Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-04
A BRIDE AND
A BIC FORTUNE
OFFER RECEIVED nv A
PROMINENT BUTTE MAR
RIED MAN.
. CLEVELAND LAWYER
IS WORKING THE DEAL,
Girl Said to Be a Denver Heiress-
+ Strange Reasons Given
IT, for the Alliance.

l. for the Alliance.
!. A married man, connected in an Off
cial capacity with the Butte Water
company, today received a letter frcm
alleged Cleveland attorney, offering
him a wife with a fortune of $425, 900, all
for the asking. The woman who is Of
fered as a bride, the attorney says, lives
in Denver, is q ear of age, affection
ate and very full blooded." The Butte
man thought the correspondence SO rich
that he turned it over to the Inter Moun-
tain, and it is here given in full. The
letter from the attorney reads as fol-
lows, omitting names:
Cleveland, O., Tune /, 1900.
l Dear Sir: l enclose a copy of a letter
received by me, names omitted. 1t is
said that fortune knocks once at every
mans door. Some have the wit to grasp
the opportunity n become wealthy:
the many let it pass and die poor. A
wife worth SAFE, 900, an outright gift of
$4,000 to have as your own Individual
property, is the chance Of a lifetime.
The opportunity to be rich and happy
Is yours if you choose to grasp it. The
girl and the fortune are yours if YOU
will. | enclose the unmounted photo
graph mentioned. The guardian of this
young lady is an old friend Of mine. In
this affair I am to represent you and the
guardian his ward. His statements of
her property, the necessity of marriage
and che girls consent I have found to be
correct. The Denver real estate will be
made over to you and your wife jointly,
and $67, 500 will be transferred to the
Colorado National, bank in Denver to
be paid to your account Immediately
after the ceremony. I will go to Den
yer to represent you A railroad ticket
to Denver will be sent to you. There
will Hn n rvpnnk 1111 49, 1o1-1 r,--lr -
in closing the case. AS your attorney, I
shall charge you $500 as a fee, to be
paid out of the money o will receive.
There will be court fees and clerk hire
amounting to $25 that it is Jul place to
pay, and must be paid in advance. 1t
would look small to ask the girl to pay
it, and you do not want to appear cheap.
In fact, a man unabl or unwilling to
pay for his own work when he is to
gain SO much would be too worthless or
mean to AVE such a han And l
would not permit my friend or his ward
to make any such connection. If you
mean business and want this girl for a
wife and h wedding present of SGT, $780,,
YOU must show your god faith by stand
ing a little of the expense. Send $25 for
court fees and clerk hire, and in ten days
from the time l receive your letter we
will all be in Denver. The parties are
very anxious that no one shall know of
this transaction AS a guard against
any future annoyance, a wise precaution,
| stayed after Office hours and run this
letter and h enclosed copy on the type
writer myself, to preserve secrecy. I
have two partners and it is agreed be-
tween us that all money orders must be
sent through our bank for payment. If
you wish to keep secret this affair of
ours and please your future wife, send
the $25 for court fees and clerk hire in
hills IF Won rQpriStar the LOT tay. If will ha
perfectly safe and be delivered to me
personally. If you send money order it
will a to De explained to my partners
and two men and perhaps thir wives
will know our business. However, do
the best you can and suit yourself in
that regard. Don't delay, as the par
ties are very anxious for various reasons
to close the matter at once. Very re-
specially yours.
The letter from the girls guardian is
given as follows:
Elyria, Ohio, May 20, 1900.
My Dear Friend -: I am going to
ask you to help me out in a difficult and
embarrassing affair. You will recollect
that in May, 1887, 1 was appointed
guardian of the person and property Of
Cora, the daughter n only relative of
----, a wealthy Colorado miner.
The property consisted of mining shares,
real estate n government bonds. l
SOFA all OIL Tic lullll6 SHARES dIu mOSL
Of the real estate at boom prices. Her
fortune now is as follows: Government
bonds 100000; real estate, in Denver,
$50, 900, all paying good rents, and $780,
! 900 in ash in ban She is now q and
of age. She is very affectionate and very
full blooded She has a good education,
is a good musician and a fine singer.
Lately she has been acting queerly, hys-
terical and melancholy at times, and our
Family physician advises marriage as the
only remedy. In fact, he tells me plain
~ hat it must be marriage or insanity,
! or worse, as her nature Ia force her
! to throw discretion to the winds. She
has been brought up quietly here at
; home with myself and wife, elderly peo-
pie as her only companions. She has no
gentleman acquaintance, so I wrote to a
matrimonial agency and paid for the
gentleman's address l enclose. The de-
scription the agency gives of him is sat
isfactory to Cora and /. l al to
write to him and come to terms If pos
sible. But if, in your judgment, he is
not q proper person, we must try again.
1 am getting old and want to be relieved
from the responsibility of the care of the
and her property. She is eager to
| consummate the affair, and l will make
! her husband equal owner with herself in
the Denver property and give him out
| right one-half the cash G13A000) to her
credit in bank as Il WeuullS present. In
! closing the transaction, | want you to
represent the gentleman and l will rep
resent my ward. 1t is our wish hat no
lone outside of our four interested par
| ties should have the slightest inkiing of
our business and so avoid the possibility
of future %oyan Enclosed find pho
ttograph of my ward. 1t is only a proof,
but a good likeness. l would have sent
one mounted, but they We're not finished.
Send the photograph to the gentleman.
| We want the marriage ceremony per-
| formed in Denver by the Episcopal SER
vice. l will furnish railroad tickets for
all parties. You must come along to
represent the gentleman. My ward and
l will be in Denver on ten days notice,