Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10
SPOILED THEIR GAME
United States Officer Places A Pair OF
Soul Affinities Under Arrest--.May
Be Deported Back To Denmark

An arrest of more than local import
ance was made in this city Saturday
evening by United States Special In
spector M. f. Mcguire, attached to
the immigration bureau, the parties
apprehended being a Danish man and
woman travelling under the namse of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Lauritzen, but
who are alleged to be simply soul
atfinities and not man and wife, as
both left spouses in Nerda, Denmark.
| The arrest was made at the Farmers
| Home, where the couple was stopping
temporarily and where they had been
located for ten days or two weeks. The
arrests were made through iuforma-
| ton received by the immigration au-
thorities at Ellis Island, in New York
| bay, from the Danish consul general
stating that the woman, whose name
| is alleged to be Christina Maria Mar
cusen, had been imported into this
country for immoral purposes and for
| that reason should be deported, she
having embarked on the vessel under
the name of Mrs Maria Laurit2en,
the wife of the man who accompanied
her and whose stateroom she occupied
| on the passage across the ocean. Lau-
| ritzen was placed under arrest on the
charge of bringing the woman into this
country for immoral purposes aud for
| which he is liable to a fine of $4,000
ana from one to five years imprison-
ment.
| These charges, however, are consid-
| cred to be merely technical and made
Tor the purpose of having the couple
returned to Denmark where, it is al
legged, Laurit2en has the more serious
charge of absconding with large
sum Of money awaiting him and for
which crime the authorities of that
country are anxious to prosecute him.
1t is also alleged that the Marcusen
| woman was implicated ia the commits
sion of thecrime and will also be pros
| 3cuted should she be returned to her
| native land. During their short stay
| in Audubon the couple made the ac-
quaintance of many Of their country
men, but to none had they diVulged
any of their secrets or that they were
| fugitiyes from justice. They are both
of more than ordinary intelligence
and could readily pass as brother and
sister, so closely do they resemble
each other in physical and facial fea-
lures. LauritZen always carried big
roll of money with him and spent it
quite freely, and this practice caused
| some of his new acquaintance to have
| their suspicious regarding the truth
| fulness of the stories told by the
couple. For this reason the arrest OF
the alleged man and wife caused no
surprise when it was known that they
we're prisoners in the county bastile
| for a crime alleged to have been com
mitted in their native country, even
though the technical charge of viola
ton of the immigration laws was en-
ployed as a subterfuge for securing
their return to their native country.
The woman, it is alleged, has trav-
eled under several aliases. Special In
spector Mcguire having been furnish
ed with at least three of them, but he
had little difficulty in locating her un-
der the name of Mrs. Christina Lau-
ritzen, that being the name by which
she was known here. The couple were
traced to Audubon through kilograms
| from various places at which they had
stopped after landing in New York, as
Lauritzen was not shrewd enough TO
elude the vigilance of United States
| immigration officers.
The couple occupy the same cell in
the county Jail and quite few days
may elapse before they are started on
their journey to their native land.
Special Inspector Mcguire was order
ed to Keokuk Monday butt is thought
he will return for the prisoners as soon
as he is through with his business in
that city. He is confident the man and
woman will be deported by the immi-
grafton bureau instead of being prose
cuted for their violation of the immi-
grant laws.