Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-25
Another Chapter in the Romance of a
Poor Young Man,

Another Chapter in the Romance of a
Poor Young Man.
CHICAGO, August 24th.-To- day developed
another installment in the real life ''ro-
nance of a poor young man." The actual
name of the young fellow who under the
name of George Dunning is serving a four
years term in the Joliet penitentiary, as
the result of his love for millionaire's
daughter, is Ernest Duunivant. His father,
an old Chicago printer, died four years ago,
leaving widow, seven daughters and two
sons. Upon the earnings of Ernest the
family were dependent after the death of
the father, until the boy went to the peni-
Tertiary. Since then the family existence
has been maintained by severe struggle.
The mother was seen by reporter to-
day and corroborated the story told in
these dispatches yesterday about the perse.
cution of her son, giving the story in de,
tail.
Speaking of the arrest of the boy on q
trumped up charge. she said the million.
aires daughter herself had told her she
had heard detectives were hired to dog him
and put up plot some time before his ar.
rest
Mrs. Dunnivant had received letter
from the young lady, telling all about hel
acquaintance with Ernest, She said hel
parents objected, and asked me for my
advice. l replied if her parents were like
me they were only seeking 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 heI
Christmas vacation, and l consented.
She came here one day and told me all
the story over again, and how much she
thought of Ernest, and how she intended
to set him up in business, how she had
often offered him money, which he hac
always refused 10 take. | then told her
Ernest had been arrested. 1t was the first
she had heard of it.
She said she was helpless and could dc
nothing. She called again, though, and
said she had hired lawyer to defend
Ernest, and she wanted me to tell him il
he was sent to jail not to fear, 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 went away. Ernest was advised
to plead guilty, but he declared he would
not plead guilty, and he didn't, and was
sentenced to four years.
Aliens attorney got Allen new trial
and he then received but one year in
Bridewell but Ernest was unable to secure
a rehearing of his case.
l wrote to the young lady as l had agreed
to do, but 1 don't think she got the letter
Her father heard l had written her how
ever, and sent her away for time. She
came back last year and called on me. She
spoke Indignantly 81, Ernest being in the
penitentiary, and wanted me to write him
of how much she thought of him. and
how she should help him when he got
out. She said she herself had been prac-
tically in prison during her two years of
absence.
Some time last year an attorney was rec
commended to me as a man who could not
be bought off. l went to him, and he said
he could assist me. He asked if had any
letters as proofs. / told him / had, and
mentioned those from the young lady He
said those were just what we wanted, that
he had made the millionaire settle for two
scrapes he had gotten into, one on Wabash
Avenue, the other on Washington Boule.
ward, and that by showing the letters to
him the father would Immediately gel
Ernest pardoned out. l gave him the let
tiers and that was the last l saw of them.