Evening times-Republican., 1911-06-08
JURY IN CHICAGO CRIMINAL
COURT coNvlcTs IOWA MANS
FIANcEE' OF FRAUD.
JURY FINDS MISS MILLER
AND BROTHER GUILTY
Foulles Squandsred Fortune Of $4,000
in Buying Kisses and carssss 1t
From $50 to $500 Each - Attorney
Miller Planned Raid on lowan's
Heart and Purse.

Chicago, June 8.-Thomas Foulkes
Of Danbury, Iowa. the wealthy farmer
who has been prosecuting his fance
Miss Lodavine Miller, and her brother
Attorney J. Marion Miller. on charges
of defrauding him out of $11.S12 and
two farms, won his case today in the
criminal court. A jury today returned
a verdict of guilty against the, girl and
her brother.
Foulkes told a remarkable tale OF
what he characterized as q financial
wootng." He said he bought kisses
and careses from the object Of his af-
fections with loans Of from $50 to 5000
and that after he had lost the money
and his two farms his charmer had ad-
vised him to go to California, read the
bible constantly and marry widow
He added that it took him six years to
discover that his affections were not
returned.
The attorney, her brother, was &C
cused Of being the one who planned the
alleged raid Of Foulkes heart and
purse.
Given Indsterminate Sentences.
The charge on which the Mtllers
were convicted was conspiracy: They
were given indeterminate sentences OF
one to ten years in Joliet prison.
Foulkes accused Miss Miller and heE
brother, J. Marion Miller. an attorney
of extortins $11.s12 from him, IN ad-
dition to two farms at Danbury, Iowa,
The two defendants are accused OF OPP
Grating a confidence game. K
"Tommy" Tells Story TO jury.
According to the story which Foulkes
told on the stand Miss Miller made his
acouaintance thru a DR.. Stewart and
Immediately preceded to make love to
him. During a period Of six years, he
said, she kept him dangling and at in-
teryals during that time extracte0 large
sums Of money from him He said that
she promised to marry him, but finally
broke her promise and sent him to
California with the advice that he
study the bible and marry q rich
widow.
Defendant Smiles on Foulkss.
Miss Miller and her brother were
both confident last night that the YER
dict would be in their favor. The Tor
mer smiled on F'oulkes and the farmer
seemed much elated by that ctrcum-
stance, Foulkes hung around the jury
room until late hour trying to get
an inkling Of what the verdict would
be.
The case went to the jury at 2:3o
o'clock in the afternoon after Attor-
ney Seymour Stedman had excoriated
the plaintiff as "fool," a "gawk, and
a freak Of nature" and Assistant
States Attorney Loves had denounced
the defendants as "two clever conf
dence game workers"
Sealed Verdict Returned
The jury in Judge Dever's court,
where the brother and the sister have
been on trial for more than week for
operating a confidence game, retired to
deliberate yesterday afternoon and the
court left word that il a verdict was
reached it should be sealed and re-
turned this morning.
Long after court adjourned the
farmer was seen lettering around the
corridors Of the criminal court build
ing, waiting to see If the jury would
agree on verdict and If he could get
an inkling Of what it was.
Miss Miller and her brother were
positive the verdict would be in their
favor. The former smiled at Foulkes
when she was leaving the court room
and the farmer appeared much elated
over the fact. s