St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-11

tonka, the other day, D." said well known
St. Paul gentleman to a GLOBE reporter
at the Windsor yesterday. "a certain
Minneapolis gentleman who was at one
time connected with the Nicollet house,
cot into Squabble with his wife out
there. He settled the whole matter by
showing her over onto the floor and
Selling her nose between his fingers
gave it terriable yank. Society peo-
pie in Minneapolis have been wonder
ing ever since why the lady in question
came back to town so suddenly. but it
is not at all likely that she will tell them
her reason"
A certain gay yOung-man-apout-to" n,
n company with another OF the same
Fix, was sailing down Third street yes
terday afternoon with the obvious IN
tention of making a mash. He was at
tired i'm the most gorgeous apparel, and
his feet were encased in splendid pair
of patent-leathers, topped off with
pair of white, leather CATERS. He was
married a short time ago to very hand
some young lady, but still continues his
old habits. The attraction for max
ing mashes is too great for him
to resist. and he will indulge in
it, while his pretty young wife remains
at home. 1t seems, however, that she
has been 'getting Onto'' her gay young
husband, and has been down town two
or three times herself to see what was
going on. Yesterday while herrecreant
spouse was looking for worlds TO con-
uuer his companion said: so the old
lady has tumbled to you, eh?"
Yes. but I'll fool her this time,
sure" and saying this he stepped into
nm
minus his snow-white gaiters.
why, what have you done with your
CATERS, Charley?" was the query put to
him.
"They are in my back pocket" was
the reply.
and stick them in there for?" asked bis
companion in amaZement.
because my wife can trail me with
those CATERS" was the answer, land |
am going to outgeneral her, that's all"
Eyes, l have left Fergus Falls for
good" sighed a well-known business
man from that place, as he leaned against
the Ryan counter. Il am Democrat,
as everybody knows, and to my way Of
thinking old Fergus has gone up the
spout. When Bert RaWsOn was mayor
and the council was Democratic the
town did very we'll, although times
have been very hard for years. But
now there is a Prohibition mayor and
One-half of the council is Prohibition.
EVERYTHING is closed up tighter than a
drum at 10 o'clock, and had not the cltl-
Zens declared by their vote that they
wanted license, the saloons would be
closed all the time. l never thought
that Fergus Falls, at one time the i've
lest town in all Minnesota, would
eventually be run by religious and
political fanatics. But such are the
ways of the world"
i
1.-THE Republicans in my county are
in pretty high feather" remarked L. b..
Durand, of CaSS county Yesterday,
"over the result of the convention held
at Fargo. Ali the delegates will work
hard for Gen. Allen, and if opinions
amount to anything, [ think that he
will be the first governor of North Da-
kota. There are more than enough
delegates from other counties pledged
to secure his nomination, an then his
election will be fOregone conclusion.
Smith Stimmel never stood any show,
as his own delegates threw him over
and went for Allen. The two eX-gOy-
errors, Ordway and Pierce, are having
boom worked for themselves, for the
senatOrshipS, and | shouldn't wonder,
but what they got there. They are both
gC0l men. and could we'll fill the bill"
Up to a short time ago there lived in
a little house on Rice street an old de-
crepit woman who went under the name
of Briefly. There was nothing about
the old dame that attracted any special
attention, except that her neiihbOrs
often wondered how she liued. Had her
history been known, however, she
would have perhaps been looked upon
with a little more curiosity. Mrs.
BrierIy's real name is Hannah Walken-
ford, and in her time was considered
one of the most clever hotel thieves
on the Pacific slope. She is now
about fifty years of age, but looks sew
enty, on account of the life of diSsipa-
ton which she had led in earlier times.
Nearly twenty years ago she made her
first appearance on the coast in San
Francisco. and created quite stir on
account of her somewhat remarkable
beauty. Hannah WalkenfOrd was orig
inally from small town in Wisconsin
and began her career as blackmailer
and hotel thief in Milwaukee fully
twenty-five years ago. She was at
that time tall and willoWy, with
dark hair and eyes and bewitching
face Of olive complexion. She left
Milwaukee after Matchmaking a rich
doctor out of $4,000, and next showed
up on the Pacific coast. Her plans
were to 90 to the finest hotels in every
city and remain there long enough to
get the lay of everything. In the mean
time she passed off as a widow, and al
ways dressed in deep mourning. Some
70 g., lr,f +l,a do
ceptiOn. she was accompanied by a
little girl. who, of course, called her
mamma. She would ingratiate herself
into the good graceS of wealthy male
guests and sometimes even the land
lord. She would find out where the
money, jewelry and valuabies were kept
and after allowing the wealthy male
guests to fall violently in love with her,
she would decamp with everything
save the love-lorn swain. She never
worked any other place than hotels
and did that to so good an advantage
that at one time she was reputed to be
worth over 100000 in cold cash. Ten
years ago she stole $50, 900 worth of dla
monds and jewely from a wealthy
Spaniard named SignOr Luis Donfael,
who was stopping at the Peco house
Los Angeles. a few years afterward
she was heard of at Pasadena, at that
time a very small resort. about
five miles from Los Angeles. She
had stopped there two weeks at a fash
iOnable summer boarding house called
the alameda Villa" and then left with
all the silver and valuables there were
In the house. How she did it was a
mystery. Old-timers in San Francisco
Sacramento, and even San Jose. remem-
Der Hannah Walkenford. She had hun
dreds of aliases, but the one used al
Alameda Villa" was Mrs. Sophie
Durand, of Louisville. KY" Itwas only
by accident that a GLOBE reporter
learned that old Mrs. Briefly and the
once daShlng Hannah Walkenford' were
the same, and, as he knew her for the
latter years ago, can youch for the
above.
CULLED AT THE CAPITOL.
Ernst Brand, judge of probate ant
editor Of the New Ulm Review, yeSter-
day called upon Col. Bobleter, of the