The Greeley tribune., 1908-09-02
NOT HERO OF PRETTY ROMANCE
WITH SOUTHERN GIRL
GAVE FELLOW HIS CARD
sensational Story Against Railroad
Promoter Punctured When He
Returns to Greeley and
Explains to Wife
and Friends

r. q. Olson, promoter of the Bur-
lington Interurban railroad that he
proposes to build from Hudso to
Greeley and into the Grow Creek
country returned to Greeley late
Friday evening after having for three
days furnished copy for the leading
stories in the Denver yellow journals
much against his wish, too.
The text of the story was that
young woman by the name of Corinne
Taliaferro, from Colorado Springs
came to Denver some days ago
There by some chance she met fell
low who gave his name as Frederick
o. Olson, president of the Burlington
Interurban. She claims that Olson
proposed marriage to her before
they had known each other an hour
She asked for another hours time to
consider the matter and then said
yes.
1t looked like pretty little ro-
monce from real life, and the papers
played it up in that way. Then the
news reached them that Frederick o.
Olson, president of the Burlington
lnterurban had nice family living
| in Greeley. The result was regular
spasm by all of the papers that last
ed three or four days.
When the story first came out
Mrs. Olson here was Frustrated with
grief, and at once went and consulted
an attorney. She was apparentl,
prevailed upon to wait the return
of her husband and let him explain
matters. which some OF their friend
believed he would be able to do t
the satisfaction of everybody.
This is Mr. Olson's story OF the at
fair, and he establishes complete
alibi, declaring stoutly that he ha
never seen the Taliferro woman ant
knows nothing of the whole matter
except what he has seen in the
papers.
He left Greeley early in the week
for Fort Collins and Longmont or
railroad business, and reached Den
YER Wednesday morning where he
met Mr. Newman at the Albany
hotel to talk about tract of land
that Newman owns in the Crow Greek
country Newman. Olson says, is a
Denver grocer with store on Twen-
ty-third street While Olson and
Newman were in consultation a
stranger approached them and start
ed to talk steel railroad bridges with
Olson. pretending to be a salesman
in that ilne. Olson questioned him
considerable about construction and
specifications. and found the fellow
exceedingly weak on his subject, so
concluded he was fake. He persist
ed. however, that he wanted to see
Olson again, and the latter gave the
fellow his card.
The stranger. whose name Olson
has forgotten. might from descript-
ion be taken for Olson, with the eN-
ception that his hair was reddish
while Olson's is between yellow ana
white.
Wednesday evening the first story
of the romance came out. and il was
"Wednesday morning that the card
was given out.
Practically all that afternoon Mr.,
Olson saws he spent in company with
A n Kearn, president of the Hudson
Townsite company. and the evening
he spent with friend by the name OF
SNYDER, and the two occupied a room
together at the Albany. Thursday
morning Olson and kearn left tor
Hudson and spent all day there, re
turning to Denver in the evening
From Hudson he called up the Den
YER afternoon papers and told them
he would be in and see them about
the story. When he came to Denver
he made a complete denial of know
ing ANYTHING about the Taiiferro
woman or her story. He returned TO
Hudson Friday morning and Friday
evening came to Greeley and explain
od matters TO his wife and friends.