Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-03-23


valuables, and with the proceeds
she was able to purchase bonds
from shyster attorneys in league
with the police, who let her 'fump
the town.
1t wouldn't be worth while to
pursue the story further, if the wo-
man was an ordinary shop-lifter,
who was running a race fer the pen
itentiary. But the heroine of this
news item is "a yeritable daughter Of
naughty Virginia stock. Born and
brought up amid wealth and luxury,
she married a wealthy retired New
Orleans merchant, who became her
devoted slave. AS the wife of Col.
John NJ. Carr, she moved in the
highest circles of New Orleans So
ciety. In that soft Southern sky no
star was more brilliant than SaIlie
Il. Carr. Men followed in her train
and worshipped at her foot-stool,
but woe to the victim onwhom her
fascinating glances fell with favor,
Her control over men was that Of a
queen, and q subject once gained
yielded to her the control of his
whole being. He was drawn into
a maelstrom Of intoxieation and
fascination until whirled into a
black abyss of disaster and despair.
She controlled men by the power Of
a mighty and subtle intellect and
wit, and these alone. Her passion
was not love, but gambling. Her
victims fell beneath her greed Of
gain, At her command, and often
with her money they bucked
against the "tiger," till all wasloS
Once year she made a trip to her
homein Virginia, but she took ad-
vantage Of the occasion to 20 on a
gambling tour through the water
ing places of the East. She would
stake thousands on a single throw
of cards. She was wonderfully
lucky, and frequently won immense
sums. These were lavished on the
most costly laces, silks and jewelry.
These, again, on the other hand
she would hand over to hei
uncle' when fortune went
against her, and more than
once she was compelled to resori
to her kleptomaniac practices to re.
plenish her exchequer. In the fall
Of 1866 she was arrested in New
York for shop-lifting, and thrown
into the Toombs, A well knowr
New Orleans merchant, J, Pincknel
Smith, happened to be in New
York at the time, bailed her out
and the matter quieted. In turn
Pinckney Smith fell a prey to hel
wiles. he lavished thousands OF
her pet passion, and in q few year
had sunk fortune of $1,O00,000
In the fall Of 1868, during the pro
gress of the Louisiana State FaiI
atNew Orleans, she was detected
in the act of purloining a set o
jewelry on exhibition belonging tC
4. A. Tyler, a prominent jeweler o
that city. Her wealth and socia
position succeeded in preventing
scandal Enemies she had, o.
course, but she pursued them with
the vindictiyeness of a fend. Or
the other hand her generous ehari
ties made her adored by thousands
She played men as she played cards
and q man in her hand became I
piece of pasteboard she could bend
{ at will. Poor, crippled Pinckney
Smith had many apredeceSsOr, who
, like him, threw away o fortune Il
please the eaprices of the beautiful
and fascinating Sallie E. Carr
:. Later she played for q $2,OO0,00(
: silver mine and lost. Her owi
home, heavily mortgaged, fell a
, last under foreclosure, and her hus
bands princely fortune vent viii
. it. Then she became a wandeTer
and wanderer she is to-day.