innocence, approached him at
the foot of DeSbroSSeS street and asked his
vocation He informed her that he was
hickman. This seemed to relieve the fair
Inquirer of some doubts she seemed to en-
tertain, and with much diffidence and many
bushes she asked him to take her to one OF
The many gilded palaces Of sin up
town, The honest fellow stood trans
fixed. Many requests of d similar nature
had been made of him before, but his keen
eye told him this was no ordinary case and
that the girl who stood before him had not
yet fallen. AS soon as he recovered from
his establishment he asked her why she
wished to enter upon such life. She was
retcent at first, but by adrot management
he learned that she had
RUN AWAY FROM A CONVENT
in New Orleans the Sunday before. and
had taken this step because life had become
uncomfortable there. She said her father,
who had been dry goods man in New Or
leans, died eight years ago. Her mother, too,
was dead. and as her guardian wished to
be rid of the trouble for personally caring
for her, he placed her in the Sacred Heart
convent in the French quarter of New Or
leans. There she said she had been vir-
tually imprisoned, deprived of all social
enjoyment and even declared from seeing
friends Of early days. This state of things
she could not bear and determined
to 1un away from the convent,
come to New Y DIRK, and as she was without
money and friends and unable to make a
living in any other way, she had resolved to
try her fortunes in the path which many
before her have entered, only to terminate
their career in the Potter's field. The
hickman thought of his own happy family
across the river, of his daughter, the pride
of his life, just budding into womanhood.
and he determined to save the girl with or
withouther consent. First he endeavOred
W o1oo0o9O lIC13 DuG do oliC plOtCu 0UOUldtC
he placed her in his hack, and after giving
some instructions to two of his employees
he ran off with the young lady and placed
her in charge-of a lady he knew in the up
per part ofSthe city. The lady is samari
tan.nOted for her'good deeds in the way of
misguided young women. The hickman
ostrouble'in persuading her to shelter
the, glH. The latter at first objected
tosshesaESangeHent but when the driver
proyedfrm in the stand he had taken she
acquiesed and is now in e. -dstody until
er-guardi2.--,, ~ has been notified of her
NvnsreaDoutssshall put in his appearance
and take her<to her Southern home. To a
reporter who called upon her at her present
abode, the lady admitted that she came
from
A,DISTINGUISHED HEBREW FAMILY
ofSNew Orleans. Her name was Marshal
andshertfather the late Thomas III. Mar
shah. iof the well known dry goods firm of
Marshall & Kerns. He, she said, was a
descendant of the famous Tom Marshall,
Of Kentucky, and very proud he was of his
descent. His mother was Jewess and his
father an American. Her mother, too,
came. of wealthy family, half Italian.
half Jewish. Her father died when she
was but ten years old and her mother two
placed in the charge of James FL. Kerns,
her fathers partner, who was made sole
executor of his will and guardian of the
daughter. -Four years later she met for the
first time Louis Feibleman, youth eight
cen years of age, the son of Leo. Feible-
man, the head of well known.dry goods
firm in New Orleans. The young couple
loved each other and her guardian, fearing
that his ward would act with that prompt
ness characteristic of the south
ern temperament and marry young
Felbleman, packed her off to the convent
He was opposed to the union because of
the extreme youth of the twain and because
Feibleman did not occupy as high social
position as his ward. The young couple
remained devoted to each other for two
years, exchanging love epistles whenever
opportunity offered and the argus-like vigil
lence of the convent authorities relaxed the
least bit. At the expiration of that time,
Feibleman was sent to Shreveport, La. by
his father to open branch store in that
place. Then the young lady began to find
life irksome, and its strictness uncomfortable,
md
SHE BECAME LOVESICK,
homesick, wretchedly unhappy, and de-
termined to flee from the good sisters She
bilbed the negro porter, induced him to
pawn her diamond ring for S75-- of which
he retained S15-and leave the great gate
way leading out to the street open at 6
o'clock Saturday evening, July II, when
the students of the convent would be in the
chapel at prayers. She then slipped
away from her comrades, gain
ing the playground and escaped through
the open gate. She then went
direct to the depot of the Louisville 81
Nashville road, and bought ticket to New
York for S32, having thus SIS left. Her
trunk had been sent Oh by her sable &C
complete, and she took the s D. m ira in
for New York, arriving here on Tuesday
morning at 6 o'clock where she fortunately
fell into the hands of Hackman Conlin
The young lady expresses great remorse for
her wild action. but is decidedly averse to
going back to New Orleans, where she SAYS
she will be treated with greater rigor than
ever. She is wealthy in her own right.
how much she does not know, and thinks
her guardian should allot her enough to live
here in the metropolis under the care OF
some responsible person. She had dread
OF returning and she would seek employ
ment here in the city before taking that
step, let her Inheritance go where it may
Teere can be no dout that Miss Marshall
c HAS a FORTUNE OF HER OWN,
as the firm, OF which her father was the
the head, was one of the wealthiest in the
South. and at the time of his death was en-
joying splendid season OF prosperity.
How large her fortune is it is impossible to
say. but as she was the only child and heir
at-law it must be considerable, Ever since
her fathers death she has been maintained
i'll sumptuous style by her guardian at vari-
Gus schools, including that from which she
ran away. Miss Marshall is handsome
blonde, with a 1.-the, willowy figure and
languid, dreamy hazel eyes of an Italian
hue. which form strong contrast to hel
bright clear complexion and light chestnut
hair. When lighted up by interest in any
subject under discussion they become DOS
itively beautiful. A modest, Ehalf- timid
air, which has the charm of innocence
about it, makes up the tout ensemble OF
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