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Show UNENVIABLE PREDICAMENT DtttcUie L'. n, Franks Accoed of a Series o( Cbarts ot Bljawj, STOItl 111 AX AlUOCI) DLSIItTCII HUE. Mr, InnVi Si;a It l a (air of Ml" talrn Monlllj. On June mth nf the prrtent year a rnlldle-aent and j rci.elii Itdy nnia to IhU city In aearch ot her "hua. band." Bhe had followed him over a ilrcultotu route, through irtital uiln-lnucnmHln uiln-lnucnmHln (,'olorajoand Utah. The runaway huatand had with him a little girl ot three yeari, m the atory Bota, of whonj the woman detettlve waa mother. Heart-lroVen and dlacouraged, ihe waa about to glva up tho object of licracnrcli when the met and made the ncrmalutancu of an ol I larber who advlacd her to put the mailer mai-ler In the handa of the KranW Ik-tictlve Ik-tictlve Agvucy, whhh waa then com le.loII A. J'ranla, W.O. Norrell and Alf lklunJ, once a member of the prevent taillco force In thlaclly. Acting upon the reconimendttloua of tho agtd lotiurlal artlit, ahenccom-jonlcl ahenccom-jonlcl hint to tbenmceo(th loial detective bureau. Mr. Kranka waa there attending to aome matter, of luiinrea wlun the lady called. It la alleged that ehe recoiled with a feeling ahnoet of horror when ahe recognUeU In Mr. Kranka n nian to whom ahe hail, a ihn now clalnii, born marrlinl berbre aim lcame tho wife of the mauaho woalnaearcliof. 1'ranka, too, It Is aild,tiimed ile aud trunthled, but thty tailli riTovered thrmailvitt and were Intro luco 1 to one another aa atrangera, whllu thoio prnent wondered won-dered what waa llio camu of thu atrange nctlona. The woman relate, n atrange and romantlo alory which In auUlauro la u follow i: Mr. I'rauLa waa once my liuihand. Under the name of (.'of lln hu flrit met me at the home of my imrenla lu Nebraaka In 1681. In AuUilof thatearl became hla wife. Twu montue later he deaerted tnr. The deaerlton waa caurcd ly a man who canto to our place from Alabama, and recognized Mr, Kranka, or Copllu, aa a man w ho had married tho niece of an ex.Unltod Htate. Henator from Alabama and then cruelly departed her. Thla gentleman 1 atheilcally re-Uted re-Uted the above facta to my father, who lgan n vlgoroua Inveitlgatlon of the caae, Oopltu would not await re. aulta but lied to Hherniau, Teioe, from wlurehoiamiied mo a letter confiaa-lug confiaa-lug lila eiil'l, and aiklng luo to forgive him audjolli hlnl, and be would caxu forme aa hla wife. Of count. I In. dlgnantly refuieil till oDer. It waa aubaniuently revelled to ua and real-lively real-lively auletantlateil that lis ha I not only married aud deaerted the Alabama girl but that he hal irlor to that married and ileeerlul two women In (leorgla. Heiurlugnillvorce, I, eighteen montha later, married a Mr. Hamilton and canto weat to Colorado. To ue wai born a little girl, whom Mr. Hamilton atolo from me al (Irand Junction, where he deaerted uie. I tracked hlui to thla city whole I met .Mr. Copllu for the flrat tlmeelnce he Ueai rtid me. Hlnce my arrival hero I have thoroughly thorough-ly Investigated lit crooked and In. liumin couree nut nut In rectlgtof letter, wrllliti by him to her. The handwrltlug lui leen Idcntlrlrd by hla friend, aa llng hi.. a The following Totter haa Uon received re-ceived by a gentleman In thla city whoae tiiinell iirpo.ly wllhheldi "July 31, IWI "My Doar 8lr-Your. a.l ltc.1 to inn at thla Ichi arrlvwl Hill morulng, and I lo.. no lima liireplylng, aa the tibjecl initter of It la or vory gn at Intereit 1 1 lu. anl lujie. lyollU.lu waa tiioat luuiir eilly marrle.1 In my hou.a, 'WlldwiHi.1,' near tho atallon Hurley, by the I'ev Ur, lUiiiiUternribeLhunllof tho Nativity, lu lluntarlllo Ala. where llio lulrrtagela duly rei,latcrod In hu eutry liook uiilne '.lull .l.iy nf April, l7J 'thla la my incuiory and my eou.hra, but we have lu imr archlvea the now.pnier pilbll.lia.1 III lluiitavllla, coDlallilug II whUll, wheu found, wo can aen 1 If you ealred It In NoveinWr, Iwl, ho .lewrlod her. taking Ihe Menii hla A Chirloatoil train, i.u which he hud n imiillon aa brak.aiiiau, and from that dav to thla neither hla wife nor I, unr anv one hare, lua ancn titin. hhe uf. lerwarili nceaaioually heard rrom hhu lhrnughaiionymouaaoure.m. Hlio knowa nothing of hla umrrlago lu TuacomhU, but recelr-l a hlter from a Mra. Martin, aavlng that he, Mr. Caphn, ha I married herdaothter aud left mn thla IllArkanaaa, Aa lo IhU hlin'e ap. lcaranca, the wooiluut eenl oouhl bo .worn lo by in4ny luanibara of my family, fam-ily, 111 confirmation of theplcturra aaol by ) ou 1 em.le.0 two photo. In our o.-aeaalnn, o.