The San Francisco call., 1904-10-16
GIRLS ROMANTIC TALE
Says She UdS q Mexican C0w-
puncher and Rode the Plains.
Comes to San Francisco and Robs Ex-Klondiker

Evelyn Munson, II years of age and
very pretty, unfolded a rather ro-
mantle bit of autobiography yester-
day ere Police Judge Cabaniss sent her
to the Superior Court for trial on the
charge of having robbed Nels Carlson
of about s4oo cash and several valu-
able nuggets.
She was parentless when a we'll
known Los Angeles attorney adopted
her. she averred, but the comfortable
home, good education and Christian
training which he was giving her did
not provide sufficient excitement, so
she ran away to Mexico, donned cow
boy garb and became a cattle puncher.
When the novelty of the vocation
lapsed and its hardships began to pail
she decided to return to feminine ap-
parel and civilization, and soon after
ward found herself in proper attire
and wondering where she would go
when she ventured forth from the
Ferry Station, San Francisco. 1t was
then she first met Nels Carlson. He
courteously asked her, in mutilated
English, If she would like to accom-
pany him to the Chutes, incidentally
adding that he, too, was a stranger in
the great city and yearning for con-
genial companionship. The protracted
deprivation of masculine notice to
which the girl had been subjected by
reason of her vaquero costume made
Mr.. Carlsons society all the more en-
gaging, and his invitation was accept
ed on the spot. Together they went to
the Chutes, and together they enjoyed
ali the vehicles of popular recreation
there provided. When they returned
to town. the purse of Mr.. Carlson. con-
tanning the double-eagles and the un-
minted gold, was slyly stolen from his
pocket by the girl.
She fed with her plunder to Santa
Cruz. but was arrested and brought
back. Confessing her crime, she de-
clared that faintness overcame her
when she opened the purse and saw
what 1t contained, as she had imagined
that IT held only few silver dollars.
However, instead of returning the gold
to Mr.. Carlson she spent all except
$50 of the coin for clothing and gew-
gaws. If she had not been penniless
and stranger in town, she pleaded,
nothing could have induced her to be
Mr.. Carlson's companion long enough
to find opportunity to rob him. as his
manners did not improve with ac-
quaintance. His was a nature Of coarse
fiber, she declared, and innate refine
ment such as she possessed could not
be sufficiently compensated pecuniarily
for enduring his general uncouthness
one entire evening. He told her he
had amassed vast wealth in the Klon-
dixie, and invited her to go there with
him, promising that he would soon
make her independently rich. Before
she had time to give the proposal a
moments consideration he robbed it of
charm by adding that any good-look-
ing and ordinarily bright young wom-
an could hardly avoid making a for
tune in the underworld of Yukon So
ciety.
Mr.. Carlson informed the court that
while he had relished Miss Munson's
company, he did not think 1t was
worth what it ultimately cost him.
"Ay ban hav goad time" he elucidat-
ed, bot ay pay toe moch foar at"
The girls bail was fixed at $1,000,
and she was unable to furnish 1t.
Madame Marie Faux and Madame
Angela Forget-pronounced Forgay-