Iditarod pioneer., 1917-06-02
SLEUTH KNOWN AS JUDAS"
 WAS ARDENT IN COURTSHIP

After a whrlwind courtship, Donald Nose Meserve, former resident of Home Colony, the Anarchist settlement on Puget sound, whom Emma Goldman called "The Judas Iscariot of the Anarchists" after he barred the Los Angeles Times dynamite plot, was married in Los Angeles recently. His bride was Mrs Jenera von kajander Bostrum. A Seattle newspaper recounts the details as ! follows:
 To little Florence Bostrum, infant daugh- ter of the bride, belongs the credit not only of originating the romance, but of bringing
 it to g quick and successful close.
 Chance and the little girl joined hands two months ago and by concerted action brought about the desired result. Mrs. Bostrum had moved to Los Angeles, leav 1 ing her little daughter at their home in Portland, in care of nurse. When the mother decided to stay in Los Angeles she telegraphed the nurse to bring the little RlIl SOuiI DIl tIlC DDdt. OLl ltAic SolllN bO@I' on his way from Seattle, sailed Meserve at | that time total stranger to the young widow.
 Little Florence Bostrum became boon companion of the young man during the voyage south, and on their arrival there a friendship with the mother followed. Meserve became regular caller at the home of Mrs. Bostrum and little Florence. It was not until very recently that the widow cspitulated Meserve rushed to the Los Angeles marriage license bureau, arranged his affairs with the district attorney and lad all plans ready for a marriage the fol lowing afternoon.
 Meserve obtained sufficient leave of ab- sence from the district attorney to permit short honeymoon before the newlymar- ried couple resume their residence there. | As the Burns operative knew more about l the lives and habits of Schmidt and Caplan, who were then on trial, than any other liv- ing being he was almost indispensable to the finish of the trial of Caplan, who was captured on Bainbridge island, near Seattle, largely through Meserve's work with the Burns detective agency.
 Although only 26 years old, Meserve has life record dotted with narrow escapes, 1 thrills and dangerous spots. He had been an associate of Anarchists all his life until ] joining the forces of the Burns detective 1 agency in 1914 From that time on he used his knowledge of the Anarchists and their ways in locating Schmidt and Csplan. Sev- eral months ago he revealed his entire story.
 His first meeting with Emma Goldman was eighteen years ago. when in company with his mother, he called on the anarchistic leader The next time he saw her was in 1914, when he appeared at the Goldman house in New York and obtained lodgings It was while there he met Schmidt and Caplan and obtained the information that became invaluable in the trial. He spent some time at the Home Colony the anar chistic settlement near Tacoma.
 Several times his former friends have tried to "get" him. Once it was an en- deavor to kidnap him. The last attempt on his safety was made in January of this year, on the dock in Tacoma Meserve was on his way to visit his mother, and had just left the steamship when a crowd of Anarchists attacked him. Fighting his way through them, he retreated to the boat, where he remained until the arrival of other Burns men. Since that time he has been furnished with body guard of armed men.
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