The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-13
N()AAN'S LOVE WINS
Freedom for a Fifty-Thou-
Sand-DolIar Thief
DEVOTION OF MRS. MOORE
While Her Husband Was in a
CHILEAN Prison.
DEVOTION OF MRS. MOORE


/ could and did injure her health.
Word has reached this country from
Valparaiso, Chill. that she is paying e
sad penalty for her fidelity to the mar
who tricked and deserted her, after rob-
bling his employers and convulsing fnan.
cial circles in Boston.
The story thus disclosed is a startling
and international complications, through
which runs like golden thread, beautify-
ing the whole fabric, the embroidery of a
woman's devotion to one whom no tenn
pest of misfortune could drive from her
heart.
Here for the first time may be read
the complete history of Frederick T.
Moore's wife and how she shared the
rigors of his troIdc prison rather than
leave him without companionship at a
time when the United States authorities
were exerting all the influence Of law and
diplomacy to bring him back to retribu-
ton
Miss Mamie Ormond was as handsome
a girl as any in Boston. Her uncle was
proprietor of the hack service attached to
the fremont House, and other relatives
were well known in connection with vari-
Gus enterprises. Her wedding, four years
ago, when she became the wife of Fred
Moore, the ambitious young assistant tel
Ter Of the National Bank of Commerce.
was a gay affair.
There was never a happier bride, never
a marriage Of brighter promise The con-
CALCULATIONS of friends were mingled with
predictions of a blissful and prosperous
future.
In truth, no cadet in the financial world
of Boston had better prospects than Fred
erick Moore. He seemed to possess all
the qualifications needed for success. He
had remarkable aptitude for monetary
problems, was quick, resourceful, dip
lomatic-
His superiors would have sworn, too,
that he was the soul of interity They
had engaged him on the warm recon-
mendation OF National Rank Examiner
Magruder, under whose tutelage ne had
learned the first principles of bankink
The young mans progress had more
than justified this high endorsement. He
had been promoted repeatedly, and the
officers Of the bank looked upon him as
one who would surely fight his way to
a position of the highest influence and
responsibility.
Such was the man into whose keeping
Mamie Ormond entrusted her life. They
settled down after the honeymoon in a
comfortable home at Pleasant and Ho-
mer streets Young Mrs Moore was
very happy. Her husbands salary en-
aDled them to live irreproachable style,
and they had many friends, all of whom
sounded his praises and enlarged upon
the brilliant future before him.
That Fred Moore spent more than his
salary did not occur to his wife. Or
perhaps she had no conception OF how
much he really did spend. There is
reason to believe that he had pursuits
away from his home the knowledge Of
which would have broken her heart
! But his activities away from the bank
were directed chiefly to stock gambling
I He speculated secretly, lost, won, then
lost again.
} From speculation to the commoner
forms of gambling was but a step. He
learned to follow the horses. He knew
ali about Sheepshead Bay and Saratoga,
and the names Of jockeys fell Familiarity
from his lips.
Where did he get the money? That
was to be disclosed later. Meanwhile
/ he developed a lordly faculty for spedn-
ign what he had. Yachting was to his
taste-he yachted; fast horses-he drove.
Thse things escaped the notice Of the
bank officers. but some how they came
TO the attention of the police. After
keeping Moore under observation for a
week or two, they came to the conclu-
sion that he was spending his salary
many times over. They also learned
something about his sDeculatoQs.
Armed with these discoveries the police
took the bank authorities into their con-
ffdence. The latter were surprised, but
not shaken in their confidence, They
pooh-poohed the suggestion that the as
sistant teller was dishonest On the sur
face his accounts balanced to the cent
Just as matter OF form, however-for
It Is a breach OF etiquette for a bank
servant to speculate or back horses
/ they suspended him, pending a thorough
examination of mis- books.
The police suggested that he should
be kent under surveillance but the bank
officers secuted the notion. They did
not even hide from Moore the cause OF
his suspension.
Next day Moore said to his wife:
NY dear. I have q few davs off. We
VIII take a trip 70 New York"
She was delighted. They came TO New
York and put up at the BarJho'di. NOV
ing afterward 10 the Westminster. This
was two years ago.
Mrs. Moore had never seen Broadway
by night. Her husband took her for
stroll in the theatre district Wishing 70
smoke, ne produced a cicar and fumbled
in his pocket for matches He had
none
Just wait q moment while I step IN
here 70 get a light" he said
Mrs. Moore remained gazing into sew
eIler's window while her husband van
ished into a cigar store next door Sire
studied every gem that cleaned beneath
the electric lights. and the crowd 6rifted
by unheeding. BY and by she grew i'm
patient. Why was he away 50 longe
She moved TO the cigar store and peered
n He was not there. Her heart
thumped She entered. No. the salesman
! had no recollection Of a @all man with A
dark mCstache coming in to light a
cigar.
Mrs. Moore paced Broadway nervously.
craning her neck 10 inspect every dis
( taat figure. After awhile she returned
- the Westminster hotel. Her husband
/ had not been the-e.
| At the end q another aCouizIng dsv
she returned 20 Boston. The worst OF
news awaited her Her husbands ar-
NfAA-NS WI N-''s AiittA~ Altll s>rittst- he
! had made false entries 20 cover the
shortage. warrant had been issued fer
} his arrest.
/ Then she understood He rad deserted
I her. No words can depict her anguish
I and shame al the cad cruelty ~ n tba
! hesrtlessnsSs, tire insulting lack OF trust
/ in her fidelity.
Moore's disgrace and disht created
sensation IN Boston. 90 he had 4 hast
% influential friends. Efforts were made