Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-14
prCHEss OF CALIFORNIA.
Something About the foung Woman
who He's Stirred Cp Washington.

Something About the Young Woman
Who Hes stirred Cp Washington.
A Cincinnati special says: Ollie p.
Cbumley, otherwise known as Allie p.
Ellis. the Duchess Of California, who
has been creating such a sensation in
Washington this winter, and was mixed
up in an neutrality-suspicious. affair
with a well.known diplomat few days
ego, is a native Of this city. She is
now about twenty eight years of age,
very beautiful, Of engaging manners,
refined. and accomplished. Her father
was for many years police officer here.
and she has mother and several
brothers and sisters living in this city.
In 1877, when ex-Chief-of-Police SHELL
baker opened the Vine-Street Opera
House. Ollie became member OF his
company. She was the. talk Of the
town in less than week, and so fasci-
mated the manager that he removed her
| from the glare of the footlights and
placed her in the box-oiiicc, where she
made change and handed out tickets to
the Cincinnati dudes. She proved a
great attraction, and for the privilege OF
receiving ticket from her plump hands
thousands focked to the doors of the
theatre, and every night the house was
packed. Snellbaker trusted her impli-
city and she handled thousands Of dol
lars of his money.
In the spring Of 1879 he left the city
on business trip, and Ollie was left to
manage the Opera-IIouse. She had
hosts of admirers, and among them
Tom Patterson, well-known gambler
and a man about town. New Orleans
was making gigantic preparations to
celebrate Mardi-Gras, and Ollie deter
mined to witness the pageant. She in
vited Patterson to be her escort, and
be, being broke, accepted. She took
$4,000 of Manager Snellbaker's money,
left a brief note of explanation, and took
steamboat for New Orleans. When
Snellbaker came back he read the
note, uttered deep groan, and imme-
diately dispatched a trusty detective
after the truant. When the ambassa-
dor reached New Orleans he found Ollie
penniless and repentant. She promised
amendment, and Snellbaker took her
back. The theatrical season of 1850
was a prosperous one, and the Vine
Street 0pera-llouse was crowded night
". Among the "stars " that.ilashed
across its stage was Victorio." She
was even more beautiful than Ollie
Chumley, and Snellbaker was badly
smitten. He found an excuse for send
ing Ollie away, and NictOrio thereafter
smiled on the dudes from the bOX-Oilice.
Ollie paid visit to some friends
named Weaver, who lived in the his
toric old town of Washington, four
miles from Maysville. Ky. She had
known the Weaver girls in the old days
at the Vine-Street Opera-IIOuse. One
Of them, Maggie, was married, and
when Ollie arrived the husband was
paying his wife visit. The party had
fine times together, and when occa-
sionally Ollie Chumley visited Nays
Vile she convulsed the old town from
the riyer-bank to the mountain that
forms its background. Among her
train Of admirers was young doctor
named Paul Anderson. lie became her
constant attendant, but finally they quar-
relied and separated in anger. The next
day Anderson was standing in front
of a grocery-store on the main street in
Washington when Ollie and the Weaver
girls approached. He made some re-
mark as they passed, and quick as a
flash Ollie seized broom, which was
standing in front Of the store, and be-
gan to belabor him in the most vigorous
manner, while the Weaver girls pelted
him with eggs and potatoes. Anderson
stood it for a while, but when an egg
exploded as it struck his forehead and
the odorous contents ran down his face
he lost his temper and knocked the
women down in quick succession. They
begged for mercy, and, scrambling to
their feet, retreated in disorder. Three
black-eyes caused their seclusion for
several days.
The first day they appeared there
was fishing party on the south fork
Of the Licking, and the women, accom-
panied by the Weaver girls husband
and friend Of his who had mysteri-
ously turned up, attended it. They
rode back to Washington with the rest
of the party, and the hired carriage
they had used was driven on to Mays
vile. The next morning it was learned
that the Paris (Ky.) Planters Bank had
been robbed of $4,000 in cash and
about 100000 Of stocks and bonds.
The husband of the Weaver woman and
his mysterious friend were arrested for
the crime. They made bold denial, and
attempted to prove an abb, claiming
that it was impossible that they could
have reached Paris from Washington in
time to commit the robbery. A shrewd
detective rode horse across the cOun-
try and proved that they could have
made the trip in time, and it was after
wards learned that the robbers had had
two feet horses in waiting at Washing
ton, which they rode to Paris, reaching
there little after midnight. They had
made themselves conspicuous at the
fishing party in order to get witnesses
for the abb they had planned to set
mp.
On the day after the robbery Ollie
learned Of Snellbaker's desertion and
hurried to Cincinnati. lie kept away
from her and she was refused admit
lance to the Opera-House. In Deem
Der, 1880, while in the company of her
mother and sister, she met Victorio on
street-car and instantly assaulted her
rival. The woman screamed for assist
ance, and Ollie's father, who was pa
trolling his beat, rushed into the car.
Snellbaker jumped aboard at the same
time. Officer Chumley whistled for
assistance and two officers came. SHELL
baker and Victorio were arrested and
the whole party went to the station
houses. An alteration ensued between
Snellbaker and Officer Chumley aud
both men drew pistols. Snellbaker fired