The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-18

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for neighbors, to earn enough money
to bring her children to this country,
Tom Chiffon was counting Rosa, tell
Ing her marvellous stories about his
three English castles, his own adven-
turous nature. and his\ unlimited
wealth.
Chiffon worked for the Detroit
Fireproofing Tile Co.. at Junction-ave.
and the Michigan Central railroad.
Rosa's home backed up" on the tile
company yards. Tom Chiffon met
and wooed her. He met her father,
Tony Wilczewski, and also impressed
him-$226 worth.
Over the back fence OF the ti,r
company yards, with the freight cars
and railroad tracks as q background,
he told Rosa that his folks were wcr.
ried to death about his wanderings,
and wanted him to settle down. He
said he had so much wealth In Eng
land that he hated to talk about 1t.
for fear of disgusting her.
He courted Rosa for more than q
year. Meanwhile he was rooming
with his wife at No. So Grand River
ave. When she asked him why he
had to be away on Sundays, holidays
and evenings, he told her that ne
must have everything ready for work
at the plant, the next day"
He told Rosa that his relatives
were impulsive persons, who thought
the world and all of him. Soon he
brought her letters, addressed to
Mrs. Thomas Chiffon" The envel-
opes had covered letters addressed to
his wife. He used the envelopes, and
wrote letters to AL them, before they
were resealed.
The letters purported to be signed
by George Chiffon. They were ad-
dressed: my dear little sister-to- be,
Rosa" and read something like this:
I'VE are all anxious to receive you
in England, as wife of our dear Tom.
He Is a funny boy. We fear that we
will next hear from him in China, or
some outlandish place, II he does not
find some good young woman. He
can do wonderful things for anyone
he loves, and terrible things for any
but love him."
Rosa both "bewared" and loved.
She started to buy her trousseau.
Chiffon accompanied her. He told
her to buy nothing but the best. She
spent Father Wilczewskis money
and her own money, very freely.
Mrs. Chiffon arrived In this coun.
try 20 months ago, to join her hus-
band. who had arrived here two years
ago, had worked in Toronto, and then
come to Detroit.
The woman, now being held as IAN
undesirable alien" worked hard, saw
ing the money to bring her three chill
dren here. Tom Chiffon earned $27 q
week. He gave his wife about "a q
week. She paid the grocery bills,
the rent, and saved for the passage
money for the children.
July 4 last, the children came here.
They found q fiat at No. $50 Vine
wood.ave., over Albert H. Meier's gro
Gerry store, ready for them. Now they
are held in the Florence Crittenton
home as undesirables, after the
months Of work by their mother, over
the washboard, to bring them here.
They must 60 back.
When they 60, they will undoubt.
eddy go to the poor house-they call
It the almshouse in England. It's Gil
because Chiffon Is missing, for failure
to keep his promise to wed Rosa
Wilczewski, and. for failure to give
Tony Wilczewski value received for
1928 invested In q fake patent on tile
work to set Tony's son up In bpsf
ness.
Mrs. Chiffon does not want to 60
back. The government officials are
unwinding red tape in feverisn
haste never before connected with
red tape, to get her back to England
| II the expected visit from the stork
comes before she leaves the United
States, Uncle Sam will have to take
car of the mother and her babies. II
the visit does not take place until
she reaches England, the United
States government IL freed OF respon
sibility for caring for the abandoned
wife and little ones.
Chiffon dressed AZ q dapper Eng
lish dude while counting Rosa. He
poured romance into her ears until
she promised TO become his bride
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