Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-05
TRUE LOVERS not.
The Seductive Drummer md His
Victim.
The story Of Their Arres. a. ,.n.a,.
-Earsuse to Davenpsrt-sl larayce
Feared Pabl,cisy.

Chief Frank Kessler. OF the Davenport
police force, accompanied by Mr.. Cyrus
valentine, of South Rock Islar a. are ex.
pected toarriveinD Davenport al 10 O'Clock
tonight with the commercial drummer
and Mr.. Valentines sixteen year old
daughter who eloped from Rock Island
Tuesday evening and were captured =,
Dubuque the following day as detailed in
last nights ARGUS The sedueer,s correct
name is w. Fl. Allardyce and the
girls right name Alice Valentine. Chief
kessler and Mr.. Valentine could have
gotten back this morning by coming
down on the Milwaukee on Il is side, but
the chief thought best not to give the
fellow, AllardYce, chanc, to make
trouble by coming into Illino with him.
SO they will reach Davenport by a cir
csitous route. keeping within the bounds
Of Iowa. The fact that Allsrdyce ex
pressed great fear of having the circum-
stances OF the case given publicity on his
arrest at Dubuque leads to the belief that
ne may have wife somev here in the
country. Whether he has or not his
scoundrelism in this case warrants the
severest penalty that the Law can i'm pose.
The Dubuque Times gives the follow.
ing account of the manner in which the
clipping couple came to grief in that city.
A young couple dismou nted from the
Y. M. q st. p. train from The south last
evening. took a carriage and drove to the
Lorimier House. Just as the carriage
drove away Marshal Rice ppeard on the
scene. made some inquiries and then left
the depot as suddenly as ne had come.
The carriage drove to the I,orimier where
the man registered ss w. Ii. Allen and
wife, N. Y. The couple where assigned
TO room A and while THERE luggage was
taken up sat down ID rest / 1 the hotel par
lors. The man was of medium height.
with black roustache and black ewes
He was about SO years oil. dressed and
looking like travelling man. His com.
panion was girl of abou, eighteen years.
tall and rather slender, wi Ii a good figure
ana prett face. She was neatly, though
not fashionably dressed ia dark colors.
Anyone might have known at glance
that she and MIR. w ii. Allen" were not
man and wife. They were still seated in
the pariors, talking and waiting for their
room to be made ready when again Mar
shsl Rice put in his appearance. He had
in his pocket u telegram received an hour
before:
ROCK ISLAND. Ills, Dec. TO
Chief OF Police, Dubuque: Look out for
tall, dark complexioned man. with black
moustache and eyes. Well dressed, with
him is tall. slender girl, seventeen years
old. named Alice Valentine. Arrest them.
PHIL. MILLER.
City Marshal,
Rock Island. Ill.
CLERK Tyson, of the Lorimier, read the
telegram. Then he casually dropped
into the parlor and look cd at " Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Allen. N. y" as they sat
there. all unconscious. Out he wicked
then and SAID to Marshal Rice, who was
waiting in the hall: Those are your
people" 'Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Allen
were very much astonished that anyont
should dare talk of ARE sting them. "Mr
Allen" tried 10 explain hat it was all
mistake. But they went with the mar
shsl to police headquar ters. They were
not forced to spend the night In a dun.
geon cell but were lock ed up in the police
court room and man set to watch them
MIR. W. FL. Allen. of N Y" sat down
IN an essy chair. turne1 his back on the
girl. put his feet up on the table, pulled
his hat down over his black moustache
and pretended to sleep. The girl was
given comfortable chair. and sitting
there with her cloak and hat still on, she
dozed away. She was evidently not used
to being up late at night. Don't put il
in the paper" pleaded univ. ii. Allen. !"
1T will hurt my trade on the road. / am
cigar salesman and iravel from Chica-
go. which, of course, he is not
This isn't an elopement or marriage
or anything of that kind. The lady
wanted to come up here on little pleas
ure trip and told her to come along.
That's all. just little pleasure trip.
There is nothing In T. for a newspaper
Why. no; leave it out. tn hurt my bus
mess"
The girl woke up from her ioze as she
heard mir. w. IL. Aliens" voice. As
she listened to his fairy tale slow smile
crept over her face md she turned away
again.