The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-05
ONE ARMED LOVERS
TALES DAZZLE TWO
His Ranch, His Horses, His Cattle and
Other Wealth Back His Unmeant
Proposals of Marriage.

CHICAGO, Oct. Mrs. Lena Dempsey
and Miss Ella J. Rhode are anxious to
learn where a man who courted them
both may be now. Miss Rhode has plac-
ed her affair in the hands of private de-
tectives, while Mrs. Dempsey has taken
charging him with the theft Of SIS.
The man, who Is dfty-five years old,
or may be older, is one armed, made
there nine days. In this brief time he
gained her consent to become his wife,
as Sept. /. He Called himself s ~ Turn nsa
veying to II LENA Dem l WHO'S who IS soon soon
to become my wife, wealth itemized
as follows:
One ranch Of 1000 acres, with all
buildings, furniture and farming
implements, in 5Platt county
Fifteen hume hundred horses value siS Is COO
Five thousand head of cattle,
value .................. lO0, O0U
S GeW York citv bonds a ~ O0U
Total ........ observation-disclosures 1922, 600
The will was dated Aug. 10, and was
witnessed by Mr.. and Mrs. William j.
Ellerd
sey's house he interested several West
side real estate dealers by his proposition
to buy a house to cost about $4,000. He
looked at two houses. Mrs. Dempsey de-
them, and Turner appeared to be Waver-
ing. An agent made an appointment with
them for the morning Of Aug. is, but they
failed to appear. The reason is explained
by Mrs. Dempsey.
Turner is d 4 s and .1 Mish theg va
Bonded knees he swore to keep faith, and
he't keep it for me- The next morning
he went out to get some meat for break
fast and I haven't seen him since"
says, Turner Induced her to dismiss all
| his sweetheart to work for living"
On the day Turner" disappeared from
| the West side one armed man calling
himself Clark made his appearance at the
boarding house Of Miss Rhode. He said
| he had lived a. week on the West side.
ranch and began to talk of buying prop
! erty. Finally Clark negotiated for the
| purchase of a residence on Michigan ave
nue., the price agreed upon being $50, 900.
Then Clark requested Miss Rhodes as
sistance in selecting furnishings for the
/ home. The heating plant was not to his
liking, and he contracted with a plumbing
Then began, the work of selecting the
furnishings, which Miss Rhode said were
to cost $4,000. Relative to these shop
ping expeditions, Miss Rhode said:
"a
draperies that cost $4,000 a pair, but
wouldn't let him buy them At another
store he left an order for my wardrobe.
There was no limit of price. At another
we decided on some tables The parlor
was to be in gold, so Mr.. Clark made ar
| rangements to have a man accompany
him to Grand Rapids on Sept. to get
the rest of the furnishings there.
ut wasn't until we had done all this
that he told my mother that he wanted
to marry me, and ] agreed to 1t. Then
he disappeared. leaving his board bill
unpaid. OF course it's humiliating but
| It was such temptation"
Several days k4sore his disappearance
tiers. One was to Charles JONES' fore
| man of Clark's ranch, and the other was
| to the foreman's wife. He asked them
| to send him his first wifes jewels, chis
| handbook and 1927 900 in New York
| bonds.
These valuables were expected to ar
rive IN Chicago on Sept s. At first Miss
| Rhoode thought Clark might have got
alarmed lest he had been robbed and MUIR
| dered. She has not been able to find that
| the package ever arrived.
In addition to other statements, Clark
| said his sister was Mrs. James Taylor
| If riverside Drive and Eighty first street
| New York. and that he himself owned
a home on Riverside Drive.
| The one armed mans operations are toe
1 much FOR the police. They cannot under
stand where the profit comes In.