The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-21
IN PRISON FOR HIS LOVE.
STRANGE STORY OF YOUNG CHI
CAGO NEWS CARRIER.
Loved BY Rich Mans Daughter-The
Millionaire Had Him Arrested By


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CHICAGO, Aug. 1s.-The doors Of peni-
Tertiary are about to open and restore the
liberty of a youth of p, whose only crime
was that be loved aud wol the heart of
mill MARES daughter. The facts in the
! case of this ill-fa ed young man mora than
support the marvellous fiction of Edmund
! Dautes.
An eiitor some years ago organized a
new company and was finally forced
to give his note for 100000 The note fell
due
Tee editor said he would pay it when GER
| tain real estate ira lsacsIOus thea pendi z
were ompleted. Many times ne made the
same excuse. and the affairs Of the editor
a q his paper came more ent ngled One
day while the editor sal at his desk visitor
called He was a relative of the Node Of
the editors note for 100000, and came as
thei" representative
81 give YOU" SAID The visitor, Just one
week IN which 10 meet that note or to pre-
pare to go to jail"
Then the editor bestirred himself and
demonstrated to himself how easy it must
have been for him to make 70 tune selling
books. He fou d a friend whom he had
| thus far overlooked, a IL got So, 900.
He ent TO a contractor who lad lar re
municipal AK % Grind aDd needed new SPA
per influence and got 5000. From vari-
Gus sources came contributions which
sweled the sum TO over $4,000.
NOT AFRAID OF THREATS.
Then the editor, with only six more days
to his credit, began to fear that mis- hand
had lost lis cunnI z. Accident favored him.
Another newspaper had uneGr he a ire
me ldous .ensatiol which chiefly c)ncerned
the plutocrat of this istory. 1t was a
matter of gossip which reach d the editors
ears that the Sc lsation would never be
given I, the public for the reason that the
ma Of wealth, upon icing Interviewed, had
| sail:
"If you publish such an article, will be
| justified in killing you" The ex-book agent
mad come honestly by his title Threa of
| killing were of no consequence. He pat
four Of his best men to work and in [ rec
| days was in possession Of the other papers
| story, whose truth was abundantly atrested
| by names, dates, htiidavitS, and certified
! copies of legal documan
The story was alb ut as follows: Crank
| Donahue, an Industrious fellow scarcely Is
| years OF age, became, some eighteen or
| twenty mon,hs ago, the owner of a profit
| able ne wspaper carriers route in fashion
| able residence portion Of the city. One of
| his patrons was millionaire manufactures
| whose reside &c was most imposing on
| the young carriers route. He arrived at
this point on his route nearly as soon as it
| was light before even the servants were
astir. For long time he saw no one. The
| handsome mansion might have been de-
serted for aught he knew Finally, one
morning. hesaw regarding him smlhngly
| from second-stOry front window young
| girl Of charming thong rather childish
features, and the loYeliest bio de curls the
| carrier thought he had ever seem The girl
was smiling at him. There could be- nc
| mistake.
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Then the carrier learned what had all
! along puzzled him. Why the ola gh Ell of
a millionaire should desire the attention of
a newspaper carrier. She was a victim t.
the DEGREES Of fashi N. She was too old to
be allowed the license of q child, aud too
young to have any part In the social .elax-
atloI of adult. There mad long been re-
bellon in her breast. She saw the carrier
was strong. good-iooking and manly
smiled upon him, first in coquetry, then il
| interest, then in affection, now sue loved
him, told him so and slyly allowed him t.
kiss her twice every mornl <. Ole morn.
ing the girl was pensive and preoccupled
| The carrier referred to the cha ge Of mood
and tenderlv insist d o being told the rea
son OF it. Reluctantly she replied:
" Pm almost sure we have been observed
You mu,t come earlier aid we must be very
ca eful'
" hat very day the carrier received
no e from the millionaire manufacturer
as ling him TO call at his Office. lie went
with some misgIvings but bravely. There
vas long talk in the private office. Tn
millionaire was pleasant in tone and Ian
guage, Smade no harsh remarks nor threa
Of any kind, but was very firm on nt
point. He wrote check for an amour
that almost made the carriers heart sto
beating. But he would not have touched i
With tie conditions attac ned naI his re
fusal meant death. The manufacturer tor
u THIS Geek and wrote another for doub
the amount of the first.
The carriers face was as white as ashe
when he arose from his chair AMI stou
before the millionaire.
~ loIeyour daughter, sir, and he love
me. She has promised to be my wife an,
l all your mllliOls do not equal in my esteem
the alue of that PROMISE
v Tho millionaire manufacturer smile
y pleasantly, ggod the carrier to resum
his seat, ana left the room. Presently h
came uacN, a II in a manner That wa
almost fatherly, asked the carrier all abou
his business and his ambi MS He CAV
the young man much good advice, told hir
he was much too young to think of marry
ing, and assured him of his llndliest inter
" est III his future At this point ere wa
, | knock at the door, and the manufacturer
rising, dismissed tle carrier with an ell
couraglng tap on the shoulder.
NV hen the carrier had wa ked one bloc
from the mlllionaire'S office he 3as ioine
by John Allen, a former companion. VIII
. had fallen Into bad ways and had sper
some months ii the county Jail
: ARRESTED BY DETECTIVES.
Together they walked another block
: when two detectives in plaln clothes an
n proacaed aud arrested them both on a wal
rant charg ng them with burglary. 1t wa
useless for the carrier to protest MS IN lc
= cence. He was taken to all, waere. tn
very next day, he learned that Allen ha
!, | turned states evidence and had been RI
d leased, and that he, Frank Donahue, ha
been indicted for larceny. In me wa
= the girl learned of her lovers predicamen
: secretly she disposed of ONE small a a
Giles of jeNelry that would not likely b
| missed, and with $25 her pocket visite
tue office of young lawyer named Grice
B. whose cial engagement, were a good dea
o more DESTROYS tina niS clients were numsr
Gus, AID enga 5ed him to defend her lover
! La yer Grice had a intervie, with D )ns
hue, in which the unfortunate youth ope a
his heart to its very bottom, and the lef
him to hi nself for nearly week. The
he called at his clients cell again, and, wit
{ a very lJhg face, declared that the carrier
Y only hope was IN plea Of guilty.
t But am no. guilty. said toe prisoner
S II would rather die than plead guilty whe
, | [ am innocent