Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-04-24
IS TILTED,
Miss Hayes Tells Him She Can
not Become His
Wife.
HIS PRESENTS ARE RETURNED
Says She Encouraged Him to
Prevent Him From
Shielding.

After a short reunion with his
sweetheart, Misc Carrie Z. Hayes, and
a renewal of their engagement, Frank
Howard Collier, the eccentric Chi
cagoan, is today Tilted man, broken
hearted, according to his own declar-
alton, but once more in possession
of the gifts and love tokens he had
sho wered upon his fiancee.
Collier met Miss Hayes, whose recent
alleged disappearance created a SEN
satlon, in the Moline police station
yesterday noon. After public dec
laration of his love and formal pro-
posal of marriage, witnessed by the
city authorities and goodly portion
of the police force, he secured the
young lady's promise to become his
wife. as was noted in last nights
ARGUS. This peculiar proposal was
| accompanied by threat to jump from
and an offer of diamonds if it was &C
cePted.
With the affair apparently happily
arranged the two separated only to
meet again last evening in the same
place to sever finally the pledge to
wed. Miss Hayes, when Mr.. Collier
had left the station. demanded of the
police that they give her protection,
| insisting that her promise was made
only to prevent the suicide of her
lover. Collier was summoned to the
station and informed that the young
woman had decided that she would
not marry him.
After upbraiding Miss HAYES for her
fickleness Mr.. Collier demanded and
secured the return or all the presents
given her and they parted. The Chi
cago man proclaimed himself heart
broken and announced that he would
never see his former sweetheart again.
Wanted Chief Discharged.
During his first visit to the police
station yesterday Mr.. Collier said that
he came here for the purpose of hav-
charged. Mayor Vessel refused to
discharge Kittilsen or to appear at the
police station to listen to the protests
of devotion and revenge which Collier
was then delivering for the benefit of
Miss Hayes.
Mr.. Collier came down to Rock ISL
and today and registered at the Har-
per. He called at The ARGUS office,
and in speaking of his Moline esca-
pade, declared he would not now mar
ry Miss Hayes if she were covered
with diamonds; that he was through
with her.
Miss Hayes. who is an instructor OF
stenography in the Gustus school at
Moline. today gave out a statement
for publication, in which she states
she met Collier about year ago at
Elgin, Ill. She worked for him there
for 10 weeks. After she went to Elk
horn he called, on her, and since last
January, she says, he has been very
attentive to her. Until recently,
however, she claims. she did not dis
cover that he was of an eXcitabl tenn
permanent. Then she decided not to
have anything further to do with him.
Collier, when he first met Miss
Hayes yesterday noon, said to rep
resentative of the Mail: Il am ner-
vous and weak from the terrible eX-
perience | have suffered through hav-
ing my little Carrie leave me, and
since she left me / have searched
every insane asylum and hospital in
the state of Illinois in hopes of finding
her. l have been in Elkhorn, Della
burg, Burlington, Creston and a num-
Der of other places. 1 have spent $50
in telephoning to find my lovely fan
Gee and you may put in your paper
the fact that now / have found her
again feel that all the trouble. worry
and expense 1 have had is as moth
ing, in view of the fact that my dear
little girl has promised to marry me.
1 will never part from her again"
Then turning to Miss Hayes he
said: Carrie. love you more than
my overweighted breast can express.
Since you left me l have not slept a
wink or psrtaken of a mouthful of
food. For whittier thou goest, I
will go; and where thou lodgest 1 will
lodge; thy people shall be my people
and thy God my Cod"