Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-04-17
WHOLE NUMBER 1852.
F0RTY-THREE HUSBANDS
An English Girl Works a Novel
Scheme for Making Money.


through the marriage service with 43
men and swindled all but one of them
within three hours after the ceremony.
as told by cable several days ago, is
the latest catch of the Partisan police.
The woman is the daughter of shrop-
shire farmer and worked all her schemes
in France.
Six years ago, Eveline Leal, a hand
some young English girl. married n
Frenchman, who died within a month
of the wedding, leaving her with no
money, but with plenty of debts. To
square herself with society Eveline re-
sorted to what is known in police
lingo as the marriage trick" Her
method of procedure was simple and
ingenious. She advertised, stating
she was widow possessing n fortune
OF 100000 francs, who wished to
marry gentleman in good circum-
stances belonging to the nobility or Ia
the high commercial class. Answers
were to he sent to the postoflice. Her
accomplice, who occupied the posi-
ton of companion, seems to have had
the important duty of choosing vic
Tins from among the applicants. At
any rate, the suitor was never admitted
into Eveline's presence unless his per
sonal appearance was in his favor.
Then he was granted n rendezvous,
either in her sumptuous apartments in
the Champs Elysees or at one OF the
best hotels. Naturally Eveline took a
different name on every occasion. For
some of the suitors to her hand and
fortune she called herself Madame Fer
bank, Madame Rappy, Madame De-
comay or Madame Burnelly. She al
ways began by making some objection
to immediate marriage. Sometimes
assuming the character OF an ingcnu.
GUS miss. she said her mother consid.
cred she was too young for marriage,
and that the applicant must wait
awhile. On other occasions, the for
tune or social position of her suitor
was not what she desired, but in the
end she always allowed herself 10 be
captivated with the personal qualities
OF the would-be husbands. She often
managed things so pleasantly that
she received rich presents from some
OF her suitors. After getting rs much
as she could she would suddenly die.
appear. In several cases she con-
sidered it the better policy TO secure
possession of the wedding gifts by
agreeing to the marriage ceremony.
For this she invariably crossed the
Channel, expressing preference that
the wedding should take place in Eng.
land. After a clergyman had in all
good faith pronounced the nuptial
benediction, she returned with her
victim to hotel, and always managed
to disappear before night, but never
leaving her wedding gifts behind her.
Eveline had victimixed 80 presuma-
bly, intelligent men in this way before
she fell into the hands of the Paris
police in the autumn OF 1857, whom
she was sent TO Jail for two years. She
obtained an early release by good con-
duct, and at once resorted 10 her old
tricks again. She victimixed ten
lovers more without detection. Most
of the men she swindlcd were too
much ashamed to inform the police,
but her forty-third victim gave the
police information which led to Eve
lines second arrest on Good Friday at
the Hotel Maurice, Rue de Rivoli.
Her dupe this time was French Wis.
count who had ruined himself through
gambling and who was anxious 10
regild his armorial bearings with The
100000 francs of the charming
widow. 1t would even seem that he
was really in love with the adven.
turcss, for he journeyed with her and
her companion, certain Mrs. Csba,
who il believed to hail from New Or.
leans. They travelled in England,
Belgium and Norway, the vis,ount
paying all expenses. By borrowing
money right and left on his expecta-
tions he made Eveline rich presents
wherever they went.
At last they got back to Paris, when
the viscount insisted on having n day
fixed for the wedding, but IL was Of no
avail. "Miss Reynolds" that was the
last name she had assumed, was mex.
orable. He must wait. This fact
awakened the suspicious Of the Wis
count, who laid the case before NJ.
Goron, the Chief OF Detectives. When
the officers presented themselves at
the Hotel Maurice, Eveline was great
ly astonished, but she followed them
bravely to the police station. As for
her companion, Mrs. Caba, she was
absent from the hotel when Eveline
was arrested, and has not been seen
there since. This time the fair Eve
line will probably get a sentence,
which will put her out Of harms way
for many years.
THE first work Of the Scientific As
sOciation now being formed at Tacoma
will be the exploration and survey Of
the mound on the farm Of Mr.. Yarring-
ton, near Orting. The survey will be
conducted under the suggestions re-
ceived by w. c. Taylor from the
Smithsonian Institution at Washing.