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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
The Woman Enters.
schemes.

While being shown through an apart
ment the Raffies"-as Chicago's police
call him-steals what jewelry he can lay
his hands on.
If he is unsuccessful his first trip
and the fat seems likely to prove rich
field he announces that he will return
with his wife. On the second trip he is
accompanied by blonde woman, whom
he introduces or presents" as his wife,
and while she is occupying the atten-
tions Of the mistress of the house the
Raffies" pliers all the portable yalua-
bles he can 1t is alleged that the ply
sician's wife, known at 479 West Madi-
son street, Chicago, as Mrs. Lottie
Stewart" was the women who posed as
his wife.
She now claims that Walsh had asked
her to be his wife and that she had con-
sented She says that she never gave
her consent 10 be introduced as his
wife, but that she could not think of
humiliating him by entering denial af-
ter he had addressed her as "wifey" in
she says, was that he was searching
in good faith for a furnished fat in
which they were TO live when married.
and she declares that she never for q
moment suspected that her affianced
husband was a thief who used her as a
dupe and made her presence q cloak for
the more effective footing of the apart
ments which he invited her to inspect as
their possible home after they Wero
married.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19

that she and her mother and sister Glare
were enabled to take a trip to Europe.
Mr.. Patterson followed. and pressed his
suit. Before they came back to America
it was understood that they were en-
gagged.
Mr. Woodruff knew Harry Patterson,
and it is said that Mr.. Patterson him
self introduced Miss Morrison and her
mother to Mr.. and Mrs. Woodruff. The
WoodrufYs saw Miss Morrison q great
deal when they were in Europe That
was about three years ago.
Not long, after his return to America
Harry Patterson. big, hearty fellow,
who never was sick before, became Sc
riously ILL., He was taken. to the New
York Hospital, where he died, after q
brief Illness On his deathbed he talk
ed OF Bella Morrison. and after his
death it was found that he had left
her $4,000 in money, a. piano, and a
horse. and carriage.
The Woodruffs and the Morrisons
were together quite frequently after the
meeting abroad. Miss Morrison was en-
tertained at Camp Kilicare, the Wood
ruff lodge in the Adirondacks. She had
met Sir Thomas Upton while abroad
and was one of the guests at the IA
nous dinner given at Camp Killcare to
the noted British yachtsuan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
An Early Love Affair,

When still a salesgiri of eighteen, Miss
Morrison made the acquaintance of
young Southerner from Atlanta, Ga. He
was n reckless young fellow, son of a
wealthy father. He was devoted to Miss
Morrison and the girls in the store
tho11g that Pete. as he was Familiarity
called. had won her heart But that
little romance disappointed the expecta
tons of her friends. A year later the
disconsolate Peter was down in Porto
Rico with Miles army, trying to get
shot
After Miss Morrison established her
millinery store. she had the benefit OF
the influence OF wealthy friends. Her
charm of manner won the heart of
nearly every woman who went into her
store to buy hat. They told her she
oughc to get up on Fifth avenue.
Miss Morrison took her friends advice
ana moved her store to Fifth avenue and
Thirty first street. New York. She did a
thriving business there. She met in a
business way many of the women she
will meet socially as Mr. Woodruff s
wife With many OF them she has made
lasting friendships.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Becomes a Milliner.

Miss Morrison tired of selling hats for
q department store and decided TO start
a millinery establishment of her own.
She had an aunt who believed in her.
and supplied her with money enough to
start a little shop in Twenty-third
street, near Sixth avenue.
The millinery venture was a success
II was not many months before the Nor
risons had a better home than the little
fiat Trey once had in Eighty-first street.
1t was a rather cruel fate that made 1t
necessary for this young girl to go out
and work for her daily bread. Her faith
er, J. EsteGan Morrison, was a banker
with Fiske & Hatch, but the fortune he
left was not sufficient to support his
widow and two daughters in ease and
iGleucss. Bella, the youngest Of the
daughters, had not Leen nurtured for a
department store. She had been given
a good education at Madison, N. j., and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
owe Quarreled."

