Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-14
LOSES BRIDE
BY2 MINUTES
GIRL ACCEPTS MAN WHO GOT
HER OUT OF JAIL
NEVADA MINE OWNER COMES
TOO LATE
YOUNG Woman Accused of Theft Is
Central Figure In Chicago Police
Romance-Letter Carrier
Wins Her

CHICAGO, Sept 49, Emily Howe %
years old, recently of Minnesota, last
night was the heroine of romance in
the Harrison street police station, giving
herself as wife to Chicago letter carrier
who beat her betrothed, Nevada mine
owner, by two minutes in furnishing
bonds for the release of the fair captive
held on a charge of taking things from
a State street store This charge, Miss
Howe denies and her assertions and the
faith of her friends point to her in
nocence.
Frank M. Crosby, the mine owner to
whom she was engaged and who was
her girlhood sweetheart away baci- at
Glencoe, Minnesota, was heartbroken as
he saw her leave the station with his
rival 7. J. Hawthorne. These men had
never met until they stood at the SER
geant's desk last night. s-',t.
Miss Howe was arrested 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 preferred life imprisonment
| to letting her friends know of her arrest.
Yesterday however, she changed her
mind, and she sent word to Hawthorne
asking him to procure bonds for her. He
called at the annex late in the afternoon
| and after hearing her version of the
charge against her, declared he would
not rest until he procured her release.
Promises to Marry Him
eff you get me out of this awful place,
Tom" said the girl as tears streamed
| down her cheeks "I'll marry 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 cross roads. Crosby had
| not seen Emily" as he called her since
he left Glencoe, six years ago to make
| his fortune in the Nevada goldfields.
They had corresponded regularly, how
ever, 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 an aunt,
! Mrs Vienna Cooley. On Crosby's arrival
I 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 employed as
i cashier and the proprietor had not heard
Of the girl since she left a week ago.
i Crosby hurried to the central station
and gave description of his sweetheart
who he feared had met with harm.
Told of Her Arrest
Two hours later he was informed that
the missing girl'' was prisoner at the
| Harrison street annex. He was told by
the police that he could procure her re-
lease 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
accepted by the municipal courts. Cros-
by started to find man VINO would
sign the bond for a consideration. At
| $3.50 o'clock with bondsman Crosby
rushed up to the sergeant's desk and
asked that Emily Howe be brought from
her cell.
The seargant informed Crosby that Miss
Howe would be free as soon as he finished
recording the bond offered by man
standing at the desk. Crosby discovered
his successful rival and soon heard his
| fate Wen Miss Howe appeared and
greeted Hawthorne according to her
| promise Crosby sought to have her adj
here to her previous engagement. Dang
| ling a necklace of nuggets which he had
| dug out of his mine at Coldfeld. 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, ST would go with you and become
your bride but promised Tom I would
marry him If he got me out of jail I'm
sorry for you, Frank, burt must keep
my promise"