Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-27
A WOMAN WITH A DAGGER.
She Chases an English fecromancer
Across the Continent.

Across the COHtaHchts
New YORK, June 26.-Among the
passengers who sailed on the GermaniC
for Queenstown, yesterday, was youne
Englishman, whom the ladies Wouio
have pronounced good looking, had no.
his clean-shaven face been such picture
Of anxiety and fear.
If this gentleman reaches Queenstown
intact is, without the punctures OF
stilletto-he will consider himsell
lucky and rely upon the viligant English
''bobby" to protect him hereafter; but II
handsome brunette, with sharp eyes
and a sharper dagger, should suddenly
interrupt him while enjoying smoke
on deck, or game of cards In the caOlh'
he will have to acknowledge the SlIua-
ton as gracefully as possible and trem-
blingly await developments.
The sorely pursued young Englshman
is Henri Caseman, the shadowlst ana
necromancer who came TO this country
with Marks international Vaudeville
show last season. The mysterious wo-
man is unknown, but she has tracked
Caseman from San Francisco TO New
York, including stops at different West
ern cities, concluding by cOrnerlng her
victim in the Hotel ArnO. this city, late
Tuesday night.
Cascman told the story to some
friends as they patroled Broadway with
him, like body guard, until the Ger
manic steamed from New York Win
one Englshman on board. AT San
Francisco" he said, Il was stopped one
night by styIishly dressed woman
while returning to my room from the
theatre. Her actions were so queer
that ! lancied had been accostcd
by one OF your confidence
women, and refused TO spend any more
time with her than could hclp. ! was
then stGrmed by notes from this woman,
who never signed Il name and always re-
Quested 10 see me on important ouSl-
ness. Finally, one night, ! had To 20
home escorted by two policemen Here
the excited BritiShcr produced cllp-
ping from n San Francisco paper IN cor
roboratan of THIS. The article an
nounced that the queer actions OF
heavily yelled woman, who had occu-
pied box ut the Amphion Thcatcr, and
afterward appeared at the stage door,
calling loudly for CaSeman and flourish
ing dagger, had made IL necessary Tor
the gentleman to have an escort home
that night.
"To make a long story short" con-
tinued Caseman, Il curtailed my en-
gagemcnt in Frisco and went to Butte
City. The same thing happened, and |
went to Seattle This woman appeared
at one of my performances there and |
went to Chicago to play at the Eden
MuSee. | thought | had escaped her
until | noticed her in a front seat one
night, toward the latter part Of my en-
gagement. | sent for the police, but
they could not arrest the woman unless
| made charges, and rs | did not know
her name, nor exactly Of what to accuse
her, had to be driven to the hotel,
only short distance away, in cab.
She was at the hotel early in the morn
ing, but the manager refused her en-
trance. ! managed to evade her after
that, and | arrived here Tuesday
morning. | started to my room
Tuesday night, about 1870 o'clock,
never thinking Of the girl,
when she appeared in the hall
way. She said nothing and did not
realize who it was until she slashed my
coat with a knife. | lodged other
blows and cried, but before any one came
she left the hotel, walking quietly out
of the office and attracting no attention
from any one Who she is and why she
should so haunt me | have no idea. /
never saw her before, either on this side
or the other side of the water, and | am
as innocent of any offcnsc against her as
you are"
The Englishman'S story, so far as his
crying for help and appearing in the
Office of the hotel with his coat slashed,
and the disappearance Of a young lady
dressed in black and heavily yelled, just
afterward, is concerned, was vouched
for by the hotel clerk and bell boys, but
of further particulars they declared
themselves ignorant.