St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-05
A MODERN JESSICA.
Hannah Walters Marries a So
Called Christian Travelling Man
and Bitterly Repents Her Ac-
ton.

Hannah Walters Marries a So
Called Christian Travelling Man
and Bitterly Repents Her Ac-
ton.
rive weeks ago Hannah Walters sat
III the falmer house blushing, happy
orlde, says the Chicago Times She left
behind her her family, her name and
her religion, and married a Christian
II drummer can be so classed. 1t
is said that, made desperate by her
1atherS attempts to marry her to man
she dld not love. she advertised for
champion, and one of the despised race,
a christian, came forward, and they
were married III the county clerks
office. This, however, Mrs. Bondurant
denied at the time. When the fasci-
mating, but bald-headed drummer, W.
clark Bondurant married the pretty
JeWesS he was out on bail for sending
obscene letters to Mamie Dickerson. Of
NO. 2S0S State stree. The latter also
was at one time enamOured of Mr.. Bon
durant, and went so far as to engage
herself to him in marriage, but later.
learning the tickle character of the
seller of burglar-proof safes, she sent
him about his business. He retaliated
in a way that brought him in contact
with the United States postal laws,
and was only at liberty at the time
he married Miss Walters through the
forbearance of the authorities and on
the pledges OF his employers in Milwau,
kee. He has been arrested twice for
the same cause since. Happy Hannah,
however, Rugged her handsome huS-
band heartily. He had given her, she
npnntifnl nj %
diamonds and pocketful of money.
What feminine heart could withstand
such bribery, especially where bribery
was not necessary? She forsOok everv
thing else that was dear to her an
cast herself upon the decollete vest of
Bondurant, believing his snowy linen
with tears of joy. Everything smiled pro-
pitiously upon their union. 'Tis true, a
deputy United States marshal was about
all the first day of the honeymoon, but
that did not prevent w. Clark Bondu-
rant from describing, with the same
reservation made by Claude MeInotte,
the home to which, could love
fulfill its wishes, his heart would lead
her. lie eXpatiated at length on his
villa upon the bluffs in Milwaukee. lie
told her of the life of luxurious case
that was opening before her. He ex-
pldiuCu IlOH lOl . CtllS she COulu 90
out in Milwaukee and ride i'm one of
Peter McGeOeh's street cars. He told
her he had subscribed for Peck's
Sun, the only English paper published
there. Dazzled by all this splendor,
Hannah learned the German language
so as to be able to make her way in that
foreign country, and fled there with her
Bondurant. But as she had married in
haste so she now repents with plenty of
leisure. The drummer lost his lob and
Hannah soon found out that the story
about his having $4,000 in the bank and
receiving S400 per month was also a gilt
tering fairy tale. SO far from having
any diamonds he took away those he had
given her and paWned them. When
she demonstrated he threatened to-
shoot her, and caused such row that
they were both turned out of the hotel,
where their board was in arrears. He
then deserted her, and cannot be found.
1t is thought that he must have locked
himself in one of his safes and for
gotten the combination. The prOdIgal
Hannah has sued him for divorce,
alleging these things, and, it is said,
now signing for her Thirty-frst street
home.