Show I I i e In r I bb f Astonishing Career 1 of Zeo Zoe Wilkins y r z i s a ar y r of oft Who Trained Her s s sf f r 1 L r- r ry rr r self From Girlhood t 1 J x To Be a Heartless I W Si ren and W reek lip pp o Countless Lives pt r w e tI i t Vw fy yi 1 o k I 1 p i r a t vv t 4 tAo yr 4 i ii ik io mot I i F uc n J As the husband stepped r t into the lighted candle d room he was amazed to 7 see that like corpse figure on the theW W F p x Ja V Lt f 1 bier open its eyes and slowly rise riseA A school a E a to a sitting position Dr Wilkins Wilkins made about the time when she began begen to plan her crimes like a ham ned woman of the world SHE ruthless self eking sell sell-s adHn adien THE whom horn Kipling christened the vampire is a t type Ie ol of woman well known to every mona maw goer The rhe writers delight in weaving he wickedness into their plots and Bomo ot of the greatest film rum actresses have scored their success in the roles of v amps But neither the famous vampire of poem nor any of the countless countless vampires of the movies nor those to be found lound in books and in ill ir dramas of the speaking stage can begin to equal the iniquity of a flesh and blood woman oman o ot of our own time and nod country country- country Zeo Zoo Zoo Zoc Wilkins the beautiful young osteopath physic physic-an who ho was found murdered in her home in Kansas City Only a part of the wickedness of which this vamp of real life was as gUilty has thus far been revealed but this IS nough to make the vamps of the films and those of ot the tho play playwrights rights and story s writers seem almost saintly b by comparison comparison comparison ison with her Zeo Zoe Wilkins was an osteopath by profession profession-a a heartless siren by desire and deliberate intent The pathway path of her life Me is strewn with the wrecks of human lives and fortunes with Ith prison terms suicides and murders By her 1 own wolds set fact down in letters and di dl dial lilies cues al ies found since her mysterious death she stands convicted of almost every clime in the calendar She Sho was waa a vampire extraordinary extraordinary- another J Jezebel made more terrible by bythe bythe bythe the cry ery fact that she bhe had at her com com- command command mand all the tools of modern civilization tion From Texas to Chicago and as asfar asfar asfar far farest west est as the he BUDny slopes of Cali Call California California fornia she claimed her victims by the tho score e perhaps pel hap by the hundred Force of circumstances disappoint disappoint- disappointment disappointment ment in III love ad adverse verse financial condi- condi conditions condi condl conditions and other similar causes have often orten turned women omen from the straight and narrow path to ways was ot of or designing lck wickedness It is lB seldom however that thata a young oung gut gill m in her teens carefully caret ully plans plana for herself a vampires vampire's lles lle's career Yet when only fifteen en years old Zeo Zoe planned her first conquest began conquest the course that her life was vas to follow Writing to a girl chum she said that she intended to learn osteopathy as that profession would give her the best means of engaging tho the attentions of men of wealth only Imagine Imagine only fifteen years old I And no now no she is 18 her dead dead her body muti muti- mutilated mutilated in most gruesome fashion From an as incoherent mass of scribbles scribbles marks and codes which were vero dIScovered to u a diary she kept it is apparent appal that she was as of a dual personality The au- au authorities au authorities investigating her strange death term her a mental monstrosity Thill dual personality while not as pro pro- pronounced pronounced pro pronounced as that of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was none the less leas distinct That she realized the existence of these two one personalities personalities one struggling against the other for supremacy supremacy-Is supremacy evidenced by an extract from her diary written when she sho was only twelve Helen was DO wa the better self elf Zeo the evil evl My family alway always liked Helen the better but Zeo developed so 0 o readily I It r Ya u 9 7 pry that tl tI tIon t 1 wan oon on bl Ra gre grow grew too W I fond of o her j jand f t W Wand and anel Helen found less leu le A and Ie less 1 i S welcome welcome ini in H t my mind A year after she Bhe wrote Tote the letter Iter tell tell tell- telling ing why she ehe intended taking up the study of ol osteopathy she en entered en- en tereda a school ot of osteopathy at Kirks Kirks- Kirksville ville yule Mo Again she oho wrote her chum This time she g Y stated gito that she was as planning planning gi i to make the acquaintance of f y Richard Richad Dryer a fellow etc stu stu- stu r dent He was the son ol of a prominent St Joseph Mo banker and his people vero fe fy l I 1 intend intond to marry him bim 1 she he he wrote I wilt get enough h money t from him fc money to finance my dart tart on th the l career I 1 have har and then divorce h him m It all came about as Zeo Zoo predicted She married mal Dr Dryer Drier er erand and obtained large sums of money from him Then she calmly told him lum that she no longer loved o Cd him andas and wag as going to dl- dl di dl divorce vorce him Dr Dryer er killed