Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-02
Curious Capers of Dan Cupid

that he failed TO keep the affair a secret
and just before going to the train Informed
a score Of his friends, who at once &C
companied him to the depot.
On the way others Joined in so that by
the time the depot was reached the plat
form was filled with a curious hootlng
crowd. When the train pulled in Miss
Kent was the second passenger to alight
and Just as soon as the crowd caught a
glimpse of the two red roses they made
a dash for her before Miller realized the
situation.
Miss Kent was so frightened that she
started on run through the depot and
down tho main business street with the
crowd and several camera fiends in close
pursuit.
Miller by this time had gained a strong
lead and was the first to reach the fright
ened girl, who halted after running two
blocks. He tried hard to explain the sit
uation and even produced her letters, but
such reception was too much for her
and she even refused to listen to his plead
ings.
She gave Miller TO understand, that she
cared for no such a man and was not out
after that kind OF notoriety. By this
time the curious crowd took pity on the
girl and after she had left Miller standing
on the corner she made her way to the
home OF a friend and later took her
departure back to Fort Atkinson. deter
mined that she would never answer any
moro marriage advertisements.
Miller now has his troubles. for his en-
ployers have discharged him on the ground
that they did not care for a man who
would bring upon the firm such notoriety.
'Captain" Robert samuelson of the
United States artillery" who has been
cutting a wide social swath in New York
City, reached the end OF his financial rope
the other day and cheerily admitted that
he was an imposter A similar acknowl-
edgement to Miss Carrie Borsland. a FASH
ionable young woman, to whom he was en-
gagged, served to end abruptly all plans for
their wedding. Miss Borsland was fearful
and indignant over the imposition prac-
ticed upon her. Samuelson, on the other
hand, was smilingly frank and open in his
admissions regarding his amazing career as
a poseur.
Samuelson's operations in his dual per-
sonality covered a period OF two years past.
A butcher by day on the west side, he at
night posed in the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria,
the Hotel Astor and Sherry's as a West
Point graduate and a regular army officer.
On the east side, where he had once
driven a milk wagon, he was wined and
dined on his visits home by proud friends
and acquaintance who knew him as
bright young man that had secured an APP
pointment In the United States artillery,
with his post at Fort Riley, Kan.
Samuelson's craving for exclusive society
led him into as daring a masquerade as
has yet been recorded in fiction.
With glib tongue he announced to- his
fiancee and his friends that he was
protege of Lieutenant General Chaffee and
that he, knew the Goelets and the Bel
monts. His wardrobe consisted of over
81 900 worth of full Dress khaki and other
service uniforms of a captain in the United
States artillery.
"Oh. but he was clever imposter," said
Mrs Clara Borsland. mother Of the girl to
whom he had been engaged. Would you
believe It when I tell you that he recently
took my daughter and I for an afternoon
on Governors island? He wore his full
dress UNIFORM. We were received in the
government station without the slightest
question and spent delightful afternoon"
The naive confession of the importer was
made to a reporter, as follows:
WELL I guess my little game Is over,
and won't get married, after ALL I used
no money that was not my own I made
s11 a week as a butchers assistant on the
West Side, and earned SO more by tips for
delivering goods. Besides these amounts
have an income of s14 per month from
cottage that 1 own in Greeley, Pike
county, Pennsylvania. BY strict economy
and not dissipating was able to buy my
uniforms from a secondhand dealer on
Third avenue, and to play my part as a
gentleman and an army officer"