The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-23
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The "Ararriage Trick" Played by Young
Englishwoman.
PARIS, March ga woman who has
actually gone through the marriage ser.
vice with forty-three men and swindled
all but one of them within three hours
after the ceremony is the latest product
of the Partisan police Six years ago
Eveline Leal, a handsome young English
girl, married Frenchman, who died
within month of the wedding, leaving
her with no money and plenty of debts.
To Square" herself with society, Eveline
reaorted to what is known in police lingo
as "the marriage trick" Her method of
procedure was simple and ingenious.
She advertised, stating that widow pos.
sessing 100000 francs wished to marry
gentleman in good circumstances,
belonging to the nobility or to tie high
commercial class.
Answers were to be sent to the post
office. Her accomplice, who occupied
the position of companion, seems to have
had the important duty of choosing the
victims from among the applicants. At
any rate, the suiter was never admitted
into Eveline's presence unless bis person.
al appearance was in his favor, and then
he was granted a rendezvous either in a
sumptuous apartment on the Champs
Elysees or at Que of the best hotels.
Naturally Eveline took different name
for every occasion. For some suitors for
her hand and fortune she called herself
Madame Ferbank, Madame Rappy, Ma.
dame Decomay, Madame Burnelly. She
always began by making some objection
to an immediate marriage.
Sometimes assuming the character of
an ingenious miss, she said her mother
considered that she was too young for
marriage, and that the applicant must
wait awhile. On other occasions the
fortune or social position of the suitor was
not what she desired, but in the end she
always allowed herself to be captivated
with these personal qualities of the
would. be husbands. She often managed
things so cleve-ly that she received rich
presents from her suitors, and, after get
ting as much as she could, suddenly dis
appeared. In several cases she consider
ed it better policy to secure possession of
the wedding gifts by agreeing to mar
riage ceremony. For this she invariably
crossed the channel, expressing prefer
ence for the wedding to take place in
England. After the clergyman had in
all good faith pronounced the nuptial
benediction, she returned with her victim
to the hotel, but always managed to dis.
appear before night, never, however,
leaving theewedding gifts behind her. :
Eveline victimized thirty-two presuma.
bly, intelligent men in this way before
she fell into the hands of the Paris police
in the autumn of 1887. She was sent to
Jail for two years, obtained an early
release for good conduct, resorted to her
old tricks and victimized ten lovers more
without detection. The swindled ones
were too much ashamed to inform the
police; but her forty third victim gave
the police information which led to
E7eline's second arrest on Good Friday
at the Hotel Maurice, Rue RiVoli. Her
dupe this time was French Viscount
who had ruined himself through gamb-
ling, and was anxious to regild his armor.
ial bearings with the 100000 francs of
tie charming widow. It would even
seem as if he we're really in love with the
adventures, for hejourneyed with her and
companion Ia certain Mrs. Caba,) be-.
lieved to hail from New Orleans.
They travelled in England, Belgium
and Norway, the Viscount paying all ex-
penses by borrowing money right and
left on his expectations. He made Eve.
line rich presents wherever they went.
at last back in Paris, the Viscount in.
sisted upon having day fixed for the
wedding, but to no avail. Miss Reynolds
that was the last name she had assum.
ed-wss inexorable. He must wait.
This fact awakened the suspicious of the
Viscount, who laid the case before NJ.
Goron, Chiefof Detectives. When the
officers presented themselves at the Hotel
Meurice Eveline was greatly astouished,
but followed them brayely to the police
station. As for her companion Mrs.
Caba, she was absent from the hotel when
Eyeline was arrested, and has not been
seen there again. This time fair Eveline
will probably get a sentence which will
put her out of harms way for many years.
She is the child of we'll to.do farmer
in Shropshire, the fertility Of whose acres
made it an easy matter to provide hand
somely for his family, composed Of one
daughter and three sons. Eveline, Ike
many others in the same position, being
the pet of the father and brothers, and
fairly good looking, soon learned to com.
mand, and grew up in the belief that
mankind was created to do her homage
and minister to her wishes.