Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-14
MISS AVA'S IDENTITY.
Mr.. Byrne's Description of Diss Debal
Hardly Matches Her.
THEFACTMAYBE SETTLED TODAY.
She Indulges in Strange Talk to an In.
quisitive Reporter,
ABOUT THE WOMAN SHE TRIED TO KILL

CINCINNATI, Sept. 13-Vera Ava still
remains the heroine of a cunning romantic
episode or the victim of cruel outrage.
There is strong disposition here to regard
her as Diss Debar sailing under another
name Mrs. Bonnell, of New York, who
knows Diss Debar, called on her last even
ing and said: ''This is not Diss Debar'
The dispatch from New York last night
gave description of the real Diss Debar
from statement of Inspector Byrnes. 1t
tallies with that of Miss Ava in that Debar
was fat, had blue eyes, wore q wig and was
voluble talker. After that it diverges.
This Ava woman has by no means repul-
sive countenance. Debar's nose is described
as large and coarse. This woman's is neither
large nor coarse. Debar was described as
5 feet inches high. This woman says she
is feet Az inches high, and that she is
ready to prove it by measurement. Debar
is described as weighing $50 pounds This
woman says she weighs 200 pounds, and is
willing to prove it by going on the scales.
She looks as if she might weigh go pounds.
THEywoMAN is CONFIDENT.
To a reporter late this evening she secuted
the Debar theory, and said: "Witnesses
will settle that. Every person that ever
knew Debar WILL on seeing me, testify that
am not that woman"
At this stage of the interview the Lieu
tenant of Police came into the office of the
House of Detention and announced that q
Mr. Hummel, of New York, who said he
would know Diss Debar in any disguise,
would arrive here tomorrow to see whether
or not she was Diss Debar under another
name. She expressed herself delighted, and
said: "That will settle the matter"
This morning she was visited by a commit
tee of religious women from the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. She led in
prayer and afterward thrilled them with her
eloquence, taking for her text the condition
of some mere children that occupied cells in
the House of Detention.
A reporter this evening asked her why she
did not make known the names of her friends
in London so that she might get help from
them. She said, 81 have my reasons for that.
l have right to expect help from Dr. Boil
ton. 1t was only last Sunday night that my
money was more than one-third of all that
went into his contribution box" Then she
broke ont into an uncontrolled denouncia-
tion of DR.. Bolton, accusing him of ingrati-
tude and unfaithfulness in not coming to
her aid.
WILL LECTURE IN STOCKING FEET.
Then recovering composure she said: "I
think shall lecture here some time this
week just as 1 am in my stocking feet. 1
think can raise money in that way to get
back to Chicago.
just then she arranged her calico dress
somewhat and throwing sash of heavy
black crepe around her neck, she said:
''This is all that is left of the woman 1
killed, or tried to kill, on Friday, when l
made my escape 1 intend to keep this as
long as live, and hope to be buried in it
when die"
Then she drifted away into talk about her
scheme to lift childhood out of the slums.
In this connection she said Archbishop
Feehan was displeased with her, not on ac-
count of her efforts to elevate the wretched,
but because she took the poor children to
Dr. Bottoms congregation. In all her con-
ersation her voice was clear, her enuncia-
tion perfect her story consecutive and her
language fluent and well put together in
vigorous English In all the phases of feel