Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-22
ANOTHER ADVENTURES

Pretending to be . Friend of the Dead
woman--shs Sets Up Doubtful Claim a.
to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Known to Put
Hotel Keepers on Guard for Their Board
Bill.
1t ID an unpleasant, an ungrateful, and al.
together thankless task to write the weaknesses
of poor human nature. "De Mortusis mist
5onuna'' is a maxim which all who have any of
the milk Of human kindness in their compost
| tion, should observe as far as it is possible.
There are. times however .when q departure
from this rule becomes imperative in order to
verify the truth of history, and point moral
for the benefit of the living. On Saturday last
an unknown woman was thrown from carri-
age on Robert street, in this city, the full par
ticulars of which have heretofore been given
in the columns of the GLOBE. The unusual oc-
curence Of woman meeting such sad, and
in some respects, tragic death. ah1ong strang-
ers, gave rise to thousand and one stories, as
to who she was, and whsre she
came from. She came among US q stranger
and as q stranger she died, without being able
to give any clue to her identity beyond the
pretended claims she had made to bear the
name of lady, well and widely known in
in the literary circles of the world. Her sad
and sudden death was sufficient to exotic the
sympathies ofour proverbialIylhumane people,
and for the past three days conjecture has run
wild to learn all about the inanimate clay
which was carried to Oakland cemetery on
Monday. Much sympathy has been
expended over her death. and sensational
paper has wasted columns of type In giving
pretended information in regard to her. The
GLOBE from the outset discredited all the SEN
sationsl rumors and aimed to give the facts as
they were. and yesterdays developments gave
unmistakable evidence that the GLOBE was cor
rect The dead woman was simply an advent
uress. who, from thorough examination of
her effects yesterday, has been travelling
through the country for years past under fc.
from the charitable upon the strength Of her
representations that she was the widow
of prominent member of the Masonic
order, Odd Fellows and other organizations.
It is with regret that the GLOBE is obliged to
publish the fact that she was unworthy the
generous aid extended to her.
Yesterday morning rather genteel appear
ing lady arrived at the Merchants hotel and
registered as "Mrs. F. Crocker, Washington, d.
o." and Immediately asked for an interview
with Col. Allen. the proprietor of the hotel.
She Represented that she was an intimate &C
quajntance of the dead woman, whom she de-
scribed as . lady of great ability and
bu0 QlgueHt IcSpeCt6Uulbys mtbs OIOCkcE SdlU
she hid formed the acquaintance of Mrs. Har-
Ia in Washington and learned of her sad fate at
Milwaukee and at once started for St. Paul,
arriving as above stated, yesterday morning.
It would naturally be supposed that a person
who felt so deep an interest in bosom friend
would be anxious to view her remains. when
told that they were not buried, but held in the
receiving vault for identification. On the con-
trary she declined such invitation and seemed
far more anxious to examine the
effects of the deceased. A GLOBE reporter
called at the Merchants Hotel several times and
essayed in vain to obtain an interview his card
being in every instance returned with re-
quest to be excused. There are other circum-
stances connected with the movements of this
second mysterious parsonage which go to show
that she also is an adventures. AS above sta
ted she expressed no desire to see her dead
friend and the presumption arises that she did
not know the dead at all and
no matter what her statement
may be they are entitled to very little belief.
So far as the GLOBE is able to learn, she camc
here to turn an honest penny SO to speak by
trading upon the credulity of a sensational pa
per by furnishing pretended account of her
knowledge of the dead woman, which account
will no doubt appear in that paper, only to be
disproved by the plain statement of facts in the
GLOBE.
It is positively known that the daed woman
ney 8. Harris. It is positively known
that the manuscript found in the trunk of the
dead woman was simply copy of a novel pub
lished by Harper & Bros. entitled Sir John,"
by the author of Anna Dysart and other novels.
It is positively known that she never owned
farm or any other property in or near Litch-
field, or In any other portion of Minnesota. In
fact, it is positively known that Mrs. Harris
was an adventures, and that her pretended
friend belongs to the same fraternity. The
latter has relatives in this State who
saw her at the Merchants hotel, yesterday,
but declined to recognize her, and out of defer
ence to their feelings the GLOBE refrains from
giving all the facts in its possession, in regard
to this matter which has already occupied too
much prominence. The least said about the
matter the better. The poor un-
fortunate woman has gone to her rest
after troubled life, and whatever her failings
may have been, they should be covered by the
broad mantle of charity. The living may not
be entitled to that mercy. The adventures
by the name of Orooker will probably have to
pay her hotel bills in advance.