Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-27
THOMAS FouLkGs, IOWA MAN
sWiNDLEo ~ CHICAGO WoM-
AN, INDICTED OF FORTUNE.
LOVE LETTERs SHOWN IN
COURT AMUsE SPECTATORS
Police Accuse Miss Lodavins Miller
and Her Brother Of Conducting
SwindIs Syndieate-Foulkes Claims
to Have Lost $4,000 by WiIss Of
Woman Whom 10 Expected to We'd.

vine Miller and her brother, Attorney
j. Marion Miller, accused Of swin6ling
| Thomas Foulkes, farmer of Danbury,
Iowa, out of two farms, worth $4,000,
and $11,212 in cash.
The letters purported to have been
| written by Miss Miller during the
eight years Foulkes courted her and
during which time, he says he never
! even obtained kiss from her.
| While Miss Miller made no mention
OF love or marriage in any OF her let
| tiers to Foulkes, on post card said
! TO have been written by her she re-
ferred to herself as his wife.
=. Calls HerssIf His Wife.
The card was dated Sept. Is, 1910. On
| 1t was written, or rather printed by
| hand, the following:
Dear Tommy Come back to your
loving wife. Her heart cries for you.
Her soul is crying for yours. There
can be no life but with you. Don't let
me suffer more. Remember. what God
has joined together no man can put
| asunder The way is clear. May God
! send this to you and bring you to me.
Faithful unto death, my heart weeps
drops Of blood for YOU. ] must hear
that you are safe. The last time met
you, how happy we were. I ask God
to bring you to me. We can be happy
now. All is well. Your heavenly cous-
in will forward this to you. Bless the
hand that brings him to me. Send me
one sign Of love, Tommy"
In another letter Miss Miller wrote:
II was going to send an Easter card,
but they were all sold out when got
to the drug store"
Fou1kes was called to the witness
stand during the reading Of the let
tiers. He smiled at the one just quoted
and said: .. ~
That's something I almost got"
Every vile that Eve knew. and some
others. including poetry. religion and
Foulkes from his farms and cash. ac-
cording to his testimony continued in
Judge Devers court yesterday.
Miss Miller. or Mrs Charles Cooter,
as she was known before obtaining q
divorce here from her husband several
years ago. Is charged by the prosecu-
ton with operating a "conhdence
game" in Chicago.ton the order Of tho
famous -''love syndicate" OF Mrs. Bina
verrault which was exposed on Riv-
erstde drive in New York hve years.
ago, after connding searchers after rich
wives had made her presents worth
$500, 900.
Foulkes. who Is SO years old. cheer
fully admitted that he wanted to marry
Miss Miller. had no suspicion that he
! was being defrauded IN all the period
OF eight years in which he was giving
her large sums Of money and trusting
his business affairs to her and her
brother.
Cost Him His Fortune.
He told in detail Of coming to Chi
| cago with a load Of cattle ana putting
up at q hotel in Van Buren, street.
| whence he was drawn into the tolls
Of love and high finance.
| His eyes were infamed, and a man
he met at the hotel told him to see DR..
F. M. Stewart, 225 South Dearborn
street According to his story DR.. Stew
art advised him to get married for the
sake Of his health, and thru q young
woman he met in DIR. Stewards Office
he was introduced to Miss Miller.
This acquaintance, extending over a
| period OF eight years, cost the Danbury
farmer nearly all his earthly possess
sions.
Cash payments to Miss Miller OBJ
tanned at various times for these stated
purposes: To purchase a diamond en-
gagement ring, $1o0; start a lawsuit
against railway company, $1,000;
start boarding house, $500: buy a
chicken ranch, 500; lots at Latin, Cal,
$1,000; buy furniture for the couples
future home, $500; cash loans, 1865;
incidental loans ETC.. $2,1S7
Had Not Even q Kiss.
'tShe never even allowed mo to kiss
her during all that time" he said in
reply to the questions Of Assistant
States Attorney Alfred o. Erickson.
Tier whole life seemed to be so suf-
fused with religion and pure thoughts
that I didn't come to believe fully in
her falsity until she handed me bible
and told me to go seek a rich wife in
Los Angeles. Then 4 knew she took
me for q fool as well as an easy
mark"
Miss Miller appears to be about So
years old and Is woman OF consid-
cradle beauty and, apparently, Of much
strength Of character. She sat thru
| out the trial yesterday and practically
conducted her case. handling the
papers and suggesting questions to her
| lawyer. Seymour Stedman.
She looked straight at Foulkes while
| he was telling of his experiences in the
| tangle Of love and business and laugh
ed in keen enjoyment at times when
the lawyers and others in the court
| room found his statements amusing
She seemed less pleased. however
| when many OF her letters to Fouikei
were being read into the record
! Hes But liTtle Lsft.
\ The trial was adjourned until Wed
nesday morning next, when Foulkea
will complete his Testimony by givina
Q history Of his financial DEALINGS with
oltss Miller. Oficsrs Of the bank q
Danbury. where the ags0 fa1nsr KEEP
his account are expscts9 70 b. preoent
at that time to tell Of the disposal o.
the 411ys13 and real estate holdings
which included farms and lots In iowa
Minnesota, California and Ch1cago.
j OF his once large fourtune Utoutksl
now has only tenameut In Chicagt
occupied by nesroes- he says It VA
made over 70 him by Attorney Mile,
In some kind Of dsal but he 10 mo-
i quite clear 40 to the details. He hal
not beeen able to collect any rent ffosE
the tenants ana II not entafeU ou3t
lthat-he owns the.pep1SFtss !.