Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the WorldWooldridge, Clifton R. (Clifton Rodman)
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Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World
Wooldridge, Clifton R. (Clifton Rodman)
Crime -- Illinois -- Chicago; Police -- Illinois -- Chicago
Ohio Farmers Daughter--Orphan, 25 yrs., 5 ft. 7 in.;
brown hair, gray eyes; has large farm. Alone, will marry
immediately, farmer preferred.
Montana Maiden--Half-breed Indian, age 25, 5 ft. 4 in., 130
lbs.; black hair, black eyes; has large ranch. Will marry
honest white man.
Illinois Bachelor Girl--Age 35, 5 ft. 7 in., 160 lbs.;
black hair, brown eyes; owns fine estate, valued at
thousands. Would marry gentleman of equal wealth.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Beautiful maiden lady, refined and well educated; American;
blonde, age 37 years, height 5 ft. 4 in., weight 106
pounds; worth $30,000.
NEBRASKA.
Stylish young brunette, fond of society; American; age 28
years, height 5 ft. 3 in., weight 135 pounds; Baptist, and
worth $25,000; income $3,000 a year.
OHIO.
Stately widow, age 49 years, handsome and remarkably
well preserved; height 5 ft. 6 in., weight 160 lbs.; no
children; worth $5,000; wants elderly husband.
[Illustration: (Man and woman pointing at each other through heart)]
KENTUCKY.
Beautiful blonde Southern girl, educated and refined; age
21, height 5 ft. 2 in., weight 115 lbs.; American, and
worth $10,000; wants nice-looking husband.
Pretty little girl, age 19 years, height 5 ft. 3 in.,
weight 112 lbs.; American; worth $10,000. Says she is very
anxious to marry.
BOSTON, MASS.
Fine-looking lady, age 37 years, height 5 ft. 3 in., weight
140 lbs.; American, Protestant, and worth $20,000.
Young lady, blonde, age 25 years, weight 128 lbs., height 5
ft.; American, Methodist; income $720 a year; worth $25,000.
CHICAGO, ILL.
Maiden, age 26 years, height 5 ft. 4 in., weight 140 lbs.;
Scotch, Protestant, Methodist; income $1,200 per year;
worth $75,000.
MONROE CO., PA.
Young lady, age 23 years, very pretty, height 5 ft. 5 in.,
weight 150 lbs.; German, Methodist; worth $12,000.
DOVER, N. H.
Stylish, brown-eyed lady, age 24 years, height 5 ft. 6 in.,
weight 135 pounds; American, Methodist; worth $50,000.
NEW YORK CITY.
Young widow, age 32 years, height 5 ft. 5 in., weight 140
lbs.; Irish Catholic; worth $40,000.
UTAH.
Maiden lady, age not mentioned, height 5 ft., weight 120
lbs.; worth $35,000.
And all this, ridiculous, murderous and otherwise, is all outside the
pale of the law. The matrimonial agency is a crime _per se_. It is a
criminal institution. It has been pronounced to be such by the best
and foremost judges of the United States, Germany and Great Britain.
Judge Klerbach, sitting in the case of a marriage broker at
Goettingen, Germany, in 1903, declared that the marriage broker was a
criminal in intent, from the very nature of his business.
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