himself while Zoo Zeo Zoe returned to school and resumed her studies She next married Dr C K Garring They quarrelled because ho ha forbade her herto herto herto to practice osteopathy One night when he returned home he ho found the door barred Vainly he endeavored to get m in lie knocked at the door He tried time the windows His Ills only reward was a bullet bulletin bulletin bulletin in the shoulder Zeo Zoo Zoe said sold sho thought it was burglars The bank bank at Sapulpa Oklahoma vas avas forced into bankruptcy because of Zeo Without the scratch of n o pen I got she writes Hites Poor B ho D-ho E had to go to ja jail for ninety days days In Sapulpa too Leonard Smith a Kansas City druggist was fleeced of by this youthful adventuress ad He gave mo me his money and went ent to get poor more more poor man she says in m her diary As he passed a business establishment in Sapulpa in search of more money to place at the feet of his goddess a gun fight gunfight stalled stal ted and Smith met a II tragic end A bullet thought at tho the time to tobe tobe tobe be stray killed him She married the tho aged Thomas W lin Jop-lin Cunningham millionaire banker of Jop- Jop Jop tin lin Mo 10 Even before e their marriage this shrewd old financier had handed over to her Before the she dl di divorced him she obtained hi his entire for for- fortune for fortune tune at nearly a million dollars And then she married Albert W He lIe had warned her that he would never novel love her but she ghe re ro re- re resolved resolved solved that she would make him While W she was Mrs Cunningham ho he had been her chauffeur by day and her escort y h Yr rR rid t j II da l r w 3 h a 4 J 4 rr p 1 t 4 fr 4 c t tc r rj j aP t The late Dr GJ Zeo Zoe Wilkins the modern Jezebel who left a trail of ruined lives wherever the she went by night No more dapper young man ever appeared in dinner clothes than As soon as they were mar mar- married married ried an n orgy of spending c commenced Zeo Zoe bought twenty motor cars and nearly as many diamonds To Mark she sho gave a checking account ot of Zeo wanted anted flowers Every Cry woman loves flowers and Zeo Zoo in this respect Wa not unlike her sisters r refused to send her the posies she sho wanted She feigned illness for three days but to no avail reo re- remained re remained stubborn and refused to gratify her whims Marksheffel returning home one ono even In was startled to see crepe on tho door deor Could it be bo true that Zeo hold had been really ill Had he cruelly ignored her in her last hours urs His fingers lingers trembled nervously as liS ho he sought his key and threw open the door A strong odor of ot carbolic acid filled tho house Thel Theio e was wag a 11 deathlike silence Tears filled his ryes yes A lump rose rosa in his throat Madly he rushed toward tho room of his wife wile There Thero in the dim h lighted room of ot H J f it f ti r a flickering candles t Wl providing the t the h e ea ft a 1 I only form of ml II r il-r teb teba a lay Zea Zen Zoe her face faro r jy of ot a chalk chalk y J f pallor a Il sheet covering covering covering- fi he hot het body y J As her husband stepped stepped the t Leos Zeo's J 1 e eyes yes o othe opened and she slow slow- slowly slow slow-f ly Iy 1 raised alsed herself to a position She had feigned death 1 I She Sho had cov cov- covered covered covered ered her face with Ith powder r to effect the tho liKe like deathlike She had planned it all to show her husband that even her smallest whim would have to be satis satisfied lied fled Mai nerves gave ga way way- way he the fainted fainted the shock nearly near killed hilled him lIe He never forgave me mo foi for that sho wrote tote in het hel diary and treated me ac- ac accordingly accordingly ac accordingly cordingly They wele soon divorced Zeo Zoo Zoo Zoc Wilkins planned her cam canI- campaigns with the strategy of a Napoleon She never played her cards unless she wits S sure of winning She employed only the most trusted confederates R C Bradley was as a wealthy stock stack stockman man man of Fort Worth whom hom she met m in Kansas City From her accomplices sho learn learned d that ho suffered from physical afflictions which could be remedied by osteopathy and she offered to cure him himA himA himA A friendship sprang up between bet thorn them Zoo Zeo offered to go to Forth Worth and continue her treatments provided Brad Brad- Bradley Brad ley ley would defray the tho e expenses Her let letters were ere carefully worded On one otic o of his visits to her Bradley was confronted by her Iler confederate with Ith copies of the letters she had received cd from him anda and a demand for Bradley was prominent in m political cir clr circles cles Iles He lie had aspirations for the Gov Governorship Then too he ho wa was married The money was paid The gossip how however ever had llad spread like wild fire and It finally resulted in the tho death of both Bradley and his wife A lir t li lil l t the he wiles of this now M Mt r tr notorious vampire and t went ent to Chicago to F S L rescue some somewhat him Ion lengthy After g thy a search they found him himin nS n'S m an the out the out ni nir r hotel surrounded ed by bye edn e sr iy ont confidence men n And ww gamblers Zeo Zoe was ar t not with him She oc- oc occupied occupied oc occupied an elaborate r a Vc n- n nf