Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-01

age. She is a cordial and pleasant lit
tie being, and when she met the spook
DrieStess she became impressed with
the idea that she was very nice and
pleasant person. She accordingly placed
great credence in what she told her, so
when one day Ann Odeia told Mrs.
Mitchell that her husband, who has
been dead a number Of years, was in
need of money, Mrs. Mitchell furnished
the sum mentioned, which was placed
between two states.
After these states had been tied to-
gether Ann Odelia placed them beneath
the table. When she removed them and
united the string the money had diSap-
peared, while on one slate was written
the word Thanks"
TOO TRANSPARENT A TRICK.
Mrs. Mitchell believed in a good
many Of the things that Dss De Bar
told her, but the slate trick was one too
many for her. After mature consider
alton she concluded TO make some In
ouiries, all the while secretly believing
that she had been duped. So it came
about that Mrs. Mitchell decided to
cause the arrest of the spoOk priestess.
This was on October 20, and when the
warrant was taken out Ann Odelia had
disappeared Later a woman was found
in Quincy who declared herself to be
Vera p Ava. She was arrested and
brought here, and after preliminary
hearing was bound over to the next ses-
sion of the Kane County Court, which
will meet in February. Bond was placed
at $500, but up to this time there has
been no one found who cares to furnish
this surety.
The woman says she is Vera p. Ava,
late of Chicago and Cincinnati. She
claims that the scar on her face, which
proves her to be Ann 0delia Diss De Bar,
was given her when she was placed in
that big box and abducted from Chica-
90 to Cincinnati, where she so success
fully played two dime museum engage
ments.
TIMELY RAP AT THE DOOR
Another story of the cause OF her ar
rest is that Diss De Bar and Mrs. Mitch
ell went to bank together, and on 60
ing home Mrs. Mitchell was persuaded
to count out the $1,000 she had drawn.
While she was doing this there was a
rap at the door, and Mrs. Mitchell went
to see who was there, leaving Ann
Odela in the room with the money.
When she came back there was said to
be a greatly reduced pile of money be-
fore her, and then cane the row.
When the spook prieSteSS was ar
rested in Quincy Professor OrchardSon,
of Chicago. was with her. He went
with her and the constable to Elgln,
and as soon as he found that his COM
panion was bound over to stand her
trial he left her with the purpose, as he
said. OF either securing reduction OF
her bond or else finding somebody will
ing 10 sign the papers which would re-
lease the notorious female. Up to
this time Orchardson has not been heard
from.
This evening when reporter for the
Inter OceGR called on Sheriff William
Reed and asked to see his celebrated
prisoner he was willing that she should
ne interviewed, so he sent word to her
that a gentleman wanted to see her.
SHE PREPARES A STATEMENT.
She was willing, but on second
thought aSheu WHO HV was oHu " "I@e 40
wanted. The Sheriff told her that it
was reporter, whereupon Ann Odelia
Miss De Barr-Vera 2. Ava-JekYll-
Hvde-declared that she would see
none such, but that she would prepare
a statement, which she soon sent down
as follows:
lyon ask for statement. l have
still a few grains of truth left, and, II
vonr dainty editorial stomach is sufi-
cieDt proof, send you one cheerfully.
They arrest me on the absurd charge OF
having appropriated some 500 from one
Mrs. John Mitchell, of Elgin. for
which am now held a prisoner in the
Kane county jail. 1t Is utterly false
and malicious, having no foundation
bnt that Of concentrated malice. She
claims that the theft was committed on
or about September 16. l lectured
twice after the theft is claimed to have
occurred in Elgin, yet she made no at
tempt at my arrest. 1 resided openly
!, nv residence, No. 1921 Langley ave-
nne from September l9 until October
1e writing and receiving friendly let
ters from Mrs. Mitchell, yet no arrest
was attempted until had started on
nv customary autumn lecture tour with
Professor Orchardson.
ANGRY AT oRcHARDsoN.
aphat / am now powerless to get bail
- orinr to the systematic persecution
r~t.-t.. f1,.,f = ~ coys 50 long a we'll