The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-01
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Plays Havoc With the Hearts of
Quebec Business Men,
AIDS HER ALLEGED HUSBAND
To Beat Them out OF Large Sum,
and Gets in Jail, While Her I'm
grateful Companion Flys from
Justice-A Big Sensation.

QUEBEC, August Sl.-A week ago X.
schynman, a Hebrew, left the city, owing
credit sums that will aggregate nearly
S25, 900. schynman, whose real name is
Harris, kept a ready.made clothing cstab.
lishment on st. Joseph street, which he
opened in May last. He also had re
markably handsome French Canadian
wife. She was very lovely, and not
averse to carrying on flirtations with
gentlemen who patronized the clothing
store and the merchants from whom her
husband bought goods. Several in-
stances OF where she had gone out to
drive after goods had been delivered Mt
the husbands store, were brought to the
latter's notice, but he paid no attention
to the stories, merely saying that he did
not blame anybody for admirinC hand
some woman. Ifshe enjoyed the tribute
paid to her beauty, he was not going to
make her unhappy by stopping It.
Things ran on all summer in this
manner and Harris stock and liabili-
ties grew in equal proportions. One
night suspicious truck load OF goods
left the store, and were shipped to Mon
treal whence, it has since been learned,
they were sent somewhere in the States.
Some OF the creditors, who had not taken
Mrs. Harris out to drive, heard OF the
mysterious shipment, and came down
on Harris store for payment OF their
bills. He held them off for few days,
and then n week ago suddenly disap-
peared with all his cash assets and halfa u
dozen trunks full OF goods.
THERE WAS MUCH EXCITEMENT
and those who were not acquainted with
Mrs. Harris accused her of being in
league with her husband. The stock in
the store was seized and she arrested.
An examination was held and the woman
resoIutely denied any knowledge of the
OF Harris. She was re-
yesterday, when she said she
wanted to make confession. She was
brought before W. n. Campbell, the
city notary. Everybody but those di-
rectly interested were excluded from the
room and then she told her story. twas
to the effect that when Harris, who is
not her husband, opened the store he
told her he would introduce her TO the
merchants from whom he bought his
stock that many OF them had an eye for
beauty, and that they might ilirt with =
her; that she was to ilirt in return, and
II she was invited out to accept the in
vitation and anything the gentlemen
In this way the merchants
would be very easy with him, make large
sales on large credits, and be willing TO
wait for payment from man who had
such handsome and
ACCOMMODATING WIFE.
Harris promised that when he had
banked about $4,000 they would both
run away and enjoy themselves for the
rest OF their lives. The woman did as
she was bid and went to innumerable
suppers. Harris enjoyed excellent
credit was the envy OF all the other
dealers in the city, and money
rolled in just as fast as he had antci-
pated. Then came the burst up and
flight as told above and the woman's.
arrest,
Her affidavit is very long, implicatcs
at least dozen wholesale clothing deal
ers here and in Montreal, and worst of
all, learned and hitherto highly re-
spected Rabbi, whose wife was present
while the woman was making her depo-
sition. There is also prominent Judge
Of the District implicated and well
known mixer, who discounted some Of
Mr.. Harris notes, which are yet unpaid.
The details OF the confession are the
most shocking that can be imagined,
and the parties implicated are moving
heaven and earth to prevent their names
becoming public. To this end they have
begun proceedings under the provincial
act "to Iprovidc for the suppression OF
and extra judicial oaths," and
will probably succeed. There is no list
to be obtained OF the creditors whom
Harris left in the lurch by his flight.
The woman will probably be discharged
and sent out OF the country.