| Show YOUNG AS SHOWN FY BY lETTERS FOUND I Tender Ep of Accused Murderer of Mrs Pulitzer Puli tzer Throw Sidelights ott on theMan's tile the Mans Man's Character t t t t t j t HOOPER LR YOUNG AS BILLY SMITH S lITH J t tB f I B f fr v 4 r ST. ST PAUL Minn Sept 26 William 26 William Hooper Young YounS' was In MIn MIn- f neapolis a year ar ago and wooed Miss Hannah Costello a pretty young young- stenographer employed In the Lumber exchange At t the time Ume he went f t ff f by the name of or Billy Smith and the friendship between the two was f ff f broken by ln bYO Youngs Young's 5 confession to Miss 1155 Costello that he was WM tr traveling under un- un t f del der an a assumed name Letters found fount b by the police pollee In Youngs Young's trunk lIun dl- dl Youngs Young's former acquaintance with Miss Costello and when seen f t she admitted that she Slie had known him for a period of about a month and that that he was quite attentive to her She says he told her he was rich richt richi t i tf f and had influential InOue friends In New York After J he went sent to Now ow York Yorki i 4 he hc corresponded with her and final finally told her that he loved her but Ini in i 4 doing so admitted his name was not Smith and she decided to break brcak with 4 i him He lle tri tried tl to Induce her to come to New York saying he had a peal peal- f 4 tion for her there She always thought him an especially bright and in- in f ff f young oung man f fH H- H t A- A NEW YORK YORE Sept V In j In the desk i used by William Hooper Young Youns at the offices of the Crusader Hoboken have t j I been discovered letters that throw much i light on the he young youn oung mans man's attitude toward to- to toward j i I wart ward women and his borrowing borrowing- ability from men The Miss Costello letters and the other other other oth oth- er young youn womans woman's experience with Young YounS' together with other possession possession pos pas session of ot the police pollee show that the alle alleged ed murdered had a number of or women women women wo wo- men and girls in mind upon whom he probably had designs This is a letter from Miss Costello sent to him Just after he left Minneapolis lis Is i My Dear Billy I Billy-I I received recel your our letters letters let let- one written at Toledo and anti me une at Buffalo and was vcr very glad to learn that you reached New York In safety Did Not Want Letter Returned I wrote you OU at Milwaukee as per ad addressed addressed addressed ad- ad dressed envelope but from the tenor of ot your letters and the Inquiries you OU make I infer that you OU did not re receive receive receive re- re It H. If Ir not n t. t wish r you would write to Milwaukee for fot it It as I do not want it to to-be to to lo my address here and guess you Qu know wh why No ho we did not g- g go to the fair I told I you OU all about It In m my last I had In to work oik the day on which we had planned to go so and the tho next day it H rained allda all allday allday da day i so o I used usel part of orthe the mane money for a anew anew anew new pair of ot gloves Iov I have hac a a. permanent position now only S in it It but that's better than nothing Is It not My Iy father is no better batter I heard from Crom him again yesterday If H he doesn't get better s soon on I am going out to help take care curc of him There is nothing new nev or interesting here Everything Is rather quiet this week and it looks downtown as though people v were taking taking- a rest after fair week The folks folk are all wellI wellI well I r am suppo supposed to lo be in bed and I wish I were for my head is aching dreadfully I hope you ou will cx excuse us a a. short hott letter leller tonight as It is getting setting vcr very late and that alone you ou know is considered a crime here Signed LIBBY One From Young He lie then wrote to h her r under date of ot September 17 Ii 1001 the appeal to her to I leave hime It miscarried and aiBl came back to him through the dead letter of or- or fice flee It reads Dear Little Little Sweetheart Sweetheart Poor Poor little girl you rO must b be having ta a hard time timer r I I Continued on page 6 6 Other Women Influenced Continued from Pago aKo 1 I of or It I It Judging from your our letter leter of or the lUh Am rom PO o sorry But Dut tI try to ta to make nake J light ht ma of oC It It f. f i deaf Icar ai and d remember there Is a better time coming and soon too We Vt have hae got sot the Crusader the an il illustrated II- II l- l d week weekly on the hl high h road rand to S. S Have been received lovely lo here Dick m my partner treats trent ire nc like a brother We e sleep leEp together j I Iund und nd are just like lifelong fren frIends s. s He lie lieIs Ie I Is working and every time he lie thinks I Iam Iam am getting H u little short he be e gives me I some mone money monet but naturally I 1 do not like to ask sk him for fOI any to send scud away As soon oon as f J have ha c some of my OW own will wi send end you ou some Now these arc m my plans dear em Hope HOf you ou win a agree with wih them I am and 11 be working hard halI ro so ro the time tune will wi pass swiftly You must do the tle same samE dear dea If I you ou do not have to quit your our position then Just as aN soon oon as you ou have havethe havethe the mane money you ou must get t a a