St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-27
She Married Young Barton for
His Money and Got
Left.
His Papa Enforces a Separa-
tion and Reads the Riot
Act to Delilah.
Sioux Commissioners Strike
a Big Snag at Standing
Rock.
Special to the Globe.

OMAHA, Neb., July ga society
sensation with a plot Intricate. Ingen-
iouS and deep enough to form the basis
of a most fascinating novel after the
French pattern has just come to light
here. The dramatis persona consist OF
K.C.Bartop, son of the millionaire preSi-
dent of the Omaha Smelling works.
Miss Fannie Bridges, prominent young
lady of Ogdensburg, n. Y, and heavy
william of the most approved pattern
named Hallam. Miss Bridges is not a
beautiful heroine, but IS bright naive
intense-in short. thoroughly attractive.
Hallam is handsome man, intellectual
and fascinating. the sort OF fellow that
everybody likes and that women find
it easy to love. When he arrived at
Ogdensburg he had one of the chlet
characteristics of the popular hero-he
was somewhat dissolute. He drank, he
played dice and was that supreme
magnet. a dangerous man. Miss
Bridges foster mother conceived a
philanthOrpIc affection for him and in
vited him to her home. Miss Bridges
fell madly in love with him. He was
poor. She had no money. She could
not afford to marry, but they might
eniOy the eOnsummatiOn of love with
out the formal wedlock. 1t was
the antiquated story OF a coWardlY
man and a woman to whom love was
everything. In the midst of this romance
the scene shifted. Miss Bridges came
to Omaha to visit relatives, who move
in the best circles. She went every
where. and her VivacIty, which was not
without trace Of chic, won the hearts
of many male admirers. Among them
was MIR. Barton. Before she returned
they we're engaged, and few weeks
ago they were
MARRIED AT OGDENSBURG
in fine style, the wealthy parents of the
groom and a small and cOngeniaI party
of Omaha society people going from
here to attend the wedding. Among
the guests was Hallam, who so far cap
tivated the groom as to secure from him
an invitation to visit him and his wife
in Omaha. One morning shortly after
his return to Omaha Hon. Guy G. Bar
ton, the father of the groom, received
letter and a package of letters from
Ogdensburg which proved beyond doubt
that in marrying Miss Bridges his son
had become the victim of one OF the
most audaciouS and villainous plots ever
concocted in reality or fiction. The let
ter was from an old friend.
The package contained letters written
by Miss Bridges to Hallam. most OF
them subsequent to her marriage TO
Barton. They showed that her union
with Barton was the result OF plot be-
tween herself and Hallam. They showed
that the original design was that Hal
lam should meet the husband wife at
Montreal, where they expected to stop
during the wedding journey; that Hal
lum should there induce the husband to
drink drugged liquor: that In this con-
dition he should be taken to house OF
prostitution: ne should be discOveredln
the most public way possible; that his
dishonored and indignant bride should
leave him and bring suit for divorce and
alimony. and with the proceeds she
and HaIlam were to be married.
For some reason HallOm did not
materialiZe in Montreal, and after
this the conspiracy assumed most
serious shape. The details of this
part of the pIot-could not be secured.
and it is probable that time and OpDOr-
tunity had been lacking for anything
beyond the mere suggestion OF thought
to perpetrate the deed. Armed with
these letters. and accompanied by an
attorney, the father
INTERCEPTED THE BRIDAL COUPLE
in St. Louis. When confronted with
the evidence Mrs. Barton made no de-
NAL, and beyond a few tears showed no
particular emotion. An Immediate sep
aration was insisted upon and agreed
to, although she strongly objected to a
redistribution of the wedding presents
to the donors. The informant in the
affair is a lawyer at Ogdensburg. and
had long been companion of Hallam.
1t appears from the evidence that he
had been a party to the plot up to the
time the final suggestion had been
made. There his conscience Overcame
him. and he went to the intimate friend
of the father above referred to, made
clean breast of the whole thing and de-
livered over the letters which Hallam
had put IN his safe.