Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-04-21
BANKS is CRANK.
He Thinks He Is to Marry Ga
brielle Greeley,
AND PREPARES HIS WEDDING SUIT.

Prospect of Trouble at the Marriage
Thursday of Horace GreeIey's Only
Surviving Child to Rev. Mr. Giendin-
ing-Banks Insane Love for the Pros
pective Bride, and Skill as a Cooper
Miss Gabrielle Tells Reporter What
She Knows About Him.
NEW YORK, April 2l.-Miss Gabrielle
Greeley, the only surviving child of Hor-
ace Greeley, whose wedding with Rev.
Frank Montross Glendining will take
place at Pleasantville, N Y, on Thursday
morning next, heard last evening some
What alarming report from Black Rock,
near Buffalo, to the effect that Alfred II.
Banks, formerly resident of Chappaqua,
imagines he is the happy man, and is COM
ing on to claim her. Banks is crank. He
has bought a wedding suit of the finest
broadcloth, and undoubtedly is in earnest.
He lived in Chappaqua, the home of Miss
Greeley, for two years, working in the
cooper shop of \. ]. Quimby. He proved
to be great workman In one week he
made more than twice as many barrels as
a first-class man ordinarily turns out in a
weeks time.
His rawlings About 'Gaby.''
He is fine, strapping, big southerner,
with black beard and eyes, very muscu-
lar man, and one possessing great powers
Of endurance. He displayed many pecul.
iarities while in Mr.. Quimbys employ,
chef among which was his devotion to
Miss Greeley, about whom he talked on
all occasions He called her "Gaby,"
raved about her white teeth, and declared
that she had promised to marry him.
Banks annoyed Miss Greeley so persistent
ly that she became afraid of hin. Ar
engagements have been made to have him
arrested if he causes any trouble on the
wedding day.
Gave Miss Greeley Fright.
~ reporter saw Miss Greeley at the
Chappaqua farm last night. Il have Just
heard the rumor about Mr. Banks coming
here she said: Pm sure | hope he
won't come. Pm afraid of him little
bit, you know. Not that he was ever dis
respectful to me, but he is wild at times,
AND You never know what a man like that
will do. He gave me great fright before
ne vent away. He came and presented me
with knife. l found him at the door
with the knife i'll his hand, and 1 was
really frightened. He has sent me letters
since he left here.
Would Make Her Queen of Heaven.
81 never answered them. They were
great, long, rambling letters on foolscap,
written in red ink and full of queer SCRIPT
tural interpretations. He was man who
taken necessarily and most on the script
ures. always looked upon him as what
is called a crank. OF course never prom
ised to marry him, nor did We ever have
any conversation on the subject. He
never asked me, for that matter. The
nearest he ever came to it was to say that
If be was king OF heaven he would make
me his queen.
Couldn't Get Rid of Him.
Il could not keep him away from the Sun
day school and he forced his services on
me in many cases where ! would have
been glad to dispense with them He was
so persistent that at length / became
alarmed and was very glad to see him
leave the village"
Nh. Glendining laughed when he heard
OF the love OF Mr.. Banks for Miss Greeley.
When it was stated that Mr.. Banks
wanted to marry Miss Greeley he said:
why, so have scores of other men"