The Mena weekly star., 1907-09-19
SHE JL TED \ MINI OWNER
A Chicago Police Station Romance in Which a Letter Carrier
 Wins Bride.
TO WED MAN WHO PROCURED RELEASE

Charge of Shoplifting, and T. J.
 Hawthorne Beat Her Fiance, Frank
 M. Crosby, Just Two Minutes in
 Furnishing Bail.
 Chicago, Sept 14.--Emily Howe, B | years old, recently of Minnesota, on | Thursday night was the heroine of a romance in the Harrison street police station giving herself as wife to a | Chicago letter carrier, who beat her | betrothed, a Nevada mine owner, by | two minutes in furnishing bonds for | the release of the fair captive, held on a charge of taking things from State | street store. This charge Miss Howe denies, and the strenuousness of her assertion and the faith of her friends point to her innocence.
 Frank M Crosby, the mine owner | to whom she was engaged, and who was her girlhood sweetheart away back at Glencoe, Minn., was heart broken as he saw her leave the sta I ton with his rival, T. J. Hawthorne. These men had never met until they stood at tie sergeants desk Thursday night
 Miss Howe was arrested a week ago Her case was continued ten | days All efforts of the matron to | learn something of the girls history ! were unavailing, as she said she pre- ! ferred life imprisonment to letting her | friends know of her arrest. Thurs | day, however, she changed her mind, and sne sent word to Hawthorne, ask ! ing him to procure a bondsman for | her. He called at the annex late in | the afternoon, and after hearing her | version of the charge against her de clared he would not rest until he pro | cured her release.
 If you get me out of this awful | place, Tom, said the girl, as tears streamed down her cheeks, "I'll mar " you. You have my promise. I'll | keep it, no matter what happens"
 Wednesday night there arrived in Chicago from Nevada the man who was the sweetheart of Emily Howe when they both went to the little red school house at the crossroads. Cros- by had not seen Emily" as he called l ago, to make his fortune in the Ne vada gold fields. They had core sponded regularly, however, and in one of his letters, written six months ago, Crosby proposed marriage He was accepted
 Miss Howe had removed to Chicago from Minnesota three years ago, and until recently she lived with her aunt, Mrs. Vienna Cooley.
 On Crosby's arrival in Chicago he went to the home of Mrs. Cooley, and there learned that Miss Howe had moved to the north side. He had some difficulty in finding the bakery in Wells street where she was em- | ployed as cashier, and the proprietor said he had not heard of the girl since she left week ago.
 Crosby hurried to the central sta tion and gave a description of his sweetheart, who, he feared. had met with harm.
 Two hours later he was informed that the missing girl" was a prisoner at the Harrison street annex. He was told by the police that he could pro cure her release in bonds of $1,000 Crosby had more than that amount of money with him, which he was willing to put up as cash deposit but only real estate bonds are accept ed by the municipal courts.
 Crosby started out to find a man who would sign the bond for consid- eration At 8:30 o'clock Crosby with a bondsman rushed up to the ser gant's desk and asked that Emily Howe be brought from her cell. The sergeant informed Crosby that Miss Howe would be free as soon as he fin. ished recording the bond offered by man standing at the desk Crosby then discovered his successful rival and soon heard his fate. As the girl appeared and greeted Hawthorn, ac- cording to her promise. Crosby sought to remind her of her previous engage ment.
 Dangling a necklace of nuggets which he had dug out of his mine at Goldfelds. Crosby tried to lure the girl away from his rival, but she shook her head.
 If you had been the first to reach the station" she said, T would go with you and become your bride, but i promised Tom I would marry him if he got me out of jail I'm sorry for you, Frank, but I must keep my promise"