Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-12-05
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Elopcment of Saratoga Girl With III :.
Husband of For Best Friend-A Chicago


Elopcment of Saratoga Girl With ~,
Husband of Ecr Best Friend-A Chlca,~,,
Runaway.
SARATOGA. n. V. Nov. 2S.-On Thursday
of last week Helen st. John disappeared UNI
observed from the home of her parents
Search of her room showed that her ward
robe and trunks were also gone. Where had
she gone and what had become of her,
were the questions anXiously asked by no,
family and friends. 1t is now learned
that on the day she left home she was
seen in Albany in company with a
married man, and that together
they took passage for 3. point far ives,
1t is case of elopement, and with a man
whose wife and Miss st. John were intimate
friends. The man is Frank j. Stroud. Of
279 West Trenty- sixth street, New York
where he has left his forsal1cn wife without
a cent for her support. Stroud is about 70
years old. He is an electrician. In the
summer of 1880 he came here with his wife
to visit his fathcr-in-law, George Wicken.
in Greenfield, this county. Leaving
his wife at her fathers, Stroud Sc
cured employment with the Sara
toga Electric Light company and
boarded with Samuel St. John on Wash.
ington street. An intimacy soon spranp nm
between him and Miss st. John, and which
as would now appear, became of an intimate
character. Miss st. John and Miss Wiclan
were very dear friends before the lattar
married Stroud, and little did she think how
soon she would provo to be her greatest foe
Stroud had accumulated about 81, 300 while
he was in business here. About two weeks
ago he returned to his home in New Yorl,
remaining a few days, drew out of the banl,
STO0 which he had on deposit there and loft
on the same day that Miss St. John disan.
pcared from her home. What aroused
his wife's suspicious of an e1ona.
mcnt was that her return here from
a visit to New York last summer
she found a letter written by Miss St. John
to her husband, telling him how dearly she
loved him, and upbraiding him for his cold
ness toward her after tho arrival Of his
wife. In New York Stroud worked for
Bogart, corner of Fourteenth street and
Union square. Miss Helen ST. John is about
90 years of age She was one of Saratoga's
most beautiful resident bellies, prominent
in church work, popular in social life, and
irreproachable character. Her infatuation
and fall is shock to all the proprieties.
and is felt by her family and friends as a
heavier at1iictton than her death would have
been.
Run Away 60 Be married..
RACINE, Wis, Nov. 2s.-Two men and
three women arrived on the 2 o'clock train
yesterday morning. They were from Chi
cago and one of the couples wanted to get
married Immediately. Rev. Charles Per-
cival was called from his bed, and
as the contracting parties ans
wcred al the questions required in sat-
isfactory manner the knot was tied. They
pledged the preacher to secrecy and then
went to Il hotel, where the newly married
couple registered rs S. Huthbertson and
wife. The names of the others were z A.
Erickson and wife and Mrs. w. DeCaskey.
1T is supposed to have been runaway
match. The brides maiden name was Erck-
son and her home was in South Chicago.