The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23
HAS MINNEAPOLIS DEVELOPED
A RIVAL OF MME HUMBERT?
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to disguise her feelings In. this re-
gard. 1t would have been impossible
for her to do SO. She would shake
like an aspen leaf FL
Returning to Chicago after an alb
sence Of about two weeks in the east,
she went at once to the postoffice in
a cab and accompanied her, She
found awaiting her here a large
bundle of letters, twenty-six in all,
many of them bearing the Minneapolis
postage mark. I then discovered that
the letters which agitated her the
eral Of these letters were ostensibly
from Miss Samuels and at least
one from Mr.. Thomas. and on
our way back from the l. post
office in Chicago she informed
me that she would have to go to Mon
treal asking me whether I could also
go. 1 replied that since I had Civ
en- up my office work and devoted my
services to her, the most logical and
wisest thing for me to do was to
continue to care for her until her
travelling was over:
At DIR. N1adden's Home.
From Chicago we went to Milwau-
kee, and the woman was taken into my
own home. Here she was, for
bed and was tenderly cared for by my
wife and other members of my family.
We left Milwaukee for Montreal
when the patient was sufficiently re-
cuperated to resume her journey. In
Montreal she made no claims that she
would have to see any one. She
would only have to show that she had
been there some time before the first
draw was made. We remained there
only three days. It was only on the
last day Of our stay there that she
claimed she had received letter from
Miss Samuels asking her to go home
by way of New York and get some
papers from the vault there.
Our second visit to New York was
an exact duplicate of our first. In
box she sent to her younger daughter
five ready-made dresses.
Had Abundance of Money.
On the fifth day of the seven we re-
manned in New York this time, we
were ordered to go to Washington
again in letter received from Miss
Samuels. The purpose Of this visit
was not explained satisfactorily to
me. She had an abundance of money
! for the theater every night. for drives
about the city every pleasant day, and
for practically unlimited shopping.
Excepting forty dollars which I gave
| her in New York to send home, she
| got none of the money entrusted to me
for our expenses and none of 1T went
for any other purpose than for our ex-
penses. I had been instructed, how
ever, to give her what she wanted. I
gave only when she asked for 1t.
! From Washington we returned to
| Chicago, first running up to MilWau-
kee for day. Before leaving the
! former city was told by Mrs. Gates
| that Samuels and Thomas would meet
| IN on. hut "a arrived
there, she informed me that she would
have to remain in Chicago at least ten
days, that she would draw her
lmoney thru the Chicago branch Of the
Bank of Montreal, that their rules re-
quired residence of thirty days, but
that Thomas had seen them personal.
ly and prevailed upon them to waive
this rule, and make the period ten
days, to which they had acceded
| Moreover, there was to be a meeting
of the board of directors before whom
she was to present her credentials, and
the money would be Immediately
forthcoming.
During the whole time we were ir
the cities above named, Samuels anG
Thomas were said to be in St. Paul
or when the weather became warmer
Samuels had been removed to Lake
Minnetonka. His health required this
he could not stand the noise in thu
city.
Six Weeks in Chicago. ..~
We spent six weeks in Chicago. Mrs
Gates had sent for her elder daugh
ter, who came on the first day we wen
to Chicago after returning from ou
second trip to Washington. She rented
a piano for the girl-invited some &C
quaintances she had in the city to call
thus adding social element to lif'
that went on In precisely the same wa!
it did in the cities of the east, in the
ater-going, shopping in the dry good
esta blishments, in having her days o
illness and receiving discomfiting let
ters.
Promise of $3.50, 900 for Mr.. G. :
Edwards and Mcclellan came t
Chicago often during this period. Mrs
Gates had expressed her willingness t.
me that her husband should go int
business with them. She would Civ
him $25O,O0O for that purpose, an,
. if he lost it, we'll and good. She coul'
stand it. 1 communicated this infor
nation to them and Edwards went t.
Minneapolis and brought Gates bacl
, to Chicago. Here a contract was en-
tered into between Edwards and Nc
; Clellan and Gates in accordance wit
the agreement already made. 49,.
3 Purses Were Opened.
Up to this time Mrs. Gates had re
ceived no money direct from her hus
> bands prospective partners in bust
s ness. 1t had all been paid to me an
: expended for legitimate purposes
f Now, however, that the contract wa
made the two opened their purse
l Gates and his wife, giving them i'm
I mediately q considerable sum, $50
I think.
In the meantime neither Samu1e
= nor Thomas came, and decided
U return to Milwaukee after learnin
> that there was a delay in gettin
I some sort of document thru tn
8 Bank of Montreal. Thomas was j
Montreal, so was a representative
e the Chicago branch of the bank. TIL
=, latter had gone there for the pul
o pose of testifying that Mrs. Gate
u had fulfilled the banks requiremer
p as to residence. But the head inst
e tuition was slow and stubborn. Eve
: the influence of the British embass
|. as represented in Thomas could NJ
stir them to activity. Thomas ono
>, te1egraphed that he might get tn
u papers" that day. If so we woul
q better wait in Chicago: So I was pei
5. suaded to stay another day. Mr.
a Gates was anxious I should me-
IL Thomas. but he didn't come, so
e returned to Milwaukee and Gates an
5, his wife went back to Minneapoli
t. assuming that the money would /
IS forthcoming some time between til
n 1st and the 10th Of July.
. Plan for Trip to Europe.
# A while before Gates made h
v contract with Edwards and McCle
l. Ian was told of a prospective Wis
d to Europe. A letter purporting |