boardinghouse boarding boarding- house down do town and break away gently gently gently gent gent- ly at al first and then more so from the thet t folks fols at nt the hou house e. e Then about the Oth of oC October will wH send you ou a ticket to Buffalo Well Yel must close ose Would you ou not like that arrangement ement Love Lve and und kisses Signed BILLY BILLY It I was under the alias of Bi Billy Smith which Young oren often u used ed that the girlin girl Sill in n Minneapolis knew him for Cor in writIng writing writ writ- I addressed him William ing she as as' as Smith I Waited for n R Reply When she Rhe did 1111 not get et a letter from Cram him lIm she waited until December and then wrote My h Dear Friend FrIend- I I have hn not heard from you ou In a very long long tm time and do not mow whether you ou have havo forgotten me or whether you are too bus busy to wrIte I have Ilac been sick for some time and have only Just been able irble ale to get et out again I trust you ou are arc well vell wel and presume you ou must be very busy now so near the holiday I go home borne bore tomorrow tomor tomor- row rw night and back on Friday which will wi b give P me two da days days' s vac vacation Jon Would like to haye a lon longer er one hut but cant can't afford afford af af- af- af ford It I very er well wel Juet Just now I 1 do not think I know any news that would Interest Interest here nt at pres pres- ent have have- 13 0 never been on th a East l Side I left lef over there and never see any of oC the people from down our way But suppose e the they are aie all alE al there still and will wt probably find somebody body to gossip about as that seems to be about all al the they aim to do In life liCe le Have chan changed ec boal boarding in places to toda today today to- to da day as m my last one was was not satisfactory tory tH and think I shall like the new ne neone one Yel very much better heter I hardly ever hear from the folks foles Wishing you u a a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I Iam nm am Ince h LIBBY LInnY By the time YounG Young received the last letter leter he had changed his hiI mind about the girl Irl coming East and nothing nothinG ever came of or the plan Letter Leter From Prom Another Girl Girl There Is a a May Van In Hoboken Ho- Ho hoken loken who If she can be found may maybe maybe maybe be able allO to tell tel Interesting facts about abut Youn Young She wrote him a letter leter regarding regarding re re- re- re garding an n engagement the they had to meet E Evidently the meeting was not notto notto notto to he be tho the outcome of or a flirtation because be be- cause apse the tho girls girl's tone Is serious and for for- mal nial a as a- a awi will wi he be seen by the following Dear Sir Sir Sir-I 81 1 I am amer very er sorry orr that I did not riot see you that Saturday but hut It was wa very cr bad wethe weather and I suppose you OU could rould not come out I would like to see you au tomorrow at S p p. p m. m m. m at River and Fourth streets without fall fail If I Impossible Impossible Imps sible Ible answer to e and f r will wt call caB Jn Jr the morning MAY fA fAYA YA VAN How he was foiled by n a concert hall ball hal singer and how he 1 demanded demandel money from his hg Crl friend n Anger Anter riot pot alone for food and coth n. n but for tot amusement ment Is Js told in letters Friend Tour Your Dik-Your Your letter leter o of the Jn Instant came Mie today Have received I d no nomore nomore more word wOd from Crom un any of or 1 my folks Have lave been hen quite quie sick and aid not made very much Guess Guras you ou J-ou were right about Jennie He lie refers to Jennie lennie Forester a. a n concert hall bali hal singer r at Butle Bute Mont Have sent her 13 W ll and a return letter leter In each ach envelope e bu but t hn have E received no re reply reply re- re ply ph since the first one that I think you I knew I got ot Well el she has gone L Let Lether Lether t her r go She's the one I ador adore Ho Xo Refers to Others Remember that a la Ia Ia Calamity Jane only she he u used ed to sing sin that about me Ain Am Im feeling awfully lonesome DIke Dickey boy and have been klch p myself for fOI letting her hr go so nut lint I want wanted 1 a chance to send Bend mOI money to Jennie and thou thought ht you rOl would wait walt for m me Might have I known mown you'd go o straight ht home Why didn't you ou put n a 1 card carr In th the In hero here herp for Cor me I got ot here the same do day you Ol l In ft and would likely have lUle seen you ou Well el you OU are there l. l now TIOW and I am coming on soon oon too Am m prel pretty well cl dressed already but hut I not riot making much money now What hal do 0 you OU know about the chances for 01 or a a paper Tell Tel m me what you ou have found I have about made made up my mr mind to go o Into It with wih you rou If IC you rou feel the same os CS iS you ou didI did lid lidI I r am am r getting tired of selling and andant andant want ant ant a a chan change e. e Your letter teter made me refuse a 3 SnAP of oC a 3 Job for Cor the summer out to the lake here Will 1 tak take no Job but will wt go on there If I Y you U still want walt to it start the ball al a a Am writing this on a board In my room and It Is vr very er uncomfortable so o om will vill m close