The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-10
BEAUTY AND BEAST.
widow Bauer Would Have None OF
Tom Shnrkeys Love-Making-

REPUBIL- SPECIAL.
New York July e.-Mr. Thomas Sharkey,
the late lau.anted pugilist, has been cap
tursd In the possession Of tho merchandise
His out-and-oar declaration that he did not
enioy the ror,.h-to- b.--relsshe3 acquaintance
O; Mrs Lillian Bauer has been weighed in
,he baiance and fond wanting
Nor alone Goes Mr.. SEgrkey know the
handsome widow. but ne mas ioI4o"ed a-E
TO several points on the restless compass
and in addition to sending her many tete-
grams BY which two telegraph companies
have prodted, he also wrote her smorous
letters. which she suffered in attempting 10
translate
porter for the New York Sunday TeIegTap pm
saw her in her spacious nat at 70 West
Forty-third street She waNed TTatny !
the insinuation that she ever though, q
wedding the man whom Gus Ruhhn used
for q pirskin and made divers observations
rejecting upon the veTacity OF the person
y wish you would say for me- sid
Mr. Bauer that l never INTENDED 70
iuarry pusilist; The idea IS prepester0,u l s ;
He saws he doesn't know me, ooeS ne /!
Well iusc lock at these
Here Mrs Bauer produced several teie-
grams and letters which proved cohc!c-
s;vely that Mr. Sharhey had burning DE-
sire to forever remain in the presence OK
the pretty widow. The kilograms came rom
various places in the country and were ali
sent to the Cadillac Hotel. In this city,
where Mrs Bauer was then stopping One
of them asked her to meet him in hunalo.
another requested her to come . Detroit.,
q third crsved her presence In PhilaGslphia
and she isn't 10 De blamed for Lot going
rhere-and a fourth said he would most
certainly lose Z fight IN which he was about
10 engage II Mrs. Bauer dion give MIN her
Once. I'M New York. ar a time when she
was in Chicago--last February. according
to the date line the Eeifer-he begged
her TO come 10 New York. and in his billet
d0ux told her the streets of the town were
covered with ice and spelled 'freezef"
Il was not this that caused Mrs
Bauer TO become cold toward the lighter,
TO do with him. but she drew the iine
q few lines further down In the letter
when he asked her how she'd Ike TO be
the ice man
Even Il such were possible" ex-
claimed Mrs Bauer, Il wouldn't permit
him to talk 10 me in chat way. On an
other occasion ne called me UP on the
long-distance telephone. and thought
SO much of him I wouldn't even quit
reading paper. to go downstairs and
III was he who sent out the report that
he was engaged 10 be married 20 NE and
then said he didn't know me- De sald
he wo..id do something TO get even. and
this is what ne has done He wanted 10
where ] lived. He saw me the other cay
, and said:
:. ! hear you've got a faty
"'oh. nothing he said; guess can
come and call OF you
well. 1 told him l guessed ne coui1n 7.
and that is why he got back al me- 10
you think I'd marry a man who speiis
2reezed f-r-i-s-s-c-e-d. and refers to De-
troit as 'Detioryt'? Never"
Mrs Bauer who fs an exceedingly prett9
xornan ~ n wears met Sharkey when he
was a guest at her husbands hotel IN chi
cago She admits she has known hin ever
since, but declares she was never friendly
toward him
and another thing" Mrs. Bauer con-
Guided. he tells people he lost S,So on
the nSht Ne never had that much
noney-oniy In his rnind-and II he los; II
ali he lost his mind. l don't care TO say
anything harsh about this man. iiiio,
oriy hate 10 have him refer to me as a
dear creature and then say he doesn
know me It's unfortunate that 1 AIn &c
ouairtei with him but I'm sorry Of II
1or'f care to know any man who says ilt
Sor no and spells 'freezeG,' Tr1esceo-
All of which tends conclusively 70 snow
Mat Mr. Sharkey IS acquainted with Ihe
U5dov and that he is the least bit ,f1i1ed
hecsuse she has rgilroaied his intentions.