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Show GUN AND NERVE WON CASH BACK FOR VIRGINIA BELLE . . . , At Point of RcYOlYcr Wflman Rccorers Cash Which She Had Advanced to Recreant Lover. CHICAGO. March 23. Mrs. Juliette Cornelia Morlss-Smith of Lynchburg, Va., Is handsome, atately and fashionable. fashion-able. Barring the "stately," she looked the other parts when ahe dropped Into the office of Owen Burns,. 70 LaSalle street, and, presenting & full-grown revolver re-volver to his head, said: "Pay me my money or I'll kill you. Tou owe me $3000." Mr. Burns put up signals of distress. "Don"t you move, or I'll surely shoot," exclaimed the fair one, and the big, self-acting gun was held steadily with the business end two feet from Mr. Burns's nose. "I can't pay you 13000; 111 give you (1000 If you'll put that gun down." Mrs. Juliette Cornelia Morlaa-Smlth lowered her revolver and Mr. Burns wrote out a check for $1000. which the woman took and cashed fifteen mlnntea later. In the meantime the signals of distress had been observed by a stenographer, who sent a rush message to police headquarters for assistance. A detective responded, arriving on the scene before the departure of the warlike war-like woman. "Who are you?" he asked her. "Well, I am Juliette Cornelia Mor-rlss-Smith of Lynchburg, and I am collecting some of my money." "Why don't yon collect by civil suit?" "I did not come here to talk to a policeman; po-liceman; I've other things to do," she raid. Mrs. Smith departed for the bank, where she got the cash. "I met Mr. Burns at the Hotel Cedl in London," ahe said, "and he began making violent love to me. He bod-rowed bod-rowed $3000 from me to tide over difficulties diffi-culties in Europe. When he got the money bis love grew cold. I don't car bo much for the money. It waa the humiliation hu-miliation occasioned by his conduct that forced me to do this thing." Mr. Burns said: "The money she speaks of waa given to me for Investment Invest-ment and It was lost. I felt sorry for her and gave her back HOOO. |