Show CHICAGO MAY NOT DEAD she escaped life sentence on devils I 1 island I 1 ne new w york se sept pt IS 13 this new york herald today says instead of being dead as she was reported from a french prison to which she had been sentenced for her part in tho the robbery of the american express offices in paris which sent eddio Gile guerin to devils island for life chicago may perhaps the most notorious noto notor riou lotus woman criminal in american I 1 police annals annale is 15 alive and well in rio I 1 do janeiro f may churchill alias chicago may I 1 allas alias may sh arpe alias may guerin alias may miller filter was as a concert halt hall singer in this country before the detective bureaus of american and eli europe rope 1 assumed an active interest in her career and whereabouts abc h had EL d married marti TI ed or at least it N was as reported so a young man of a wealthy family sharpe when sho took up tip with eddie guerin of chicago in biond london zy in 1900 she played a large part bart in the robbery of thel American express office in paris in to the following year and in the resulting trial george miller who appears upon the records as her husband turned states evidence and upon ills his testimony guerin was convicted I 1 and sentenced to penal servitude for life ile he was incarcerated on devils devil island sheltered helter dreyfus and from this aiace place in ili 1905 he escaped eca in a manner replete with sensation I 1 sentenced to jail for five years in 1902 tho the womans boms death was reported and generally credited but it t Is not known in what manner she succeeded in escaping service of her entire sentence leaving fr france ance she surreptitiously visited america and then went to brazil posing as a widow sho she received tile tho attentions of a young man who recently killed himself it Is believed by those who know the woman that sho she will soon return to this country |