The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
Won ARNOLD's ST. PAUL LIFE.
In Keeping With His Career in Cal
ifOrnia.

Baron Turkheim, whom the dispatches say
left Montreal yesterday with party for Hal
flax, en- route for Germany, is known in St.
Paul Charles ]. Arnold. But the San
Francisco woman, JEANNE Young, to whom
Won Arnold gave the alleged title of Baroness
Robert Ludwig Won Turkheim. cannot be con-
WINGED that her husband is other than gen.
uine German baron. When she was in De-
troit the other day waiting to hear from her
husband, who was quietly making for Can
ada
/ Il have the utmost faith in my dear hus-
band" she declared emphatcally to a De-
troit reporter. land / know he would not
I desert me. | satisfied that he loves me
with all his heart. 1t was a case of love
at first sight, and I know he will hasten
to my side soon as he has adjusted his
business"
DO you know that it is alleged that the
baron is not a nObleman; that he was made
up for the occasion?" she was asked.
'Oh, 1 shall never believe it. 1t is not
true. He's too good and brave and kind
and true to be guilty of plotting in such a
way. 1 can see no reason why he would
care to do such thing"
1T was said he was hired to get you out
of the way so you could not testify in the
Fair will case, and that he deemed it best
to marry you, so he impersonated the baron. p"
That's a miserable lie" almost shrieked
the beautiful woman, land it is told to cause
me to desert my husband. l shall never
desert him-I love him better than life. Of
course l know some things about that will
case, but | want to go to my husbands
home in Germany, and 1 don't propose to
let a lawsuit interfere with my plans l
expected my marriage would be a happy issue
out of series of very trying circumstances,
and doubt it will be; but here We are,
the honeymoon scarcely over, and unscru-
pulous persons are making these dreadful
charges of fraud Oh, L will be happy when
we are safely in Germany"
Won Arnold is well remembered in st. Paul
, by reason Of an erratic career which he
went through here six or seven years ago.
Incidentally his photograph now adorns one
of the frames in the local rogue's gallery.
Won Arnold came to st. Paul from-no one
knows exactly where. For a time he repre-
scented himself to be connected with a GER
tain private detective agency, but when
shown to be an impostor in this respect he
organized a merchants police corps, adver-
Using for officers and employing a number
of local men. Handsome offices were fitted
up. and each applicant for a position re-
quired to provide himself with a uniform.
In a short time the Merchants Police
Corps" went to pieces and half hundred
men found they had laid out snug sums for
uniforms and worked several weeks for moth
ing.
When next attracting public attention Won
Arnold took up his residence in West st.
Paul with the family of a saloonkeeper whose
acquaintance he had made and who had short
ly before died The widow received 81 900
, insurance on the life Of her husband, and
Won Arnold persuaded her to remove to In
yer Grove. One Sunday afternoon a para
chute leap advertised to take place at
Won Arnold'S place, and hundreds went from
this city tC witness the event. The aeronaut
was a young man whom Won Arnold had
met in st. Paul. and who had been engaged
to make the hazardous venture. The balloon
rose 1000 feet above the earth and the young
man jumped. The parachute failed to work
and he plunged headlong to his death
Finally, it is claimed, after the dissipation
of the widows s., 600, Won Arnold turned his
affection toward her sixteen year-old daugh-
ter. The widow has since died, and her daugh-
ter is today inmate of one of the resorts
here: The police began an investigation of
his dongs, and he left the city Afterwards
he turned up in Minneapolis, where he en-
gagged in private detective work. He dis
appeared and not heard of again in the
Twin Cities until his recent California ad-
venture.