| Show tobacco 1177 ism kings 9 s heiress in n terror of kidnapers richest girl surrounded by many employees new york the richest girt girl in the world lives in mortal terror of kidnapers these days F for or Is a prize for the abduction sharks of to shoot at and no one knows it better than doris dulse duke who so lately won title to tile great fortune left by her father james buchanan duke the so called tobacco king and doris is taking no chances of being captured and held for ransom no none ne at ae least ast that liberal expenditures expenditure s from her great wealth can eliminate she has literally surrounded her personable young youn self and all her possessions with guards in one guise or another the duke marble mansion in east seventy eighth street just oft off fifth avenue fairly swarms with them inside and out her acre country estate near somerville N J Is pa tooled by a veritable army of motorcycle policemen in addition to the uniformed guards detectives in the garb of workmen are scattered throughout the estate virtually impregnable the duke estate rough kough point at newport it L I 1 Is situated on a promontory overlooking the sea and in addition to its natural defenses is guarded fully as closely as the new jersey kingdom of the heiress to all intent and purposes it is virtually impregnable in addition to the gun toting shield bearing employees of her numerous staff t the he richest debutante has each and every one of her many servants checked up tip re regularly til arly and carefully by a private detective agency various other precautions are taken to safeguard her seclusion and safety she never goes out for instance without a bodyguard and Is generally accompanied compa nied additionally by her mother her half brother walker patterson or both she shuns social activity to an unusual degree for a girl of her wealth and standing and seldom confides her ilola going out plans to anybody but her mother friends of hers say she often permits the impression to gain circulation that she is where she Is not when she is reported to be at duke farms for instance they say it Is usually safe to bet that she is staying at her town house here in the city or vice versa she travels by airplane in preference to train or boat or automobile when she has any considerable dis tance to go her pet aversion Is the newspaper camera man and on the rare occasions when she Is caught off guard she usually manages to spoil the picture by a quick turn of the head or otherwise photographers agree that she never looks tile the camera in the eye avoids gatherings she almost never attends first I 1 nights at the theater and avoids gatherings where she is liable to publicity as a notable just how much of all this is due to the many threatening letters reported to have been received by tile the heiress or members of her family or to the wave of which has been sweeping the country for the last year or so is of course a matter of conjecture Alein members bers of her family have found occasion from time to time to deny published stories that she was fleeing from one ta another or of her strongholds strong holds on account of these threats but her growing reticence and seclusion has become a matter of wide newspaper comment for several years the heiress has been interested in philanthropy and Is known to have several poor east side families on her list but associates suspect that she does not get the pleasure she Is entitled to out of her benefactions bene factions because of her deep seated distrust of the unknown public when she visits one of her beneficiaries fici fi aries it Is said she always goes disguised unidentified with a couple of bodyguards in close attendance incidentally she has been seen on fifth avenue and elsewhere wearing heavy shell rimmed smoked lasses glasses several times here of late and this has given rise to a widespread suspicion that she was taking to cheaters as a dis disguise alse ulse |
