The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
John Schulenberg Finds Himself Work
ed Out Of SIT.
A Pretty Girl Did the Work Like
a Professional.
The Woufd-Be Groom Wants His
Fiance Arrested.
Would Like to Recover His Money or
the Clothes.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
"O,she was one of those working girls,
Those working girls with the phony
pearls;
She was one of those working girls
that you often see;
She was most endearing girl,
A jeering girl, disappearing girl;
She was one of those working girls,
And she worked mel"
The old song aptly expresses the feel
ings of John Schulenberg, the middle
aged carpenter, as he hurried into the
Northwestern passenger depot this morn
ing about half past eight o'clock, and de-
scribed a pretty lass of twenty-five,
whom he was seeking. He had made ar
rangements to marry her. He had
bought her a new outfit for the wedding
and it had cost him $l7; and now she
was gone; all gone; nice new clothes and
all.
Charley Hoffman, the night ticket
agent, took great interest in the case.
He had sold ticket to st. Paul to a
young girl, who corresponded exactly
with the description that Schu1enberg
gave. She was pretty, slender girl,
a little pale, and with dark hair. She
had taken the 4:45 a. m. Omaha train
for the twin cities. The last ray of
hope was extinguished in the bosom of
the groom-to-be.
Schulenberg told his story. He is a
widower, living at l4l7 North Broad
street. His wife died about year ago.
He has four grown children, the youngest
of whom, girl of eighteen, lives at the
family home. He follows the trade of
carpenter 1t was while working at his
trade on the house of Mrs. Peter Kintze
on North Broad street that he first met
the pretty German lass, who worked"
him. This was about a week ago. The
two fell in love, so Schulenberg thought,
and agreed to marry. The girl went IN
only yesterday to look over the home of
the man who was to be her husband.
She was much pleased with the prospect
of becoming mistress of his house. She
had no home of her own. The time of
marriage was agreed upon, next Tues
day at high noon, in the office of Judge
Plymat.
Yesterday, Schulenberg took the girl
around to various stores and opened his
pocketbook quite freely, as this or that
article of raiment struck the girls fancy
The bill footed up to SIT. He did not
advance the lady any money.
This morning as Schulenberg was 60
ing down town, he CHANGED to go by
the Kintze residence, and stopped in tt
see his future wife. Mrs. Kintze told
him that the girl had arisen and lief
the house about four o'clock. She ha(
taken with her all her belongings, will
the exception of an old pair of shoes ant
an old valise. Mrs. Kintze did not know
where the girl had gone.
Schulenberg, hoping to find some trac
of his>missing fance, called at the hom
of Mrs. Edward Ario, on South Secon'
street. Mrs. Ario came across the oceal
with the missing girl about two year
ago. The missing girl had told Schulen
berg that her name was Emilia VALID
Mrs. Ario told Schulenberg that tn
name was different, as she understood il
The disappearing girl had come fror
Austria, the Polish portion, where he
mother, so she said, was still living.
Miss Valid had been in st. Paul dur
ing the greater part of the past tw
years. She told Schulenberg that sh
was employed there in one of the hos
: pitals. Before that she had worked j
the Ryan hotel.
Schulenberg wants her arrested. A
the affection was only of one week
growth, he does not take the loss of hi
much to heart, and says he would fe
satisfied if he could recover either h
SIT or the pretty clothes that he bougl
her.