The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-01-27
THIS BEATS Der.

MANY persons who suddenly acquire
riches desert their former friends and &C
uuaintances, but it remained for Ger
man named Gus Laham to find that his
wife would not be suits BILE partner for
him when he should be a rich man and
babe her good bye on the strength OF his
anticipated wealth.
That Gus is a German is shown by
letter now at the police station. but who
he is and where he lives the officers do not
know. He was evidently in Wichita the
other day when he wrote and mailed
letter to his wife, who lives at Ossawato-
ME. And that letter stirred up regular
little tempest On the receipt of it Mrs.
Laham at once took it to the marshal OF
her town aud had him forward it to Chief
Cone. and he now has it, The letter Is
written in German. aud the Teutonic in-
terpreter of the force was sent for to
read it.
Whoever Gus may be. it is evident that
prior to the writing of the letter he was
not possessed of more OF this world S
goods than be could conveniently
care for, and that they did not consist
of stocks, bonds, broad acres, magnificent
structures, railroads, steamships, fast
horses, gold, silver, diamonds, pictures,
and q general good time, but that he
wanted all these, aud thought he was
going TO have them, there Is no doubt. tie
not only thought he was going TO have
them. but he absolutely knew it and so in
formed his wife In the letter he wrote her.
This information would, no doubt, have
given his wife great pleasure, for II APP
pears il is just this kind of wealth tina
she too. coyets, but il is not shown that
she was Just exactly expecting 1t when sue
received his letter But this bit
of good news impaired in his commuDica-
ton was blotted out By one cruel sentence
thereof in which he gave her TO under
stand that she was in no way to share his
good fortuce with him. The thought OF
wealth was all right, but that Of forever
losing her husband was more than she
conld stand. aud she wants the police TO
help her hold him.
Gus wrote in his letter that he had pur-
chased lottery ticket and that II wss a
winning one too; that II was going 10
draw a fabulous sum of money; just
! how much be did not know, put
| that he had been assured that II would
! bring him immense wealth. There was
/ no question about 1t; he knew 1t; and Just
! as soon AS the drawing came on he would
! enter upon the enjoyment OF al the pleas
/ ures money can buy. Bat what caused ali
the trouble was that Gus had failed 70 see
! where his wife could figure in bis new list
/ Of pleasures, and lie Informed her that he
was done xith her; that lie would never
/ see her again, and that he had selected the
/ Sandwich islands ~ the place where be
would set up lis priac-iy establishment.
. This WIS mere than the wife could bear
In the first place she dld not
want 10 lose him aud more than that she
dad want some OF ths- money, aud aske4
tue marshal 70 keep him from going 70
the Sandwich Islands II possible buI be
sure and get some Of the money. She
wanted an answer quick IL they got the
money.
Gus mas not vet been heard OF By the
police aud they do ut know whether or
lot he has secured the money Oh his lot
/ ,eFy ticket.