The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-08-29
sracing Air Of the State Seemed to
Have lnvisoratine Effect Upon
the Mind Of
Ben.
IN TROUBLE NOW
Letters Were Written to a Woman,
Not His Wife, and That
Has Caused a
Riot.

Ben Ogden. Jr., travelling man of
st. Louis. well known over Iowa. has
evidently stirred up lot of trouble
for himself and others, by making
love to woman not his wife. The
woman in the case" has filed in the
courts Of st. Louis petitions asking
for $500 damages from Ogden for
jewelry and $4,000 damages for SIAN
der from the parents of Ogden, who
reside in st. Louis. Young Ogden
was popular wherever he travelled
and those who know him state that
he was "a jolly good fellow with
all that the term implies.
Some of his most fervent love let
tiers were written from Iowa points
and as examples of dippiness and al
SO as diagrams for lovesick youths,
they are published below. None of
them are copyrighted and they can
be used by others If they SO desire
and have not the time or originality
to construct their own.
In letter written at Des Moines,
Iowa, July 25, 1909, ogcen pledges
mis- fealty in the following terms, af-
ter saluting Miss Creekmore as Oar
ling:
Billy, | am with you. know you
will not try to hunt trouble, and If
they force it on you, why fix them
and I'll stick with you until h
freezes over They have no reason
for coming to see you and you have
them arrested if they bother you.
Believe me, girl, love you
enough to want you if the whole
world Is against us. al
ways think of you as my wife, SO
when you run across that word in
a letter from me. you know
| it refers to w B. G. Yours,
BEN JR.
In letter from which the follow
| ing extract was taken. the writer re-
| joices in the fact that his shape
was SO like unto the classic lines of
a Greek statue that he was irrisist-
ible. He also discusses the desirable
| ity of divorce The letter was writ
ten at Mason City, Ia August 4,
1909, and reads in part, as follows:
you were not the cause of my
busting up with S. If it had not been
you it would have been somebody
else, and we we're not suited to live
together. Make it as strong as you
like but do not say Snything about
her character that we cannot prove
| Do not want to put our rtecks in a
moose? See? | arS for Billy
girl all the time. | know | do not de-
serve the love you give me. G1aG
have such shape as will hold the
love of Billy girl. for If it is not my
shape am very much in doubt as to
just what holds you for me.
Don't know just what to advise.
love you, Dearie, if that helps am
with you. BEN, JR.
From Cedar Rapids. Iowa, August
90, 1909. the following missive was
sent speeding to st. Louis:
! Dear: Think that while in Sioux
City I'll go to South Dakota and send
card to the Greens. S. will see il
and think I'm suing her for divorce
Wish | could We will be very much
| in love with each other forever and a
day cause you say going back to S
is all that would cause me to lose
your love. Now, dear you may chase
all thoughts of my ever going back to
her out of your head. They say moth
| ing is impossible, but that is one
thing that proves the rule--it is i'm
possible.
Billy girl. sorry you are having tc
work so hard Take best of care oil
Billy. Remember she belongs to me
and | will not have her overworked
With kisses and all my love.
BEN JR."
The letter from which the next ex
| tract was taken was written at Des
Moines, Iowa, August 49, 1909. and
deals principally with money mat
/ tiers.
"Dearie, | enclose a five-spot Take
4 tickets and see where l stand and
I Billy, | want to try to send you few
| dollars each week to save for me sc
4 / can get my doings out. Will you be
! my banker? | wrote the house, ask
/ ing them to have check here to
night and to enclose an extra $50 as
/ | wanted to buy mileage, and sure
enough the check for $50 was here
personal check, as bank was closed
when letter was received. Always
send draft no trouble to cash Now
If they continue to send me $50 as
they have lately, | will be able tt
send some to you. | thinl
/ that bracelet was worth $780,
In another letter signed You
1 Ben the writer says:
II love you more than anything OF
earth or elsewhere, and will be yer.
happy when can marry you. Here
hoping that it may be soon
The last letter of the interestin,
| series was written at Creston. Iowa