The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-08
THE WAYS OF WOMEN
Fer Entrapping Poor, mnOceRt,
GuilelesS Men.
ANEWHAMPsHIRE GIRLS SCHEME
To InGace the Man She Loved to Marry Her
1t Didn't Work-The Hamilton
Case Mystery.

Boston, Sept. IA Robert Ray Hamil-
ton case has turned up in Boston with fea-
lures very much like the famous New York
one. In this instance there was only one
Harry" preying upon = guileless young
mans fortune and only one baby, which was
borrowed and not bought. Like the New
York case, the scheme of the adventures
amounted to naught, and the young man
got off without marriage and the fair plot
ter was induced to leave for her home in
Keene, N. H. The baby, little black
haired thing, had the hardest luck of all.
The poor little tot is at No Temple place
awaitin, the coming of some charitable
person to see that it is properly provided
for.
Charles Lephard, twenty-one years Of
age, and native of Baltimore, was the OBJ
iect of the scheming woman. She who so
much desired to be the wife of young
Lephard is Miss Agnes Knight, thirty
years of age, of rather pretty form. bru-
nette with a temper and will Of her own.
She at one time earned her living as cook.
1t was while she was cuisine
goddess that young Lephard met her and
was rather pleased with her COM
pany. Notwithstanding the difference
in their ages and positions, Miss
Agnes became so deeply in love with the
young man that she at last desired that he
should marry her. Lephard thought that he
was too young to participate in SO much
happiness at one plunge He did not
mention to her the fact that he thought
her too old for him, but is said to have
privately expressed the opinion that such
no no Iata
mined in pressing her suit that at last he
came to the city to get rid of her. But Miss
Agnes Knight was, not to be so easily
shaked. Shortly after his arrival in this
city she followed him here. Two weeks
ago to-day Lephard and the persistent
Agnes rang the bell at No. 9 Temple street,
lodging house with the name G.. M.
Hunt, on the door plate. The daughter of
the landlady said that they represented
themselves as husband and wife and en-
gagged room.
Whether Lephard and Miss Knight ever
assumed the relations of husband and wife
is questioned. The borrowed baby ap-
peared on the scene Saturday morning last.
Previous to that time Miss Knight com
planned of feeling unwell, and Saturday
morning she was very sick in bed. When
the landlady's daughter entered the room
that morning and found that there was a
baby, she exclaimed: Chow dare you
come here and have baby!'
Miss Knight replied: "Well, do dare"
The landlady looked at the baby and
said: "Why, that baby is two or three
weeks old.''
Miss Knight denied it and requested that
some baby clothes be secured for the little
one. When Lephard came home that night
he found the baby there and the alleged
mother begged that he would marry her
to give the little boy baby d name. She
piteously implored Lephard to marry
her and pretended to be very sick
At first Lephard was inclined to
comply; but young as he is. he had a
faint suspicion that the baby was a pretty
healthy and robust yOungster for one just
born He cOnfided his suspicion to the
motherly looking daughter of the land
lady and she agreed with him. Then he
confided the whole story. 1t touched her
heart to think he was being imposed upon.
HE was such young innocent looking
fellow, one so free from knowledge of the
world that he aroused my sympathy" she
explained, land l told him if his story was
true l would stick to him."
Then the fun commenced. Young Lep-
hard told Miss Knight if she could prove
that he was the father of the babe and If
she was the mother, he would marry Ler;
if not, she could go her own way. DIR.
Lockhart, of Cambridge street, was sum
moned to attend the young woman in her
!
bed while Lephard was in the house, but
allowed her to be up and around when he
was out. The doctor of course, quickly put
at rest any doubts as TO the maternity OF
the child. He said that Agnes was not its
mother.
The climax came on Thursday night,
when the pretended mother made full
confession to Police Officer Purley. She
said she wanted very much to marry Lep-
hard, that she was completely infatuated
with him, and having failedtO pesuade him,
she thought by working up his feelings and
appealing to his fatherly instincts she
would be able to gain her point.
The baby is three weeks old and was pro
cured from a Mrs. Ripley on Bellerica
street, where it was left to be boarded By
its mother. After her confession, it was
decided that the best way would be to
allow the woman to leave the city if she so
desired. She was to leave her lover, but at
last decided that it would be much the
better to leave, and yesterday afternoon
Lephard bought her u ticket for KeeEe,
4 N. H, gave her some money and
saw her aboard the train. The little black
haired baby is bundled up on the sofa in
the front room at No. 9 Temple street,
where the alleged father is also stopping.
The baby will be sent to some charitable
institution as soon as arrangements can be
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