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A MODERN DON JUANEI-1If** llilneil S|lii*u.‘rvft Hopes jitti! La\;wil! 1’ Their flank Acrctmb. J.uhA dispatch from Toronto says j •D^iwiive Forvc.it w*?r*i to (leorire-1 f*town on Saturday and retained with Albert H. Yhjtoscil' who is wanted . here xo answer to a charge 'o: oh- C taTdng money under false preteitfiefr. to wit. 5150. from Emily Van:-/ Whilcsell, It is claimed, got the money hast April by representing to Miss Pat to Thai he had a fine drug business at Xowmurk.-t, and needed i money to furnish his new store whichtlCJsidio»alPfit.oC1prdiprItiofcost him 53.500 to build. At that hi time the woman believed she was *eiH gaged to Whilcsell and would eventually marry him. For some months the man did not call on her, because, according 10 his own story, he was very ill with fever at Xapanoe.As a matter of fact, Wliitesoll was in jail there, awaiting trial on the charge of obtaining S.'oo from Miss Emma Allison. Fie was tried last Wednesday, when it developed ho hail -been engaged to Miss Allison for scvr oral years and managed to get some Sfcoo from her. In November of 190! he married another woman at Belleville, without apprising Miss Allison of the fact, and in July, 1902, he fot S200 from M'ss Allison for what she supposed was to start housekeeping. Numerous letters were produced in court showing the Jove.m the various parties. Judge Price found the prisoner guilty of obtaining S200 ” T»y fraud, and he was lot out on suspended sentence/ after promising to pay the naoncy bock.Whitescll came to Toronto next morning and called on Miss Patto, who congratulated him on his recovery. The man had dinner and left, saying he was goilfg to visit his mother in Georgetown. Miss Pat to, a few hours later, rend n pn.ner containing the report oF- Whitoscli’s trial at Xapanee. She was much .surprised and annoyed, and visited police headquarters, where she swore out n warrant for his arrest. Whitest'!].. is 47 years old, but looks much older. Local police say' they Have heard of one 01* two more cases in which the prisoner is. .snhl.; to have obtained money under similar circumstances.He lias raised the hopes of many fond KpS;istcrs, and has.-at the.same time, having an eye to business, loiy-ered tls^ir bank account. It is stated that a well known Chicago publtah-ing house has . engaged the Indomitable Whiles*)! as-country book agent, as soon as lie has complied with the. necessary formalities of the law.thIkinpoifftbce-BfohK«buthat*knsetb'otcctintbmeedit-:OHlt;themepit!cocliaiuoIonAsayof
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Stonewall Argus
Stonewall, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Nov 26, 1903
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Bruce J.
USA 18 Jun 2018
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