-aeaalnn, either of vrLleli would llenttfy him beond a aluijow of dnubu ou .rcehoitl.lh.ieauio faoa. Ilia luliihl wa. au Inch or two i orhaM ovi r alx fn t. What yon wuuldtall a lluo-looklng but oo.ir.o riniil Hair ao very dark aa lo bo callotl lla'-k, e) ditto, aU) uioua. tmhe. lie wore ui Inaint o her llian mou.tache,oaeo luow aud then a uoatoe, end be aoluetllnea ilyc.1 IhaU Women are poor u lga ol weight, but I think he welshed abutil I) or more manner HTUllar, tnoieiuenli rather irracelul but umrUtln.a. If in tho couiraiiy of iieraon. ho wa. not acuu.toiued lo aaaoclato wllh. II. could havopaawd ror u I reiicbuian orNpantard. lulohruary of Hi. year rullowtng my oou.ln'a uurorlunate mar rlaee a cnlld waa bom,w bo la now a lovely little girl and ueora my r irmor haine Nile liiiaeuperhblaokernaudlathemliiUlure, a. It were, or tho falher'a ttorlrait. 1 t m tend her photo, taken witti my own aud iinyntie will lii.tautlvreeogulra the rn aeiiiblauee, I .lladnutly renumber a a.ar M r l ha.1 upon hla clutk My cnualii haa ttt.o roceive.1 Ibo lultir t ouaitilroaned her, and blda rn. auar for lur, ahe Intng akk.bul Willi rompily rnouil louliy un I oeryciiiiiiiunkatuin you inayu.Urea. lo her. K'."lj""""-Tnrifiif ;nl lr laMiifllin uldreu la (lurl.y, iluillaou county, Ala. I raunot illllnu ypur iiiotlie in v. riling, but Iran lu clod Sir. Caphn may hat. left. If dead, aome III o money or prumny for hla pnuulli... Illlleglrl. l'l ae do me the kli!dnoM io .jiidiiioalluotoMorelieal thy. North Carolina, whither I go III a day or two. 1 aiiiauaualoiia a!., ul ihe matter, llio I leture you inclo. aoeuia tu me to In ml rrom a 1k k,nu l my limit fulnla with four Ibal lha nun may lm e W'rl.tuy I mi llio sallow. f.r almo or a deeper die Hun bigamy J Lava written aa jmi a.ked me, frevly an I fully, tru.tlng tu your houorto U a. retlooiit na we are about the matter 'III., dear Utile elrl ha. known no i ther father or iat i but the orlratt ot iny nuble do-. a.o.l hua band IIaaM)r.tiNira aftor the di rtloti th it Mr Caphn fcot a dliorce h a mar rh 1 three ea ra ago. - The Information glveu la ctrtaluly damaging to Mr Kranka What the rcault 111 lw la dimmlt to abate ut thla lumture of the j rotccdlogs. Alto, gcthcrltla one or the grcatcat local actuation, that Inoi m.currc.1 for aome time. Iiiteri-etlrjje ileveloi menta and dlatlodirca can be eiecteil ill n few data. Aa a iletectlte Mr. 1'ranka' ability la well known. Hla Intimacy with the opiawlle aex, while nrrttlng vlolalori an I alleged Tiolatota of the ldniuiu!s law, la, during the pl.t few leara, iilao n tuattor uf Hernial Information. Infor-mation. HtANI.-'g gTOIll. Mr. Trank wa. waited upon by a Inkws remrler today. In Juatlcc lo him hla viralon of the umttvory allalr la given. 1 n reply lo the qucetlon by the lit w a-gatherer, a-gatherer, "Iaupioae, Mr. 1'ranka, It la Uiililinicult foiyou to divine tho object ob-ject of llila call under vxlitlngclrcitui-ilanevit" vxlitlngclrcitui-ilanevit" "No, air," rrrlle I the detective aetllng hlmwlf In a chair an 1 oaiumlng a uinidcnt ulr. "What hoyou to aiy In vludlcn-lion vludlcn-lion of our character;" further nuer-led nuer-led the reiorter "Only thla," iaU Mr. Kranka, amll Ing, "lhat 11 la n caae of tnlltakcu Identity, or die the woman la hoi-Imly hoi-Imly Inaanc." "How loug doea your aciiualntance-ahlp aciiualntance-ahlp with your accuser date back?" waa aake.1 of Mr, Krauka. "Oh," (hialtatlugly) "about alx or light uccki," rtj lied the gentleman. "Vou mver init her thin until ahe called at your cfllco in thla iliyou June liilh?" 'Xeef; no, air; never." "llowtben do Jon account for her actloiia?" t "In thla way only, that alio la a braien adteiiturca. ur a bribe procur-ir." procur-ir." Continuing, Mr. I'rank. raid, "the came here ou thelkjth of June, aa 1 have before elated, and .aid thai lur huabatiJ had deaerted her lu Colorado, Colo-rado, taking with hlui their only child, a little girl of tender ycare, and ahe hal traced him to Kurekn and aiibaxiuenlly to thla city, and that tho then wanted the aaai.tanco of my agency In locating hla wherealiouia. Klie waa lu deatltut. clrcuiu-atanciw clrcuiu-atanciw latt I er wanta wire auptllrd tlirough tho Intcrcrtalon of t'rttaln tlrennman, to whom alio ri presented Hint In r father waa a 0. A. It, aoldler. For threw week, ahe found lodging with a Mra. l'a) ne In the ca.t-cm ca.t-cm irt of the illy. Her bllle wire acttlcdliylhed. A. It. Itellef Corp., atlra.t I aniao tol.l. Hhe made her-ell her-ell gent rally obnoiloua and wai com-liellnl com-liellnl to leave her iuarter. Where alio haa been alot plug lately I do not kuow nor co re. ".My frlenda lolj mo a fow daya ago that 1 had better do aomulhliig for her. 1 lc lied that ahe wm nothing to me, but that if ahe came around my ofllco again I would kick liar "Into thu atreet." More aiiou. |