Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-05

road. Out of love for him I sympathized
with him in his trouble and stuck to him
all the closer because of his Shortcom-
ings, although he had been deserted by
his wife and family, who feared expo
sure and arrest and were getting ready
to aba ndon him and let him shift for
himself.
He made no secret of his love for me
among his associates or at the office and
caused the people there to wonder If he
was not living beyond his means.
Goes to WARMERS Home.
Zone fatal night went with Cooke to
WARMERS home in Wyoming SO that he
might learn his fate. Warmer having
discovered his shortage. l stood out under
the trees while Cooke conferred with
Warriner, although at that time l did not
know that it was WARMERS home or
that it was Warmer who had discovered
the shortage.
Cooke came out of the house at the
close Of the interview radiant and happy.
Warmer has fixed things up, little giri.
and / am not to be prosecuted, he told
me- You and / are going to New York
and forget our troubles. The members of
my family. who have deserted me. can
shift for themselves
Il did not know until / heard it on the
stand from his own lips that Warmer
had insisted that Cooke take me away
from Cincinnati with him. 1t was all a
matter OF bargain and sale with them.
Cooke was to have his liberty as long as
he kept me away from Cincinnati, or peo-
pie might suspect something of the rot
tenness that was going on In the ONCE OIL
the Big Four treasurer.
eve had brief period of our old hap
piness in New York, when Cookies family,
having learned that Cooke had escaped
punishment and had even amassed some
money out of the amount he stole from
the Big Four, came on to New YORK 10
get him and the money
Cooke. who was weak in nature, &C
coded to their demands.
This resulted in d fight between us. He
struck me while I was Ill. and his bru-
tally ended in my being taken to a hos
pital in New York, where an operation
was performed on me.
while ] was sick Cookies family got
all his money, and has had 1T ever since.
I had flied a suit against him in New
York as his common-law wife and to
avoid paying anything for my support he
transferred all his property to his other
wife.
Cooke deserted me in New York and
went back to Chicago. l followed him.
stopping off In Cincinnati, where l tried
to enlist the efforts of Frank Comstock.
who I thought had shielded him in his
shortage / asked Mr.. Comstock to make
him treat me as 1 thought | deserved
after all I had been through and suffered
for him.
Instead of helping me. Comstock
proved himself traitor. He got me in
toxicated and l spent a week with him
here in dissipation. / do not wish to COM
plain of Comstock, because all he tried to
do was to make me forget my troubles,
and In doing SO he told me his own. He
told me that he was short as well as
Cooke.
Saws She Was Deserted.
II then went on to Chicago, where |
found that Cooke had united with his
family against me, although l had been
the only one to stand by him in his
troubles. This Infatuated me-
'In a moment Of passion 1 told him
him what had occurred in Cincinnati with
Cometock. He turned upon me and beat
me mercilessly. Some of the marks l
IT at once started to have him arrested.
At the instance Of the Cooke famliy
Charles Warmer was hastily called ON
to come to Chicago to settle the thing
why I do not know to this day.
THAT was the first time l ever met
Charley Warmer. He urged me not to
become involved in all open fight with
Cooke, and said to me that If / would
would pay my expenses here.
HE intimated that if I broke off my
connections with Cooke he himself would
take care of me and assist me until l
could form some plans for my future.
'"Tired Of the treatment 1 was receiving
from Cooke readily consented to do this.
AS soon as I got back here to Cincinnati
my old love for Cooke returned to me and
wanted him back. I sent for him.
when he came I told him all about
what Warmer had promised to do for
me. This time Warmer represented
himself as acting solely for my interest
because he said he felt sorry for me and
was my friend.
ed Cooke suggested to me that I ac-
cept WARMERS assistance In a financial
way and also Comstock's. His idea was
that we should take what they gave me
and go to New York to live.
st had no idea that Warmer was short
in his accounts and that he was acting
tives. as he seemed such friend and so
kindly and sincerely interested in my
welfare. l know now too well that the
fear Of exposure prompted his kindness.
Cooke did actually join me. and in
stead of going to New York we went to
Chicago to live"
Drawing a picture of Mrs Ford as a
woman whose life had been spent in
preying upon men and Turing them to
their ruin, Prosecutor Cash reviewed the
in closing argument for the state
He asserted that ruined homes and
shattered lives had followed the woman
wherever she went, and demanded that
the jury convict her, SO that the com
munity might be spared the evil influence
which she welded
Mr.. Thorndyke, in his argument for the
defense. said the only evidence against
his client was the unsupported word of
Warmer and that witness was unworthy
OF credence