The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-13
rHE sonRoWFuL SEQUEL
To a Young Girls story who was betrayed
In Ipi,eOIi

To = Young GIFTS story WHO was betEuSou
In Wheeling.
The story printed below is from the
Pittsburgh LEADER. 1t will recallthe Of
forts OF the brothers OF tho young girl
who figures in it to find their sister
some time ago, efforts which, however,
met With no success:
The life OF Mrs. Minnie Glenn Nc
Candless, the Young woman, who,
through the Leader informed her hus-
band Of her intended suicide, has been
remarkably romantic one. Her maid
on name was Parker. She was an
orphan and for long time had made
her home with friends in Allegheny
city. She was an unusually pretty girl
and her'young life was filled with i'd
venture. Wien the first SHOWS covered
Mother Earth last fall she grew tired OF
her drudgery aud was eager TO free her
self from the shackles that bound her.
AS the days rolled by she made the &C.
quaintance OF q man who seemed to take
great interest in the pretty young
orphan. Alluring promises, fine
position, and all that young girl
could wish for were offered her II she
would consent to run away. Minnie
finally yielded, anAone quietnight stole
away from quiet Allegheny town and
was not heard OF for several weeks. She
had.a brother at Mcdonald station and
one at Willow Grove, but their
search for the missing sister was not
fruitful. Frank NIcCandless, young
railroader OF this city, happened to be in
Wheeling one night, and while in his.
cups wandered into ahouse OF ill.repute::
There he met Minnie Parker and
learned her story. She had been de-
ceived by her supposed friend andawoke
from her dream TO find herself in den
of vice. The railroader was touched
bv the pathos OF hcr tale and resolved
to rescue her from further ruin. He
took her from the Wheeling house to q
clercyman's home, and there Minnie
Parker, the runaway, became the wife
Of the raiIroader, Frank McCnndless.
That was Just t-six .monthsag McCan-
diess was a brakeman on the p, " &
@. road and worked between Pittsburg
and Brownsville. He brought his
Young wife to Pittsburg and secured
boarding for hcr at the house oil
friend, a Mr.. ]. Taylor, OF Brownsville,
where she would bo free from old asso-
Citations and temptations.
minnie brooded over her past life"
McCandless said to the LEADER man to-
day, "anl the fact that she had ever
been in a bad house seemed on her
mind all the time. Shc had no friends,
but tried to make life us pleasant for
her as possible. Our married life had
always been happy, but she seemed to
think would leave her some time. She
often told me that il did sho would
not live long. Three months ago she
took sick, and the doctor said her worry
was affecting her brain. When l left
her Monday she had SS7 in her pocket,
which / had given her, lwroto her
several letters, but got no reply. was
called to Pittsburgh to help the yard
crews, and could not got back on &C
count OF tho washout at Brownsville.
Our parting was n pleasant one. can
not understand what prompted Minnie
to do this unless her sickness robbed
her OF her reason"
Minnie McCandless was twenty-five
years OF age and her husband about
two. years her senior. The card an
nouncing her suicide and bidding her
husband farewell, published in the
Leader yesterday, was found on the
railroad bridge at Brownsville on Mon:
day, SO that if the poor girl really did
suicide she must have jumped into the
river late Sunday night.