Last fall we quarreled, and l told
Kim l COR, never marry him From
that time u tried to leave him, but
he held the whip OF my past over me.
L was weak enough to submit TO him
[ knew he played the races. He told
me that he wcs wealthy and that his
parents were"
At giving her husbands name the
woman shrank. 81 cannot do It," she
said, Ion account of my old mother in
Iowa"
This man Who has caused my
troubles a:,d / were married fifteen
years ago In Ohio He was an osteo-
path and made a good living for us
during several years. We drifted
around Tennessee and Missouri, and
finally ~ got into financial difficulties.
Then he decided to take me and the
children 20 his family in Stoughton.
Wis. His people are wealthy
L never will forget the reception l
received. / was not Norwegian, you
see, and his sister could not forget
that. He soon sent me and the chill
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Granddaughter of His Best Friend.

Mr. Woodruff felt q certain interest
in Miss Morrison, because she was the
granddaughter of his best friend. Nicho-
las d. c. Moeller, who waS~at one time
prominent in Brooklyn. Mr.. Moeller
had been very kind when Mn Woodbury.
as Il young man started in business At
that time pretty Isabel Mr., Moellers
granddaughter. was not born.
In the last year Mr.. Woodruff and
Miss MORRISON We're together so much
that then, frierEs decided they must
De engaSed: On account of the recent
not Wiling to have the enga cement
announced. but in order to set at rest
All rumorS he consented six weeks
ago 10 an unofficial announcement.
1t was expected that MIR Woodruff
and his son. john Eastman Woodruff.
would both be married at the same
time, Young MIR. Woodruff is engaged
70 Miss Eugene Watson. daughter of
Mrs. Otway Watson. of Columbus,
wedding CT the father and Miss Mcrri-
son is to take place in April. 1t IS
doubtful If there will be Il double we'd
ding The SON. Wedding Is scheduled
TO take place in June
a great deal of interest has been
felt al Brooklyn in the approaching
wedding of the senior Mr. Woodruff.
delighted with the report that he was
to resume his residence in his home
on Eighth avenue which he gave up
shortly after Mrs WoedruRs death.
His son is expected to make his home
in the Woodruff home in Syracuse
where elder Mr.. Woodruff's business
keeps him about half the time.
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times, and seemed much pleased with
what he saw.
The affable stranger made, a good i'm
preston. But when Mrs. Callahan de-
tected him casting a furtive glance at
her well-loved enga cement ring, which
happened to be lying upon a bureau, the
struggling tide of fear and sentiment al
most overwhelmed her. She reached for
the solitaire, but Rallies" was too
quick for her. He grabbed the jeweled
cfrclet with one hand. and with the
other he roughly pushed Mrs. Callahan
aside. He had calculated on being able
to make good his escape, and he rushed
for the door, only q few steps away.
Mrs. Callahan screamed, shouted, al
most tainted. In a moment her husband
was at her side. He had bounded madly
from his couch when he heard her cries.
Hatless and coatless, the great base
ball player gave chase to "Raffies, - who
was bounding down the stairway. many
steps at each stride. Into the street the
pursuit continued. Rallies" headed for
an opening between two buildings near
the Unity Club across the thoroughfare
Close behind came Jimmy" Callahan.
With bound the scurrying Rallies
jumped a high fence between two back
yards. AT this time Callahan was gain
ing In the chase, but he fell at the fence
His fall was not inglorious, as it was
due TO slip on the ice as the bal
player was in the act of jumping.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19

