Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-02-12
SHE WAS A PRETTY "DAIsy. "
yale students Fail victims to tht
charms of an Adventurous
Yum Yum.

New HAVEN, February l2.-The alb
sorbing topic OF discussion among the
ofast set" of Yale college just at present
is the operations of shrewd adventures
who has extorted considerable money
from several students. About the first of
November last, a handsome young
woman arrived in this city from Boston,
and took rooms in that portion OF the city
contiguous to Union and Wooster streets.
She was stranger here, but TO remedy
this defect she fixed upon certain Yale
students as desirable acquaintances, per-
sonally called at their rooms on the
campus under cover of night, and
not finding the occupants at home,
left her card, which bore the
name of Eva Bennett. The card was
neatly engraved, and the recipients, after
making few inquiries, hunted up its
owner, and speedily cultivated her ac-
quaintance. She was found to be dash
ing woman OF perhaps twenty-five or
twenty-three years of age, rather short
in figure, but well formed, with dark
complexion, and lively eyes. She man.
aged to bewitch her new acquaintances,
who soon became her devoted admirers
Miss Bennett proved TO have liking for
champagne suppers, little knicknacks,
and articles Of jewelry, and an intimation
| from her to this effect resulted in the inn
mediate purchase OF the coveted articles
She said that she had formerly been con-
neceed with an opera troupe in one OF
the Boston theatres.
1t was not long before Miss Bennett ex-
pressed desire to "take a peep at one OF
those cosy college rooms" and her desire
was no sooner uttered than il was graft
fed. To be sure her visits We're usually
made in the evening, in order to avoid
| nquisitive members of the faculty. After
| a week or so of these visits she hired q
carriage, and, visiting the rooms of several
other college acquaintance one afternoon,
explained that she was short Of funds.
She convinced them that it was
for the interest Of all concerned that the
money should be paid, and it was paid.
At one of these visits she is said to have
received $3.50. From one student alone
she succeeded in getting $95 within two
weeks, and the total amount of her "hush
money" must have been something
handsome. Some of her admirers had
foolishly written notes to her, and many
OF the names, which would give consider
| able value to check, proved equally
valuable to Miss Bennett.
About month ago Miss Bennett de-
cided that the vein had been pretty well
worked out, and making n porting call to
her disconsolate dupes she took carriage
to the Union Depot, and then took the
train for Boston. After her departure,
the students whom she had duped began
to cast up accounts. In addition to the
money which Miss Bennett had taken
with her, she had also taken fancy TO
various articles of vertu, and different
college acquaintance of hers missed Il
tennis racket, pair OF sleeve buttons, Il
small alligator skin hand bag, and many
other pieces OF property. One man
missed q silver cup which he had won in
one OF the athletic contests Of the college.
During her stayin this city she is said to
have also victimized several well-to-do
business men.