The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-22
Umath|a RanCher Falls Victim to
Sweet Smiles Of Charmer.
1T COST HIM THE SNUG SUM OF $4,000
Spent Few Days In Walia Ws!la Last
November Basking in Favor of
Fair Creature.

county, has paid dearly for one CO.
positive whether it was one or two
smiles, possibly it were more. At any
rate pretty Madge Layboin's winsome
manner and large attractive eyes com
pletely captivated Davidson, and it
seems that ne was ready at all times to
do anything for his darling" Many
nard-earned PUNK he has presented
pretty Madge recently just because
he couldn't resist.
But there are ends to all things.
Pretty Madge has deserted Davidson.
but she didn't go before she got a
good bit of his ready money. David
son always prided himself on the one
thing-that ne was anything but a
gullible creature.
Parted at Portland.
The other day the couple were in
Portland and were having a real good
time, it is said. But Madge had a
male friend who "butted i'm and
spoiled everything-for Davidson. The
story from Portland is as follows:
Hiring an automobile after securing
amounts agregating $4,000 from John
Davidson, an Eastern Oregon farmer.
Madge Laboin and a man rode to
Linnton last night in time to catch
the Tacoma and Seattle train. Detec-
tives WEIGH and Hartman who lay in
wait for them at the union depot, sus-
pected the scheme but not being
armed with a warrant, were power
less.
A message was wired Chief of Police
Maloney of Tacoma last night, giving
description of Miss Layboin and her
companion, and asking that they be
placed under arrest and held until
the arrival of an officer from Portland.
No reply has yet been received and it
is possible that the couple eluded the
Tacoma authorities.
In addition to swindling the farmer
OF money acquired by the recent sale
of property, by leading him to believe
that she intended accompanying him
on a trip to San Francisco and Los
Angeles, California, the woman is ac-
cused with her companion of stealing a
suitcase belonging to Davidson con-
tanning a new suit of clothing, a new
revolver and other property worth s65.
Visited WaIIa WaIIa.
According to Davidson, he met the
woman at Pendleton in last September.
She accompanied him to Spokane ana
Walla Walla, finally induced MIN to
sell some of his property and for two
Or three weeks has been getting money
from him. At Spokane he became
suspicious of William Babb, who he
thought was following them. Once de-
tecting the woman talking to Babb
Davidson says ne asked her who the
man was and was told that he was
commercial traveller IAN old friend of
the family"
Arriving in Portland a few days ago
with Miss Layboin, who is described
as pretty, with swapping black eyes,
the farmer procured apartments at the
Girard house, Sixth and Stark streets
There he was introduced to a woman
whom he knows merely as Ruby" He
informed the detectives that Ruby told
him things tending to inspire conf
dence in Miss Layboin.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Layboin
told me that she had just met a de-
tective on the street and that she
would have to get out of town, as he
had it in for ner," asserted Davidson
Il procured a room at Seventh and
Morrison streets, and she left me
there, Is she said, to secure a gar
ment which she had left at the GirarJ
house. After waiting two hours and
hearing nothing from her, 1 became
suspicious and sailed forth to inves
t1gate. In my absence the suitcase
was stolen from my room.'