Y v1TH1N short two months
M Timothy Woodruff, million
" " aire and former lieutenant
governor of New York. will
wed Isabel Morrison, the beautiful girl
who eight years ago was salesgirl be-
mind the counter of u large department
store in the metropolis.
The announcement of Mr. Woodruff s
approaching marriage, while it came as
a great surprise to his friends, is the
outcome of a friendship of several
years standing. The story of his meet
ing with Miss Morrison, their subsequent
friendship which has ripened into love.
is filed with romance. Mr.. Woodruff,
who is more than a score of years
ably young man in view of his accom-
plishments In the business and political
worlds. He was born In 1853 and Is
forty-seyen years old.
There is just a tinge OF sadness to
Miss Morrison's new happiness. coming
cident of her life. But for the hand of
death she would have been ere this the
wife of another man, a millionaire, al
most as wealthy as Mr.. Woodruff.
When she met $he then lieutenant gov
ernor of New York she was the fiancee OF
Henry Patterson. the popular clubman
and Wall street broker. Since that
time she has lost her ffance and Mr..
Woodruff has lost his wife.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
"A Divorce.

Discovery of the identity of the go
man whose feelings are causing This
Chicago Raffles" so much solfcitude
was made by the police few days after
her arrest. They assert they have es-
tablished her identity as the former wife
of DR.. c. d. Brastad an osteopath
physician of stoughton. Wis. She Sc
cured divorce from the physician on
the charge OF cruelty Their three chill
dren were said to have been abducted
while at play in Union Park, and only
The father. whose relatives are rich. is
supposed TO. know the present where
abouts of the little ones.
In It's incipient stages Walsh's scheme
Of robbery was simplicity itself. His
plan was to insert advertisements in
daily newspapers, saying that "a re-
fined married couple wishes to buy a
completely furnished fat in a select
residence district Often the lad" told
OF the couples desire that the fat be
luxu-iously or at least tastefully fur
nished. anG that furniture which came
up TO the quality required would be
purchased or leased and the lease of the
fiat taken up"
His lads" judiciously distributed
among the newspapers. kept him per-
petually supplied with large bundles OF
answers. many of them being letters
renned upon perfumed note paper. He
was kept busy making the rounds among
his prospective customers. He made
most OF his business calls in the after.
noon or the early hours of the evening
Generally he made his first visit alone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Gaining Admission.

He had little difficulty In gaining adj
mission to the fats or In disarming any
latent suspicious with which the ladies
of the house may have been inclined
to regard him at the start OF negotia-
lions. When his shadow fell athwart a
doorstep ne was aided rather than hand
icapped by the fact that his face is not
at ali handsome. The sight of mash
err seeking entrance TO their homes he
early found had made the household
ladies wary. He was sparine of his
smiles and absolutely RETAINED from the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
A Daring Thief,

That the Chicago Rallies would play
a daring part and take chances of get
ting shot to pieces in effecting get
away was proved a few weeks ago,
when in broad daylight he robbed tho
home OF Jimmy Callahan. the erst-
while pitcher of the White Socks. The
'.Raff1es'" plumber on that occasion was
the superb engagement ring for which
the baseball player paid half MS years
salary when his prowess on the base
bali diamond captured the heart of a
ricn girl, whom he afterward married
Tho story of the robbery was suppressed
al the time, but the police now say it is
likely that the pretty wife Of the base
ball player will be the star witness for
! the prosecution at the trial Of "Raffles"
Walsh in the criminal court.
II appears that the Galatians were
about TO break up housekeeping pre-
paratory to making their home with
Mrs Callahan's papa, Dan Hardin. in
I; his fine new house next door to the
| fashionable fiat building in which the
! Galatians resided. They did not want
| Papa Hardin to lose any rent on the
| fat, so they took pains to exhibit the
! flats advantages to prospective tenants.
! 1t was by watching for newspaper
/, ads and answering that the Chicago
| "Raffles" made his diving" when the
| grist OF answers TO his own ads was
small or unpromising He read some
| where that the luxuriously furnished
fat OF the Galatians was on the market.
and he promptly presented himself al
apartment q 3l35 Indiana avenue.
Before admitting the stranger Mrs
Callahan told him that she could moi
show him all through the fat as hel
| husband was just then asleep in one OF
the rooms and she could not think o.
disturbing him.
Nothing dauntcd by the announced
| presence of man in the house. IN,
redoubtable "Raffles" boldly entered
| He circled through the house a few
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
NEW PACE FOR A HORSE.

