The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-29
IS SHE IN |NPOSIOR!
That Deaf and Dumb Girl Is
Growing Interesting.
SIMILAR CASE IN MISSOURI
Which is Duly Compared With
the Oklahoma Case.
SIMILAR CASE IN MISSOURI

Guthrie, o. r, Nov. 2s.-CSpecial) ed
gar Jones has washed his hands of Kath-
crime Frinkt after concluding that the
young woman who has been exciting the
Sympathy of the good people Of Oklahoma.
City for the past week is an impostor.
United States Inspector Beebe, who has
about concluded an official investigation
Of the oyung woman's story, is virtually
Of the same opinion. The persons who
have associated with her at Oklahoma
City, however. continue TO profess the
strongest confidence in her tale and al
most did violence TO a local reporter who
charged her with being an f1npostor. II
ought TO strike these sympathizers as
rather strange, though, that young wo
man Of her intelligence does not remember
the name of the ship on which She took
passage from Holland and on which she
must have lived at least eight days. More
over the statements that she sent the
pseudo-Edgar Jones an international
money order to the Guthrie postofice,
and an express money order through the
Yates postoffice have been positively de-
MED by the officials at these points, and
their denials are verified by the office rec
ords. In her statement to Mr.. Jones she
gave her address as pol Frinkt avenue,
Rotterdam, Holland. but a cablegram in
CURRY met with the reply that there IS no
such address. Yesterday Mr.. Jones re-
ceived a letter from he postmistress at
Camden, Mo, telling him of a subscrip-
ton being raised by the citizens of Cam
Den to pay the railroad fare of deaf and
dumb girl IN distress who was trying 10
reach Oklahoma City, and the description
TALES exactly with that Of the young wo-
man at Oklahoma City. Chief of Police
Cochran also received a letter Of like
tenor from the same source.
Granting that the ysung woman is an
in1postor, IL is difficult 10 understand on
what charge she could be prosecuted
should there be a disposition TO do so.
Certainly she has not made use Of the
government mails to defraud, consequent
~ the United States mas 40 case against
her. Neither has she made any attempt
10 extort money from Edgar Jones. If
blaclarnau was her object. And she has
swindled nobody. unless it be the hotel
people Of Oklahoma City, VINO stood good
for her board and gave her clothes.
Guthrie o. T, Nov. 2s.-cspecial.)-Th
Oklahoma City Oklahomans Sunday
morning installment OF the sensational
serial in real life IN which the alleged
buncoad deaf and dumb girl figures, is
as follows:
The mystery surrounding the case OF
Katharine Fynlzt, VINO claims 10 hail from
or
against the young woman every day.
Yesterdays developments were of ma
ture to prove the woman an impostor
About the time Miss Fynkt arrived here
Chief of Police Cochran received the fol-
lowing letter:
Camden, Mo-. Nov. 20. 'sS.
Chief of Police, Oklahoma City.
Dear Sir-Did you have a lawyer by
the name of -- Stepheldyker to die
in your city about ten days ago? And
is he stiA above ground at any OF your
undertakers? The reason I want 20 know
Is this: y lady deaf and dumb came
10 our city yesterday and said she was
trying to get to Oklahoma City to see
her brothers body. She came from Rot
terdann, Holland, and said she had been
robbed Of everything in New York. She
gave the name OF Costello Stepheldyker
and the citizens made up enough money
and purchased her ticket and sent her
on her way via the Santa Re train this
a. m. The train gets into your city az
I2:15 q m, q.
II we have been imposed on we want
TO know il. She intended to get the police
10 show her 10 her brothers body.
Please answer this and oblise.
ESTEL ]. EVANS P. NJ
She claims her brother bad 5000 life
Insurance.
Guided by the story OF Miss Tynkt first
published in the Oklahoman. Chief Coch-
ran located the woman referred TO in
the letter. lie did not disclose the con-
tents Of the letter or answer il, but kept
a watch on the girl, to balk any attempt
ed fraud on her part. SO far she has
done nothing that would warrant police
interference. The letter evidently refers
90 Miss Fynkt although she positively
denies ever having been in Camden. Mo.