The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-10-03
MAIL ORDER LoTHARIO
SHRINKS AT EXPOSURE
OF SILLY ENGAGEMENT
South Dakota Banker Finds
His Letters To St. Louis
Girl Annoying.

q DicaCH VI pI ollilSe 'udIldBt III
brought by Anna Lacey Ballman, 1915
Ferguson avenue, st. Louis, for
$4,000. is being tried now in Dead
wood, S. ID.
Headed is AZ years old and admits
that he is rather old maidish," be
cause he does not use tobacco in any
form, according to a series of love let
ters which were read in the court room
and which We're written to Miss Ball
mar
Miss Ballman is a shopgirl, young
and good looking. As the letters were
read and her memory Travelled back to
h happy days of expectancy, wher
she hoped to change her position for
that of q bankers wife. her large eyes
brimmed with tears of disappointment
A severe grilling by the attorneys for
the defendant awaited the young COM
plainant when she took the stand Sat
urday morning. The lawyers attempt
ed to show that Headlee broke the en-
gagement when he learned that she
was a divorced woman.
Girl Shows Bankers Letters.
In answer to this Miss Ballman in
troduced letters written by Headlee
showing that he knew she had been
divorced in 1907 from Ballman, a st.
Louis shoe salesman, on charges of
cruelty and ~non-support.
ndr of letters, some of which
were written by the banker before he
had seen Miss Ballman. were read to
the jury. Each missive contained terms
more endearing a the other.
The courtship by mail began three
years ago and after a few notes had
been written. the banker came to st.
Louis to visit his prospective bride.
Alleging that he was wealthy, Headlee
proposed marriage in October, 1909,
Miss Ballman alleges. The young
woman was earning IS a week in a To-
| cal department store AT that time
Two days before October 20, 1910, to
which Headlee refers In his letters as
the fatal day" he telegraphed Miss
Ballman that the wedding would have
to be postponed on account of his faith
er's illness.
Engagement Is Called OFF.
On December 13, 1911, Headlee wrote
the %bride-to-be that he would have to
call he wedding off, as his folks
need me. and, besides. I could not think
of taking a girl away from a city for
q hamlet like that in which I live
Regarding the contemplated honey
moon, Headlee writes in earlier letters
to his intended bride; We have had
such a ling distance courtship that our
honeymoon should last ali the longer.
No, am no going to be a bit jealous
OF you when you hug daddy. I an
pretty badly struck on Mother Lacy.
Now don't get jealous"
Under date line of December %. 1911.
the prospective bridegroom decides to
call all bets off.
1T is not right for fellow TO keep
n girl waiting half her lifetime on sus-
pense. as every year counts for quite
a good deal on the age of a woman"
he wrote. 'and l thought it best, with
your consent, to call our affair off, for
l think 1t would be a foolish move to
attempt 1t while / am located as / am
at present"
Tomorrow is Sunday another note
reads. and there will be church in our
the most pious face l can and go. They
have turned over the financial part of
the institution for me to look after
while they are building their new
church. so I'll have to be good"
Tells Of Great Love.
Relative to the depth Of his love for
Miss Ballman, Headlee writes in the
should say l do love o a whole lot;
a whole city block; yes, a whole big
town. In fact, 50 much I have no way
of measuring 1t unless l were close to
you and then | would use my arms for
q measure and our lips for a place to
RECORD the results of my asu
ment.'
Headlee appeared nervous and bash
full as his love affair was being aired
for the edification of his banking
friends and fellow church workers.
INDIAN OFFICIALS in
w. C. T. U. CONTROVERSY
Pierre, s. d., Oct. William f..
Johnson, formerly special agent in
New Mexico for the Indian service.
whose connection with the campaign
non the Indians against the use OF
liquor which, coupled with the part he
took in the San Juan murder trial at
ant Fe. brought him prominently be-
fore the public some months ago, has
demanded the ~retraction of certain con-
demnatory statements concerning him
and others which are found in the re-
port of a Pierre w. c.. 7. u. commit
tee generating Clinton r. Crandall.
superintendent of the Pierre Indian
school. of the charges brought against
Crandall who is blamed by johnson for
being one of the chief causes of Indian
debauchery while the former was In
dian agent al Santa Fe.
A letter from Johnson published in
the White Ribbon Journal, state organ
for South Dakota w. G. I. u. contained
references to Crandall which caused the
appointment of a committee to inves-
tigate his record. The findings OF that
committee is objected to by johnson in
a lengthy letter to Mrs. Alice R.. Cos
a editor of the White Ribbon
Journal.
Resolutions adopted by the w. C. t.
U. Of Santa Fe. N. M, in which john
son Is upheld N Crandall denounced,
are expected to be the foundation for
warm debate when the w. c. T. u.
state convention assemblies here with
In a few days.
Interviews with members OF the in
vestigatinE committee reveals the fact
that at least one of the number signed
he report under the impression that it
was a request to johnson for proof of
his charges and not a clean bill of
health for Crandall as subsequently,
proved TO be the case. Two others adj
nit they We're not aware OF the true
nature of the document to which they
attached their names. Sentiment is
growing in favor of a thorough Invests
cation hat win either clear Crandall.
or snbstantiate the charges brought
against him by johnson.
TRAGIC FATE OF AN
UNKNOWN STRANGER
Miller. s D., Oct. Ia tragic fate
came to Orville Meade. a young man
Of IS. who spent tie summer near here.
Taken sick his ailrnent was pronounced
appendicitis and he was taken to Hur-
on for an operation. from which he
die's. He had given the name of a
town in Wisconsin as his home. but