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very soon Of private marriage be.
tween this foolish girl and the gentle.
man above mentioned.
So much for current gossip. More
private inquiries elected further and
less well-known facts. A teacher, who
had watched the girl narrowly, says
that she does not look for any such
termination of the affair; that the gen.
tleman, who was one Of many visitors
on certain exhibition day, had
seemed more interested in her name
than in herself, for he had asked if
there was any girl in the school by the
name of Jenny Rogers, and when told
yes had looked with deep interest at
the person designated. But it was not
with a lovers interest. or so the de-
mure teacher persisted in declaring.
But whether this be true or not a
large reward has been offered 70 the
man who shall first discover her pres
ent whereabouts.
The identity Of the girl found dead in
Blind Alley this morning has been set
tied. Several persons, among them
her employer and the woman with
whom she lived, have testified to her
features as those of an orphan girl by
the name Of Jenny Rogers, who
worked in the large shirt factory in
Wooster street, near Broome. Inquiry
into her character proves her to have
been both virtuous. and industrious,
but she was sickly, and her death,
which seems to have been sudden.
was. according to present appearances,
solely the result of fright given by
the following anonymous letter, which
was found in her room:
New York, May 25, 1887.
Miss Jenny Rogers-Will you let a
true friend warn you? Though you
seem at present unconscious Of the
fact you have n desperate enemy, who
has sworn to be the ruin of you. He is
not a common man, and will certainly
accomplish whatever he desires.
Whether his determination springs
from too much love or too much hate
I cannot tell, but he has singled you
out as his victim, and before long you
may expect to see yourself visited by a
fine looking and uncommonly pleasing
gentleman, who will talk fairly to you.
but who at heart means you nothing
but wrong and suffering. Lest you
should not know him when you see
him 1 will describe him in advance.
He is tall, with dark hair and mus
tache, gray eyes and a polite manner.
At sight of such man fee; it is your
only safety. With best wishes,
"a FRIEND"
This letter, according to the landlady
with whom she lived, was given her
yesterday evening upon her return
from the factory, and, though she did
not tell anybody about it, she mani
tested so much uneasiDess all night
that the people in the next room COM
planned of being disturbed. But in the
morning she was so quiet that the
landlady became alarmed and went
into her room, when she found that
the young girl had not only gone away,
but had carried off most of her few eff.
fects. This was a great surprise, as
Jenny had always seemed both honest
and considerate. But it was followed
by q still greater surprise. For, few
minutes later, before the landlady had
left the room, in fact, strange gentle
man called upon this girl, with 4 large
packet Of extra work in his arms, and
upon hearing she had gone out without
leaving any word, expressed himself
much astonished, since she had prom
ised to be at home to see him. He did
not give his name, but he was tall,
good looking, with black mustache
and gray eyes. He left the work and
went away, looking much put out and
disappointed.
Meanwhile, poor Jenny Rogers who,
If she had expected him as he had said,
had taken most certain means Of es-
Gaping him, was lying in an alley near
by dead. She had run, as several tes.
tify, for two long blocks down North
Moore street, and if, as some think,
she was troubled with heart disease,
her death is explained. But this cannot
be settled till the autopsy takes place.
The original name of the Signorina
Valdi has been found to have been
thi? same fatal one Of Jenny Rogers
Signed by different names, these va
rious reports interested the inspector
greatly. Pondering upon them he de-
cided thar the evidences Of conspiracy
against girls Of this name were good,
and that the strange gentleman who
appeared in all these reports saving
the last was one and the same man. A
detective was, therefore, called and
given such clues to this mysterious in
dividual as could be gathered from
these various reports, with an injunc-
ton to have him Forthcoming in time
for the inquest soon to be held over
the remains Of the poor girl found in
the alley way.
To be continued.
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