Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-09-30

enterprises i'll New York.
In the summer Of 1904 W. r SIosson
director Of the Houston. Galveston &
lnterurban company, came to New York
IN response TO such letter and is al
legged t. have paid Seton $500 to cover
the cost of engraving 100000 worth
OF bonds. The bonds Were never de-
llvered and recently j. NJ. Coleman. an
attorney OF Houston. came here To in
vestigatet and ut the suggestion of the
district attorneys Office caused the ar
rest of Seton and McElhiney.
mothers desire to see more of her
boy, now in the custody of his father.
has brought out story of how rich
New YORK cotton broker paid her hus-
band 10000 to set her free so he cOuld
wed her. The woman is Mrs. Paul Mae
Cormac who is living in New York citv
She formerly was the wife of Charles
70. Converse, a Poughkeepsie merchant.
The record of this agreement by which
converse sold his wife for $4,000 was
filed in the Duchess county court. 1t
was written agreement by which Mac
Cormac agreed to secure for Convers Q
$4,000 for himself and $1,000 for his law
Yer II he would get an absolute divorce
The agreement was carried out. then
MacCormac married Mrs. Converse.
Mrs. MacCormac did not know how she
had been bartered, according to her law
yer. A. II. Hummel. The woman
said: Il did not know till long after
ward that MacCormac had paid Con-
verse any money. | agreed to the suit
TO avoid publicity, with the stipulation
that | was to see my boy when | de-
sired. have been allowed TO see him
only three hours month. so | have
started new fight, and all this has
come out"
The Fabre line steamer Roma from
Marseilles and Naples arrived at New
DIRK with eight wan and weary men
and women, late of Joe McCaddon's
Great International circus which did
not make hit in France and had
stranded at Grenoble- Billy Voght.
treasurer; Wyoming Jack and Mrs. Wy
Qmlng Jack, Oracle, the bearded wOman>
DeadWood Dick, the knife thrower and
sword swallower; Charles Mcleod, adj
vance agent and bareback rider; and
Holman brothers, horizontal bar artists.
We're the eight.
Mr.. and Mrs Wyoming Jack and the
bearded woman headed for a restaurant.
q plain one. with German walters. Tuck
ing her luXuriant beard into her shirt
waist, Grace attacked Il schooner of
Iilsner, then went through m inch thick
sirloin steak like buzzsaw through a
soft pine board. Refreshed she dis
cussed the sorrowful history of the great
internationals tour through France.
Young man." said bearded Oracle,
impressively pointing to her plate. 'do
you want to know what | have been
eating! Yes? Well, elephant an old
elephant at that.
Don't ever speak to me of France
again. IT ever the Dutch got into an
other row with the bloomin' frog eaters
I'll 'hoch der Kaiser and that's some
thing | never thought Id do"
Albert 7. Patrick, the lawyer, who is
under sentence of death for the mur-
der of William Marsh Rice, the Texas
northumberland. has been reelected
mayor" of the lighthouse in Sing Sing
by his four fellows in misfortune AS
mayor Of the deathhOuse Patrick must
settle all disputes. All matters of death
house etiquette are referred to him. His
word is law. If, for instance. one of the
inmates wants to play checkers. it re-
quIreS the unanimous consent of all the
other inmates for the game to proceed.
For the only way that the condemned
men can play the game is by calling
off the figure and the moves ON the
board which each man has in his cell
This is Palrick's third term rs mayor
OF the deathhouse. When the court of
appeals fixed his day of execution for
rick term as mayor of the lighthouse
had expired. There was talk about re-
electing him then, but Patrick said lie
was too busy preparing his own case for
further hearing before the court of
appeals. The other inmates of 4,
gloomy place insisted, however that
there should be no election held and that
Patrick should be considered = holdoyer
Patrick agreed to this.
Patrick'S application for a rehearing
before the court of appeals has acted
as a stay of execution, and his fellow
cohvicts have reelected him for another
year.
y burglar of the "gentlemanly" type
invaded the apartments of William r.
Milliner. an employe of the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance company. and his
wife, i'll Brooklyn. 1t was about o'clock
that Mrs. Milliner awoke and discovered
strange man ut the foot of the bed
Mrs. Milliner cried out. at the same time
getting out Of bed without disturbing her
husband
Who's there?" she demanded.
lit is |, madam, DO not be disturbed,
was the mans reply. As the woman adj
vanced toward him he suddenly flashed Il
pocket electric light upon her and drew
Il revolver
Madam" he said, softly. do not
Il4tihC iuN pulNIN, tilt btSL tllluE rltt YOU
is to return to bed. If you do you will
not be harmed
Mrs. Milliner did as she was directed
and, by the light of the street lamp. saw
the burglar 90 10 the dresser and ex-
anime five rings she had placed there
valued at $3.50
The burglar remarked that the rings
probably We're heirlooms and he would
not take them if madam would give him
whatever money she had
Mrs. Milliner said there were only 1t
few dollars in the house. but she did not
propose to surrender them.
The burglar then told her that. much
as he regretted it. he would have to take
the rings as a souvenir of his visit. Bid
ding her good morning and apologizing
for disturbing her he departed. 1t was
not until he was gone that Millner
awoke.
One Girls Achievement.