The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-14

and her daughter, Miss Elsie Guibert
They, with the others, went TO visit Sing
Sing prison, and, as usual, the warden
brought out his outlaw orchestra and si4r.
club. The ladies, as usual, were charmed.
but Mrs Gt.ibert and her daughter Elsie
were particularly moved.
Mrs. Gulbert was entranced with the
choir lea,!er--a burly German brigand, who
was living in retreat for little indi.cretion
in the thieving or burglary line, it matters
not much which. He was sentenced in Feb
ruary, 1897, TO IL term of six years and six
months Imprisonment. His name Is f.. NJ
Hernz. and he has now rejoned society
through Mrs Guibert's efforts and the
amiable sentin entality OF Governor Flow
er. Mrs. Guibert ut once set herself To work
In his behalf, saw the governor personally
represented what u beautiful voice the man
had and how much better qualified he was
to adorn the Harlem salons than tn live an
unostentatious life in a state prison SO the
governor consented, Hernz was pardoned
and went out in July, 1888, after serving
two years and five mouths OF his six and
half years sentence
So much for that, which il only an Incl
dent to the real romance. While the man.
ma was incoming over her thief the daugh.
ter Elsie was doing a little something in
the same line on her own account. Glanc-
ing over the little group OF assorted crooks
she observed that one Of the gang wore a
necktie. She said little at the time, but
made mental note Of the man with IA neck.
tie.
When the concert was over Miss Elsie
Guibert started for home filled with high
resolve. a convict who wore a necktie was
worthy TO he married, and she made up her
mind that II that particular convict was
not involved already in matrimonial entan.
clements she would have him ont Of state
prison; that she would have him out at
once, and that when she got him out she
would marry him on the spot
SO the moment Miss Guibert got home
in New York she wrote a note to Warden
Brown and asked him whether he would
not kindly tell her the name Of the man IN
the choir who had worn necktie at the
convict concert. The mans name, answer
ed the warden, was George w CurtisS.
ToGeorge W. Curtiss, then. Miss Guibert
at once wrote a letter filled with sisterly in.
terest. Beyond the fact that he was a
Gagged crook there really was very little hat
was interesting about George W. CurtiSs.
He came Of a good family, which had been
forced to abandon him on account Of his
'iIipuS CohuuCt- ne naI UUally been sen
fenced to seven years in prison for grand
larceny.
In a short time Warden Brown was sue.
ceeded at Sing Sing by Warden Du-ston,
and the amOrous epistles passing between
Curtiss and Miss Guibert soon attracted
the attention of the prison chaplain Mr.
Durston directed him to write to the girls
mother. This was done, and, to tn. SIR
prise Of the chaplain, reply came back TO
the effect that Mrs. Guibert knew Of the
affair; that she fully approved Of it, and
that her daughter and Curtiss were to be
married.
In the meantime Elsie was hard at work
to accomplish the release Of the conyic.
who wore necktie. She appealed to the
tender hearted governor and was finally
rewarded by a Communication Of her lovers
sentence. Curtiss will be released on April
., and "A marriage will follow immediateIy.
Elsie wished him released at once, but the
governor said he would defer the release
for few months that she might have am.
pie time to think over the step she was tax.
ing.
Since the above story was first published
the inquisitive reporters Of The World
claim to have discovered that Miss Elsie
ran away from home In July, 1891, and
married Eugene Arnheim, who was sent to
the Elmira reformatory for forgery four
days after the wedding The marriage was
annuled by the courts last summer.