The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-03
MISSING ST. PAUL
WOMAN LOCATED
ST. Louis Police in Arrestine
Con Man Suspect Find
Mae Boudin

Special to The Globe
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. .2.-Disguising
himself as an unsophisticated farmer,
Detective Humble today caused the ar
rest of Richard E. Golden, alias Will
liam r. Lowe, who is said to have
married Mae E. Boudin in st. Paul
July s and who. Chief Desmond says
lis wanted badly for Steering strang-
sers into the clutches of confidence men.
i In loves vest were found secret,
ipockets containing $235 in counterfeit
greenbacks and check for $1.150.
signed by John ]. Randolph and made
payable at the Denver National bank
to r. c.. Luther. The check was writ
ten on paper Of the Merchants Ma.
tional Bank of. st, Paul.
i Lowe has been spending his honey
moon here. Humble. carrying car
pet gripsack, wearing a large hat and
having long false whiskers, sauntered
out of the union station. He had gone
about two blocks when he was accost-s
ed by Golden, who asked: Stranger
in the city, are you?" Humble, in the
tone of farmer, replied that he was
and that he was looking for number
on Locust street. Golden volunteered
to assist in the search, saying that he
was the happiest man in the world,
had just been married, felt everybody
was his friend and was willing to help
anyone in distress.
In a few words Golden learned where
the supposed farmer hailed from and
then slyly consulted a vest pocket
edition of the bankers directory and
learned the names of some of the prin-
cipal financiers and business men of
that place. He mentioned the name OF
a prominent resident, stated that was
his uncle and asked his supposed vic
tim if he knew him. Detective Humble
replied why, yes. i know him WE'LL
do business with him every day." and
added I'm glad to meet a nephew of
my business acquaintance"
BY that time Detective McKenna,
who was following, concluded the con-
versation had gone far enough, came
up and placed Golden under arrest.
Mae Boudin was waitress at the
Delicatessen restaurant and resided at
157 Edmund street She is said to have
married John Boudin, an employe CT
the Twin City Telephone company.
Frank Boudin, brother of the girl 8
husband, lived with the couple, and
since Mrs. Boudin disappeared July s
the brothers have been living together.
Frank Boudin said that the woman
and his brother were married six: years
ago at Henderson, MINI, where the
parents of both reside. When Mrs.
Boudin left she told her friends that
she was going to Henderson to visit
her mother, but when her sster-in-
law went to that town few days later
lit was discovered that she had not
been there.
The disappearance of Boudin's wife
remained "a mystery for some time un-
til her mother received letter from
her. dated at st. Louis. The letter had
!. been intended for friend and had ap-
parently been placed by mistake in the
envelope directed to her mother. 1t is
said it mentioned the name Golden,
but it was impossible to ascertain last
night in what connection.
The husband made efforts to locate
his wife, but was unable to do so until
he also received letter from her. He
refused to divulge even to his brother
what the communication contained.
The announcement from ST. Louis that
she had been married to a man named
Golden was surprise. to her relatives
and they declined to credit the report.
The local police do not know who
the Golden under arrest is, as his de-
scription has not yet been received.