Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-28
A LADY HAS HER SAY
Mrs. W. D. Rankin Gives Her Version
of How Her Friend Got Hurt.
SHE THOUGHT THE DOCTOR HASTY.
Her Denial Of ALI Correspondence is Con.
tradicted by Mr.. Pitts.
A SAD CASE OF POSITIVE INFELICITY


Hotel on Wednesday afternoon. between a
$3.50 0'- o- -'.ASe'po1S "AU Pio'e'.
slonaI man OF Allegheny City, was one OF
the chef topics of conversation Yesterday.
:.
A'A "A IN s"'e 'onpie'o "o'oun' VI
the transaction yesterday morning. The
names of the nersone interested are now
nrbI;o nroro.,- TLo ,.foa.;o.1 -. :,
W n po-e'',, ,oo -'1- -
W. ~ nanAih' m' ", Vi NO. lVo oahuusAy
street, Allegheny City; the Mckeesport
business man is E. w. Pitts, cashier of the
PEOPLES Bank. of McKeesport. Until Mrs.
Rankin could be seen-and it was impossible to
see her meunesuay nlgnt' as no one Kne"
muete 'ne Ss "as.is was scarcely iar 70 give nel
hnn. -, "aS sno pei aon mn1 "ou.u 80 .no0s
.ha 49, "A' Pe'oA'A' ''s"ions ''' A'i"iA "
Vostora. ..
r1T nIsn - nssoa .,..~ . oa.iee as as
tho sto-r ST. = .;.,,St $50, n.n us. =.
.nI sVoiy' one sHisn-ioohins "oniah' nos
looking more tnan her age as given by hersei1,
~ years. pretty and intelligent In appearance,
and genuinely modest in her deportmept. She
was natprallv nervops as a rasnlt of tho ordeal
s,'o t,o., - .ls ' - : 80 " w
one nau sone 'nioush, anu was occasionaiiy ~.
she managed to maintain considerable self
possession.
Mrs Rant;r mos .ooor,,,,,;od h., -, ,,dor,,
,.d, n ,rhnsn "~s ~. .taS ~ @n ouy
,,;abt ~ .oee AouSe sne s'ayeu on "euneouas T
night alter tne occurrence at the hotei. Ihls
lady, who would not give her name, was with
Mrs. Rankin on the Johnstown trip, and said
that she was prepared to corroborate Mrs
Rankin,s story
.T noysr 80. ,,. p;.., hoe, ,,. .,
YOUNGSTOWN on Iuesday OF last week, MRS.
Rankin said; 80 that it Is not true, l had
known him for some time. didn't even meet
him in Johnstown a;tbar but onIv hecana az.
onainted
4N"'A0U
WITH HIM ON THE TRAIN
coming home. He and another McKeesport
gentleman were with two or three ladies who
hve a' Mcheesport ana VINO are OF the nIgnest
fespec'aDHtN
Inc eiaerly iaoy salo tnis was true, ana tnat
MT. i"ts nau acseo In very gentlemanly and
t 1pnging @ manner; IN & among other things getting
sIt is tpnen Mrs RanIn ,HH way contnned ",ho+1
did go to Johnstown against nv husband's
wishes; but, as he never took me any place.
thougnt l nad right to go, especially when
letter from NJ PITS sstinr e t ae, hi any
met him at the postofice corner as cot off
the car from Allegheny, and the reason 1 went
20 tne Sentral hotei was tnat l considered 1t
and smrostS ~ ssatu .h " LIN On .ne srse
didt oer o,,or oat ~ "T H. w .ne no.el paLior'
and If had Sone a. ~ ;ntandas ~, ,.,so, nini
Svcnid nor haya none 20 tha Sat.oi any "tHns, ~;
where am Lnoun o,S wbara Nr pan,;, ho
natiants Whan The noo,nr ,o,,,n i,, M ,.n nao
for got mn 20 intrnd,oo H. -. NJ III 0;. Pa
the 6octnr Sdn;t ,uait hi W NJ IT. ei..s pus
nnon M p;tts Thn 80, 'nS~ Su' iusnGu
as published in TIE D1sp ia Correct e", Tbs,
doctor Uonldnit have done Il tbonrh ,f he
hadn't been intoxicated The dnctnr can,t have We
anvtbing also againet nv cbo raotor oxoont th;s
story and If Iintandad 70 do ,rouc GA ,rnp'ISn,t
have gone to that hotel narlor % rvhera To rnnv,
nersons and where evarvona conid SOC ns
'o
CONSIDERABLY OvERESTIMATED.
at ,.. e. .y A., p,
want W Say MIS-. hankIn remarked,
that all the papers are wrong about my age.
am only 10 years old, instead OF % have
been married for two years, and lived yery
bonn;lv u,;th Nv D, nL;r for ,aar a,d ,hnIf
nsppns VIII u - ma nh,n .or year anu nsil.
IL was during tne hoiidays that the trouble
began"
Here Mrs Rankin-we into a statement
largelv made mn of reorimipations. which bring
q; - hrsh,rd ona th;-d ,ortios ond ,vbioh !,
in ne, hu'pA"u @uu snAu p"i'ieo "no "ntS. ~
would scarce nelp the case any TO puDllsn, /.
unless substantiated in a more formal way.]
Mrs. Rankin then explained where she went
wodnasdov of+ornoo, ottor Ioav;rc tho botoI