Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-13
MRS. BLOSSOMS RUsE.
She Disguised Herself and Won Her Hus-
bands Money at Baden-Baden.

She Disguised Herself and Won Her Hus-
bands Money at Baden-Baden.
r I. Simmons, an old operator in the
Iitusville oil regions, tells this story to
correspondent of the Philadelphia Times:
zone day received foreign letter post
marked Baden-Baden. 1t was a hastily
written note from Mrs. Dobson, inclosing
draft for $1,000 and asking me to come to
Baden Baden at once. was doing little
but enjoying myself, so I packed few
things, and in two days after receiv-
ing the letter was on the ocean bound to
Baden Baden. Arrived there l found my
old FREUD and partner, Dobson, in de-
plorable state. He had taken to drinking
heavily and playing with great reckless
ness. In SIX months he had wrecked him
self physically and lost his entire fortune,
amounting in all to S25O,0O0. found him
confined to his bed in hotel and his mind
bordering on madness.
"Then Mrs. Dobson told me a strange
story, and moreover, produced corroborative
evidence of the truth Of it. She was a
large, black-eyed woman, and, although Just
a tribe masculine in her features, was strik-
ingly handsome and woman of uncommon
business qualifications. She had studied
for the lyric stage and had sung in several
public concerts, but, inheriting fortune,
she abandoned the stage and afterward mar
ried Dobson. Her story was most peculiar
After coming to Baden-Baden with her hus-
band he became slave to liquor and being
a reckless gambler, with plenty of money,
was soon habitue of the gambling
rooms and losing large sums nightly. At
times he would not appear at home for a
week and always Intoxicated.
''To save her husband and his fortune
Mrs. Dobson had to resort to a magnificent
strategy. She was fine card player her
self, and set out to win her husb band S money
at the gaming table. She cutoff her beauti-
full hair to help along her disguise, and ar
raging herself in the outfit of a Baden
Baden sport she frequented the gambling
rooms and played against her husband at
every opportunity. Dobson was a high
roller and paid his losses like thorc Igh-
bred, and one night when he was especially
maudln Mrs. Dobson went home with 500
600 of his money. In three months she won
his last cent, something like $4,000, and
produced her bank book to show me where
she had it deposited.
''Poor Dobson knew that he had lost his
money, but never suspected that his wife
won 1T and had 1t safe in bank. He had
become brutal toward her in his drunken
frenzy and once or twice had threatened
her life She knew l had some influence
over him and had sent for me to help restore
him to his proper senses and get him back
to the United States. got Dobson weaned
from the bottle, and when he was in proper
frame of mind told him the story that his
wife had told me. He went to his wife,
who was then i'll from over-exertion and
anxiety, asked her forgiveness and prom
ised in the most earnest manner to make
amends for his past shortcomings. He
seemed to be the most contented man in
Baden Baden, but two weeks later, while in
a public park, he fred pistol ball into his
brain and died almost instantly