The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-24
LOVE AND THE Law.
A Marriage Prevented . Day
Before the Data.
JEWELS OBTAINED sY FRAUD.
The Groom- Elect Forced by Jsvsler
20 Return q. 900 worth Of
wedding Presents


The chance ernnnura Of the character Of
vouns man vho wss = NAV the mart Of groom
in : hfxh vadiiro ve~terd A. afternoon broke
M that event. neariv broke the heart OF his
faithful bride-tohe srd bedlv shattered the
faith ID human nstnre a several business men
in seattle. NJ charlea q Winereich. son Of
Henry Winereich the veaIfhy Wholesale wine
merchant Of gacra mento cal was the .syi,iian''
in the LIT drama and Miss Rosina A. Morse
the pretty and accom- nltshed dauehter Of O. n
Morse. Of the Arlinctnn hotel. Il the young
lady who had Il NOT bean for ! mere accident
would now be the wife al : clever but uupfin-
cipled adventurer.
About two weeks ago Charles Winereich ar
rived In thi. c;fv and ,aeieterad at the Arlinx-
ton hotel. He was vsrmlv Welcomed by MI.
Morse. the proprietor with whom he had been
acoua,nted for 4 lone time n Sacramento Mr..
Morse had Known the Young mans father for
thirty years and was e,ad to see his son after an
interval Of several wears in which he had heard
little Of him. Mr.. Winereich was introduced 70
Mrs. Morse and to his old friend aud school
mate Miss Rssina Morse. the daughter. Miss
Morse had known him AZ the brilliant, rich and
popular Young man Of sacramento that he was
q few years ago. and from his frank and eener-
Gus behavior had no cauae 70 think him other
wise nov. The acnus intance between the two
soon became Z little more than mere friend
ship. and after 4 short courtship Miss Morse ac-
cep.ed his offer of marriage, ana the ceremony
was to have been performed yester6ay afternoon
by Rev John +. Damon.
Just what MI. Winereich's full plans were no
one ct this time knows except perhaps Mr.
Winereich himself and II il doubtful il even he
figured out the cost Of his undertaking He
went about the preparations for the wedding
with great interest and cleverness He told Mr.
Morse coundentially that he had Is 600 in the
First National bank &C Sacramento. that he had
house and lot ct San Francisco. and q large
ranch In Stanislaus county besidea To his in
tended bride he nrofessed the greatest devotion
and regard He told her that he had sent for
hin father and mother and that they would be
present at the ceremony a well n one or two Of
his sisters
To further carry out his deceit he went to Nh
Frank CLAYTON clerk In Basye's lie welry store
Mr.. CLAYTON had known him wen in Sacramento
several years ago. knew him to be the son of !
wealthy man and hayine never heard any.
thing 10 the contrarv. believed him - be
thoroughly honest vonnr man. Not satisfed
with such : small purchase. M. Winereich made
other purchases amounting in yalae 10 $4,000
He purchased OF different CLERKS
on Tuesday evening and Wednes-
day morning the various articles
going mn 10 make this Amount giving hie indf.
vfdusl note tn Mr.. CLAYTON for the diffsrent
amounts He honght 4 s250 silver dinner set
q gold bracelet. two diamond rings. Z 500 gold
watch. = $3.50 iady's gold watch. : $3.50 diamond
shirt stnd and varions other tr;ntetn To Mr.
Basve he intirnated in an ofF.hand vsv his re-
lation ID Nj. Henry Winereich. and in the same
careless wav gave him the impression that he
owned cona;darahia hlock ~ ANA II seeftl.
a. we'll s. considerah,a ,,ronertv in other ,,.cs.'
several old acouaintances Who had known him
wears ago heppened IN and shook hands and
the ;eweler belieyed him when he said that he
had drawrf,on his banker through Dexter Hor.
ton q cos for 50 ON
twas not until "wednesday afternoon that a
clond came over Mr. Winereich,s bright nros-
meets a gentleman. who had recentlv been in
Sacrament and knew the Young man in later
vears. chancei to meet HIM Il, thu iewelrv store
"Hello old how he said. rooi-natnreflv.
sstruck ! mine?p
ayes = he answered. .am going To Get mar
RED. Father and mother and Kitty are here at
the Rainier and the ceremony Il 70 Ia ner.
formed tomorrow
He sail this with an effort and appeared ner.
yops. soon after he left the store and went M
to see his afianced. The Sacramento gentle
nan re STAYED : momsnt ioneer $3.50
sThat fellow has some very nice folksn he
ssid to Mr. Basye. atut he In 4 black m cen and
can't get trusted for 4 nickel where he is
knownn
This was revelation. A few minutes later
search was made for the father and mother and
W discovered that thew were n the civ
The vounp man Was found and confron tad with
his yillainy. It took an hour or two to break
down the statements he made and to ret back
III jewelry he had secured, but it was ali done
finally.
The expectant groom had sent the silyerware
ana iewelry to Miss Morse with the compile
ments OF his relatives. One plesent bore card
with the inscription:
0To Charles and Rosina.
Compliments,
Mrs. Humes"
Another read.
81 hone Won viii be an good to Charley a he
vas 70 his sisters. Mrs. III. Clay CHIpxAN.n
The cold bracelet was represented as coming
from the father and one of the diamond rings
from his mother. 500 gold watch he kept
himself and had engraved ON the case:
Good Luck. NV Boy-H.W."
The match was OF course. inn ned ately broken
off and the young maa was ignomiuiously
ss.., ~ ho.t e., aow,, cn,na weana.d.v