Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-02-16
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Aomanee Figured in hoch's Capture in
q New York German Board

New York, Feb. ".-Mrs. Katherine
kummerle. the German widow who mar
rowly escaped becoming the thirty-f 'urta
wife of Johann fiock. related today the
true story of her adventure with the mod
ern Blucbeard. 1t WAS at Mrs. Num-
merle's boarding house. 56 West Forty
seventh street. that Hook was taken INTO
custody on Information furnished by Chiet
ONeil of the Chicago police.
Mrs. kummcrlc's boarding house is an
apartment on the second floor. rear. OF a
HAT building occupied principally by Ger
man families. AS you pass down the hail-
way YOU hear nothing bat German CONVEX
sation and bits of German lieder thro'sn
thin partitions and from doors alar.
Mrs. kummerlc is "A buNom frau with n
mothcrly manner and the mcrriest pair of
blue eyes Imaginable. IL is only when she
~conlcmplatcs the fate which might nave
been hers had she married the man oil
many dead and deserted wives that m'rth
fades from her expression. giving pace
TO "A momentayy shuddcr.
"Hc had a nice way when he wanted 10
make up 10 YOU" said Mrs. kuinInerie,
but he WAS TOO Sudden. O.. i think he
wanted TO marry me. too. ! think my es-
cape pretty lucky. don't your
Romance in Story.
1t appears there is a thread of romance
running through the story OF the adVcn-
lure, the final chapter OF which is eager
Nv awaited bN MIS-. III " iii'iihf
'rh. heroine OF the romance is the moth
erly landlady herself, and the hero is Il
certain German gentleman who has been
boarding with her for several years. The
GERMAN gentleman long has entertained
tender regards for Mrs. kummerie. and
the .andlady is said TO be not dispicased
with his attentions. From the first. how
over she has discouraged the German
s~cntieman's Willingness TO marry her. but
the German gentleman lives on at the
boarding house in the hope she VIII re-
sent in the course NJ time.
Ii was one day In the last week OF Jan
.,ary that Hook found his way to the lit
de boarding house and took Il room there.
He spent the afternoon in the house get
ding acquainted with the landlady. and
when the German gentleman returned
from the days employment he discovered
that the new ledger was conducting him
self as if on the most familiar terms with
Mrs. Kummcrle. This chilled the German
gentleman. In fact. he gradually froze
up to the engaging advances OF the
stranger, and refused to thaw out.
Rival Suitor Suspicious.
The patient sutton suspected the intcn.
tons of the strange from the start, ana
constituting himself a protector of the be
leagucred landiady, he made II his duty
to remain within call as much as possible"
To this end he even remained nome IRON
work for three days in succession. When.
ever the German gentleman found the new
lodger paying particular attention to Mrs
Nummerlc he would step over and whisper
into the ear of his adorcd this warning:
Watch him.. watch him. my dear-yot
must look Il lccdle oud!"
The secondtday of his stay Hook re
vealed the state of his heart. though ne
OF mis- head. to the much pursued IAN"
lady. 1t appears from the testimony %
another boarding house keeper that Hocl
sought out Mrs. only when h
had discovered that she WAS well to d.
and probably had money in bank. Linz
eIing in the dining room that morning
when the rest of the boardcrs had left
Hook managed to arrange a tete-a-tet
with the landlady..
We'll. you are Il widow and l am
~widower." here he brushed away a teal
IKE will get married, no, yes%
20. vat a auickncss.' exclaimed MIR.
: Kummeile.
But l love you, my Katrina, you ar
my
Watch him. watch him. sounded an in
terruption from an adjoining room IN IN
, voice of the German gentleman
+. A few hours afterwards Hook. temper
arilv repulsed, returned to the rirsui
He corncred Mrs. in the kitct
20. YOU are pceline potatoes. are yc'
f Mrs. kummcrlc-p please let me do that
i ' u DC'i 'oAaAp'. anu ~ ~ - 80
see you doing such work
Here Hook shuddcrcd at the thought
h IF you marry me you will never HAY
TO peel potatoes
f Watch him. watch him.' warned II
German gentleman from Tn" top of II
stairway. II seems Hook WAS unused
such "A thorny road 10 the attainment
his desires and grew violent toward II
end of the afternoon. Mrs. Hummer
J had retrea:ed 10 a room, where she locke
herself I'm for greater security from III
IS ardent lodg.r. Hook tried to break in
the room.
GO away from that door. you bi
man." cried Mrs. kummerlc from With
ID Watch him. watch him." was the blu
den of a hoarsc whisper from the Germa
gcntieman's room.
Suspicious Result in Arrest.
Next day a woman friend told MI
. Kummerle she suspected the new lodg
l. was the much wanted bigamist Hook. I'll
German gentleman said he had no dou
"a he was the man wanted. The WON;
:. friend whcreupon wrote chief O'Ncill h
- suspicious. The chief replied. inclosine
photograph of Rock and a description
The woman friend and German gcntlcm;
IN brought about the arrest OF the big m
J.. Since then the German gentleman h
~ worn a happy smile.
I'll "Yes, my friend told me TO watch on;
of admitted Mrs. .kummrric today. whc,
.d upon she bestowed a grateful glance up
-. the German gentleman who was rcadi'
II paper. The landlady's friends agr
!d that the German gentleman appears to
more than hopeful. and they would II
lilo be surprised If the romance should ha
a happy ending after al these years
waiting.
OF Hook spent a quiet day in police hea
quarters today. No visitors were allow
%. to scn him. Requis!tion papers have n
arrfX.l frnr, Albany hut are aYnpctt
CIV Detective Lofts Will lose no time
III starting for Chicago.
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