The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-05-02
BOTH ARE MISSING
A MANKATO ATTORNEY AND HIS
STENOGRAPHER DISAPPEAR.
Indications Are That j.. b. Ogle, Who
Has Been Prominent in business
and Church Affairs, Has Deserted
His Family and Left the City i'm
Company With Miss Winch, His
StcnOgrapher.

Mankato, Mimi, April 90. The 81
multaneous disappearance of Attorney
j. Il. Ogle and his stenographer, Mary
Winch, has caused Il tremendous SEN
sation in this city. They left Thurs
day and Mrs. Ogle believes that they
have elopcd together and are in Chi
cago or some other city. The facts
only came out today, although Mrs.
Ogle received the following letter Sat
urday:
Can stand grind no longer. Shall
look up new location, and when l get
settled, if you wish, you can come and
live with me, if you are willing to
take things as you find them"
This had no date line or signature
and was enclosed in an envelope adj
dressed to Il neighbor, but was in her
husbands well known handwriting.
Ogle is the Sol of the late Rev. Ogle,
who vas a well known Methodist
preacher in this state. He has been
prominent in business and church cir
cleS. and has held positions Of authori-
ty and responsibility in the commune
ty. He was secretary OF the recently
organized commercial club, was United
States court commissioner, had started
a prosperous collection agency, had a
paying real estate and insurance bust
ness and practiced law on the side.
Saturday a letter was received from
him at Chicago, resigning his CON-
mercial club office. Ogle is about forty
years old and has been married a
dozen years. He has an estimable, in
telltgent and refined wife and five-year-
old son. His wife is the daughter of
the late J. ]. Eygabroad of Winnebago
City, and Is one of the heirs of a large
estate not yet divided. She states that
her husband has solicited her to sign
to him her interest in this estate and
also in their home, but she refused, as
her family had already helped him to
the extent of $4,000.
Mr.. Eygabroad raised Mary Winch
in his family as his own daughter, and
when he died left her $500, to become
hers on her twentieth birthday. She
drew this some days ago, having
reached that age. For a year past
she and Ogle are said to have been in
fatuated with each other, and ten
weeks ago she arrived from Winnie
bago City to accept a position in his
office. The first shadow then crossed
the happiness of Mrs. Ogle's married
life. as she saw her husbands time di-
vided with this girl, and she remon-
strated with him, but to no avail.
Thursday Ogle drove out of the city
with his wife's team and has not been
seen or heard of since, except as stated.
Miss Winch, who is a buxom, healthy
appearing neatly-dressed blonde, took
the afternoon train out of the city and
has not been heard from. She first
drew what money she had in bank.
The sympathy of the community is
George Eygabroad, a wealthy Winnie
bago City man, is in the city looking
up some matters connected with Ogle's
business affairs. Ogle apparently left
everything in good shape. An examina-
ton of his books and accounts have
shown no shortage and, outside of a
few small bills, it is not thought that
he owes anything.