The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-04

her vanity and extravaganza. He as
his position, went South, and was quaran
tined in a yellow fever district. ThC
youngest Of the trio, real estate man
also came to grief over an affair Of thi
heart The third man, a well-knowr
promoter, reyeled in the wierd tales re-
lated about the rooms. He told them
over and over TO his friends, but grew
! less talkative as his own fortunes began
/ TO succumb to the hateful spell. Then a
$35, 900 business deal went wrong and that
much money was sunk in a bottonless
! pit. a Nevada mine next swallowed Sz5,-
900 for him and his friends. The unfor-
! tunate promoter now has offices in
Quincy street He does not mention the
'hoodoo suite" and if an impertinent
friend dares bring up the subject he does
! it but once.
Next the Glessners appeared on the
scene. One month of the room was
enough for Glessner, who was a turfman.
In that time his money was gone and
much more in bills was outstanding
against him. A bill of 800 for board was
charged on the hotel books Several large
trunks marked "G' still keep company
in the basement of the building, with
others carried down there from the same
apartment
Mrs. Jenkins, formerly the housekeeper
for prominent club in New Orleans,
was the next victim Before leaving the
South she had fallen heir to considerable
property and had married a member Of
the club. The man was her junior by
several years, and after accomp Anyilg
her to Chicago where they secured apart
ment 426 in the hotel, the club man grew
tired Of the housekeeper. Little by little
he secured quite a largo amount Of money
from hec, and soma property. Finally
one night he demanded that she deed
him a certain very valuable property.
The woman refused, and Jenkins choked
her almost to insensi'bility. He then
skipped out for parts unknown, taking
with him a large slice of his wife's fjr-
tune despite the fact that she still held
the title to the property he most desired
Mrs. Jenkins III luck did not cease here.
While living in No. 426 she traded some
of her Southern lands for Chicago real
estate. The title 10 the property was
found to be faulty, and it passed entirely
out of her hands.
Two young women from Cleveland. OF
swagger mien and fashionable cut next
moved in. Many trunks followed them
and a highly bred dog walked in their
train. In one way or another the two
Cleveland ladies set the whole establish
ment by the ears, and were finally elected
from the house by an officer.
An unfortunate man from Milwaukee
next lost his watch and his wife through
the ill-savored rooms. The couple after
becoming established entertained freely,
A friend Of the mans called one Sunday
afternoon, and together the two went out
for a walk In some way the married
man lost his watch. When his wife was
notified of the affair, with the omission of
the part played by two young women and
a champagne supper, she Immediately
accused the guest of stealing the watch
and procured his arrest. Some time after,
the pawn ticket for the watch was dis
covered and the guests innocence proven.
In contrition the wife invited the injured
man to stop in the apartments with her
husband and herself. and it is reported
that remorse has led her to elope with
the unjustly accused guest.
One Of the owners and the proprietor of
the hotel was the last to test and prove
the curse which followed a residence in
he rooms. After taking the suite for
himself an unpleasantness arose between
him and his partner. His friends i'm
1lored him to leave the rooms. and in
sisted that all would then be right, but
ne laughed at the idea. Financial diff
7uIties arose. a receiver was appointed,
and at last the property, with the splen-
did building which cost $4,000, was taken
from the enterprising man who had so
long owned and operated it