Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-26

And the girl with the auburn hair hath
fed.
wedding dress s 90 Debts paid ........sso
Gold--set ring. 100 Gave Mary IN gold 90
Diamond pin... 1856 Beer and meals 5O
Pair vases ...... % Miscellaneous ....s5.is
SILK skirt .......... 10 Cash on hand
Hat ..;............ 10 CHahn).... ...... 4S2
SILK underwear. 30
silk hose ......... 20 Total ..........sSoo
This is not the inventory of a depart
ment store; 1t represents the cash expendi-
ture made by Mr.. Theodore Hahn Of lie
Roy Mimi. for Miss Mary Anderson" OF
Omaha.
Puzzle: Find Mary.
Theodore Hahn Of Leroy. Mimi. is one
of the few men who can relate with graphic
fidelity just how 1t feels to spend $500 on
strange woman in two days. under the pre-
tense of marriage, and then wake up to find
the woman gone into the wide, wide world.
Hahn is now stopping at the oxford hotel
on East Farnam street and making his last
few dollars go as far as possible. He is
reading the brochure Of a Chicago profess
sor, telling how any man can keep his food
budget down to 10 cents per day and yet
have all the sustenance that Mother Nature
intended a man should have.
Hahn called at the police station Wednes-
day morning and told his sad story of mis-
placed confidence to Chief of Detectives
Dunn
Hahn story Is True.
An investigation showed Hams story to
be true. which leads Chief Dunn OF the de-
| tective force to believe that after all truth
] is stranger than fiction, and there is quite
number on the waiting list of those who
have not seen the hole in the lake nor the
wreck in the tunnel.
Hahn. who is q years of age. worked six
years in the railroad yards at Sidney, Neb.,
as switch tender and yard man. saving dur
ing that time $500, which amount he brought
| in cash to Omaha last Saturday evening,
with the intention Of staying here a day
and then proceeding to his dear old home
on the farm at Leroy and taking the old
folks some presents.
| While eating his supper in restaurant
Saturday evening Hahn sat across from
young woman who started the mans heart
going like trip hammer. An acquaintance
was made. rooms were engaged at cheap
lodging house. Hahn confided to the woman
the amount of his cash balance on hand
| and before the hour when graveyards are
supposed to yawn Hahn made a proposal
OF marriage to the woman, who gave her
name as Mary Anderson and promised to
be the wife of the only man she ever loved.
Sunday morning the couple went to church
and Monday the twain did little shopping
for the intended nuptials
And Then the Altar.
It was arranged that Hahn should take
his bride-to-be to Leroy and be married at
the home of the grooms parents. The
itinerary to Leroy included a stop at Red
Oak Ia, where Miss Anderson wished to
visit her friends and former school mates
before settling down with the only man she
ever loved. Hahn agreed to every detail
| as proposed by the only girl he ever loved.
After spending the $500 in detail as listed
above Hahn and Miss Anderson left Omaha
for Red Oak Monday afternoon and took
apartments at the Parks hotel. At the sta
ton they were met by a man with an UNI
brella, as 1t was raining at the time. The
man showered congratulations on the
couple.
At 9 o'clock Tuesday morning Miss An
derson told the only man she ever loved
she would go and visit dear friend" of
hers and would not be gone over half an
hour. Hahn waited half an hour, an
hour, two hours three hours, four hours.
and then began to think it over. He spent
the rest of the day trying to find the only
girl he ever loved with the only $500
he ever had, and then took a train for
Omaha, arriving here with a little loose
change which stared him in the face like
q horrible nightmare.
Old Love Abideth.
At the police station Hahn said: II see
II all now and yet II could find the girl
would marry her She did not rob me,
but just got the money under false pre-
lenses She is yet dear to me-"
you mean expensive" interposed Chief
Dunn.
81 mean both" replied Hahn, as he looked
toward that dear old Leroy, MINI.
But 1t is hard to think of saving for
six years and accommodating $500 and then
to lose both money and the only girl
ever loved. Do you think she will come
back? She might, don't you Think" ques-
toned Hahn, like a drowning man grasp
ing for a straw.
Detectives are. of course, making an in
vestigation of the case. but it is doubted
whether a case could be made against the
woman II she would be caught. The
woman is described by Hahn as being about
1--WE feet two inches in height and having
auburn hair. Hahn says she is a pretty
girl and has lovely eyes-sort of dreamy
like, speaking eyes, also pretty neck and
, lips.