The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-23

heartily as he desplsed the country
tself.
This was the beginning of Mrs.
1ates getting money from Edwards
the name Is fictitious) and he was
perfectly willing to loan her what she
leeded upon her representations ana
explanations.
It was some time In March that the
subject of my going with her to New
York was first discussed. There was
no doubt that she needed physician
md desired me to go with her. She
would, Of course, pay me we'll. She
had sent me an unwitnessed agree
nent, written by herself, to pay me
he sum of $4,000 out Of her first
lraw, but this anondescriDt paper was
not satisfactory to me, and | sug-
rested that she put it into the form of
promissory note. This she unhes1-
atingly did, making 1t payable In
ixty days after date. When, there
ore, the question Of my attending
Ter during her trip to New York and
Washington was discussed, I remind
d her of the fact that. SO far as COM
,ensation was concerned, she had
imply protected me, provided the
iote was paid at maturity, or, indeed,
my time within the coming six
months.
l at last agreed to go with her and
he was to wire me when she would
meet me in Chicago. A letter came
rom her two or three days after the
Lgreement was reached. telling me
hat she could not start for the east
before Sunday night Of the next week
md perhaps not until the following
tuesday.
First Suspicious Aroused.
Something, I cannot recall what, In
his letter, disturbed me so much that
called her up over the long distance
telephone and had talk with her.
lesired- to know that there could be
10 mistake, either as to the fortune
tself, or as to the time which might
lapse before she received it. there
ore put to her the following ques-
IONS
Mrs. Gates, it is absolutely Ger
ain, is it not, that there Is no shadow
f doubt about your getting this
money; there Is no possible way In
which any person or circumstance, or
combination Of circumstances, could
prevent or hinder your getting the
mount of which you have told me?
borrower, so far as you know, this
'isit to New York and Washington
will really finish the whole business?"
TO both of those questions she gave
n emphatic and unqualified affirma-
i've.
In the meantime Edwards had
ONE to me and desired me to under
tand that he was prepared TO see
Ter thru" that he and his partner,
Mcclellan (Which is also fictitious
lame), would put up" all the money
he needed to finish her business. He
hen intimated that they Edwards
nd Mcclellan, had a business ven
ure of avery promising nature which
leeded capital to put 1t on it's feet;
md that they hoped Mrs. Gates would
invest part Of her money with them.
.s the venture was just as represent
d to be, and had among its stock
lolders some of the shrewdest busi-
less men in the country. and was al
eady bringing in really fine results.
had no hesitancy in calling the at
ention of Mrs. Gates to it, simply ask
ng her to have her husband examine
L. + did not know at this time that
Aer husbands business career had
cen largely within the walls Of an
light by ten barber shop. I was told
hat he was q master millwright.
First Trip to New York.
Our first trip to New York and
Washington was without particular in
ident. Two peculiarities, however
narked this woman's conduct. One
yas her evident desire to do her bust.
less alone; the other the extreme and
,assionate fondness which she showed
or the theater. But in neither city
i'd I come in Immediate contact witt
nyone with whom she CHANGED tc
ave business to transact. On sew.
raj occasions, in New York, she took
cab and went, 50 she afterward ex
,ained to the foreign exchange. OF
o some safety deposit vault to ge
r to leave documents Of some kind
had in my possession at one time
hree keys said by her to be keys O.
ault boxes in New York, Washing
on and Chicago. They were giver
me for safekeeping, and from time
o time she would ask for one, say
ng she intended to get a paper OF
ONE papers to send somewhere. W.
we're in New York five days, during
,,lr first trip. when she informed M
hat the man whom she wished to SCI
lad been seen and her business trans
.cted with him, and that we nigh
cave for Washington the next day
Ihe claimed to have valuable paper
n an alligator grip she carried, AM
vas much exercised over the fact tina
ts lock had been broken. At tn
apital she was to sign some paper
t the British embassy. "Mr. Thorn
g" being the attache in charge o
he matter.
In WdSIllIlS LOu ilcE CoIluuCI was d
xact repetition Of what it had bee
n New York.
Mania for the Theater,
In both cities Mrs. Gates went t
he theater every night when it wa
,ossible for her to drag herself OF
# bed to do SO. Sometimes she wa
o Ill that she could not go, try har
8 she might. At other times sl1
would go and sit thru half the pla.
when she was obliged to return
ler hotel because of sheer physics
exhaustion. During this whole tri
he spent more than half the daytinl
n bed, complaining generally Of If
ense headaches and nightly insomni;
Her Costly Clothing.
She had with her trunk very fu
f costly and beautiful dresses an
IS many as five or six stylish hat
Yearly every night saw her with
different costume, including hat, a
fought and paid for by Miss Samuel
Ter administrators daughter. In fac
he repeatedly told me that Mi
.,amuels had supplied her and hi
awo daughters with all their clotht
or the past three or four years.
All Of the legitimate expenses {
his trip were paid by me with none
furnished for that purpose by Et
Yards and his partner. She aske
ne for none Of 1t, nor did give he
my. Nevertheless, the money spel
~ her for the theater, for flowers an
n the dry goods stores, was create
han that spent for our railroad an
aotel bills. ->ey