The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-03
MISS WILLIAMSs PRETTY SCHEME.
The Trouble Caused by an Edinburg Girls
Desire to Make Few Dollars.

Miss Birdie Williams, who advertised a COM
plexion recipe in a Cincinnati paper over the TO
mantle name of Inez Victoria LIE Grande, was
brought to the city from Edinburg yeste rday by
Deputy United States Marshal Hart together
with Mr. Joshua Sims, the Edinburg postmaster.
William McAllister, the deputy postmas-
ter, was arrested Monday night by
Deputy Marshal Stein. The three
were brought before Commissioner Jordan
for preliminary trial, but this was postponed
until to morrow, and they were each released on
bail for $500
Miss Williams is bright and rather good look
ing young lady, whose age is probably closely
approximate to twenty years She was accom-
panied by her father, who is respecta-
BILE citizen of Edinburg, and who
was it seems, entirely ignorant
of his daughters ambition to become woman
of wealth by following, in small way, the exam
pie of the once famous Lydia Pinkhaln. She
makes no denial of having advertised the COM
plexlon recipe over an assumed name. and free
ly admits that the propriety of the scheme might
be somewhat questionable, but she protests
that she had no thought of violating
the law, and that she honestly
intended to send recipe to her correspondents.
She received no money, however, as all the
letters addressed to her were held at the post
Office in this city. That the scheme was
shrewd one and would have borne golden fruit
is shown by the fact that within two days after
the advertisement appeared, twenty eight letters.
each containing 20 cents, were received at the
postofice in this city from women in Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky. If the compilations of
some of these gullible women are as bad as their
spelling and writing. they are deplorably in need
OF very heroic remedies. A Vincennes woman,
whose letter indicated that she was fairly we'll
educated, wanted her recipe right away, and as
it haTnot been sent to her yet, owing to circum-
stances over which Miss Inez Victoria LIE
Grande has no control, she has doubt
less despaired or ever acquiring the
clear, creamy beauty she so impatiently
of the name assumed by the advertiser addresses
her as Respected Madam" A Fort Wayne cor
respondent who was anxious to get the recipe,
but wrote to learn how she should send the
money, will doubtless be gratifed to know that
she has saved twenty cents by her ignorance.
Some of the letters were very daintily written,
and were from women who it would be supposed
were too intelligent matter how ugy to be
SO gulled by such an advertisement
Postmaster Sims was in way concerned in
the scheme, it seems, but he exasperated the
special agent who investigated the case by en-
deavoring to shield Miss Williams from arrest.
In what way Mr. McAilister is connected with
the case, further than that his relations with
Miss Williams are supposed to be of
a tender nature, is not made clear
by such evidence as has been disclosed.
When he discovered that she had made herself
liable to arrest by her little venture, which was
entirely an independent enterprise. he began do
ing what he could to get her out of the trouble,
and it is understood that his interest in her is of
a nature that made it proper for him to do what
he could to shield her.