The Worcester spy., 1899-08-02
LOOKING UP KEISS.
Two Women Claim
Former Clinton Man
AS Husband.
Chief BATES APPEALED TO.
One Woman Came From
Hungary to Secure His
Protection.
CHIEF BATES APPEALED TO.

| Cnnlon, Aug. 1.-Two women claim
Stephen Keiss, 40 years old, of this
town for husband. Neither of the two
know where ne is. Each has asked
Chief oren B. Bates to find the missing
husband One wants Stephen arrested.
The other wants to find him. Chief
Bates is afraid he will not be in a po-
sition to accommodate either. The
story is like this: Stephen is a biga-
mist if the stories of the women are
| true
The woman claiming to be Mrs. Keiss
NO. came to Clinton from Perth Am
| boy, N. j., the middle of last week. She
remained in town several days. Her
| nrst visit was to the police station.
She told Chief Bates that she was
married to Keiss in Hungary 10 years
| ago. For several years she lived hap
| PLY with him, even after they moved to
| this country. But some months ago
| Stephen had become restive, melan-
choly and uneasy.
| He said good-by to her one morning,
kissing her fondly, and never came
back Mrs. Keiss No. lived in ignor-
ance OF Stephens whereabouts until
quite recently. Then she learned that
| he was in Clinton. She was told that
he had a wife here.
Determined to be reunited to him if
the story of wife was untrue, and to
have him arrested if it was true she
saved money enough to pay her fare to
this place.
Chief Bates knew all about Keiss
through the officers on the force. He
has been employed in town more than
a year. He IS a hard working man.
But he was unable to do anything for
! Mrs. Keiss No. / because she had nc
| evidence in her possession of her mar
riage to Stephen. She went back to
Perth Amboy to procure a copy of her
| certificate of marriage.
Today a second woman came to Chief
Bates. She described herself as Mrs
| stephen KeisS, and is known to the po-
! lice as Mrs. Keiss No. g.
/ want you to find my husband; he
| has gone away" she said to Chief
| Bates. She told the story Of marriage
| to Keiss II months ago. She had not
| her marriage certificate with her, hut
| promised to bring it down to the police
| station tomorrow morning. She does
not want Stephen arrested; she only
wants to know where he is. She is APP
parently very fond of him, and cannot
| understand why he is missing. She
| knows nothing, apparently, of an ear
| lier Mrs. Keiss.
| The police are at loss to account for
| Stephens absence. They say he doubt
less learned Of the presence of the
Perth Amboy woman and made haste
| from the neighborhood.
If that lady had brought a marriage
certificate with her the police would
have secured a warrant and taken
Keiss into custody at once.
Keiss has been living with Mrs. keiss
No. 2 in a comfortable home on John
street
The Perth Amboy woman is about 30
years cid. She is neatly dressed and
lot bad looking. The Clinton Mrs.
Keiss is about the same age and rat1-
er comely person She is apparently
much distressed by Stephens absence,
and has urged Chief Bates to do every
thing in his power to find the husband
in whom she has no more than half
interest, according to the Perth Amboy
woman.
Mrs George E. Conrad received a let
ter from her husband today. Conrad is
at ST. Michaefs. He is one of the party
of Clinton gold seekers who went into
the frost of Alaska a year ago with the
: winthrop Mining Company. He left
Beaver City with Is others of the party
but instead of coming back to Clinton as
Richard Attridge, Abban P. Cox and
Chas. B. O'Toole did, remained at St
Michaels. The letter says that the writer
has secured a position painting a gov
ernment boat. The position includes
board lodging and fair remuneration
Mr. Conrad says that the place is full
Of gold-seekers who want to return
home, but are unable to do so for lack OF
money. Work is difficult to find Many
, of the unfortunate gold-seekers are in
great distress.
Mr.. Conrad expects to start for Clin-
ton soon, probably Immediately follow
. ing the completion of his job of paint
: ing. Mr.. = Conrad is a painter by
trade. He knows his business thor
oughly. In his letter he expresses the
idea that there is more money in the
painting business in Massachusetts
than there is in Alaska or the domin-
ions of her majesty, but treats the sit
: uation philosophically.
A letter from John Watson, the Ian
caster man who remained at st. Mi
chaels, is expected.
Thomas N. Doutney, the irrepressible
Worcester temperance orator, and for
mer rumseller. is going to hold a Sc
ries of meetings in this town. They
= will certainly be successful Mr. Dout-
: ney Is the most popular advocate of to-
tai abstinence who ever made an anti
rum speech here. He breaches gospe
temperance and denounces politica
temperance. He is just as popular
with the liquor dealers as he is with
the religious people. Mr.. Doutney says
? that it is his purpose to come here wher
+ cool weather begins. He promises tC
make the meetings spirited. He will
do this in several ways. His talks or
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