Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-10
A WICKED BEAUTY.
HER coURrsHIPs AND MARRIAGES.
What Her Unbounded Ambitions, Reckless.
ness and Daring Have Brought
Her To-verv Bold and
very Bad.

Bailey, who murdered Banker Bothemiy.
in Indian Territory, is . remarkable wo-
man. She seems TO be one Of those BONANZA
women who can be satisfied only by great
wealth. and who have the recklessness and
daring to carry out any scheme to attain
an object. Her residence here for . time.
and the suit for divorce BY Robert Reise.
the Waukesha young nan, to whom she
Was married, have made the matter
A Asahjcct sfGreat Insercst.
Up to about eleven years ago, when they
went TO Newton, KS, here people lived in
Rockford, H., where she has relatives to.
day who occupy good positions in society.
Nellie" said Mrs George Sweet, vas
always . witchca,. She is my own cousin.
| had not seen her since she was five years
cid until she came here in February last
She had been in Newark. y. j., and wrote
me she would pay me visit. She claims
TO be twenty-five years old, but
She II Really r~eaty.fiSe.
She told me she was married three years
ago TO Shannon Bailey, q Kansas banker,
who was then in the Black Hills looking
after his mining interests. one OF ber first
moves after she arrived here was 10 attempt
to form q theatrical troupe. She said they
would 20 10 the Rack Hills and go on h
California. and wodld make heap OF
money. The members OF this campIny
were my two boys, Bob and Hugo Reise,
man from Milwaukee nom,d Ben DAVIS,
and Jean Perkins.
Ehcre Were no Womeu.
Their principal piece, | believe, was 'rhs
Man lac Lover They prsctiSed six or seven
weeks. In this way her acl daintancc with
Young Reise began. lie was hero every
day and night demonstrated with her,
but she trcl,red that she Was getting = di.
yorce from BAILEY. She thOught REESE was
rich. Then one day she told me 81, had
married Reise. and said she had her divorce
but wanted 10 keep the fact secret be.
cause ola
Large Amount OF Money
that would come 10 her this fall. She got
to acting go bad that turned her ont o,
my house May lith, and she went % Gus
AuStins Ia board.
All this and much more Mrs. Sweet told
OF the young woman. Nellie was not hand.
some, but nevertheless ATTRACTIVE. She had
beautiful tair, dark eyes n fine figure and
weighed about l03 pounds. She Was we'll
skilled in the art oi painting ard decorat.
ipr herself She had magnificent ward.
robe. and jewelry enough TO Start small
store.
khe Wore Three Diamond Risgs.
one Of which co ',ained seven stones.
There seems 10 he but little doubt that she
married Reise for money, ~ she had
Bailey, and when she found she had made
a mistake. left, cviden'Iyto 20 join Bothemly.
Of whom she bad spoken 10 Mrs, Sweet as
"A wesltny foreigner who wanted 10
marry her. When Reise read the news of
Bothemy's murder he said, she wanted
10 play me the same way As Ia the story
that the girl
,y.,-, .,.... ... nsrsird HIN
..-l--. he rii, u seems 10 have been in-
vented by the young man 10 excuse him.
self. lie tells that be never lived with her.
but in the papers in which he asks 10 have
the marriage annulled he admits he lived
with her some time. Her diamonds eyi.
Gently captured him.
Bailey appears to have been the subject
Of much comment during the courtship q,
her letters show In note to "Desr RDJ"
The says Don't he afraid OF
Getting Into Trouble.
So far as Bailey Is concerned ! won't -
With him, because don I love him. will
he free hy fair means. When We get better
acquainted you may have talk with me"
In the same letter she tells Keiss she has
picked out herself 70, him. In n note
Nhltu W "sy 'uV bif' -
/ to 90 10 dance with his cousin VIII, sni
ssys. "Wili will know how IL IL when he
is married under 4 iiiiculiirs ~ We are"
She then reminds him she has mortgage
on him for life and ninety minutes over
Then
She Zoe. Away ssddenIy
and her movements ART. traced by her let.
ter.
At Chicago. June 3, she writes . postal
to Daring Rob- t,nds him q kiss de.
clsres sb. VIII ever be loving aud true. and
saws he must not forget her.
From Springfield. ILL.,. she writes 'shs
viii n,yef forget the trips by the clear
lowing river in Wauksshs; you old dar.
ling, you, don't I've scared
from the Planters' Hotel. ~ Louis, shs
writes On the evening OF July u, after .
',s,t on ice cream" Her brother Willis
tells her Bailey isat
The Homo OF Her Pssests.
snd that be Is prepared TO kill her before
he will give her up. Willie thinks she did
wrong IN marrying Rsise before she was
free, but is done, and can't be uDdons."
She declares "shs would dare 10 do any
thing. bnt will save Reiss trouble II she
can. and adds: II will warn you u YOU
IRE IN danger. Detectives are on my track
10 see what am doing. Pa and ma side
Lonely. III bet"
From Tieb,t,, K'' June II, she writes;
Aas Fell Of Bastsess,
but your image IL constantly before me.
In my dreams have been with you again.
wandering through the woods and down by
the flowing river. Mr.. B thinks am In
New York. ! have sold my farm snd house.
and my business is oil settled mp. Bailey
IL litely 10 he bsck at any minBts. II he
do.fn't 70 10 waukesbs iIl will b. right;
but IL b. does God only knows vhst will
become Of the country. ] think ] will 50
10 Europe August ]. Perhaps can
EJECT yss % niiwsshss
before that time. Oh. Rob, shall We ever
meet sgainf Bot, for keaven's sake, take
care Of yourssIL Whstsver you do. be
good boy. 20 II We never meet on earth
sgain We can meet in heaven. ~. With
thousands aud millions Of kissss 10 yon. my
only love. 1 still and ever shall 10 your
loving and faithful sell. Forget me not.
Yours for life" Prom the ssns plsos.
fifteen days is,er. shs writes: Il start for
Cnlifornjs tomorrow.
Iasss ~ 1rs0 nsvss
A million kissss." This 10 the last heard
Of her until the news Of ths murder.
From the nswspspsr dispatch from
wichita. Ks. II would appear tbs, she left
wsukss TO mset.Bethsmly and. - before
stated, that be 10 tbs rich foreigner shs
spoke Of 10 Mrs. Sweet. They met In 81
Louis, 70 which plscs she went direct from
Wauksshs, and arranged 10 70 20 TEXAS 10
start sheep rsnchs. While pas,ing through
the Indisn Territory, October ]. she Shot
BothemIy through the bssd. sbs then
Tssk PsssssssSa ~ ssts Tsnsh.
containing diamouds and jsSelry worth
q .0OO, torstbsr With bis outfit. oonsistins
Of ,b.sp Ard stock worth, ,1I1.DpO. IN. bar.
led tts body st skeleton rapcbe. snd start
I'd south, bot wn arrested nboI, nine
.h~,a h. SnuSds, cam.