| Show LIGHT ON NEW BUNCO GAME matrimonial SYNDICATE OPER A FED BY NEW YORKERS BLONDE WIDOW LEADER mrs brown queen of love grafters who fleeced men of wealth ingenious dodge exposed by the victims new york the mysteries are b ing further unveiled in the lal bunco establishment operated b mrs bina finnegan and ars izella mason brown which was but partly exposed by the of james V mcclellan the Penn syhania merchant leo klesler the ins ira ice man and count ignaz who Is now a grocer all of whom aver that they were wheedled out n various she wined and D ned her dupes sums by the charming widow helen hamilton otherwise bina rhe police now say that these men and several others like them were but the small fry in the schemes of these women and that several of wall street s wealthy men two in lar paid dearly tor their acquaint ance mrs brown it seems took care of the big game and left to mrs ver those of the mcclellan klesler stripe mrs brown is of the peroxide blonde type she Is tall and well built with fine hazel eyes and she scarcely looks her 40 summers she has a prettily turned arm and is tree and graceful of action according to police investigations izella mason ran away from halifax about 29 years ago with J P brown a civil engineer 20 years her senior A few years later brown died leaving her a neat little fortune in insurance then mrs brown went to boston before she departed she made the ac of bina finnegan and they made a circuit of the country touching chicago philadelphia and other c ties then after a separation during which miss finnegan waa mar ried to george ernault er they met in new york mrs brown s money had disappear ed owing to her extravagant living and she secured a position as a cloak model and maintained a small flat on elat ty second street one day she saw an advertisement tor a steno grapher to a man of wealth and in 8 few days was on very good term with a wall street man who has a large family the W all street man s wife died and he mrs grown to many him but she preferred being fancy tree he ind bilged her eiery whim but he tailed to win her for a wife she worked the personal columns of newspapers news to great advantage A broad street stockbroker fell vio bently in love with mrs brown and wanted to elore ath her she got much money out 0 him but did not elope because there were other adver ti and other candidates were calling when tl e love business got toe heavy for mrs brown alone she sent tor mrs and that accomma dating young woman promptly left I 1 her husband then in baltimore and the steady procession of love lorn men and fortune hunters continued mrs brown did not rely entirely upon the advice of mrs in the selection of the victims but had around her several younger women and a few men one of these men was an actor connected with a broad way stock company when the love project began to bring in substantial returns he quit the stage and took a job as butler in the household mrs brown s pretty daughter helen donned a maid s outfit and waited on the door whenever an accepted applicant for love honors would appear he would be wined and dined until he was dizzy the invariable impression would strike him that the widow had nothing but money then mrs brown was very suddenly hard pressed tor funds for the kentucky coal fuel company a concern which ex isted only on paper and was conduct ed by the galaxy of widows from an office in wall street its principal work was to float a few thousand shares ot stock that t worth a cent the concern lasted long enough to take ln about 50 one feature of the love plant was a spiritualistic show in which mrs would tell the millionaires all kinds of queer stories that spirits were telling your grandmother says to invest in the kentucky fuel corn pany was a favorite message A brooklyn brewer gave 10 and came back with several encores the spiritualistic exhibition was a tremendous success macclellan bount Zoll noff leo kiesler Kips ler the mu life insurance man and others ot that kind did not see this feature of the place because they were only out tor love making the establishment maintained a gambling layout and the clink ot chips was heard at the roulette wheel or poker table all night long |
