The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-11
OF JOY
TURN To DARKNESS
Alleged Victimizer of Women
on Wholesale Scale Is
Arrested.
SCHEME A SHREWD ONE
A. E. Lowe Admits That His
Actions Were Not in
Good Faith.


reaching fraud through the advertising
columns of local newspapers. in which a
number Of well.respected women OF
! good families are the victims. 4, l..
! Lowe. aged 80 years. q German, was
arrested AT 6:55 o clock yesterday moru-
I ing after re had deserted ono OF his al.
| legged intended victims.
Lowe confessed yesterday TO certain
| parts OF the alleged fraud and said
that this was IN adventure aud was
part of the day S routine
Last Monday night a man went 10
the newspaper offices and inserted the
| following advertisement:
Wautcd--Lady travcuug companion
! for foreign countries. not under y
! years of age; some nursing expert
encc preferred. Address A-6, Trib-
une'
+. Mcdonald. advertising collector
received the advertisement for The
Tribune The man told Mcdonald that
he bad arrived in Salt Lake that night.
Many Sought Position.
Scores Of letters were received in
answer to the advertisement and for
warded to Lowe
Lowe again called at The Tribune
business office Tuesday night and
changed his advertisement 70 read;
'Wauted-Lady travelling companion
for foreign country for invalid gentle.
man. Applicant not under - years Of
age. Address All, Tribune.
With the change in this advertise
meut the suspicious of the police were
aroused and au investigation was ipsti.
t.I 7 hu1 A t,Hf
daNs and his every move taken note of
AS many as $50 answers to his adyer
tisemcnt in The Tribune aud other
papers were received BY him from
women in good rcpute who answered III
good faith the advertisement for a
travelling compauiou
The first evidence of frand was that
Lowe accepted the application of more
than one woman The police laid care
full plaus to arrest Lowe today when IT
was believed that their chain OF evi
deuce against him would be complete.
However, the case took a new turn at
dayhreak Yesterday morning.
F. Mcdonald. who had received the
advertisement from Lowe. met Lowe
and a woman at about $50 q m. on
East Second South street. between
Fourth and Fifth East streets.
Woman Seems Dazed
The woman was in tears, showed
signs of bysteria and turned this way
and that in order to avoid the gaze Of
Lowe. She ran up TO Mcdonald and
asked him:
"Wherc am I?' He told her where
she was. and asked her il she were IN
trouble Sue said simply. 'Yes. Nc,
Donald asked her to wait moment aud
he would return. BY this time Lowe
was walking and running away from
the woman. and McDouald followed
HIM Lowe went TO First South street.
and from thence walked rapidly west
toward the center of the city
As he passed the ponce station op the
opposite side of the street Mcdonald
gave PatrolmaD Leichter a hastY out
line Of the incident. aud Lowe was
placed under arrest.
The detective department ascertalued
later in the day that Lowe had Differed
some of the applicants as much as SI23
a month salary and expenses if they
would accept the position. II Is alleged
that Lowe told his alleged victims that
he was private secretary for Robert
Wright. n California millionaire, and
that his employer would arrive IN salt
Lake and register AT the Hotel Utah
SATURDAY.. II Is also alleged that Lowe
told the applicants that Wright was 10
a travelling companion for him when he
arrived IN salt Lake.
Admits Being Faker.
Lowe confessed to the police yester-
dav that he was an adVeuturer, and
that the advertisement was not placed
in the papers in good faith, but for
certain purposes which he would not eX
plain. He said that ne had met a man
by the name of Robert Wright in Los
Angeles, but that it was only passing
acquaintance. However, he said he eX
pectcd Wright 10 arrive in Salt Lake
TODAY.
Lowe confessed that he had inserted
advertisements similar 10 those he EN-
ploved here in tho papers at Reno. New,
on November ] aud =,
Lowe said that he had a wife and
child in southern Europe, and that he
was travelling for his health, He said
that he was u native Of Germany, but
had been naturalized in PENNSYLVANIA u
few wears ago.
CAPTAIN of Detectives Beckstead be-
licvcs that IL was the object of Lowe
TO obtain money from the applicants
and then leave the city The captain
said that it i probable Lowe intended
accepting the application of each
woman. telling her that she must de-
posll - Or %l' WIN MIN as a plFhEf
that she would be on hand Saturday 10
accept the position.
That so mauv respectable women ap
plied for the position makes il evident
that he induccment was great. II was
represeuted that thcv were 10 travel
all over Europe. aud aside from having
all expenses paid. were TO receive n
good salary
The ease OF Lowe will probably be
called TO the attention of the fedora!
authorities. IL il is believed bv the po-
lice TINT be has used the mails 10 de
fraud The previous record of Lowe
has not been established. but ihc police
intend communicating with other Of
Lowe 5 fields Of labor."