The New York herald., 1878-10-11
THE BRIDGEPORT SENSATION
MRS. ALExAYDER's CORRESPONDENCE AND
WHAT SOME OF IT REviALs-A CIPHER,
BUT NO Kx PLANATIoN OF IT'S uss.

MRS. ALExAYDER's CoRREsPoNpEHCE AND
WHAT SOME OF IT REvtALs-A CIPHER,
BUT NO Kx PLANATIoN OF IT'S usr.
BRIDoEPoRT, Oct. 10, 1873
With . stubbornness Characteristic OF dstcctivss
Ofhcsrs Arnold Taylor have steadily refused to
permit your correspondent, as we'll as Others even
glance n The Of letters, books and documents
found last Monday at the place where MrG Alexander
aud Frank Basset alleged to have John
RUFUS. Tney may have been exceedingly active In
gathering further evidence duplicating Mrs. Aexan-
der In other crimes, but even . mere request to
know where the place where most OF tho doou-
ments ars deposited has been steadily and peremp-
torlly refused since these gentlemen MADE The
the Of the correspondence must have been TOO
bulky for them, or else they did search through
the factory carefully as they profsssed 10 have
done, Tor this morning l into possession
OF quite largo bundle oil letters, forming part Of MIRA
Alexander's mysterious correspondence II was not
easy Job to overhaul these letters nor did ali OF
them furnish entertaining reading Bus the extracts
gwen below Will give the readers OF the HERALD
pretty good idea Of the extraordinary and criminal
career Of this woman, now known TO nave been born
IN Grand street, New York, in ls33 She resided
Of dance house, and again 10 later years she
quenty paid visits 10 nor native city, especially dur
Among the papers found was long list OF peculiar
medical works, with the prices attasned also small
memorandum book containing the addresses Of par
Ties who called upon her wnis she visited In Now
York and the dates when tho visits were made.
She apparently at times must have devoted her
time to poetry, as the following found among
numerous other verses copied Ia OF her books.-
Ye hypocritss, are those your pranks.
To murder mon aud give God thanks
For shsmei uvs o'er proceed further;
God won't accept your thanks with murder.
Invocations 70 the Ain ighty that she may I,yo 10
see "csvtain miscrcants ies tho pam inncsed upon
others" also abound IN shs extraordinary collection
OF manuscripts
STILL HUNT IN CHICAGO
AT one time she wanted nor last husband. who
had left her, 10 return TO her, that
Bassett sndeavored 90 care Tor nor Sbe wrote 20
Unicago Tor information and received The foIiovtus
repy:-
NRs. l.. n. ALEXANDER :-MApAMK-T have your
last iottor as well two others addressed
my care. lhey were never called Tor. / opened
aud read them and, although no such msn has
story. am very sorry, indeed, that I esn
not give you tho required iniorma alton. but
hope that you will succeed In Hnding him pity
greatly though aher two absence he could have
chanyed grsa.y and might have worked for me and
would not know him BY your dcscripou hope TO bear
hom you " you should yet oew OF him would work mp
the ease for you " he should DO In chicago.
AFRAID TO REnAIs mKR BOARDING Housx.
In tue meantine, however, certain things occurred
In the coach factory wherc she kept boaruers, not at
all pnutnbie even 10 her best frendG fhere was an
atmos phee OF murder and blood hoverinp around tno
ioriorn place before Ruus rarrsled mp.
hs resurrection business apparently began 70 loox