The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-05
She STOLE ADlCYCLE.
Mrs, Diaz Is Finally Landed
in Jail.
SOMETHING OF HER CAREER
How She Once Schemed to
Set Rich.

MIRA Martin Diaz. q woman Of varied
and romantic history. but of shady req
utationutation brought about by d0mes-
tic tribulatfons, was nabbed by Policeman
Fox early yesterday morning before the
bird had time to get its worm or Johnny
had awakened to shoot his festive IRE
cracker. Mrs. Dias was wanted By the
police for stealing bicycle from the rear
of Cash Henderson's store last Thursday.
which she sold to a secondhand dealer
on East Douglas avenue ana which was
recovered Saturday. The bicycle belonged
to Mrs. Lille. but WA being used BY MISS
Sweezy, one OF the salesladies At Hender-
sons. Policeman Fox had 20 give chase
TO Mrs. Diaz, who was almost as swift
as a Diana, and the cans and old dshpans
in the alley between Fourth and Fifth
avenues sounded q merry din as the pur-
suer and pursued sprinted for nearly
block and a half. AR. Fox overlook AIRS.
Diaz at the rear Of Jeans poultry house.
He stuck feather In his cap and marched
back TO the police station. where shs spent
the glorious Fourth In solitary conTine-
ment. On the way to the police station
Mrs. Diax stoutiy denied stealing the b.
cycle. but after she had been put In the
cell and quizzed by the offieer she con-
fessed and will plead for the mercy OF the
court. A warrant will be sworn out charg-
ing her with larceny today. 1t viii prob
ably amount TO grand larceny. In which
case Mira Dlaz will doubtless be sent 70
the penitertiary.
AIrs. Dtaz has an interesting history.
she has been a woman OF ffne attachments
and has had the mental ability ana
shrewdness to concoct great hnaheiAl
schemes and carry them to success which
would have done credit TO Mrs.. Green
the New York mNiiOnairess. Sne b
French woman with a little mixture OF
Cuban blood In her veins and has good
knowledge OF the world. having Travelled
a great deal. She first became known TO
the people Of Kansas and Oklahoma
through q scheme which she set on foot
and which would have made her immense
" rich had she not fallen in with a worth
less Mexican. who robbed her and after
wards gave her scheme away. When the
Cuban and Spanish war was al its worst
and tue first feeling OF sympathy for the
Cubans began TO manifest itself IN this
country, Mrs. Diaz appointed herself
committee to solicit aid for the suffering
Cubans. She was good looking then ana
shrewd and she poured forth a pretty tale
to the sympathetic public and succeeded
in getting money very easily. She visited
man ytowns through southern Kansas
and Oklahoma and, armed with fictitious
credentials, she was dined by tsympathetie
women and treated very literally on all
hands. she had accumulated hundreds OF
dollars in this manner which never went
10 relieve a sun-baked Cuban or saved
from starvation a single suffering recon-
centrado. Mrs. Diaz TAD another cInch
on public alteration by alleging that che
was a distant relative Of President Diaz
Of Mexico. the most beloved and popular
president the republic has ever had. After |
quite a sum IN this manner.
Mrs. Diaz married q northeast Mexican |
and they came to Wichita 10 live. He |
lived high of her ill-gotten gain and one |
day he went home drunk and they had |
a fight. Then he gave her scheme away |
and left town. Since then Mrs Diaz has |
been unlucky and has gone swiftly down /
the road OF financial and moral ruin Her |
career in this city has probably ended |
with the stealing Of the bicycle.