Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-01-20
THE SCHEME WORKED.
Lulu Ranes Arrested at Chicago for
Vlctimizing Many Missourians.
She Advertised fora Husband and Obtained
Thousands OF Dollars from Credu-
lous suitors-- other Grimes
and Casualties.

CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-THE Inter Ocean
prints this story of Lulu Raines, alias
Grace Lewis, who was arrested here
Saturday on charge of swindling;
am widow, %, brown hair, dark blue eyes,
weigh 1876, heights feet inches, no children,
have $4,000 cash and farm worth 300 down
south. want a loving, true, kind husband l
am not looking for rich man. l prefer poor
one Wish to marry soon, No objection TO his
having children, None under 20 need answer.
wish TO start In some kind OF business. Photos
exchanged in first letter II possible,
by means of this advertisement, i'm
serted in country papers. Lulu Raines,
alias Grace Lewis, Texas woman. OBJ
tanned thousands Of dollars from credu-
lous suitors, She was arrested here
after lodging the detectives OF the
country for nearly two months. She
was taken to st, Louis. 1t was in that
city she made her record. The charge
against her will be using the United
States mail for fraudulent purposes.
Lulu ran a photograph gallery at No.
liza Merchant street, st. Louis. In
this way she obtained many pictures
of handsome girls, 1t was her custom
to mail one of these when she heard
from countryman who wanted rich
wife. Her victims were principally
Missourians who could not see any
thing wrong with woman who ad-
vertised that she had $4,000 in cash
then wanted few dollars for imme-
date expenses A wave of wonder
will sweep over the state when it learns
that the widow of %, with brown hair
and dark blue eyes, weighing 1856
pounds, is fraud.
THE WORK OF THoUGHTLEss BOYS.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. 1.-Two
thoughtless boys caused great mis-
chief by applying match to spray
of coal oil issuing from small aper.
ture in the Standard Oil company's
pipe line from Sisterville and Man
nington to Morgantown, The pres
sure at that point was strong. Soon
the burning spray melted the lead in
the joints of the pipe, which was six
inches in diameter, The oil ran out
in streams and 80 acres of forest and
field were soon ablaze. Two small
bridges and two barns were burned.
All the oil in ten miles of six-inch
pipe, nearly 1900 barrels, was con-
sumed. The engineers Mt Elkbank
discovered something wrong and
stopped pumping, else the damage
would have been greater.
A TEACHER ASSAULTED by BOYS.
HILLsBoRo, ILL.,, Jan. 17.-R b. Mill
sap, teacher in the Taylor school, six
miles northeast of this city, was as
saulted and beaten by six large boys,
some of whom used brass knuclxles
The assault was committed in revenge
for the punishment of some of their
number in school, The six boys have
been arrested and placed under bond
to answer charge of riot.
FATAL FIGHT AT A DANCE.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Jan 17.-At a
dance on the Falls plantation in Mis-
sissippi county Saturday night shoot.
ing affray took place between the
three sons of Armistead Phillips on
one side and three sons Of Wright Ray
on the other Two men were killed
and two fatally wounded, the casu-
alties being equally divided between
the two sides.