The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-14
THE ALLEGED DIss DEBAR
Abe Hummei IL On tho wav to Cincinnati
to See the Woman.

Abe Hummei IL On tho wav to Cincinnati
to See the Woman.
CINCINNATI. Sent 13.-Lyine on couch In q
cell at the Place OF Detention Is short. neshy
woman. who says she Is only 80 years old, but
looks so.
All that she has on is an Old blue calico dress
that reaches few inches below her knees q
pair OF long stone. colored silk stockings. and a
blond wig. The woman is the notorious Dtss
Debar. although che insists that her name Is
Vorn Ava and that she never heard OF Miss
Le Bar" as she calls it. But there can be nc
mistake. as a number Of persons here identi-
fled her as the spook priestess.
There is no charge against her. and she ia
simtly being held because the police do not
know what on earth to do with her. and she
would create a panic II turned loose In her
present costume. She was first taken in
charge as missing from Chicago"
The Windy City police say they do not want
her. and a despatch from Inspector Byrnes
says he has no charge againet her SO she Is
on tho hands OF the local police.
Diss Dollar insists that she was kidnapped.
She was seen in her cell BY Sun reporter to-
day. She said that when she entered tho
church on Twelfth street. Chicago. she had
in a handbag thousands and thousands OF
dollars and important church papers She was
very mysterious In her manner, anu frequently
stopped TO cross herself.
Il will only say that I have been abducted
and terribly treated" said she. why was
robbed and imprisoned is between God. the
Church. and myself. When I entered tho Jesuit
Church l WAS sent to Father kelly by
Archbishop Feellan. A bag was thrown over
my head at Father Kelly's command. That Is
all remember until awoke In some monas-
terry or college behind gray wall on hill nun
and two men took mo IN q cab to some convent
drug stole where called the cab WINS left
with the woman and | struck her dow and
escaped by a window. We had terrible
At his point the rerorter asked the terrified
lady how she had kent her wig on through 1t
ANYTHING more about the story until she prayed
What Is your name"
When did you get here ?"
to this city. Ith:neht was in St Louis: =,
,Os an % ana s' %hsn she M
x xsst G asnrved 'k'e "0m liberty ~n' and
Mhsn she Ia. annted me spr1pG upon N, her era, and
her. as 1t was my intention. Then led."
~ The Ass"cidted IresE
There ia strong disposition here to regard
r i Dos os u Whe ao9e
har saw Miss Vera Ava. called on her last
evening. and said This is not Diss Debar"
The Associated ross despatch from New
York last night gave a dissertation OF the real
Diss Debar I, ON statement OF the New York
Ava IN Be-. psbal SSs
eyes. wore q wig. and was Voluble talker.
After that II diverges.
large and coarse: tits wGmsss nose Is
scribed as s iest inches high. This
woman says she is feet Az inches
high and that she she is ready to prove !. by
Ing $50 pounds The woman says she weighs
20D pounds and Is willing to prove II BY gong
on the scales She looks as il she might weigh
$50.
1s .s sZ' s she ssuss M ,hr ps DsS s
Every per.on that ever knew Diss Dehar Will
on reeing mo- testify that l am not that
woman. Furthermore there Is surely a
more reliable test than thai ,h human ties.
! have never had children. and Diss Dehar
has had one or more. An examinntion by
com. etent ,phy.icians will prove beyond DOS
sibility OF doubt that ! am not woman that
has sY ba birth e children and therefore
Tue Lieutenant Of Police came into the room
and announced that Mr. Hummel OF New York.
who said he would know. Diss Dollar in anv
DISGUISE. would arrive here re-, t0 X more 10
another name: She, expressed berself Ge-
iiRh,ed. and said: That will settle the mat
This morning she was visited by committee
% s Somes hs 9 I'm the asr
ward thrilled them with her eloGuence. taking
for her text the condition Of some children that
occupied cells In tho House OF Detention.