The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-10-23
Tilted Baltimore Girl Gives
Information That Leads
to His Capture.
HAS TWO HUNDRED
OF HIS LETTERS
Shows Many Love Messages 10
Prove He Was Engaged
to Her.

Love letters. two hundred OF tsarn.
burning with sweet nOthings. written IN
] plain old English and lovers code. are
now Haunted dehantly by a Baltimore
I seamstre5s, who alleges that Charles. J.
Magness, recently secretly married 70
MISS Ada Gorman, wealthy daughter OF
| the late Maryland senator, but now un--
! der arrest IN Louisville as a deserter
from the navy. promised 10 wed her,
played her false. and married the veal
thy heiress. instead.
While the former Mss German fs en-
deavoring 10 get her husband out or
| trouble, Miss Georgianna Kappler. mrs
! ING large-sized jiit. seems bent upon
getting her erstwhile lover into more
trouble She offers the two hundred let
tiers 70 prove his dckIeness. and hints
at suit for breach OF promise as balm
for ner wounded feelings
] Samples From Sweet BIissives.
Miss Happier reaches down and picks
I al random, from a tray fun OF the
same kind. sweet-scented roissive ear
marked Ike this:
S. Y A X Cmeanias send you a
kiss'g.
Your promised husband joe"
Il am thinking OF you ali The time
"GoOd-by, sweetheart. From YOUR
husband. Joe
They are spicy epistles. these heart
outpOUrings from Maguess. OF. HarrIove-
10 his Baltimore seamstress sweet
heart, who says she met Joe when
they both worked down in the shirt
factory together. and before the latter
. had risen to the rank Of a musician
or the Dolphin and had begun 10 culti-
yate acquaintance with an heiress- The
mlssiyes are just the kind thar would
cause q courthouse crowd 20 sit u1
real hard and drink in every lutOxIcat-
ing word as some nasaI-toned and un-
sentimental lawyer reads them out tn
court
She's Thinking Il Over
Miss Happier SAYS shes thinking Il
over Is regards a poss' '5Ie little breach
Of promise proceedings Her relatives
have agreed that shes been badly
treated by Miss GOruau's husband. and
just - prove the fact Miss Happier has
made public just a few Of the %. which
VIII no doubt be recalled with interest
by MagEeSs while he awaits court
martial at the League Island navy yard
AaEness arrest as Geserter in
Louisville. where he was spending his
honeymoon, may In q way be attributed
70 Miss Happier. When the commander
OF the Dolphin wrote her about Hart
love she replied rather pCilLediy thar
Miss Ada GOrman. OF Washington d .
c. probably could furnish more Infor-
nation than herself HarIlCVe was
traced from this city TO Louisville on
newspaper accounts Of his marriage
there TO the daughter OF the late Sen
atOr.
Getting His Just Desserts
Says Miss KapDIer-
Il never wished anyone any harm.
but Joe AIagness is getting his Just de-
serts. In letters 70 me he told me nv
influence would keep him from doing
wrong, but he has forgotten all about
that. and now he viii have 70 take the
consequence / have no sympathy for
him whatever, and now I am mighty
glad that our marriage did not occur
why, he told me a pack OF false
hoods. he would come over from
" ashington and nearly every time he
came he would bring me a present He
brought me several handkerchiefs with
the name Ada embroidered in one cor
uer. He told me that Miss German
gave them 10 him He also gave me
several silk frandkerchiefs. which he said
were given him by the lady.
"W hen he came TO Baltimore Ee
would spend money in a lavish manner
and never seemed worried. He took
friends on automobile trips, but 1
him. After hfs deserti0n from the
navy, / knew that Captain Washington.
OF Lhe Dolphin would eldeaTor 70 get
him back 10 1he ship Several letters
came 10 my home addressed to M
Magness- i readdressed the letters 10
the Navy Department in Washington
'One letter came asking me II knew
the whereabouts OF AIr Magness- This
letter came from one OF his friends on
the Dolphin wrote back and told the
commander OF the ship that / knew
nothing OF NJ Masness- 1 did write
however thar Miss Ada German. OF
washington D. c.. or Laurel. Nd
would probably know more about Mr-
German Family Still Silent
Mrs. AIagness has announced her in
tention to stand by her husband to
the very last" 1t is believed that she
will come East with him when he Is
brought tO Philadelphia. where the Dol
phin now lies, and that she VIII seek
the aid Of her brother, State Senator
Arthur 2. German, in endeavoring TO
effect her husbands release.
Mrs A =. German. widow OF the Ia e
Senator. is said 10 still be in BaltinOr E.
where she went yesterday Immediately
after hearing Of the emoarrassuent ia
which her daughter had been placed.
The family. bitterly opposed to the mar
rage. is reticenr as 20 what stand IL
viii now take in getting young Magness
out OF the Tolls No information Is
vOuscEafed at Fairview. the country
home Of the Germans. near Laurel 40
Details Of the Romance.
Little by little details of the romance.
which was carried on while Miss Cor
man did charity work and took an ac-
tive interest in the affairs Of the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church, where
she obtained positions IN the choir FOR
MaEness and two Of his friends. are
being obtained from Louisville where
s1.25 to Baltimore and Return