The Cairo bulletin., 1905-02-07
WATCH HIM!
CAUGHT HOOK
jealous Lover OF LandIady
Caused Downfall
or MODERN BLUEBEARD
HE WARNED HER AGAINST THE
WOMAN KILLER WHO COULD
NOT STAND TO SEE HER
PEEL POTATOES.

hQnm 81 lie, lHe herman WluON WIN
narrowly escaped becoming the thir
ty-fourth wife of Johann Hook, relat
ed today the true story of her adyen
ture with the modern Bluebea"d II
was at Mrs. Kummerle's boarding
hou g, 5i6 West Forty-seventh street
that Hook was taken into custody on
information furnished directly by
Chief O'Neill of the Chicago police.
Mrs. Kummarle is a buXom frau
with a motherly smile and the mar-
ricst pair of blue eyes imaginable. Ii
is only when she contemplates the
fate which might have been hers
had she married the man of many
dead and deserted wives that mirth
fades from her expression, giving
place to a momentary shudder.
HE had nice way when he want.
ca to make mp to you, said Mrs,
Kummarle But he was 700 sudden.
o, | think he wanted to marry me,
TOO. l think my escape pretty lucky
don't your
Romance in starry.
II appears taare is a thread of TO
nance running through the story Of
the adventure, the final chapter o!
which is eagerly awaited by Mrs,
Kummerle's friends. The heroine Of
the romance is the motharly landll-
dy herself and the hero is a certain
German gentleman who has been
boarding with her for several years.
Tla German gentleman long has en-
tertained tender regards Tor Mrs,
Kummerle and the landlady is said
10 be not displeased with his atten
ticns. From the first, however she
has discouraged the German gentle
mans willingness To marry her. but
the German gentleman lives on at the
boarding house in the hope she will
relant in the course of time.
II was one day in the last week Of
January that Hook found his way TO
tie little boarding house and took
room there. He spent the afternoon
in the house getting acquainted with
the landlady and when the German
gentleman returned from the days
employment he discovered thar the
NV lodger was conducting himself as
if on the most familiar terms with
Ms. Kummerle. This chilled the
German gentleman. In fact, he grad
ually froze up TO the engaging ad'
vaaces of the stranger and refused
70 thaw out.
Rival Suitor Suspicious.
The patient suitor suspected the
intentions of the stranger from the
start and, constituting himself a pro
tector of the beleagured landlady, Ire
made it his duty to remain within
call as much as possible. TO this
end he even remained home from
work for three days in succession
Whenever the German gentleman
found the new boarder paying par
t'cular attentions to Mrs. Kummerle
he would step over and whisper into
the ear of his adored this warning:
"Vatch him, my dear-you must
look a leedle oud!"
The second day of his stay Hook re
vealed the state of his heart, though /
not of his head, to the much pursued |
landlady. 1t appears from the testi !
mony of another boarding hous
keeper that Hook sought out Mrs.
Kimmerle only when ne had discov
cred that she was well TO do and
probably had money in bank. Linger
ing in the dining room that morn !
ing p len the rest of the boarders
had lef;, Hook managed to arrange
tete-a-tete with the landlady.
well, you are a widow and | am
wiiower." here he brushed away
jea~. I'VE will get married, no, yes?'
20. vat a quickness,' exclaimed
MIR, Kummerle
1But I love you my Katrina, you
are my"
Watch him, watch him." sounded
an interruption from an adjoining
room in the voice of the German gen
tIeman.
A few hours afterwards Hook, tenn
porarily repulsed. returned to the
pursuit. He eornered Mrs. Kummerle
in TIE kitchen.
C. you are peeling potatoes. are
you. Mrs. Kummar le-please let me
do that love to peel potatoes,
and it hurts me to see you doing such
work
Here Hook shuddered at the
thought.
If you marry me you will never
have TO peel potatoes"
Watch him, watch him." warned
the German gentleman from the top
of the stairway Il seems Hook was
Unused TO such a thOrny road to the
attainment of mis- desires and grew
violent toward the end of the after
noon. Mrs Kummerle had retreated
TO a room where she locked herself
in for greater security from her ar
dent ledger. Hook tried to break in
to the room.
Go away from that door, you bad
man" cried Mrs. Kummerle from
wi hin
Watch him. watch him" was the
burden of a hoarse whisper from the
German gentleman's room.
Suspicious Result in Arrest.
Next day a woman friend told Mrs
Kammerle she suspected the new
lodger was the muca wanted biga-