The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-03
ST. PAUL GIRL is DECEIVED
DORA SCHULTZ'S SUPPOSED HUS-
BAND IS ARRESTED
Des Moines, To-, Is the Scene of n
Scandal Which Involves
Pretty Young Woman.


Pretty Young Woman.
DR.. S. Fitch is under arrest on a
warrant charging him with seduction.
says the Iowa State Register, of Des
Moines. The information alleging that
the physician is guilty of this serious
offense has been sworn to by Dora
Schultz, of ST. Paul
DR.. Fitch is now a practicing physf-
clan in Des Moines having opened Of
fees Oct. H. 1t is alleged that he has
been known in many cities under vari-
Gus aliases-F. w. Goodlow, Lee Good
man, DR.. Hudson and S. Fitch. But
the title signifying that he Is a man
of medicine has always been prefixed
Dora Schultz Is pretty girl Of eigh-
teen years, who says that she believed
herself to be his legal wife.
sister Of Miss Schultz reached Des
Moines Sunday in quest of Dora, and
precipftated matters. According to the
story which she told to Mayor Mac
Vicar and the police department, Dora
has been acquainted with the physi-
clan for some months. The doctor had
at various times attempted to have her
work in his office, but the girls mother
objected. AT last the two left the city
without the knowledge or consent Of
the family of Miss Schultz, and for
some time their whereabouts had been
unknown, until through the aid Of the
St Paul police force it had been learn
ed that the doctor and Miss Schultz
were stopping in Des Moines, and
thither the elder sister came and re-
solved to secure the return of the girl
to her home in st. Paul.
Monday night Detective Johnson sue
ceeded in locating DR.. Fitch, and as
certained that Miss Schultz was STOP
ping with him, and that the two were
supposed to be man and wife. f1cti-
tious call was arranged for the doctor,
and he was then led away from his
quarters on Grand avenue. In COM
pany with Mrs. Babcock and Detec-
tives Johnston and Hardin, Miss
Schultz then went to the house and
met her sister, to whom the visit was
a complete surprise. At first Dora re-
fused to leave the man she believed to
be her husband, but a letter which had
been received from E. r. Offers, of
Kahoka Mo, stating that Fitch, I'M
der the name of DR.. Lee Goodman had
been married to his daughter for nine
years past, was shown her. This APP
parent perfidy on the part of her sup
posed husband was enough to inf1u-
ence her to leave in company with her
sister, and to promise to return home
The girls then went to the police de-
rartment and to Mrs. Babcock. At
torney Strock and others told their
story, and as result the warrant was
Issued for the arrest of the doctor and
placed in the hands of the police for
service.
In her story Miss Dora related that
she had known Dr. Fitch for some
months in st. Paul, and that in time
she mad learned to care for him, as he
had paid her very marked attentions.
DIR. Fitch, Dora says, then returned
to st. Paul, and made her an offer Of
marriage. This she accepted, though
she knew that her mother would OBJ
pose the act. The doctor then suggest
ed am elopement, to which she agreed
Dora states the doctor told her that
the signing of a marriage certificate by
both parties to the marriage was a per-
fectly binding and valid marriage. This
did not seem to her to be very COM
mon method, but as her lover then
urged 1t upon her and reiterated his
statements that such a marriage was
legal in every respect, she agreed and
signed the certificate, and so became.
as she supposed, his legal wife This
was done Oct. 2.
The couple then went to La Crosse
Wis, the girl says, and were known
as DR.. and Mrs. Hudson, the change of
name being made so that her parents
would not discover her Wherea bouts
They went from there to Dubuque, still
under the name Of Hudson, and then
to Des Moines, where the doctor OPEN
ed offices under the name of Fitch
The novel marriage certificate fol-
lows:
ST. Paul Mimi, Sept 10, 1S9S-This agree
ment, made and entered into by and between
the undersigned parties herewith, is for the
special purpose: First-To waive all cere-
monies by the church, creed or state. Sec
ond-To contract ourselves in marriage as
man and wife with full ammuniies of all
law and decree thereunto belonging, and
Third-To be henceforth from date of this
agreement man and wife, and so give pub
hcity to the world of the same. (Signed)
S. Fitch
Dora Schultz
(SeaD (Seal (SeaN (WoIds written inl