The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-12
is 1T DISS DE BAR?
The Female Doctor Cronin
Turns Up in Cincinnati.
HALF NAKED IN THE STREET.
Police Think She Is the spook Priest
ess, but She Says She IL Miss Ava;
That Catholics Prosecute Her.

CHICAGO, Sept 11-Concerning the identity
OF Miss Ava, alleged to be wealthy English
woman who came here some weeks ago 70 work
for the reclamation of fallen women, and who
suddenly disappeared Wednesday evening.
an afternoon paper says:
Vera Ava, it is now asserted, is none
other than Anna O'Delia Diss De Bar, the
spook priestess, of New YORK. she was seen on
the street and recognized by New York news
paper woman, VINO called upon the cnle. OF de-
tectlYes this morning and told him OF the dis
c0Very. The description of her TALES exactly
VITA that OF Miss Ava. According to the Ne"
1orA story, the notorious spiritual carries
STOCK or wigs and other makeups, and OF late
mas Deea travelling across the country sWindnng
guIhole church people.
The police have no doubt from the statement
furnished by the New York lady that Miss Ava
Is Diss De Bar. This opinion is strengthened by
news from other sources.
1t has been discovered that a woman who
answered Miss Avas description called at one of
The medical colleges yesterday. If this was she,
II proves that she did not make away with her.
self on Wednesday night The day OF her disap-
pearance, the alleged Miss Ava had interviewed
Archbishop Feehan- She gave Mrs. Bolton, with
whom she drove TO the archiepiscopal residence,
to understand that she was going to see about
getting some property, which is in possession of
the Catholic church in England. She was
formerly a member OF that church and was
once nun. She evidently deceived Mrs. Bottom,
as the arch bishop says his talk with her was
exclusively with regard 10 her work among the
vicious classes of this city, and was not OF
personal character IL appears she also called
on the archbishop yesterday. The cab
man who drove her there today identified Miss
Ava's picture as that of the woman in question.
He said that after she entered the cab he saw
her take Of blonde wig and arrange her hair.
About week ago she visited Sadler, the British
consul here, and under secrecy told him i r.
narkable and mys:i.ying story, as Sadler con-
lessei but he declines to give the tenor OF il.
She is very captivating with full head OF hair
frizzed and banged, aud she told Mr. SaGler that
she had lived in Chicago for ten years, whereas
she has not Deen here as many weeks. Sadler
says he does no. believe her to be an English
woman aud she spoke with French accent and
spoke French like native. The police have be-
come convinced thai the woman is merely in
hiding and the detectives detailed on the case
have been Withdrawn.
The wife of Rev Or. Bolton still holds to her
belief that Miss Ava has met with foul play.
She Is firmly convinced that Miss Ava is
highly educated woman from the English upper
circles. She says that just before they went out
together Wednesday evening, the missing
woman showed her wallet filed with $50
pieces and in addition about $1,000 worth of dia-
monds. Raising her RICH. hand in dramatic
manner, she said TO Mrs. Bolton: ''Swear that il
ever disappear you will not rest until you fave
found me, even il you have to ask all Cnicago
to Join in the search" Mrs Bolton saws Miss
Ava had before told her that she had enemies;
that her mother had been murdered, and she
seemed apprehensive that some such fate would
overtake her. She never said word against the
Catholic religion, from which she was convert.
she had spent many happy days q religeuse,
but, desiring broader scope for her charitable
work, left the cloister
The sergeant in charge OF the central police
station this evening received a telegram from
the chief OF the Cincinnati police, announcing
the fact that they had the missing Miss Ava in
charge, and asking what was 10 be done with
her. The sergeant replied: Release Miss Ava
we don't want her." The sergeant said to re-
porter: "Ihe only effect OF the telegram is to
satisfy our curiosity as to Miss Ava's wherea-
bouts. There is no charge against her, hence
we cannot order her arrest"
"The strangest thing about the case" said De-
tective Lieutent Shea tonight, ais that Miss Ava,
who is written up as fakir, has refused money
from those she interested in her charitable
work. caller at the station today, minister
whose name cannot divuIge, told me that a
ehar.tably inclined church member offered the
woman $1,000, but she refused it, saving that
she had plenty of money. The woman had
often stated hat goods had been shipped 10 her
from England, but the officials OF the custom
house say no such woman has ever been near
there. A curious feature OF the mystery is that
Miss Ava is reported to have said she feared she
would meet Il fate similar to that of Dr. Cronin.
Father Kelley, upon whom she called just prior
to her disappearance. is a brother of the man
whose arrest in -. Louis Cronin suspect
caused a sensation at the time He was speed
lily released, there being no proof against him"
reporter at early hour this Saturday
morning called at the Jesuit college and sent I'D
word about Miss Ava's story, telegraphed from
Cincinnati. Father Kelly sent word back:
"Ridiculons! Deny it in my name"
CINCISNATI, Sept 1L--Miss Vera Ava, If her
testimony is to be credited, is here in the Gin
cinnati house OF detention. She talks sometimes
nationally and sometimes with wild incoherenca.
says her name is Vera Ava. her native place
London. Eng land, and that lately she has been
in Chicago and somebody brought her from that
city to this place, but who it was, how aud
where she brought she WAS I'M
able or unwilling tn tell. 1t was
nearly O'Clock tonight when this
woman hailed cabman and told
him to drive to the st. Nicholas hotel. She
wore black wooen dress, was in her stocking
ieet and without hat From her waist 10 above
her shoulders her BODY was bare. The ST.
Nicholas, Burnett and Gibson houses all refused
10 receive her. At the Gibson the detective force
took the case in hand, and removed her at once 10
the house 81 detention. An examination there
revealed the fact that She had not a cent and not
a scrap Of paper on her person. and that her
effects were her black dress and her stockings
The police have been unable to learn how she
got here. When asked about il she would say: al
cane from behind gray stone wall ana went
up hjll but they pushed mc down wherever
went up
Nothing satisfactory can be learned iron, her.
She said she had teen at No. 20 or No $50 West
Monroe street Chicago. Some OF the officers
think her insanity - feicued. 1t Is surrniscd
here IN certain quarters that il lie the late Diss
De Barr, of New York.
Miss Ava, whose disappearance from Chicago
night before last created such a sensation. and
who was found by the police here TODAY, acting
IN ali eccentric manner, tod n long story to an
Associated Pres reporter ton ght Ii il quite As
sing uiar az the previous story about her g5iugs
Miss Ava said she WAS a ROWaa Catholic and was
starting soar homes for homeless, degraded
children IN Chicago. This d.spieasei Arca-
bishop Feyban, mo ordered her II = ulnusry.
She refused 70 90. He then or erred her 10 APP
pear before a council at the Jesuit College
church on Wednesdays Sue went in q carriage
accompanied 10y Mrs. R5,Jnu On entering the
church size found Archbishop Feehnu and
Father Kelly present They presented
Der = pap-r which they told her 10 sigu
Sae refused, saying that as q future American
tizcn she mean; 10 Use ha- money Is she
pleased. Theveupon Father Kelly arose and
sald. This has gone far enough" At that
moment two men came in and tHreg Il cloth
over her face. After thar she Anvw nothing
more until she felt as il she was
on the axe. she thinks that was last
night, and that she had been oyerdos q
with ChlorofoE1n, water being applied as u
restorative. Tbs next she remembered was
atouti o'clock This afternoon. when she was
taken from the depo5 IN a carriage u a certain
= ace n thls city, though she did not then
kr,1,r ole