f sUite in a o fashIOnable rN l hotel in the ver very heart heartt f fx t r rm c x e 4 y A of the city m Take him she said I j jl l uZ when hen hey found her es wit i t n lr lra nhim Im through w t nhim a him Al j IW But she had seen to w It that before they po n took him he had deeded iC house of mystery where the vamping osteopath to her securities and titles was mysteriously murdered titles to various prop prop- Bradley had often otten spoken of his friend Thomas W Cunningham and Zeo Zoo became be- be became be became came interested He was reputed to bo be worth millions and was one of the lead lead- leading leading ing mg citizens of Joplin Mo No Here was the she had been seeking She spun her web with care Sucha Such a course was necessary for her fame as a 11 ampire a vampire had spread throughout the Mid Mid- Middle Mid lId Middle dle die West and many were on their guard against her schemes So carefully were ele he her l plans mapped out that it was five years ears before belore she finally married Cun Cun- Cunningham Cun Then she married him tWice to make things doubly sure He had fallen in love with her gingham gin gin- gingham gin gingham dress Zeo Zoo was wise She realized that sparkling diamonds and nestling silks would never win wm the fancy of this hardy old financier who had fought Indians during the frontier days of the tho West Therefore she affected the dress of a country gill Even after she was married she he appeared in fashion fashion- fashionable fashionable able Kansas City hotels hotel attired in 10 this fashion lust Just to please Tom All Joplin sat eat up and took notice when the marriage was as announced The town was stunned It had alwa always s that Cunningham was already marrIed Surely there was a Mrs Cunningham But zeo Zeo had learned from Bradley what hat the fok foJ of Joplin diu did not no know and Ta- Ta Tabitha Ta-bitha Ta twenty years Cunningham bitha Taylor then seventy had lived to- to together to together gether as liS man and wife ife yet they had never been married Mrs Cui Cut ham ham had been his helpmate had run the business of his bank and attended to his other affairs Zeo soon oon put a stop to that Three days after they were marr marred d her new husband gave her the tho Cunningham Na- Na NatIOnal National Na National Bank Dank The next day she sold all the stock for The other Cunningham sought to have the sale gale reo re- re revoked yoked claiming that she was part owner but bt attorneys broke the news to her that the state did not recognize her common marriage She was left penniless And forced to seek seck the aid of friends The money Zeo Zoe Zoo obtained through the sale of the bank did not satisfy her hungry craving for money moncy Joplin WItS was wasa wasa a terrible bore she thought The Tho bright life of Chicago would be bo more invigorating invigorating ing mg to one so young as she Accordingly she hustled her aged husband to Chicago A committee of enraged re- re resolved re resolved solved to get the aged banker away aay from t I f valued at ata close ito to halt half a II million dollars With all this money still Zeo Zoe was as not happy She turned to gambling She Sho scattered money right and left She was as a familiar figure row from coast to coast At Miami she kept two wo yachts yachts- yachts one for her guests and one for her sen- sen arty servants ants Shortly after thear the war ar she met at II a ball in Kansas City t two 0 oil operators Birk and Baten Baton by name They were seeking an easy mark to buy bu a n worth north less orth- orth less oil lease they held Zeo Zoe they Imagined was as an easy mark and so they sold her the lease for It was located at Rantoul Kan and although her friends scoffed at her and called her a sucker she proceeded to sink ink inkwell well after well there At last she struck oil With twenty nine pa pay paving ing wills she sold the lease for Apparently Zeo was as not to be satis satisfied fied fled with all the money her het crimes brought for she wrote in her diary r I 1 have plenty of mone money now But now that I 1 have it il Im I'm not going go sg to leada lead a decent lifo life Its It's It not interesting Easy come conic and easy go Her wealth seemed to fade away as liS suddenly as It had appeared And with it went the few friends who ho had stuck to her through eyer every thing Just Juat Ju t before her death she placed one of her most cherished frIend friendships on the tho auction auction block She needed money bacU ba badly Ily She thought of Cornelia Cor Cornelia nelia nelra lived Il in nt New York and possessed a valuable collection of diamonds Zoo Zeo Zoe borrowed them and pawned ned them This she did with Itt the promise to keep up the interest payments The diamonds netted her The Tho interest payments were forgotten A pitiful note from Cornelia pleading for if nothing more as liS she was liS liSp penniless p was as found after Zeo was murdered Did Zeo Zoe Wilkins realize that after such a 11 lifo life of destruction and ruthless tOI torture ture of others there could be but one murder end murder I havo have but twenty-four twenty maybe forty e eIght forty eight before hours to live Il she said shortly be fore her body was found a 4 knife in her throat Who it was that killed her the police cannot 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