The San Francisco call., 1899-08-17
POLICE GET WORD THAT DOYLE,
ALIAS HOWARD, IS A SICK MAN
Local Sports K new the
Thugs He Hired to
Xiii Green.
Tales O. the I wo Jimmies
and Jackie Excite a Great
Deal Of Interest.

in the early 30's. They were often thrown
into each others society. but neither
thought seriously of the other until they
both became boarders at the Pearl Street
Hotel. Chase had been sick and II was
during his convalescence that Kitty Gar
Mss appealed to his heart.
Sne was kind and sympathetic TO the
young lawyer and cheered up his lonely
hours of recovery. One day he wrote
these lines upon a card and gave it to her:
Young love presided DER thy birth
And named thee then the queen OF mlrth.
That was the beginning of their court
ship, and marriage soon followed 0uns 3
Chase was then rather awkward. ana MS
bride apologZed for him, saying; HE Is
uncouth, but wait until l polish him up
Those who knew the polished, aristo9-
cratic. superb Chase In later NE can n5lu. "a u
ly imagine that he was ever awkWard or
uncouth at any time in his nte Alas :
that the vivacious Kitty Garniss did not
live to. see her husband polished up J.,
She died not long after the marriage, ana
soon after the birth of his daughter.
Mrs. Chase died while her husband was
in Philadelphia. He didn't learn OF her
death until he reached Pittsburg on ms ms
way home. Then a letter reached hlm'
and his grief was great. There were no
railroads or telegraph in those days, ana
the stricken husband came home by
steamboat down the Ohio River His long;
slow ride was like the long journey Of
William Allen-long nights and days OF
sorrowful remembrance. In C1nclnnati
he found that her body had been EN-
balrned and the funeral delayed Tor ms ms
coming For two days he sat alone with
the dead wife praying and KISSING her
dead lips as if to bring her back to me
For wears he visited her grave every
day. The child was called Kitty for her
mother, but was soon called to heaven.
few years later Salmon 2. Chase married
Ann Eliza Foncet of Cincinnati she was was
the mother of Kate Chase Sprague, who
has had a high. proud place in modern
history and society. She was named
Catherine for the child that was dead. but
was never given the pet family name OF
Kitty"
wrote of her in his diary; THE babe is
called pretty, but / think otherwise "a
comment that was a bit ungfaclouS, con-
sidering Kate Chase'S subsequent beauty
Her mother died young, and Governor
Chase married a third time. His last wife
was Sarah Bella Ludlow, whose grand
father was the founder of Cincinnati All
three wives of Governor Chase are buried
in Spring Grove by the side of their dis
tinguished husband.
The late President Hayes was matter
of-fact. practical man, but he had bii
of the romantic in his soul. He was t1rst
attracted to his wife by her merry, ring
ing laugh He was at Delaware on va
cation. and one night, visiting. the OLD
Sulphur Spring, heard in the darkness the
ripple and peal of musical laughter ,,,.
want to know the girl who can laugh like
that said the future President. IA wom-
an who laughs so cheerily would make
man happy for life.
In a few moments the laughing school
girl. Lucy Webb was presented to the
blue-ayed collegian, Rud Hayes, and that
was the beginning of an affection which
ended only when both were laid away in
the cemetery at F'remont.-CinclnnauE En-
Quirer