The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-19
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PAUL FLUCkIGER. aoF THE TWIN
CITY PRINTING COMPANY, SUI
" FERS A Loss.
HIS BETTER RALF LEAVES
~vAAF "r'rFss asEU 5m ~. a
AND TAKES WITH HER $500
WHICH WAS MsA SAFETY DE-
POSIT VAULT.
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DOUBTLESS CONSIDERED 1T HERS
. 1850 49, -~~ssOss , szY @s0e ..
FOR she Was iInltSsarestteds in the Plant
: which Was Destroyed During
the Ryan Fire.

Paul FlucAiger. seems to- be having
more than his share Of trouble. Mr..
FIuckiger is the. proprietor of the Twin
city Printing company. He was es-
tabl1shed in the Schultz block, but the.
fire stopped his. business for while.
When he is about out of that difficulty
more trouble came. Yesterday his
young. Wife disappeared. and with her
Sl,e00 insurance money received as an
offset for his loss in the fire. The
money had been placed in a National
German American bank safety deposit
vault to which Mrs. Fluckiger had "a
key Overcome with sorrow. at the
course of his wife, Mr.. Flucldger at
once instituted a search for her butt
could lind no trace of the missing
woman. All of her clothes and a large
trunk have been removed from the
couples home at No. 236 East Seventh
street, and the husband soon became
convinced that his wife had planned to
desert him and took the money with
which he intended to again start. in
business. Mrs. Fluckiger doubtless
. considers the money is as much hers
as his for she was part of the firm, but
Mr.: F. Fluckiiger doesn't 4ook at It that a.
- Mr.. Fluckiger 4iff ssts discovered his
double loss when he Vent home to din
'ner yesterday nt19bbn.'l He found the,
room to his apartments locked and
the Key Under theTdoor mat, a circura--
stance Which caused him some wonder
ment at the timeslfa &Fis- wife was In
the. habitsofs being af'ahome when he,
went for his meals, When he entered
THE room there 'wags no CHEEKY greeting
from his wife and thasdisturbeds appear
ance Of things inb general about the
apartments .impebfdet a. hurried seach.
OH his part which showed him that
every estiteh.. Of Mss. EYuekigerss .clQth-
ing was missing and also large trunk
which ordinarily occupied a. corner F.ofz
the room.- There MAS no message, left,
behind, but the .truth.> was too pain.
fully evident. E1isY wife was gone and
he thought she had probably planned,
her flight~in order. that she might have
time to leave the city Remembering
that his wife had a key, to- the4wault-
where. the $1,000. received from the in
surance= company last Wednesday, was
deposited, he at, once hurried to the
bank, only to find that every cent Of
the money and an insurance policy on
their household effects, had been taken
from the vault by his wife. From the
man Qn4yguard at the door, Mr.. F'lucki
ger learned that his wife had been to.
the bank. about 10 O'Clock yesterday.
morning. =. .---.. .,-t
:" Scarcely knowing what to do under
the circumstances Mr.. Eluckiger re-
turned to his home and endeavoredtto
find soI1e missiyeoM (which would explain
his Yife1s departure, but not "a liner had
been left for his enlightenment. and
-then4he 9set about trying to ascertain
where she had. gone. After, interview
ing number of expressmen he visited
the union, depot in hopes of finding her
trunk still in the baggage, room, but
not the slightest clue. to her probable
destination could be found. Mr.. Flucki-
ger is confident@that there is ne other
man concerned in his wife's disappear
ance, but is Of the opinion that she
could not resist the temptation to pos
sess herself of the money accessible to
her in, the safety vault, and that. after
getting the money, she fed to avoid the
consequences Of her act. I'm exp1aina2'
ton of Mrs. Fluckiger having key to
the safety deposit vault, the husband
stated that the business of the Twin
City Printing company was done in
her name as proprietor of the concern.
while he acted in the capacity Of man
ager.~ but that he was the real owner
of the plant, having bought it and paid
for it in his own name.
In speaking Of his wife's disappear
ance to a reporter for the 6 o b e, Mr..
F1uckiger said: II cannot understand
my wifes action. at is. perfectly plain
that she has deserted me and takerri
with her the money with which l ex-
pected to resume my business in the
Phoenix building, Where I have" secured
a three years lease and already pur
chased~a portion. Of supplies but what
could have induced her to leave me
in this manner, after nearly four years
Of happy life. is. more than I can I'M
derstand. I feel certain it is not case
of aelopement, for . she was, a. woman
who always demeaned herself properly
and was a devout church member, at
tending services regularly every Sun
day. She was, however, extravagant
in her tastes. and while /, gave! her all
Of the money 1 could spare from my
business, she has, Of late complained
that she could not dress as well as she
desired. Nevertheless, she took away
in her trunk a sealskin sack, which 7
recently purchased for her, and SIX
dresses several Of which were recently.
made, a fact which leads me to believe
that she. has been contemplating flight
for some time.
Mrs Fluckiger was formerly Miss
Julia Wade and was married to Mr.
II
ger was. then, conducting a small job
printing office in the Schultz block
but, by thrift and industry. had man
aged to become possessed Of plant
valued at $4,000, when the fire wiped
out his business. His wife always took
a. great interest in the business and
spent considerable of her time at the
office with her husband Only yester-
day, Mr. Fluckiger received notice that
a 81 100 printing press, which he had
ordered from the East, was at the de-
pot, but which will now have to be
sent back to the manufacturers, as he
has no funds with which to pay for it.
The missing woman is described as a
pretty woman of the blonde type. TWEEN
ty-three years Of fges. Her people live
III Colfax, Wis, and Mr.. Fluckiger has
telegraphed to thems!ps hopes that they
may know something of her where
abouts She also has tive brothers in
Minneapolis. -rfsL 80
Mr.. Fiuckiger declares that If he
cannot himself obtain track of his wife.
he will put the affair in the hands of a.
detective agency. fo3Yhile he says that
Mrs. Fluckiger may sthink she Is as
fully. entitled to the zmoney. as he is,
still he doesn't think that il was treat
| ing him right, to1l4aYecaS~she did eer