Judge Parker is responsible for ac-
credting fash of wit to horse trainer
liz riding academy near the park,
where the judge occasionally goes in
pursuance of his devotion TO equestrian
ism. says the Baltimore Herald.
II seems that an elderly man had
taken a horse to the place TO be broken
TO IAN old gentlemans pace" an amDle.
which to the aged has always been an
equestrian beatitlide
rs the riding master after several
attempts did not Immediately succeed In
his object, the old man petulantly ex-
claimed:
Great Scot, man, Do you call this an
amble?''
No. sir" was the reply; Il call It a
preamble"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Japies W.Walsh Charged
with the Theft of
4 Many Gems.
He Avows That Woman
Was Not Aware of
His Designs.
But Through Her Help
He Got Admission
to Flats.

INTO the romantic story of James w.
Walsh. the Chicago "Raffies,' whose
thefts of jewels are said to aggre-
gate $50. 600, has come an element OF
pathos in the person of a refined and
gentle woman, the dupe and fiancee of
the clever criminal. She it was who was
the bait used by Walsh in the sordid
business of piifering from the unwary
Her innocent face and quiet, lady-lika
manners aided him many times TO pass
unsuspected through the doors of his
victims
"Raff1es" Walsh and 1.-THE woman In
the case" whose assumed name is Mrs
Lottie Stewart. are now languishing In
the Cook county jail. With tears and
sobs and anxious thoughts she Is be-
: moaning her fate. And the Rallies, -
Her erstwhile hero and affianced lover
Is doing the same thing. That is to say,
he Is bemoanins her fate, not his own.
He avows, he insists, proclaims that
she Is innocent of any part in his thiev-
cries. He AYERS that her incarcera ton
on the charge that she has been his ac-
complete in thefts is an outrage He
wants her lawyer to go before one of
the Judges of the circuit with an appli-
cation for her release on habeas corpus
proceedings, and he is anxious TO give
! his testimony in her behalf. His belief
/ is that the grand jury will not indict
J her. but he grieved to see her detained
for any time. however brief, in custody
as the companion of Cook county's Grim
I inals.
All this he told her at a dramatic in
tervfew in the Cook county Jail, where
I, the kind-hearted jailer, John L. Whit
man. permitted them to meet in the
presence of witnesses. She charged him
/. with having deceived her as TO his char
! acter and means of livelihood. He de-
: MED that he had intended to make her
his dupe, declared that he was sorry he
! had not told her ALI from the very
J. start. but that he could not bring {ifsa-
self to tell her at all after he had failed
TO tell her at the beginning
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had hoped to fill a good social position
Size was still a young girl, and Just
out of school when her mother, Juana
Isabel Morrison, moved to New York,
from Bayonne, II. J. AS soon as Bella
was out &c school, she had to go to work.
It was hard on a girl raised as she had
been, but she worked with will and with
true courage to help her mother
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19

compliments of gallantry. He sought to
give the impression TO his prospective
victims that they were dealing with a
thorough business mana bona fide
seeker after 1.-The sort of furnished fat
that he knew Chicago should be able to
supply him with, but which In hasty
search he had been unable to discover
In the circumstance that the household
ers wanted to sell and the further cir
cumstance that he was supposed to
want to buy the gentlemanly appearing
caller found additional aid to his
schemes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19

dren to my mothers and he came to
Chicago and began the study Of medi
cine at Rush Medical College, L believe
He posed as single man and never
sent me any money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
His Bride May Some Day
Be Mistress of the
White House.
Now Conducts a Little
Millinery Shop in
New York.

