The San Francisco call., 1909-04-19
GAY LOTHARIO
DESERTS SCORE
FOR old FLAME
Daniel DOugherty, Who WOOed
Society Buds, Weds Former
Sweetheart
Man of Many Aliases and Loves
Leaves Trail of lrate
Women

anything but what he claimed TO be.
In return for his courtesies Mrs.
Auzerais asked him to their home at
san Jose. and there went Dougherty.
But there he failed. While his fam
boyant tales of newspaper corpora
p tions were believed by the women they
were received by narrowing Of the
eyelids by Auzerais pere. Auzerais
knew something about newspaper syn
dicates, and. after Doughertys depar-
ture, did some private and quiet tele-
graphing. the answers to which made
him frown. Dougherty called again.
and. all unconscious OF the fact. was
put through a thorough cross exami-
nation by Auzerais
''Faker" Is Exposed
At the conclusion of dinner. when
the women had left the men to their
cigars. Auzerais tapped Dougherty on
the shoulder and said:
Ny boy. would you mind showing
ne your credentials? am rather
anxious TO know something about you"
DO you doubt me-" said Dougherty
grandiloquently.
whereupon Auzerais pere gave him
"a great deal of paternal advice together
with his opinion of a man who would
use lying tactics to enter the home of
man and attempt to WOO his daugh-
ter. The opinions were very much to
the point ana Dougherty departed
somewhat nonplussed.
He never came again" said John
.Auzerais last night.
But Miss Auzerais was not the only
girl before whom Dougherty bowed.
In San Francisco was a dashing widow
who was to fal heir to a large estate
next August Her, he also wooed. This
marriage had been set and she had
provided him with diamond brooch.
valued at $780, he having promised to
take it 10 a jewelers. and have a stone
reset In the meantime he was cor
responding with Helen welch Of
Omaha, Neb. an old sweetheart. Also.
IN his spare moments he was circulat-
ing in Sacramento society. wooing while /
yet he had the opportunity, bowling
down indiscriminately before the
shrine Of beauty with dollars. Miss
Selma Lavensen. daughter of Gus Law
ensen. a wealthy shoe manufacturer
Of Sacramento, seemed to be his par
ticular object of alteration; but. at
propitious moments. he would switch
10 her sister. Miss Claire Lavensen. or
to any OF the other social buds.
Had Many ROmances
With the widow in San Francisco,
Miss Selma Lavenson at the University
of California, Miss Claire Lavenson in
Sacramento. Miss Aimee Auzereis in
san Jose and Miss Helen welch in
Omaha he had his hands reasonably
fun, but Dougherty seemed to have
been a gifted Individual Other women
seemed 20 have taken an undue interest
in him. Following his marriage women
giving the names Of Mrs. L. Gignac.
Mrs. Captain Lewis and Mrs Dr. Crane
visited San Jose and made anxious in
quiries concerning him.
7 never had anything to do with the
man after his two visits to our place"
said Miss Auzerais. Last Thursday a
woman giving the name of Mrs. L. Gig
nae called me up by long distance tele-
phone. saying she had heard that / was
iengaged TO marry Mr. Dougherty and
informing me that Dougherty had
'sgreed 10 marry her sister. I told her
ithst had nothing to do with Dough-
was brought out that he was supposed
70 be engaged to some girl in Carmel
by-the-sea. This woman Informed me
that her sisters name was Mrs. E Kohl.
a widow Of san Francisco.
The Sunday following. two women.
giving the names of Mrs. DR.. Crane
and Mrs. Captain Lewis. registered at
the Yendome hotel and called me
saying they wished 10 speak about
Dougherty. ! told them was willing
10 let them know what information I
had Of the man and they came to my
house. From what / could judge he
had agreed TO marry one of them. but
] could not tell which one
At Sacramento Dougherty posed as
the correspondent OF a London news