The Cairo bulletin., 1911-06-05
charmed BY SIREN ITO ESCAPE TRIAL
IOWA FARMER REPuTED WOMAN
Halter GAVE UP $f1,312.
Voice Over Telephone Strikes His
Fancy--Met The Owner And Told
His Story To Chicago Police.

Chicago, June 4-Whoever wneedleC
flirted and hypnotized out of Tommy
Foulkes, Iowa farmer, his two fertile
farms, his s11,312 bank balance am
his crop of ripe tomatoes, overiooket
one valuable asset-the Danoury rar
mer. who admits that he may be jus
a little inexperienced in deaf
ing with pretty women, still possesses
full quota of confidence in the fait
sex,
If any evidence tending to substan
tiate this belief was necessary II
might have been found yesterday
afternoon at Clark and Erie s;reets
Tommy" himself was the evidence
Charmed BY A Voice.
Tanned, wrinkled in face ana
clothes, but still smiling hopefully,
the farmer whose love affairs have
contributed to the fun Of current lit.
erature for weeks stood there await.
ing the arrival Of brand-new sweet
heart. He had heard her voice over
the telephone; she had chucked him,
tiguratively speaking only, under the
chin, and she had won his heart.
Over in the Criminal Court build
ing his lawyers were demanding that
Miss Ladovine Miller and J. Marion
Miller, her brother who are charged
with obtaining the money and farms
from him under false pretenses, be
found guilty. The case closed and
was adjourned until Monday morning.
But Tommy" didn't care. He was
busy waiting for that seductive voice
to materialize.
Here's What Happened.
Here is the way he found the voice:
The states attorneys telephone bell
rang.
Miss Emma Lubey answered.
voice--I4et me talk to that dear Mr.
Foulkes.
Miss Lubey-I'll get him Tor you.
Tommy "a moment later)-Yep,
this is me.
Voice-Well, do you know I've seer
you in court and l admire you so
much l would like awfully 10 meet
you.
"Tommy"--Aw, go on!
Voice. certainly wou~
"Tommy"-WalI, | guess it can De
purity easy.
Voice. think could love you,
even though you have no more money.
"Tommy"-Say, do you mean that?
You Just meet me in fornt of the
Forest City Hotel at 1 O'Clock This
afternoon.
Eut, say, how'll | know your
Voice-I'll wear a large straw hat
trimmed with forget-me-nots. a blue
dress and red rose pinned in my
bosom.
"Tommy'-Say, I'll be there like a
duck in the rain.
Keeps The Appointment.
Tommy hung up the telephone
receiver and disappeared through the
door WITHOUT answering any of the
questions put to him by the detectives
at the states attorneys office. It was
him for the trysting place" regard
less of the fact that ne was half an
hour early.
But the saddest part of the tale Is
yet to come.
Something mus have happened, be.
cause The Voice failed to materiaIize.
Perhaps 1T was railroad wreck. or
maybe. sudden death by heart disease
Tommy" is certain that nothing less
serious would have prevented the ma.
terialization of his beloved voice.
Earlier in the day the farmer had
been recalled to the witness stand to
identify a letter introduced by Miss
Miller's lawyer, purporting to HAYS
been written by him. The letter told
Of picking three ripe tomatoes and a
proposal to divide stock, Tommy
smiled, said that he might have PICK
ed three tomatoes, but insisted thai
he never had written the letter.