The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-16
Boys INFATuATION
LANDS HIM IN JAIL.
Frank Lowry of indianapolis Stole
TO Get Money to Spend
on Grace Patton.
WORE MESSENGERS UNIFORM.
And Delivered Flowers to Her,
From Himself, at Her Room
She Is Playing in st
Louis This Week.

Infatuation for Grace Patton. variety
actress now playing with the Rice and
Barton show at the Standard Theater,
prompted Frank Lowry, son of a wealthy
Indianapolis family, to become u burglar
TO spend the proceeds Of his thetts in pres
ents for the woman he admired.
The Indianapolis police. according TO a
special dispatch to The Republic from that
city. have young Lowry In custody with
three boy companions. who were also en-
amOred of chorus girls. and who took TO
stealing that they might have money to
entertain them.
According to the actress. young Lowry,
In order to gain admittancs to her room in
the hotel at Indianapolis, disguised himself
as a messenger boy on several occasions
and called to deliver flowers from himself.
She claims she did not discover his identity
until she was leaving Indianapolis.
The boys. according to the special dis
patch from Indianapolis, have been rob
bling drug stores. offices and other stores
for some time and the police are unable to
estimate the amount of their stealings.
Toung Lowrys attachment for Grace Pat
ton was revealed by letter written by her,
which was found in his possession when he
learned that he had made her Il number of
presents. among them ring. which the
Patton woman returned to him. with the
request that he have 1t made smaller.
Lowry became acquainted with the actress
while she was performing at the Empire
Theater in Indianapolis.
Grace Pattons stage name is Nellie Bor-
stone. Her husband. Richard Patton. is
the advance agent for the Rice & Barton
company.
Speaking of the telegram from Indian
apolis last night. Grace Patton said:
when our company was in Indianapolis
last week there was u young man who an
noyod ME very much. In the flrSr part Of
our engagement there he frequently and
pcrsistent:y sought 10 induce me to accom-
pany him TO atter-theater suppers. l stub
bUrnly refused, Then tn. Young man.
whose name l afterwards learned Was
Frank Lowry, wrote several notes which
ignored
Finally lie learned Of my room in the ho-
tel. ana every day, about dinner time, | re-
Geived Il beautiful bouquet OF roses. | on
served that these flowers were Always GG-
livercd by the same messenger boy, and the
day before our departure from Indianapolis
l learned that the messenger boy was the
young man VINO had repeatedly made stren-
uous efforts to secure my acceptance -
supper invitations.
Il endeavored To explain to him the folly
of his devotion. without avail. / was g!ad
when our company left Indianapolis. and I
thought that had done with HIM. Tuesday
of TINS week l received d letter post.narKed
Indianapolis and signed Frank Lowry. In
the envelope was a ring, carefully wrapped
in cotton. The raised opal setting of the
ring was surrounded by i circle of small
pearls.
Naturally am suspicious of opals and
/ n to h,r inc to fri, ,,f
mine in the company. Lowry called me up
yesterday over the long-distance phone
and | refused to answer the message upon
learning from whom it came. Then he tele-
grsphed me, and asked me If had received
the ring. did not answer the telegram