M Timothy Woodruff, million
" " aire and former lieutenant
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1905-03-04

The Mormon Church makes the pro.
ccedings of the other secret societies
seem rs public AS the free perform.
ance in trout of the sidcshow.
~e
Even the whipping post would be
too mild II punishment for that Italian
father in New York who kicked his
hali-nakcd child into the street after
beating it nearly to death.
II President Eliots advice to gen
tlemen to always associate with their
superiOrs' Is to be accepted as the
rule, what are the "supcriOrs' to do?
Are they not gentlemen also?
~
A woman killed her husband and
refuses to tell why. This should be
Il rebuke to the idly curious. A wOm-
an should not be pressed for the mo-
Concerning that story of the COM
pany that is preparing to manufacture
gold in unlimited quantities from salt
water, most persons will take ii, for
the present with few grains of
chloride of sodium.
~
An unknown young man % years OF
age has won $4,000 in prize story
contest. 1t would be well worth the
price of all of Carnegie's millions to
have II tcn-year lease on the feelings
which are that young mans at the
present time.
~eA
AT recent sale of pictures In New
York Senator Clark of Montana bought
$4,000 worth of art. He says he
knows his pictures are good because
certain people who seemed to know
something about the artists did some
spirited bidding against him.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-11-23
WHY THE RAILWAYS ARE HAPPY

Various explanations have been offered for the dsconnuance
of the railway publicity bureau which, it is said, has spent
$2OOOOOO educate the people against the presidents
regulation policy The Of opinion is that the bureau
proved failure but this the real explanation Of the death
which has been passed upon it? To The Independent it seems
though railway has decided that to
influence public against policy which has turned out
be little than myth if some of its talkatiye advocates
telling the truth
tightening speeches the subject have been delivered by Secretary
Taft and Senator Knox Both gentlemen promised the railways
that could be trusted fully protect the railway in
Senator Knox most explicit In his speech at Pitts
burg November the senator said:
could be enacted that could the court
If satisfied that injustice has been done the railroads. from staying
the operations of the order upon terms until the court had passed
upon the merits of the controversy"
Plainly this hint the railways that they could rely
on The inference that the railways
any order Of the interstate commission mat
ter how great may be the commissions theoretical powers All
these powers bow before federal Injunction.
President Roosevelt evidently has grave fears that his plans
regulation will fail for he demanded in his speech at
Raleigh that congress pass little effective legislation rather than
great amount legislation Whether Taft Knox share
the presidents anxiety clear but whether geved gratihed
they taken the trouble inform the railways that government
by injunction will render legislation Of little avail.
had uttered the foregoing words just s
had elapsed mpa their full meaning to the railway
lawyers when announced that the railway literary bureau
capable absolute demonstrations but it most natural to
conclude that the railways would scarcely expend another SOOOOO
for education that the federal injunction much
and cheaper method Of preventing effective
troll of transportation
The quiet life proved too CALLING for Teddy and so he started
quite with Harry Whitney of Massachusetts, and it must be
that the president still something fighter spite OF
his billing and cooling with the bird of peace.
Defenders national honor having poor
defending their honor If this thing keeps plain people will
New York for Sing Sing get into respectable neigh
borhood.
the foreign had record favorng
level canal President Roosevelt said he was in favor OF lock
The foreign engineers will wonder why they invited
Chester Long, Of Kansas thinks he will not support
the presidents railway policy Another discovered by the
railways.
Secretary Taft the of the canal delaying
That cqus the open friends of the canal of all
guilt
Perhaps Norway did become republic because very
large republic has been setting bad example.
Now that the Isle Of Pines has seeded from Cuba Long Island
should secede from the United States.
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general has working what he terms "a free harvest
Of Nebraska this by striking down the grain
Meantime he might add the benefit OF the free harvest
by breaking up among the retail implement dealers
/, maintain prices illegally fixed