Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-02-03
wOMAN'S wILEs.
Remarkable History Of Olive May Free.
man, the Adventures,
Tho Woman who Pepperod thc Face Of
Iugorgolls Cousin
A Libel Butt and the Inside History II
Develops,

following interesting sJecial from
Nov York was published here
ynstpulny; Libel suits for
ByD, 900 Zach have been begun In the
Kings County supreme rDlri against
The SIN I,ripflnRand Publishing Com
pany, and The New York Illustrated
JyDifa. by Howard n IDRcfaOil. cousin
of Colonel Robert IugetsoIl, aud man
ufnctnmr ~ rubber stamps,
NJ I55 Fulton street, being tho
outcome Of the exploits IN 1880 Of
Owe May Freeman probably the
most notorious aud daring adventures
or modern times In MI Interview
with n AforuinO JDUtUoi reporter, Mr.,
lngsfsoll gave the following detnil.
i"The woman. Freeman, came ~ my
plncs Of business No. y iinrclay street,
ia the beginning Of December, 1880, IN
quest of employment, but, not think
iug her competent, would not enpnge
Iior, 9hc lold piiiful tnle of having
been shipwfeeItod mud having lost all
her money about G1D 900, but said she
was stllI nn heircss 10 n
large estate. However, she must
haYe some Kind Of employment for
three months She referred me ~ Or.
J. " Downs, of II Barclay street
who, slio said, had been Tho fmniIy
physician IN England. She asked lne
~ ldnn her ~. ] declined. She did
not semu ~ like her NJ success, mud
nfier n few remarks concerning Tho
hniciy Of NY money, Hllo snldi ~
Thought you looked Ike
a DHsEvoGENf GEsrIHNANh
md left apparently dlsplchsod did
aoi see her again untll December N,
when NJ the bGiluni of the atnirs lead
Ing 10 NY Office the wounD, vailed,
me and without word
dashed some rcd pepper ~ my face.
! rcirentcd Tie ncSt day the SIM
published n long account Of my being
horacswhipped by Miss Freeman, toll
Hing how she threw pepper Ia my eyes,
subsequently applying the lash, draw
ing The blood NJ every stroke, Mo-
lnsli WIS usrd Oi seem nor VIA this
tale correct except in one or two In
stances On the first dry of January
following. tie illustrated T3mGa re-.
produced Tie story, accompanied by u
wood rui depicting The affair /
sought to have Tie papers rotincli0n,
which they declined 10 mike, aud ns
my business has suffered from the pub.
ileailon | have brought these miits 10
recover dnunges subsequently
caused The womun's nfronl, aud on her
trial sufficient evidences hnd aecinnua
lated to convict her. She waR sent lo
lilaekwcll's Island for one ypnr and
was liucd $3.50.
sum HEuvGD uRH 1EltN
and Wna Released, The woman IL II
brunette with AL attractive NEE. pos.
eepslng u bright and fascinating eye
and her form ~ graceful, she display
ing uhflsod tnale Ia dr0ss, Size Ia
about tlillly ypnra ur age, although she
uldnlaina sllp Is but twenty. I have
spout great deal OF money = Anid Mr.
lnprrsoil, 'And much time In getting
ut the inaitle history OF ihis nlVrn-
tnrcAs, aud ! doubt II thoru lives M.
Other woman who pnn show such
record Her maiden name whs ELLEN
May stanley, Having lived with n
merchant named Freeman Ia London
IN iNJt, she forged Ills check for e2 900,
She left VIII, Il umn uamcd Roo with
whom she remained ut Great Var.
mouth until February. 1874, whom the
uiiluora of the law discovered her
whereabouts aud
unrs HiSippEn AC,,oaa rnE wAli3n.
Tie woman noSi turned up In puehcr
whence, ~ u few days, aiu won't "a
Toronto, whore she entered lilo etns
ploy of II nimlly the hcad Of whlcl,
clopcd With hcr a. Cleveland, She
afterwards cnmo 10 New Work and 80.
cutod II situation Ia the family OF the
president OF tho New Yorl,
stools laSelnhge leaving at
the end oI five dnys, when
ahc attempted 60 hlnclsmnil him ller
next victim was a Mnnicmlr, New
Jersey, man, aud then Il wcll.knowt
lawyer IN the Tribune building, whom
she vlrtlmlged cut OF ~ 900 aud his
watch ON February ga 1850, nhp was
married 10 William Morrison. Arjcl
q lifipt tintc shp obtained another noAi
ton aud subsequently, blaoku,niled /
married man, foreman IN wihho,
factory, She attempted to hnplinmi
MI llenrlqucA ma j Il. Keen o.
tho. eioel, exchange, hut failed. III
10 ihls time she assumed n number q
aliasoa, Thc beat known are NInhe
Carter, Margaret Walton, MngFi,
Wnldlpn aud Margaret t'orlior. III,
day before her nrrcAt FOR the assault
on me she hndcntered Into au
ENGAGEMENT no uicr MAnRlEn
to u nanlcl MnckAy and leave fnI
Cuba on the next day, She was the,
married aud living with llcnr,
Herincf N young hoels.keepcr, az AZ
Downing street, at which place sh,
introdn0cd Gardner ton Mrs. rlnme
y Rray-hRircd woman who figured la
howe whipping ailbir In New Orlcn.,,
some time previous, whom shp calle,
'nanma, She took Mnrkny /,
the Downing stree, House, aud, show
! Inv him u package tied up, said
( "Ihie contains ~ 900, aud viii giy
| u 10 You the mumeni we are married.
You see That man lngersoll II AFTER me
aud | inust NJ away rhen p,nduc
inn another package She snld, "iIer
ar Sin, 900 more, Witch viii enahlc I,
1 Go liyc.h
Returning 60 hls lodginus, Marsa,
said ,o q triend Congratulate me,
am going 90 marry n rich heircss IL
morrow COME With me To pruoura
Wedding outitN HAVING no money
he bought on time, till the morrow
hut the next morning, rs the two 81
hfcakMHtins,
rHh NntiNa MAN wAsritu NpEnsrnp,l
on teadinp that his prospective hrld
( hat beet arrested, and the charpe
! prCfulrpd nNnlnst her Shn Ind hen,