St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
DUPE OF A BAD DUDE,
A Confiding Pennsylvania
Girl Swindled by a Base
Chieagoan.
Under Promise Of Marriage
He Borrowed Every Cent
She Had.
Three More Bodies Taken
From the Ruins of Indian
polls Death-Trap.
One Unfortunate Fireman Is
Still Entombed in the
Burning Debris.

CHICAGO, March 1s.-A story brist-
ling with romance and told by a de-
mure young woman, Leonora EnSel,
caused the arrest this evening Of Clar-
ence Krout, the owner of a candy fac
tory at No. 40 Franklin street. The
police also arrested Mrs. j. Ell. Will
Jams. and are looking for Krout's
mother. Miss Ensel, in her mar
rative to the police, said
her home was in Fayette City, Pa, and
that her father is John Ensell, a
wealthy glass manufacturer. Three
years ago her mother died. leaving $50
600 to be divided between Miss Ensell
and brother when they came of
age. While visiting an aunt at
a neighboring summer resort
last season Miss Ensell says
she met KrOut and his mother and
finally became engaged to him. 81 was
infatuated with the man." said Miss
Ensel. and when he said he could not
marry me, then Ifelt ready to make any
sacrifice TO not be parted from him."
KrOat suggested that she come to Chi
cago with him and his mother. There
they would soon marry. She con-
sented, and evading the female
relative thew started for this
city. Meanwhile the girl says her father
knew nothing of her whereabouts. and
what steps he took to discover her is not
known. With the party in Chicago a
week passed. and then Krout with a
troubled cOuntenance told Miss EnSel
he was temporarily in
Great Need of Money.
She loaned him some money. This
occurred several times. until at the end
OF two weeks Krout was indebted to
her quite tidy little sum. About this
time the Mis-. j. H. Williams who cuts
a figure in the case confronted Leonora
and demanded to know why she
was there. Mrs. Williams declared
tnat she was the lawful wife of
KrOut. and that | was alternating
his affections from her. This news nearly
drove me frantic" says Leonora. ''yet
so great was my trust in KrOut that
when he denounced the statement as
false | believed him." But KrOut's in
tentiOns were soon manifested in an
other direction. He again applied to her
for money, and learning that she had
none, induced her to write her father
for funds. This she did, claiming she
had been married. Her father re-
spOnded, and after Gliding her for her
lll-adVlSed conduct sent the desired
money. He also wrote that if she
would prove her marriage to him by
sending copies of the license
send her $1,000 of the money
that would be hers on arriv-
ing OF age. KrOut and his mother
seemed greatly pleased at this PROPOSE
ton, and they arranged plan, as she
now believes, to secure the sum prom
ised by unlawful means. The mother
and son desired that she should fill out
blank license and certificate and
Send the Bogus Documents
to the father. Her steadfast refusal to
become party to such proceedings
greatly enraged Krout and his mother.
They whipped her and abused her,
LeOnOra charges. in many ways. depriv-
ing her at times of clothing and did all
in their power to mortify her. The
Williams woman made her appearance
at the house frequently and threatened
to kill the girl. according to her
story. Help appeared for the girl in
tie person of Mrs. Whiting, who lived
next door. Mrs. Whiting volunteered
to assist the girl, and together they
sought the police. The charge against
the Krouts is conspiracy. On being ar
rested Mrs. Williams repeated the as
SertiOn that she was Kr0ut's wife. but
when questioned as to details became
confused. KrOuI is a dudish-looking
fellow about thirty years of age. He
denies the whole story.