Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-08-27
CLARA,S CHECKERED CAREER.
The Eventful History of q Beautiful
Woman.
New Orleans Times.

New Orleans Times.
On the books of the Charity Hospital
last week was registered the death of
woman known as Clara Bagley. Her
age was set down at forty five, and the
cause Of her death eneral debility.
About four months since she was dis
covered at the corner of Canal and Bour-
bon streets in a
SICK AND DESTITUTE CONDITION.
She was taken to the Charity Hospital,
where she fingered until at last she gave
up her spirit to her Maker.
This woman was as remarkable in APP
pearance as indeed she was remarkable
in her lite. She was ABOUT five feet
four, rather robust, and although wriEk
led by age and hardships, there still re-
manned traces of great beauty.
Bornsin this city in the year 1886, her
father was Jules Bienvenue, we'll
known merchant, then doing business
on Tchoupitoulas street, in the vicinity
of Poydras. Christened under the name
Of Clara, she grew mp a most beautiful
and interesting young woman, LOVING
and beloved by all The pride Of her
parents, she was known far and wide,
and rightly gathered about her the elite
of the CITY, At the age Of sixteen she
met with sad bereavement in the
death of her beloved father, who was
carried OFF one night, in the prime of
life, in manner which was both suspi-
cious and mysterious. He was succeed
ed in business by a man formerly in his
employ, named Charles Hall. He was
was not generally well liked, bnt for
some unknown reason
THE YOUNG AND FAIR CLARA
learned to love him. He wooed and won
her. but their married life was not a
happy one, for before many years they
parted and were seldom seen by each
other.
Hall honrshed in his business while
his young and beautiful wife, who had
inherited large fortune which he had
taken possession of, went tho way of
many other young and beautiful women
she fell from grace and her position in
society one night, when with one bold
leap she bought out and became the
proprietress of u then well-known den of
iniquity. From this time on her course
was downward. Although virtuous her.
self, her associates were those in whose
wild revels she found real and exqui.
site pleasure. She formed the acquaint-
ance of man of the town, one Jerry
Hill, who was known as tho richest
man who had ever staked u bundle on a
card and lost or won. This casual &C.
qnaintance ended in marriage, the
beautiful Clara having in the meantime
obtained "a divorce from her former
spouse. After few years Jerry died
and left his wife fortune, and many
fine mansions which now stand upon
ROYAL and Bourbon streets, were erected
by her. She was liberal with her money
and in 1850, when she left the city, hel
absence was felt by many persons wht
had previously profited by her bounty
When the war broke out
SHE STOOD By TIE SOUTH,
and entered the lines. As sort Of Belle
Boyd, the famous scout, she made nam'
for herself as Nine. Hurley. Asa smar
dispatch bearer and spy she was un
eoualled, and is said to have been com
plimented personally by the great Robt
f +. Lee. One thing, however, is certain
, that she was the trusted messenger o
the great men of the service, and is salt
to have served for two months under th
, late General Hood, dong his work TO
q him and aiding many a poor suffefe
white her money Although she wa
4 actively engaged she was known to te'
, men in the army outside of the leader
! with whom she was employed.
The mad spirit which seemed to hay
taken possession of her during the wa
y did not leave her at the close Of th