| Show III A WIDE SWATH ai aa american adventuress european dupes SEQUEL TO FOPPEE tramps ft a texas train an old man murdered for his money cripple greek grime crime A chronicle special front from london says tho the secret police have just concluded successfully ono one of the most difficult and delicate pieces of work ever placed in their hands b by y driving out of the country the most gotori notorious ous blackmailer of the present generation the need for secrecy was great for the extortion ers victims included several young princes inc including ludin one who is described as standing very near the throne and elderly men inen occupying prominent positions in the fashionable world the leader of the infamous gang was an american woman amelia harris alias dime chinnie Ch ionie ao an otera operatic tic sin singer siner er now a little more th than an 40 years years old although the looks much younger in mme ame chinnie and her mother took a fine house in champs El sees which soon became the headquarters of the faste fastest A set in paris amon among her earliest victims victim was Cie general danclay Dand lay whose fall was undoubtedly due to the american siren TI madame adame Chi onies normally large income from ba blackmailing ck maili nr and immorality was for some time considerably by commissions on the sale of decorations co but at length bengt i paris became too dan dangerous 0 erous for her and she led fled to london in 1887 the ensuing two years were passed in successful blackmailing the victims included a member of a former liberal government who was w as sub subsequently aly driven from public life in the autumn of 1889 amelia harris made the acquaintance of an a aged aed 0 ed and wealthy baronet who according to her varied experiences and the jt jlyle ge ment of men should have hav b an eary prey but the old man proved to be a veritable tartar I 1 ile he yielded liberally enough to bland ish ments but when these in due course were succeeded by threats he set get his back against the wall and hit out hard bard amelia harris had the superb audacity to bring an action for breach of promise of marriage against tho the old gentleman and to to carry it to trial sir charles russell who appeared for the defendant tore tore Ar amelias nelias reputation to tatters and laid bare the whole vile conspiracy as far as his bil client was concerned but the muddleheaded muddle headed jury failed to agree upon a verdict and the trial came to naught 1 the adventuress hed fled from the country without attempting to tore re open the breach of promise action in 1891 she returned and resumed her old business under another name and with changed methods it was during v one trip to paris that sho she met the prince standing tan ding very near the throne she had cajoled and extorted seven thousand pounds from him before he ventured to kick then the french and english secret police put their heads together and decided that the career carcer of amelia harris must be brought 0 to a close evidence of crimin lirI rl practices sufficient to obtain for her under the english law penal servitude for lifo ef was laboriously collected and submitted to her when she bile was finally found amelia had grown comparatively rich and she shuddered at the thought of hard prison life the evidence in possession essi Oll of the police thoroughly frightened her and she capitulated the police were prepared prep to arrest and prosecute her but only as a last despe desperate fato resource their chief concern was to avoid publicity and consequently to the adventuress were conceded the honors of war she merely signed a full confession and surrendered all the documents in her possession in consideration of leing being allowed to leave the country with her golden spoils arnelia amelia harris is still well equipped mentally and physically for the role of a successful adventuress although on oil the shady side of 40 she is a good looking woman and her manners remain rem ain fascinating fae a she iz is an excellent linguist and a fine musician these charms and talents it is understood have been transported to the united states and it is probable that they will not lot lie be allowed to rest in complete obscurity POPPER HAS ARRESTED A chronicle special says the assistant district attorney announced wednesday morning that the grand jury would rind find al an indictment for unlawful marria rc and grand larceny against barthold popper popper was formerly usher in the lie academy of music INI september lie ho married lelia Il Halleck alleck wife of charles II Il allock of moriches Mo riches N Y early in the morning 0 of september esth mrs mra II allock committed suicide in the gall gait house chicago the couple had registered there as T hasting and wife new york popper disappeared and was not seen until last saturday when ahei he lie he was rested arrested in in san francisco detective Detec tiNe sheldon of inspector mclaughlin B s staff started for that city today to bring popper to now new york mrs Il hallock allock and popper were well knows at the ashland house in this city lie he registered as B penzel san francisco and she as lelia A hallock moriches Mo riches they occupied rooms near each oth other er she aas as accustomed to pay her hills bills with checks on tho the merchants national bank it is said that popper freely told of his relationship with mrs r hallock and showed her letters accordino according to these she declared that she had no love for her was going to leave him for popper aa soon as she got a sum of money t that il at was comai coming to her she expected the money on august ith at that time she came to tais this city and had with her she bought popper several outfits before she came again she had pawned most of the things popper is alleged le ed to have said that he was vas going ll 11 to marry her and take her to chicago and that after lie he got her boodle lie he would drop her on the road ile he deserted mrs hallock when ile they reached chicago CAPTURED A TRAIN A I 1 11 houston texas telegram says the southern pacific officials are are considerable excited over news received from points along the line concerning the capture of one of their arci freight lit trains at del rio by a band of sixty five armed men who claim to be miners from california and new medice the men say they aure driven to desperation by the delay of the senate in settling the silver quest tion so eliat business may be resumed in the silver producing states and they propose going to Ala alabama barna to 0 o take the places 0 of f striking king mi nersas it is now work UL or starvation with them they are running m the train on their own schedule and tho the dispatchers are puzzled in order to avoid coil collision ision 11 with ith the regular 0 trains they stop in different towns and levy tribute of provisions provision st but so far have committed on other depredations the are well armed and the officers dare not attack them unless they can muster a large which cannot be done except in the large cities it is ii expected that they will abandon the train near the end of the divi division go around the city and by capturing other trains proceed on oil their journey the headquarters of the southern pacific c here have just received a telegram from san antonio stating that when the tran pulled in there forty of the tramps were caught while twenty five escaped but are being 0 pursued MURDERED fon FOK 1113 MONEY A san antonio texas dispatch says marcus Koenig heiro one ut of the oldest wealthiest and most highly bibly bi 0 bly respected jewish citizens of san antonio was murdered and robbed wednesday ni night lit his dead body being behig found next morning with a bullet hole through his head lying in the hall of his residence there is a deep mystery surround ing the crime in the lower hall of the residence was a large eale gate I 1 in in which was a large stock of money and jewelry amounting in value to fully the safe was rifled of all the money jewelry and valuables except a pair of gold bracelets an heirloom of the family it is supposed that koenigheit Koenig heim heard the burglar and made some move to investigate when ho he met his dead IN CRIPPLE CREEK A tribune special from cripple creek relates IV IS goodeye Goo deys saloon at altman was the scene of a robbery early this morning 0 arising apparently out of a drunken brawl four men named felix 11 L mccullough 11 cavanaugh and jim Al mcdonald cDonald had spent a great part of the night playing placid 0 cards when finally a quarrel arose in th the course of which the bartender was overpowered mr goodeve also fell a victim in tho the ircy frey and nd reported the loss this thi s morning of a trunk containing money to the extent exten t of nearly se 10 besides jewelry and pay paychecks chieks to the value of one of tho the robbers has been arrested |