Thank you Ol for having the thet t room ready for me I. I Well Wel good bye good Jor or this thia time lime Anwer An- An at once W HOOPER YOUNG I Shows Remorseful 1 Peeling Feeling FrIend Dick Yours Dick Your Dick Yours of oC 3rd mat to hand band this evening Hasten to answer r. baCus because I r like lee the time tone of oC your our letter leter very vet much You do not seem teem like Ike so r many many Ive I've Ive met met to tors forg forget t the friends oCI of oC I blows adversity alongI along as soon as a little prosperity I r feel feet a a little IUD ashamed of or myself pick Ick for tor tre treating you ou the way I did I I 1 do not think It was hardly the thing thing- I 1 had ought to have done but I wanted to be alone alone- alono and find out about Jennie and get her off or my h hands nd so 80 to speak stilt Still I thought you ou would wait walt for me meni all ni right for Cor I never Intended for us to F parale And I 1 did want to get you OU stirred upI upI up I l mi might ht have known that to stir sUr you OU up Ip would only onh Increase your our de desire to reach Hoboken N. N J. J You stirred up all right Tho rho ho quick trip you made showed 1 me that Well cl youre you're there and Im I'm JI here so lO we ma may as well let it I drop You seemed to want vant me there and I T think I will wi cm come This hot weather though has been heen awfully hard on me Seems to have melted incited meled m me rue down like a n candle set too close to the fire fre So I think m my progress progress pro pro- gress s toward the rising sun will wi bo ho rather lather slow Have a few tolerably decent decent decent de de- cent clothes h but t nothing extra Want to get dressed ed up as well as 38 possible and a few dollars In m my pocket and stay a 3 f few Cew w days In Buffalo Bufalo and see see the fair and will wil then go go on on to Hoboken I reckon that will wi take take three or four weeks at least so ao O It will wi be about August August Au Au- gust gList gust before I get set there theme Again Mentions Women Have received no word from Jennie except except that first let letter tel So know nothing nothing of o her or Calamity Jane Have sent her altogether 10 19 H a a. pretty little tte sum fum to waste wa wasn't nl It If ito That's the thea a way riy It f g goes e I make malce good monc money and andIe give Ie It away And when I do take a 3 tumble and tr try to do something for myself myself my my- self sel get et sick Icle or got get ct Into a poor pOOl country 01 or something on Well I. I never mind genius ge go c- c nina Is Ig only tha capacity for Cor well twel di directed directed directed di- di enormous labor I am now tr trying ln to do 10 Ic less labor but hut better beter di directing dl- dl am Just taking It easy making expenses and gettIng some mine clothes cothes Thirty minutes later A inter A gentleman enteman cal camp caine Into my room here anti and Interrupted Interrupted interrupted Inter Inter- ond I have been thinking and andI I h have have- made up tip n m my mind what to do ho You Tou know a a great deal about me now Dick more than years of or ordinary acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac would tell lell tel you yoi ot and you seem eem to want mo me to come to you ou You are arc now nov amon among friends and relatives es and where here a few dollars dolas dola's does 1005 n not t m mean an anver ver very much to you You know my hobby for tor or testing friendship Well eU Jm Im going to test ours jours I am sick and In no condition condition con con- diton to put forth the ext extra efforts efforts' needed to make moner ahead to go o East on In anything like short time l Makes a n Proposition I have ha c some fair Calr clothes cothes enough for fora rora a prel pretty decent appearance but bul I must mut have a few dollars ahead Now ow here is ism ismy ismy m my proposition proposition- If IC you OU will wi ral raise e 20 O and send senI me I Iwi will wi start East Immediately and go o R as fast as possible to Buffalo take In the theair fair air fall there for fOT or t two 0 days that will wi be enough and then rJ right ht on to Your lour letter leter took two t o days and two hours hous getting hero here This is the of or July You iou could have hae the mone money here her hereon on the I 1 would T leave here Immediately Imme lat I land In Buffalo the or and In N New York and Hoboken about the Oth What do you think of It I Can you raise ralfe the mone money 1 Yours Your nI BILLY JY I YOUNG TRIED TO BL BLEED ED POOLROOMS AND GOT GOOD THRASHING AT ONE OUE NEW NEWYORK W YORK Sept Sent 26 The he 6 The fr first firM t Is Issue Issue Is- Is If- If su sue of the Crusader made Its appearance appear rance r- r ance l In 1 Hoboken st h-st last Sept September I Its owners o O Richard Anzer and William Hooper Xou Young proclaimed at at the tm time limy that It was their Intention to purify the politics of Hudson count county The Crusader Crusader Cru Cru- ader bitterly attacked th the administration and when William Ver Verdon on announced himself a can candidate for Mayor on the Republican ticket the Crusader took toole sides with wih him hint against Adolph Lankering who defeated Verdon Verdon Verdon Ver- Ver don h by the lar largest est majority ver ever had by any Mayoralty candidate In Hobo Hoho- ken With thc the |
