, 1891-05-02
TWO GOLD LOCKETS.
Romantic Story from the
Shores of Old England.
Sad End to a Lovers Search
for His Sweetheart
Consumption Claiming the
Sioux at Chicago.

NAAAAhNs HAAN - uE A4NAA Nl a AlHlll
old gold locket with a small pearl in the
center, which was stolen from William
Watterson st. Leonard, an ~aristocrati,
young Englishman, in the depot of the
Northwestern railroad last Saturday night
brought to light one Of the most roman.
tic and straugcst OF stories.
Nine years ago the families OF John
Kirby St, Leonard and John Forn5y
lived in adjoining mansions in Ken.
singtou, West London. Both families
were a]ristocratic and moved IN high So
ciety. The two men were partners in q
banking business and the members OF
their families were on the closest terms Of
intimacy.
Young St Leonard declared his love for
Mr.. Fornby's daughter Mabel about ten
wears ago, aud the two became engaged to
be married. The young lovers had two
little lOckets made. each with a pearl IN
the center. Each sworc to keep the
trinket until death.
About six months before the wedding
was TO take place the tirm failed. Mr. st
Leonard, half wild with excitement, at
tributed the failure to ms partner bad
speCulations, and, taking all the money
that remained, about $4,000, disap-
peaTed, leaving his wife and only SON.
The same day Fornby, with only a few
dollars IN his pocket, accompanied by his
motherless daughter, also disappeared.
BY a strange coincidence all three en-
gagged passage on a sailing vessel which
vas bound for New York.
The vessel was well under WAY before
st. Leonard discovered that his former
partner and his daughter were his fellow
passengers. \ stormy scene ensued The
next day it was reported that old st..
Leonard in some mysterious way had
fallen overheard. No one suspected chat
a crime had been committed.
Arrived in America Foruby com
menced to speculate and in a short time
he found himself penuiless. He deserted
his daughter, who driitci from one city
to another, doing whatever she could to
earn a living. ForHby gradually sark
lower and lower until he became almost a
beRgar and was compelled to seek BJwerv
lodging houses for shelter. IL was in one
OF these places that his Life ended
BarnaRd by a young lrishman na,nsd
hlNNAullE EbNH HIS ~ ~ - EaNITH
he died he told the youn&1 49,, he
story of his life aud how he murdered his
old partner aud threw him into the sea.
HIS daughter was the only witness of the
crime.
Shortly after the disappearance OF the
elder St. Leonard his wife died, and the
son, left alone, started to America to
search for his father and Mabel FOrnbv.
He had ltfla urpuay but affar fpn
years lucky speculation made him the
po,sessor of a snug fortune. One
day he advertised for a valet. Among
the applicants for the place was
Barnard O'Brien, and he was engaged.
A little over a year ago. while with his
master in Hamilton. Bermuda. the Young
Irishmau died. On his death bed he
related to st. Leonard the strange story
told to him by the dying man in the
Bowery lodging house. This wa the first
information Young St. Leonard Lad
learned Of his father. lie had nCver
ceased to search for Mabel E9rnby and
now he determined u find her. lie adj
vertised far and wide, and % few DAYS ago
the efforts of nine Years were crowned
with success. He learned that she was
lying very III in a uoverty-strirkon abode
in the own of Elgin, III. lie FASTENED
To Chicago. and shortly before 9 o clock
last Saturday night, while he was waiting
for a train IN the depot OF the North
western railroad, a thief snatehed his
locket from his watch-chaiu and ran.
st. Leonard arrived in Elgin not a
minute too soon. for when he reached the
house where Mabel Foruby lay she was
near to death. With much difficulty he
obtained permission to sec her. She did
not recognize him, and when he told ncr
who he was she feebly asked to see the
mate to her lockot. She refused to be,
lieve his story of the theft and died shortly
afterwards. The loss Of the little lockct
made his march Of ulne long years fruit,
less.
St. Leonard returned to Chicago early
last evening and went 20 the Northwest.
ern depot to see if the employees had heard
anything OF his stolen lockct. He also in.
auIred at the Central station and the Ilar
rison street station, but the police had no.
CAPTURED the thief or recovered the little
gold lOckot. He left Chicago for his HON,
in New York city late last night.