The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-12-01
A WICKED W01lANS WILES
FLOSSiE KERR AND AER sLGCKMAlL-
ING SCHEME.
Tho v.csim New York 1,arcaaor-Rer
Plans we1s Elaborate @nd Worked Veil
Until Beoksn up by tie Police.

charleston IS now QEcISSlLg z
rather sensational case. involving q
hysician tf that city ana N:w
York mescaa It. TIE following par.
iiculars Of he case we take from the
News ard Couriar OF last "Wednesday
Fiossie Kerr is tie name OF arataer
progressing looking raUlatto womar
who, year ago, vas notorious IN the
life on tie shady side Of the Charles.
ton RiaIto. Sae hsd her fling, as
Gings 60, in the class to which she be-
| longed, and then for time her placa
here knew her no more. Several
months later the Kerr woman appear
ed il the city o1ce mora, took up her
residences on Magazine street, and took
up wita it most OF taa wickedness
which had previously made her a
mark for the attention Of the authori,
ties Sac WAS, h)Teyer, guilty ofc q
!orger. act against the peac4 and
; dignity, Of the city, aid until yester
day morning she trod il security tae
! path wnich she had chosen for her.
jself. Bltyes.erday Caief Boyle and
his cohorts visited the nouse a! \ } 10
MAgaz az street and laid violent hands
upon Fiossia and al iatimate friend OF
hers, and now ooth women are locked
uo q! pollce headq ,ar5ers, and the
charges agaias: them are TIE most
sensational, If not :hs most serious,
:ihat have ever been lodged over
!against the nemss d two women regis
| tered il the gcsa. day book TIA! is
kent at the Guard House.
| F1c good and sufficient reasons all
To- Lhe story cannot Yet be told, that IS
TO say, name here and there is with
| held oy the authorities for the time
! oeing by request. Bat Chief Boyle
isaid, when speaking OF the matter yes
! terday: 81 said waen csee into
Etnis office tina. l would administer Ely
iduties without fear or favor, and /
Ipropose to do SO IN this ias.ancs. This
Iscandal involves in q bad light the
Inames Of a New Yorker and young
Charleston physician. I hold them
for the present, but q! the proper time
they will doubtless be made p1ollc.
1tseens that one year ago this los,
Isle Kerr went to New I Jr6 to reside.
| Wnather she set uo an oiishment
lof her own Or went into service as q
domestic has not been definitely set
tied, bu5 Wnilo there she made the &C.
squaiatance o. b respectable and we'll.
70 do narriad man. Sac pcofesssd 10
! be q Spaniard, aad passed undec the
irame OF F. Moptese. Having onc9
Involved this person in 81 lo:riGue,
;she concoc:ed sclem9 by whica She
:; proposed to oiackmaii hln iato sup
porting her II comfort for years to
icome. After several moatGs spent IN
| New York shainform9d Ger victim that
lsne was to become a mother, aud sne
demanded that ne tzko S.eps to sup.
port and pcosec5 her. B3GTeeo tlem
!; it was agreed t!at she should come 30
Charleston, aad remain until she
;could once more appear ia New York
without fear of revealing her shans.
The New YORK dupe was, Of course, 10
provide the money with which this
plan was to be successfully executed
TnuS it was that, alter & ;eT months
Iof METROPOLITAN life as +. { Montese,
FIossie Kerr once more appeared on
the Riallo in this city and TOOK up the
sold life where it had bsea dropped g
year ago. Remittauces we're sent her
, regularly by the New York man.
usually it vas $50 eacl month, bur on
1.-The Is. Of Novem oer tha check wss Tor
iSl00. The increase IN the acaouaL was
, probably due to extra exoeose IN nurse
;hire a nd medical attention Walch tnlS
month was expected 10 bring forth.
But Flossie Kerr was bright. Sac
Eknew that there would cone Gag
when she could no Logger coilec! tri,
! butte from her NuH York oaaker IN
less she could produce ample AID con.
, vincing proof Of their mutual sin
Thus it Was that she anplihed the de
tails OF her scheme. About the Is. OF
INovemb Der she saw il tbs New 4ock
Herald the announcement tina! certain
, parties had a young baby which they
) desired to dispose OF efectually, quIeE
| ly and comfortabl ly. Sae seata bosom
friend OF hers, Baby Sumter By name,
: to the metropolis to Did for t1e posses
5 sion of this misplaced bit OF humanity.
THE Sumter woman made tae journey
to the great city, Ieaving mere Novem
ber2, and on November 5 she returned
. to Charleston successful. She ocou525
with her pretty l!E-!c ha2y, W2eH:
;old, watch was destined il tIosSl5
: plans to be veritabie hscGdiks 70 hsl
j.. friend and herself.
Bat this was not ali. FI0Ssis E1aw
that men who have besn olacSnailaG
:. Until SICK aud tired d i sometimes
, lock fer loopncles Of escape. They
5 demand c5n7iaciug proof Of their
! guilt, or eIsa they su3t their purses.
So !! came to pass tha1 s!!e coIctuGea
that it would be best 20 rave s pAysl
Ician's certificate 10 t2e effect tha: sla
, had bscome mother on given day
{ land date. This document she foUnc
meaEs 10 obtain, and It is now on re
5 | icord among tie res. d the interesting
I data which IS c0iiectsG and preserved
In the healtb Office IL the City Hal
, for various ard suGd@y reasons. Ta'>
was Fiossie's Little -caeme, and j
} worked admirably u2ll- yesterday.
Il Bu. the cunning deaSer c. Nigga
zine street rscloaeG Tithy1E consult
ling Chief Boyle a11 the elinxeyed Per
lsons VINO dc his bsa@sts. ia g w&y
that it is not now necessary 10 ex
/ plain Chiei Boyle gOs "a inSl!2g 0i
!tae wom&1's dcin2s. Assisted by
F.: Detectives james Hogan ard H2nieJ
lit1e Chief went 70 work GA me csz;
personally Ehe c=se Tas &r extreme
? u delicate one ID a=Gcl-, oG. i. wa
: wo.kea ou: py tGe c2le! 2lo&t ad4i:
aoIy, un2l ~ ROW believes ae Gas i
possession eli los p1o-. lie needs Il
S suostantia;e his cas-.
: Yesterday ;J2!ej Boyl3 Int down 4
, lne Aouse IL Aasauiz- sgIeSt aad :l4t
o3tn OF tle Wum=u arrested. The:
: were brought before nm :odlvidla!..