The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-13

| During the first month or the year I6Ss
there took passage on board south
bound steamer from Panama two well
dressed and seemingly aff1uent individ-
uals. The younger announced himself as
a speculator named Blair. The other,
who posed as his attorney, called him
self Horace n. Alien, which has since
been established as his real name
During the journey southwark these
passengers allowed it to be known that
they were making a tour Of South Am
erica in search of mining investments.
and that they were predisposed IN favor
OF Chill. Several Of the passengers were
well up in mining matters IN that re-
public, so the pair had plenty of fnfor-
nation offered them. Both were liberal
in their demands upon the ships store
| of luxuries, and many small bottle was
consumed while mining matters were
| discussed with their new acquaintance.
When the ship reached Valparaiso they
engaged luxurious quarters and spent
money with lavish hands.
! They were flooded with propositfos of
| all kinds. Finally their ideas centered
on a copper property in southeastern
Chill, and Allen. accompanied by Blair,
| with the Gillian owner, repaired to the
United States consulate TO execute the
papers covering their agreement on the
mine. During this visit Blair, for some
reason, ceased to be the capitalist, and
posed as the lawyers secretary, even
playing the part so thoroughly as to
| copy some of the papers connected with
| the prospective purchase.
Shortly after this Allen departed from
Chill, saying that he was bound for the
States TO bring down mining engineers
| and experts who would aid in the open
ing of their properties. Blair remained
| in Valparaiso, passing most of his time
at the Cafe Bolsa. the principal tipping
place of the Gillian port.
Blair was Frederick Moore, tranquil at
last in a country with which the United
States had no extradition treaty.
! He could afford to disclose his where
abouts to those who would respect the
confidence. For the first time since he
had left her standing in Broadway that
sorrowful night, Mrs. Moore received
word from her husband. All resentment
of the meanness of his desertion fled
| from her heart, and she set out to re-
| join him.
| For atime she was happy again, even
| though her husband was a fugitive from
| justice. Society in Valparaiso treated
| them with the consideration due to an
American capitalist and his handsome
WIFE But events were conspiring agains
! wife.
| But events dwere conspiring against
| Them
! The police Of Valparaiso received one
| day among other circulars from all over
| the world one from Boston Offering a re-
ward Of 5000 for the apprehension OF
Frederick Moore, a half-tone portrait of
whom adorned the paper. They ques-
toned the United States consul, and he
| recognized the portrait as that Of the
young man Blair who had visited his
off y1r1a +ta nat,
| ture were drawn up. The police, eager
for the promised reward, arrested Moore
and he was taken to Santiago.
Even in the absence of an extradition
| treaty his situation was a perilous one.
1t was a question of international cour-
tesy. United States Minister Wilson ap-
| pied to the courts for d process by
which Moore would be delivered over
| TO Justice in his own country, and
! pointed out that there were precedents
to justify such action. The first court
| handed own a decision granting the min
| listers application.
Moore and his wife were in despair.
a Boston jail yawned for him, Ioneli-
ness and humiliation for her. But the
\ defaulter's resources were many. He
had taken $4,000 with him to Chilli. and
! he seemed to command unlimited funds
! from Boston, a circumstance which gave
rise to the suspicion that otrer persons
| had been behind him in his stealings and
were willing to spend any amount rather
! than risk exposure.
! His Gillian attorney appealed the case
! to the supreme court of the republic.
| Processes of law are tedious in that
/ country. The period of Moore's impris-
onment in tropical climate amid IN
sanitary surroundings was indefinate.
His health was not of the best. He was
downcast in spirits. Accustomed to a
life Of luxury and weakened by excuses,
he suffered greatly.
But between him and utter misery was
| interposed the devotion of a much-neg-
lected wife Mrs Moore determined TO
snare his Imprisonment. It was against
| the regulations, but wonlans wit and
determination rise superior to such OBJ
stacles. The officers of the prison
shrugged their shoulders in amazement
at the spectacle of beautiful Ameri-
can woman leaving her luxurious apart
ments to take I'D her abode in a moi
some prison and cheer the hours of an
infrm and irritable husband.
1t was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS eccentricity
they told one another. But since mad
anne was charming, her eccentricity
must needs be charming; and since mad
ame's purse strings loosened readily,
And so the absconder's wife became the
inmate of dolorous abode, where every
sight and sound and odor was re9ug-
nant to her. where the air sti1ed and
the damp struck into the bones. where
the only Other members of her own sex
We're the vilest characters of every mon
grel breed. And all this for love of the
man who had deserted her in cold blood
after bringing disgrace upon her name
Her health failed. 1t was not long be-
fore she had lost her color, her buoyan-
cy. She was racked with chills and fe-
yer. Still she thought only of him, and
dragged herself about to minister TO
his wants.
Their money gave out. The Gillian
bankers to whom money had been ca
bled from this country for Moore's ben
eft refused TO pay it over while he was
in prison. His wife cabed to her own
friends in Boston and they sent her
money, which she used to provide her
husband with, luxuries and save him
from the necessity Of eating coarse pris-
on fare. For herself II did not matter,
for her appetite had gone and she was
wasting away.
Back again to Chill came LAWYER AL
len, but this time seeking liberty for his
client instead of mining investments.
With his corning the gold rolled forth.
Besides, there were interested in Moore's
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