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COLLECTS DEBT WITHIIK tVTIFI L \ IIIlt;»I M % WIDOWFORCES CHICAGO MAS TO D1S-GOlUlM f I.OOO,Chicago, March IT.—“I want the money 5 ou owe me, Owen Burn®. 1 have tried, toy peaceful methods for three years to get what belong to me. Now, if you do : t give ms something better t tn promise*, you will have to explain why/'Owen Burns, fitting in hie private office at TO La Salle street, looked into the barrel of a revolver a* this demand was made upon him. Back of the revolver was a woman s face, stern and determined, The sight unnerved Mr. Burnt.He lives at the Calumet club, and is unaccustomed to violence in any form.“Please put that thing away and sit down; 1 think we can come to some agreement,-' he said. Then he called one i t hia clerks and whispered something In hit ear. The clerk want out hurriedly.The woman who made the demand It Ihs. Juliette Cornelia Morris*-Smith, a young widow of Lynchburg, Va. Her first meeting with Mr. Burns was in the Hotel Cecil in London, four years ago. Fhe was then the popular heiress to the Garland and Morris* estates at Lynchburg and Richmond, Va.f and was surrounded by scores of admirers. Neither Mrs Smith nor Mr, Burns recalled that mooting at yesterday's encounter in the latter s office.A Truce is Declared.Mrs. Smith accepted Mr. Burns* sugges turn that Mi*1 sit down and discuss the question of the money that she said he cwed her. While they were in the midst of the discussion Detective Qualey ofCentral station, who had been summonedtoy the bookkeeper, entered the room.“Who is that man?” demanded Mrs, Smith.* I am a police officer, madam/* volunteered Qualey. “I'm here to keep the 3 ea« e. T understand that you have been displaying 0rearm* In this office.*’Mr*. Smith ignored the detective andw^nt on with her talk with Mr Burns. But Qualey stood guard during the stormy scene* lasting from 10 a, m. until t in the afternoon.What Mr*. Smith seld must have had soon* effect because, after Mr. Burns hadcalled into the conversation his attorney, Joseph Burtt, she be/ a me the possessorcf a check for $1,000. This check she had rash/d before the close of hanking hours,%lr», Smith’* Starr.T,aat night at the Auditorium hotel, Where Mrs. Smith is staying, she gavecun the following statement:“Owen Burn* and his brother. Walter Burn*, president of the L \Y, V Burns bafe and Ijoek company, of which Owen I* secretary and treasurer, conspired to t possession of my money four year* ago In London. They were then floating the Colonial Trading company of New Tork and Ijondon. 1 vr*s lhlng at theHotel Cecil,*’Owe n Burn* made love to me andborrowed more than $3,000 on behalf of tod mss If and Walter to tide them ovw financial difficulties while they were inSvurope. The money I gave him 1 had laid aside for the purpose of paying taxes on my estate* at Lynchburg and at Kichmond. They promised if would bereturned to me at once and informed tne that the loans were secured by gilt-edged *tolt; k in the trading company,‘*\Vhlt; n Owen and Walter thought thevbad secured nil the fund* that 1 would give them Owrn’i love for me grew cold, and when I demanded the return of mymoney he said I had lost it through investment with them/*Mr. Hum* lla* tension.Mr. Burn* wag seen at the Calumet ttlub. He said:“Mrs Smith's demand* on me arc blackmail. 1 never borrowed money fromher; she invested it in the Colonial Trading company, which failed. Neither my rather nor myself can be held responsible for the debt* of that company/’”Why did you pay her the $1,000 then?'* he was asked.“Because her case appealed to my sympathies, KV» is lt;razv. No, T do not m^\n hoit foolish. I mean crazy. The vh**ck that I made out today w i* in my brother's name, Mrs. Smith claim* that 1 . till owe her some money, Once before I paid her $$»* *»r more and understood tic n that rhe released me from all#t rther d^manda My brother passedthrough Chicago a few* day* ago and3 told him that Mm Smith was In thetdfv. He advised me to settle with her®n*.i get the matter cleared up,“Mrs. Smith come* of a splendid family In the south. She ha* had a great dealof trouble, *nd I feel sorry for her. Shehas written me many b to re in which she said that It wasn't the nun icy that shewanted, but t« Hon because her nf -feedIons had been trampled on.*«y« S%% iIftdling lt;lisirue I* Pal***.tier charge* that 1 swindled her aref b # letejy without foundation, f did not borrow’ the money on false pretenses. Her coming to mv office and flourishing,4 and tun- tiening me was atlLgTiua fu! a ffair/*
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Wed, Mar 18, 1903
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