St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-12
Mysterious Disappearance of the Missouri
Lawyer and Pretty Miss Larned at
Last Explained.
Instead Of Lying at the Bottom Of Lake
Michigan. Quietly Living as Man and
Wife in Detroit.
Lovers to Give the Impression or
Their Being Drowned.
At n Detectives Instance the Girl Re-
turns 10 Her Father and the Man
TO His Family.


CHICAGO, Jan ll.-MlSS Mary larned.
daughter of Mr.. Albert Ii. Lamed, treas
urer of the Frost Manufacturing company
Of this city, returned to her fathers house
on Jan. ?, the weeping victim of man
who deserted his family in ST. Louis and
By his dastardly conduct has caused endless
sorrow to a household where he was
welcome visitor. The man who thus prac-
tically destroyed the happiness of an entire
family and forever smirched the fair name
and reputation OF the daughter is one j. Il.
O'ROurk, who graeed the ranks of the legal
fraternity OF ST. Louis. where he is prac-
ticing attorney. The acquaintance of Miss
Larned with the man who has wrecked her
life began in the village of KirkwOOd, a
charming suburban retreat of ST. Louis
The girl was employed as teacher in the
village school and during her residence
there made the acquaintance of O'Rourke.
The acquaintance thus made ripened
into intimacy, Miss Larned frequently
visiting the wife of the insinuating
legal iuminary, who cultivated her friend
ship. and as the developments in the case
Indicate. was attentive and kind TO her, but
with the thoughts of roue and a libertine
constantly uppermOst in his mind. In July
last Miss Lamed returned TO her
home in Chicago and then COM
menced correspondence with the
wife of her betrayer. O'Rourke
took advantage of her former friendship
and appeared at her fathers residence
shortly after. at No. 2546 Dearborn street,
where was eOurteOusly received and enter
tanned. The Larned mansion seemed TO
possess greater attraction for the disciple of
Blackstone, who shOwered his attentions on
the daughter of the household. taking her
10 the theaIer and ether places of amuse-
ments, yet cunDingly Disgusting his inten-
tions beneath the cloak of outward propri-
ETY..
THE STORY IN DETAIL
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.-During the early
part Of last September, j. T. O'Rourke of
ST. Louis, lawyer, with a wife and family
in that city, came to Chicago on an Osten-
sible business trip. While here he called
on the family of a. III. Larned and one af-
ternoOn took Miss Mary Karne, whom he
had known for some time. for a boat ride
on Lake Michigan. Until to-day their
whereabouts have been profound mystery
and great many people believed them TO
be sleeping in the bosom of the lake, 1t
was a foggy night when they embarked.
and, as they were never seen TO return, it
was thought they became befOgged, drifted
into the lake, were run into by propeller
or tug boat and drowned. The boat was
found Sept. 6 at the foot of Sixty-third
street, half full of water and with both oars
missing. This strengthened the suppO-
sition that the occupants had perished.
Numerous theories were advanced as to
THE FATE OF THE PAIR.
As there was not enough wind on the
lake the night they embarked to swamp a
racing shell. the idea of an elopement
gained currency. When the boat was found
she was riding on her keel, and this led
people to believe that its occupants had not
been pitched into the water. But the idea
that they had run away was secuted by the
relatives and friends of the missing couple.
They and many others claimed that if they
had not been drowned they would be picked
up by some passing vessel. They were
finally given up as dead. The published
statement was made to-day that the boat i'm
which Mr.. O'Rourke and Miss Larned en-
baTked was not eapSized, and that the
couple, after rowing on the lake until dusk,
landed safely on the pier at the foot of
ThiTty-first street. The craft was set
adrift, and the twain walked to the Oak
land station, boarded one of the Illinois
Central suburban trains and rode down
town, arriving at the Michigan Central
depot. They took the night train and
WENT To DETROIT.
There they obtained rooms at hotel, but
as O'ROurke was short of money they sub
seQuently moved into cheap lodgings in a
modest part OF the city. As O'Rourke's
purse was growing rapidly empty he looked
around for employment. Finally he found
work as porter in dry goods store at a
small salary. Miss Larned kept house and
under an assumed name they lived as man
and wife four months in one room. Tiring
finally of the result of his intrigue with
Miss Larned, O'Rourke, it Is declared, in
dited an anonymous letter in disguised
hand 10 his deserted wife. The letter stated
that her husband and Miss Larned were
living in Detroit When Mrs. O'Rourke
received the epistle she Immediately COM
municated with the betrayed girls father
and he at once employed detective who
went 10 Detroit and finally located them.
The girl was only too happy to return to
the shelter of her parents roof even though
a cloud did hover over it. The officer
fcoNFRoNTED THE GIRL
when O'Rourke was absent, and she was
taken to Windsor, Canada, TO await the ar
rival of her father. Before leaving her
quOndam home, she left note for O'Rourke
stating her intention of returning home.
The father met his daughter at Windsor,
and Saturday, Jan. 2, arrived in Chicago,
and the girl is again under the care of her
mother. O'Rourke, on returning to his
room. found that Miss Larned had flown.
Upon receiving letter from the wife he
deserted. saying she would forgive him, he
took the train for KirkwOod. Mo-, and is
again with his family. Miss Larned is a
goOd-looking blonde, 90 years of age.
O'ROurke is 35 years of age. SIX feet one
inch in height, dark complexion, and wears
spectacles. Soon after the disappearance
OF the couple, Mr.. and Mrs. Larned re-
moved from Dearborn street to more re-
mote part of the city.