Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-12-15
CAREER OF AN ADVENTURES.
fhc fiacLtuai'ors " mo are Supposed
To oe the sarroIers oE Mr.. Hache

Inc New lOrk ItDeS saws tnat co.pparisor
of the methods raSorteG TO in the recent atternIt
at hlackmdi OF the Rev. J. o. Bacaa aud those
adopted IN the case of Howard lnEersou 4
brother to Robert g. IngerSoll in necember
1880. confirms the belief that both attempts
were made 10y the same parties Mr. IngarsoIl
who was then a manufacturer on Barclay street
employed woman 10y the name OF Helena MAY
Freeman She had been in his Office about n
mOith. when man claiming that he was en-
ragged to be married To her. accused Mr Inger.
soil ut taking improper liberties. The woman
endorsed every Word that he said Mr. lnL,pr-
/ soil noticed that the man had the pecu arly
/ rough skin. light hair and blue ewes mentioned
10y MIR Eache in his description of the man who
called on hum. He drew from his pocket 4
>canaaious story. which he read - Mr. niger
! SOL. and threatened 10 parish il IN full In 4
daily newspaper unless paid $500 hush-Inunev
me man was kicked into the street. and the
woman followed him.
Two days later Mr.. Ingersoll received an
anonymous letter offering compromise or the
alternative of further trouble. IL was printed
not written. Ia clumSiiy shaped letters with a
pencil. The ANONYMOUS letter sent TO news.
/ paper Office regarding the lev J. o Bache was
printed IN ink The letters are larger than In
Mr. IngersOii : letter. but there are marked re-
senbiances between them. No attent on was
pad 10 the communication and the story WAS
tttNtfA a lew uaAs later Mr.. lnEeTSnll -
/ assaulted on Barclay stIeet and ref y bepper
thrown iR his eyes. Tie woman was tested
tired. and gwen one year In the peni, y ary
with $50 line The man ESCAPED Mff InCer-
soil brought suit for lihel against the newspaper
publishing the story against him which II still
pending. IL IL an searching far and Wide for
eV dence IN this suit that he has CLEANED con-
siderable Information regarding the woman who
had got him Into trouble and her associates
he name oi the man with the peculiar skin is
N u IL.
woman in 1880. aud lived with her on Blepcker
street. When She was sent to the peniteutiary
ne Gisappealed. the Womans hup was paid
when her time expired. but she did not come
back 10 her old home. Mr.. lnCersoh ha- traced
htl 10 other cities. here She has been cont uu-
M the career OF an adventures some time
ago MOrrso opened a place of business In this
city. Mr.. lngersull went there ON some trivial
matter aud looked around The next say To
went again The man had moved away H. desk
during tie night, and left the place The w0-
mans history is a remarkable one She is the
iltegitimate daughter Of an Engls h earl by his
chambermajG. Ia England under hr name of FL
len MAY Stanley. she rot into all sorts OF trouble
She married ii man named Roe robbed wine mer-
chant 81 s2vNJ. ana He'd 10 arnouth. While
married She got TWO men sentenced for attpmpt-
Ell feiuniuus assault and when their time had
expired her husband made affigavit that she had
Confessed to him that the prisoners were inno-
cert. Her career in this country has been a no
less notable one She ha- imposed on people In
BROOKLYN. Pitlsburg. Cleveland aud Toronto In
NOR tHan one instance IN New York the al
temptS she made. with the aid OF her male ac-
CON-, lceS To- secure hush money We're success
ful smart lawyer pad her quite sum %
money. AMI holds her receipt for il The records
al the board Of health show that she has heen
married eight times In twelve years She has
given the same are i'm each instance but varied
her fathers name somewhat. Two Of the men
size was married 10 are still living In New York
photographs of the woman received from Var
mouth. England. correspond with those taken la
New York at the time of the assault on Inger-
soil,