Frank Wilson, a boy of thirteen, taking advantage of the absence of his foster parents from his home in Chicago, sold all the furniture to a second-hand dealer and eloped with a girl of twelve. Wilson concocted a telegram from a mythical aunt in Cleveland, Ohio, which said: " Your mother is dead. Sell furniture and come on here." He showed this to the second-hand dealer, who promptly paid him £15 for £200 worth of furniture. Young Wilson then invited Mollie Hanev, his twelve-year-old girl friend, to elope. For a- week they went about together, Wilson introducing her as his sister, putting up at hotels and dining at fashionable restaurants. When Mr. and Mrs. Wilson returned they found their flat empty. The police were instructed to search for the missing boy, and he was found in a theatre with Mollie. They were occupying ..stalls.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 5 (Supplement)
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143Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13453, 1 June 1907, Page 5 (Supplement)
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