St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-12
A DAKOTA GIRL DUPED.
How Chicago scOundrel Enticed sus-
ceptible Young Teacher From
Her School,
And How the Police Forced Him to Liqui-
date the Bills of Her Wild
Goose Chase.
jacques LeJnie, n Frenchman, Found
Murdered in His Shack Near
Bismarck.
Matrimonial Correspondence.

Matrimonial COrrespondence.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April ia timid girl. an
parently about 20 years OF age, wandering
about the great West side union depot, at
traeted the attention of the depot officers
Friday afternoon, and after she EXPLAINED
mat She had come to the city i'm search of a
nisie friend, whose exact whereabouts she
ala not Know. and that her earthly poses
SONS consisted OF but one large silver dollar
ana her small stock of wearing apparel, she
was directed to solicit the aid OF the city
ponce once inside the central station. the
sLI was taken In hand By kindly. middle
Sseu queer, 10 whom she heSitatingly told
n ner wlo!e story. She had been an almost
irlehuless school teacher i'm one of the small
towns in the interior of Dakota. There a
Chic;lSO evening newspaper fell into her
hands, and she read the personal advertise
ment OF a man who desired young lady
correspond; object matrimony." The adver-
tlSehleht was a type OF its kind. describing
ltS author as handsome blonde, and giving
lacllatlng details of his height, age.
weiSnt and charming character. The fool
ISL gifi answered that advertisement. and
as result was drawn into 4 correspondence
Win a man who claimed. but doubtless I'M
uuth1ully, to be ID. Z. Crumpacker,
a RAILWAY POSTAL CLERK
on the Fort Gratiot and Chicago route.
which gradually grew in warmth and spread
into sloppy sentiment. At length her cur
respondent made a proposition that she
should come to this city, where he would
provide her with nice place to stay. and
II they suited each other he would marry
her. The girl had grown tired of her
lonesome situation on the frontier, and
SO enamored of her unknown and romantic
lover, that she left her occupation to come
here TO meet him, and, as she supposed. to
marry him. His only instructions to her
were that she should register at the Com
mercial hotel, and he would see her there.
Upon her arrival here she was appalled, at
the size of the city, her utter friendlessness
and need Of money, and losing confidence
IN her lover, asked the advice of the depot
policeman. Her suspicious of her lover
were fully seconded by the officer to whom
she told her story, but he warned her that,
once having seen this man, she might really
want TO stay here with him. But the girl
was so thoroughly frightened that she de-
elared she only wanted to get back to
THE GOLDEN NORTHWEST,
where she at least would be safe end would
be among people she knew. Satisfied upon
that point, the officer took her to the Com
mereial hotel, where she wrote the words
Miss Jennie L. Shelly, Minneapolis"
upon the register, and was assigned to room
No. 1S3, while the policeman sat down in
quiet corner 10 watch that book and the
persons who examined it. In the course of
an hour blonde man who in some measure
a e h. Il
vertisement paused at the book and looked
anXiOusly over the names. The one the
policeman had caused to be placed there
caught his eye. and the detective knew his
man. The suspicious of both the girl and
her official guardian received a measure of
confirmation in the fact that this advertiser
OF his personal attractions asked no cues
tons OF the hotel clerk or any one else, but
after looking cautiously about the hotel
Office started up stairs, making o bee line
for Room No. 1913. \ quiet little man fol-
lowed him I'D the stairs and through the
Railways. and before he was admitted to
the room he was almost paralyZed by tap
upon his shoulders and a request to walk
over to police headquarters.
IN A SPECIFIES MAZE
ne did so. and then he sank weakly into
chair in the private Office where he received
another shock in the form of the blunt
question: what the ID do you mean BY
enticing that little innocent ninny over at
the hotel away from her home and friends?"
lie couldn't make a very definite answer,
and the roast was continued:
O"YOu have induced her to leave an honest
occupation TO come TO strange CITY with
your talk of marrying her, and now want to
know what you're going to do about IT. You
fine N no IL, Ell,
papers with the object of matrimony. Now
tell me who and what you are?''
The prisoner confirmed the girls state
ment that he was a railroad mail clerk, and
tamely explained that he was going to send
her TO school for year or two. cultivate
her and then marry her ''if she suited"
The saving clause at the end so aroused his
eroSs-examiner that he could hardly contain
himself. And what if she didn't suit
you?" he almost yelled. The frightened
LOthariO managed to stammer out:
Why. then I'd pay her fare back again.
well. III tell you what you'll do now re-
sponded the policeman. 'sYou are either n
FOOL OR A RASCAL.
but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt
You'll pay that girl the SlI she paid to come
here, buy her q ticket back, settle her hotel
bills and send her home in Pullman car. or
I'll book you and send you into a police court
" tNli0tu lbAE tuuCdllOOdl schemes there.
L m giving YOU the benefit of doubt I give
you an opportunity to square yourself and
save your situation and your self-respect''
With this view of the case it didn't take
the man long to make up his mind. and he
started out with an officer. promising to fix
the whole matter up. Yesterday afternoon
Miss Shelly left for Minneapolis, over the
Chicago IL Northwestern road. saying to
the officer who had handled her case:
i agree with you now that the man calling
himself Crumpacker is a rascal and a dead
beat and I'm sure I'm ever so much obliged
to you for all your kindness. I've been taught
lessen III not forget soon. I'm going to
tell all my girl friends Of my experience and
only wish more girls could hear my story and
take warning by il.
During the whole day the man who had
caused the girl to come here argued and
talked and did his best to avoid the plan
mapped out the night before at the Central.
but he finally was compelled to follow it to
the last detail.