The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-25
ROMANCE OF A POOR YOUNG MAN.
The Young Chicago Carriers Story Told by
His MOther-It is True.

CHICAGO, Aug 24-To-day developed
another installment of real life Romance
of a Poor Young Man" The actual name
OF the young fellow who, under the name
of George Dunning, is serving four years
term in the Joliet peitentiary as the
result of his love for a million.
aires daughter, is Finest Dunnivant
His father, an old Chicago printer, died
four years ago, leaving a widow, seven
daughters and two sons Upon the earn
ings of Ernest the family were dependent
after the death of the father until the boy
went to prison. Since then the family's
existence has been maintained by severe
struggle. The mother was seen by a re-
porter today and corroborated the story
told in these dispatches yesterday about
the persecution of her son, giving the story
in detail
Speaking of the arrest of the boy on the
trumped-up charge, she said the million
aires daughter herself had told her she
had heard that a detective was hired to dog
him and put up plot some time before the
Brrest. Mrs. Dunnivaut had received
letter from the young lady telling all about
her acquaintance with Ernest.
'She said her parents objected and asked
me for my advise. l replied that if her
parents were like me, they were only seek
ing her good and | advised her to do as
they desired. She also wanted to know if
she might call on me when she came back
to spend the Christina vacation and [ con-
scented. She came here one day and told
me all the story again how much she
thought of Ernest; how she had often
offered him money which he had refused to
take. 1 then told her Ernest had
been arrested. She said she was
helpless and could do nothing.
She called again though, and said she had
hired lawyer to defend Ernest, and she
wanted me to tell her if he were sent to
Jail and not to fear but that she would
think just as much of him as ever. She
then asked me to write her at her boarding
school how the trial came out. And then
Ernest was advised to plead guilty; but
he declared he would not plead guilty
and didn't, and was sentenced Aliens
attorneys got Allen a new trial and he then
received but ono year in Bridewell, but
Ernest was unable to secure rehearing
of his case. / wrote to the young lady as
had agreed to do, but don't think she
got the letter. Her father heard l had
written to her, however, and sent
her away for a tive She came
back last year and called on me. She
spoke Indignantly of Erue,Gs Deln, in Lae
penitentiary and wanted me to write him
now much she thought of him, and how
she would help him when he got out; that
she had practically been in prison herself
for two years.
''Some time last year an attorney was
recommended to me by woman as one
who could not be bought off, and he said
that he could assist me. He asked me if l
had any letters as proofs. l told him l
had and mentioned those from the
young lady. He said those were
just what he wanted, and that he
had made the millionaire settle for two
scrapes he had gotten into One was on
Wabash avenue, the other on Washington
avenue, and by showing him those letters
the father would Immediately get Ernest
pardoned out. l gave him the letters, and
that was the last saw of them"