St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-02
he LOST his WIFE.
Dan Wassmer Wants the Po-
lice to Help Him Find
His Belle.
She Has Gone to Chicago,
and Says He Will Never
See Her Again.
BPadish Seems Beaten for the
Presidency Of the Incon1-
ing Council.
Eustis Will Have to Flip a
Eustis Will Have to Flip a
Coin to Decide Who Shall
Be Chief.

A thin gentleman, wearing fawn-
cOlored Benny" and truStful EXPIRES
sion, called at police headquarters yes
terday and requested to see the officer
in charge in his private room. bis
business was very important. he said,
and then he hitched his Benny" and
heaved sigh. When the officer heard
the sigh he bethought himself of the
merry bygone days when he was in love,
when he sat up all night writing letters
to his adored one and signing the while
like an overfed furnace. He resolved
to give the gentleman with the fawn-
colored Benny" his earnest attention.
for he recognized in the sigh the sure
indications of a breaking, surcnarged
heart.
ME name is Doh" began the gem
tleman in the Benny" and the officer
mentally exclaimed:
''Be gobs, | wondher If it Is Don
Caesar, or AlonZo."
But it was neither, for the atteBuated
gentleman concluded his sentence with
"Wassmer." don WaSsmer"-a de-
cidedly romantic name for thin man.
thought the officer. After the usual
dUU q udOhlHE bhN
thin man burst into tears and said he
had lost his dear little WHEY. She had
left HIM and to save his soul from ever
lasting perdition he could not find her.
AM is she Sthrayed?" asked the Of
fcer.
NAY, nay" was the gentle expostu-
lation from the thin man. "She has not
strayed, in the literal meaning of the
word, and vet she has. She is lost to
me, she has. | fear, strayed, from the
path of rectitude, from her loving and
devoted DON"
WasSmer then went on to say that his
wife had gone away from her home, on
Thirteenth avenue south, and left him
all forlorn. She went away on Dec. IA,
and since that time he had neither eaten
nor slept. He was Of nervous tenn
permanent, and her absence made him
tiighty and very imaginative. and during
the past few days he had done nothing
but count heads on the street, hoping to
discover in the madding throng that
surged up and down the crowded thor
oughfares some glimpse of his lost
loves head. Her name was Belle, he
said. He had married her in Chicago,
whence he had come but two short
months ago. He first believed
she had gone back there, but
recently he had come into the pos
session of several letters which made
HIM positive she was In Minneapolis.
She had written tOa gentleman in chi
cago enclosing several letters which she
asked him to forward back to Minnie
apolis. One letter was to young lady
friend of the family and the other was
to him-to the forlOrn and lonely hub
by. The letter to him was brief note
and merely added fuel to the consuming
fame. G-~s
At this stage Of his story thin MI.
WaSsmer dropped several tears on the
lapel of his faWn-colored Benny" and
drew a packet of letters from the inside
pocket. They are below and will eX-
plain themselves:
Send this letter back as quick as possible.
MINNEAPOLIs, Mlnn.-James ConoVer, AS
Sixty-tirst Street, Chicago: You are stran-
ger to me, but through Miss Clara NeWland
heard of you, and would like to have you do
me favor. | will enclose a letter here i'll
your note. and wish you would send it to
Clara for me. Do you see the point want
party here to think am i'll Chicago. Hop
ing you viii do that, l close, A STRANGER.
Chicago, H., Dec. 10. 1S92.-Mlss Clara
Newland Dear Friend: l reached here
safe and sound yesterday, although quite
tired, suppose on account OF my worry. !
have been thinking of Minneapolis and
wonder how the "old man. is by this time.
hope you will go up on Cedar and write me
the news l am with very nice family, and
think / will get along all right, although it
will be hard for me at first have one girl
to take care of. She is four years old. get
So week and my board, room and laundry
DONE | want you TO make Don pelleVe am
in Chicago Poor fellow, l feel sorry for him;
but then we were fighting all the time, and
not only made him unhappy but every
body else 50. We'll. Clara, must close now;
will write more next time. Give my love to
Emma, Mary and all the rest. l will en-
close you a note to Don and you can tell him
you met me on the street. Write soon.
With love, BELLE.
When thin Mr.. Wassmer handed the
officer the little note intended for him
self he sighed bitterly, and once more
the officer thought of his youth, green
fields and sweetly-smelling flowers.
Here is the note to Dom"
Don: You have said 1 have caused you
much trouble, but now will cause you no
more. Wishing you the best OF luck, re-
main YOUR RUNAWAY WIFE.
When the letters had been read Mr..
Wassmer appealed to the officer to aid
him in finding the runaway wife. He
was sure she would come back to him il
he could but see her for few moments
and explain matters. He loved her; he
adored her, and was willing to put up
with anything and everything. She
could scold him and even beat him if
she so listed. All he wanted was to
hold her once more in his arms. The
officer promised to give him all the
assistance in his power, and advised the
unhappy husband to go home, eat and
then get little sleep.
Don Wassmer left the police head
quarters, and when last seen was taking
a reef in his Benny" and signing for
Belle"