Connecticut western news., 1911-09-14
A SINGULAR
 CASE By MARGARET BARR Copyright by American Press Asso-
 ciation, 1911.

Ellen Graham and had been school mates. We had separated after school days, and had neither seen nor heard anything of her till one morning, taking a newspaper, I had read an item with the heading Jumped His Bail.''
 I read that Edward Jenks, a we'll known confidence man, had been ar rested some time before, charged with innumerable swindles. He had pro- cured bail, the case had been called for trial, and the bail had been forfeited. A singular feature of the case was that Jenks had found young woman who moved in the best social circles, Miss Ellen Graham, to marry him. A pri- vate wedding had taken place q few days before the day set for the grooms trial, and the couple had gone on wedding Journey. 'This," remarked the facetious reporter, twas certainly preferable to court ceremonies. fol lowed by a journey to the peniten- Hary"
 There was a mystery, and 1 am woman. The consequence was inevi- table. I put on my walking costume and went out to satisfy my curiosity.
 I felt assured that the person most likely to give me the inside of the case was the crooks lawyer. noted his name as given in the article and called on him, telling him that l was friend of Miss Graham and I should be obliged If he would tell me how she had come to demean herself by marrying a confidence man. The law yer smiled, invited me to be seated and told me the following strange happen ing:
 "One day Edward Jenks, who was resident of another city, came to town late at night during a political conven- ton and finding all the better class of hotels full was obliged to seek nights lodging at a cheap house. He went to. bed, and an hour later was awakened by a knock at his door. Opening it in walked several men, one of whom ordered him to put on his clothes and come along. No explana- ton was given him. When he took up his clothes to put them on he was dSLOulSlcu lO SSe llldl they WeIG Sl1- tirely different from those he had talk en off. His protest that they were not his own produced no effect upon his captors, and he was ordered to put on the clothes, which fitted him indiffer- ently. One of the men rifed the pock- cts and took out several letters ad- dressed to Edward Jenks. Then the prisoner was handcuffed, marched to the police station and locked up.
 ''The next morning Jenks, who was engaged to Miss Graham and whom he had come to town to see with a view to arranging for their wedding, sent for her father to come to the jail at once. When MT. Graham saw his son-in-law to be and learned that the police had long been looking for him, he was profoundly affected His daughter had met Jenks while travel ing abroad, and the acquaintance be- tween the two families had been short. Jenks putting up at cheap hotel, his apparel, the letters found in his pocket, which plainly proved that he was working certain confidence games, was too much for the old mans faith: He turned on his heel and left the jail.
 "Jenks sent for me and told me the story as far as I have told it to you. told him that the first thing to do was to get bail. This was done. Jenks went to a clothing store. where he bought a new outfit and came to my of fee. I can tell a gentleman from a crook very easily, and I knew that some mistake had been made in Jenks' case But before we attempted to solve the mystery my client insisted that I go to his fiancee and induce her to come and meet him in my office. She did so, and the two were brought together in this room. Jenks was not long in convincing her that some strange coincidence had happened to him, and she was much affected at his position. She went home thinking that she could bring her father to her own views, but she faked She was for bidden to see Jenks again.
 "The evidence against the accused was so strong that I saw no hope of clearing him. I was convinced that he had been made a victim of some ras- cality, but I couldn't explain it. Both he and Miss Graham were in so deplor- able a condition of mind that 1 fear ed one or both would break down un- der the strain. I dreaded the wear and tear of trial for both of them, and didn't see how could get Jenks off, at least not without spending months in hunting up evidence, and then how IS any one going to tell how a jury will decide any question?
 "A few days before the trial I pro- posed a plan that was a great relief to both the lovers. Marry said, go abroad on your wedding trip
 ''They jumped at the suggestion, were married secretly and under as sumed names sailed for Europe. Jenks left the money to reimburse the for feiture of his bail.
 "A long while afterward I learned the explanation. The night Jenks stop l nod o+ +ba botaI xvharn bp was arrpSt-