St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-24

was placed by them, but the woman
never returned.
when twilight came on the children
became frightened and ate some of the
food. They sobbed themselves to sleep.
All tbs. next day they remained thete
till i'll the evening they heard footballs
and screamed out. They succeeded in
attracting the attention of young man,
who subsequently turned out to be Jo-
sefson- He took them under his care,
learned their story, succeeded i'll getting
them to sea port town and placed
them in charge of some relatives of his,
who brought them up until the boy be-
came old enough to ship as cabin boy.
He was never heard of again. Josefson,
who was sea-faring man, visited the
woman who had charge of the girl, An
tonia, from time to time, till at last he
determined TO leave the country and
Take Antonio With Him
She was by this time grown girl
he placed her in service i'll New York.
She went to work for different people.
teaching and taking care OF their chill
dren in the capacity of goyerness.
sin the meanwhile Josefson was run
ming on the steamers between ASpin-
wall and New York. He paid great at
tentiOn to Antonio, but one day he made
a proposal which incensed her so greatly
that parting ensued. He went back
on the steamer to Aspinwall and got
transferred to the steamers on the other
side of the isthmus running from Pan
anna to San Francisco. For time she
lost trace of him, but in some manner or
other managed to locate him in this city.
She concluded to condoDe his otfense,
and came out here with the idea that if
lie was willing to marry her she would
become his wife,
They met and their friendship was
renewed. She conveyed her iGea in
coming out, and he asked time to con-
slider the matrimonial question. Then
followed solemn promise of marriage.
"He continued to find excuses for de-
laying the ceremony until she was conf
PEELED to tell him that he was in honor
bound to fulfill his promise. For an
swer he cast her off and told her she
was not the kind of woman that
Could Possibly he His Wife.
she went away, and a child was born
which did not survive. Her funds
gave out, and she was obliged to go
into service.
From that time on the dominate ne
idea in her mind was revenge. Every
thing else was blank to her; she did
her work mechanically; her mind was
far away. Several times she was on
the verge of suicide. At last she re-
solved to send letter to Josefson
making an appointment for a meeting.
The letter reached him, and the meet
ing took place. Under promise of
reparatiOn the friendship was renewed.
but, as might have been expected, 1t
ended in JoSefSon lntimating in scOrn-
full tones that lie had no further use for
her. 1t was then she killed him.
ION her release from Jail she met
Henry Bergdorff, and the two went to
live in Alameda county. They married
and lived together for about a year,
when galloping consumption carried her
off i'll the county intrmary.
'Bergdortf became very Respondent
over the loss of his wife, to whom he
was dev0tedly attached. He did not
long survive her. They left no children.
l am told that Bergdorf erected a mon.
ument to the memory of the unfortunate
woman, who now sleeps we'll after life's
fitful fever. What her true place might
be in the records of the great Apponyi
family God only knows. He made her,
and He alone can judge her."