New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-03
THEY THINh 1T WAS DISS DEBAR.
WOMAN. ANSWERING THE DESCRIPTION OF
THE sPooK PRINCESS IN BOSTON.

THE SPOOK PRINCESS IN BOSTON
Boston, Aug. SpeclaD.-Ann o'DelIa Dis Debar, or
her double, has been operating In Boston on substan
tally the same lines as those In which she gained
notorety In New York. Dis Debar disappeared from
New.Yor early last April, after making display of
her limbs In a Harlem theatre. When she disappeared
she left word that she intended to commit suicide on
or about April IA woman answering her description
in every particular appeared in Boston, and hired
cheap lodgings In Tremont-st, and suddenly left town
Yesterday She vert by the name of Eleanor Morgan,
and she wore wig of golden curls which was drawn
over her forehead and reached almost to her straight
eyebrows. She college gown, nuns black
robe. SHE engaged modest little room at the price
of 80 a week. and, the landady suggested refer
ences she murmured something abont being stranger,
not knowing anybody here and was willing to pay
in advance as an assurance. The landlady simple,
straightforward old woman consented to take her
in. and as the newcomer complained Of being
tired from the journey, she sent her up
some breakfast. Mrs. Morgan appeared grateful
and came down to thank the landlady. She said she
had Just come from London. She did not know
anybody here, but she had enough to enable her to
get on well In Boston. She speaks several languages,
had other accomplishments and was certain to be
settled comfortably In Boston.
At first she went ont little. She soon advised her
landlady TO dismiss her servant and said she would
help her 10 DO the houseworl As 1t was su1mer
time and the Of the house were mostly vacant
the landlady did Mrs Morgan did not speak about
her plans much at first Afterward she began to talk
about schemes which were too large to give credencc
to- She asked her landlady to accompany her to
see some large estate town. which she SAID she
was going 10 purchase as soon she got the money
which she expected and the landlady declined ana
told her the dress she wore Attracted too
much attention. Mrs. Morgan laughed and said they
did not understand such things here, but thao
In Europe all this was all right 1t was some uni
yersty dress She had cut on her face Just below
the eve which she received during the war between
France and Germany. Meanwhile things were being
enacted outside which rapidly threw different color
on Mrs Eeanor's actions. Three weeks ago she pre-
sented herself at the house OF family out III ue
suburbs inQuirfng somebody who had lived there
She was told that the man in question had gone away
and she then inquired for the woman Of the mouse
When the latter consented to her she sed into the
room and without waiting for preliminares startled
her hostess by ganclng picture the wall and
exclsiming "Ah have found him at last. But ne
is very much better than the photograph shows him
The comnotion caused was effective as magic. The
women OF the house were half bewildered half fasG
nated with the woman who seemed to drop down on
them from tne skies. she was invited to stay 70
dinner At dinner she said she was greatly interested
In the Theosophca Society and its movements ehe tod
MANY stories TO her friends OF people she pre-
tended 10 know among them Leland Stanford and Nine
Blavatsky ingratiated herself with these new ITeu
talked largely of great schemes to build temple and
fmnd newspaper then suddenly finding that she was
herself being Investigated she last evening oiSappeN
from Boston.