Show Chic Chicago go May Reformed Criminal Crimin l lOf Of World Notoriety Dies in Hospital PHILADELPHIA May Mar 30 AP AP- AP Chicago May I y Churchill reformed criminal of international notoriety died today in fn the Philadelphia general genral gen- gen ral erat hospital She was 52 She was vas taken to t the hospital Monday l for an operation operation m for an abdominal disorder Just before she sie was to have married Robert Considine Considine Consi- Consi dine Ine a las s Charles Smith a another ather ther reformed criminal who vho was known to to o police throughout the world Chicago ChIcag Mays maiden name was said aid to bo be Desmond al- al l- l though she he used many any oth other r names i she had been m married twice and anti and her last name according to h hospital records was Mrs M. May C Churchill harpe S Chicago May la came caine to this cOuntry country coun- coun try ry from England when she was 15 and nd in a a. published memoir met admitted that lat she stole money from her father faher father fa- fa ther her to make mak th the trip Her most notorious crime was as fb the theft of ot 35 35 00 from the American Express company at Paris franco France She and her companion Eddie GueriA were caught by French po- po lice ce She was sentenced to three e eyears years ears in iQ a. a a French Jail jaiT and Guerin was as transported ed to o Devils Devil 8 island Go 5 French penal colony After her cher release from aI j Jail ll Chicago May got sot enough money moncy to ch charter rt r a yacht and cruised to D Devils Devil's island where where- she effe effected ted the release of Guerin by bribery Chicago h May pent spent at least 15 years of ot her life in prison The The- mart marl she was to marry Considine h has s spent 20 Before her death she said he was the only man n who fully understood h h. h her x r and ad was cyas th the he only friend d she ever ve h had d. d i. i |