The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-05

adventures, with many aliases, known
to the police of Chicago, Cincinnati.
Omaha and a score Of other cities, has
been sent to the asylum for insane at
Toledo. Even that does NOT solve the
problem for the people Of Toledo, who
have been trying for a year to discover
some way to get rid Of this troublesome
person and her mother, who is equally
troublesome. She refuses to obey any
Of the rules of the institution, claiming
that she is not resident Of the state.
and therefore cannot be legally COM
fined in IN Ohio asylum. Many attor-
neys declare she is right In this. She
was adjudged to be Of sound mind by
court which examined as to her sanity,
but was later acquitted by jury on
a criminal charge on the ground that
she was insane. She was then con-
veyed to the insane asylum.
Her criminal trial was brought about
by reason Of an indictment by the
grand jury on the charge OF perjury.
She refused to have an attorney, or
to have anything to do with Ashton H.
Goldman, after the common pleas
Judge had appointed him TO defend her.
She simply declared the proceedings IL
legal, and rested, she SAID, on her con-
stltutional rights. She is well read In
law, and claims to have been admitted
to practice In California
Her lawyer. thinking there was no
possibility Of acquIttal on normal
grounds, made the plea Of insanity.
Marie laughed this to scorn, but the
jury so found. much to her chagrin
She had to be carried by pain
strength into the court several times,
kicking and screaming, but she went to
the asylum peacefully. She had scarcely
arrived there before she began to cause
Superintendent Tobey all Sorts Of trou-
Bile, refusing to obey the rules, because
she was not resident OF Ohio.
Recently she kept the city council and
bosrd ~ alderman IN this cItv IN ses.
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Gust Workhouse Superintendent Beck
with and wife. who she declared at
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while she ana her mother were connneu
there as a result OF little trouble IN Ere
mont, Ohio. She lost the case atter
examining many witnesses ana pitting
herself against some OF Toiedo's best
Toledo and many officials for damages
In the sum OF S46OOOO. she brought
similar suits against the city oil Ere
mont and It's citizens ana oincinls; She
drew all the papers herself, ana they
were pracucaliy wlthouot nav IN these
cases also she also faled
The identity OF these women IS some
Nghnf In 1n1lhf Az fnF can De HSCeT-
tanned their family name as WILSON,
and they are natives OF Indianapolis
They passed here at first as Madame
Wilson and daughter. Some OF their
aliases under which they are natives
OF indianapolis. IND, are Mary Dough-
Marie Cieotte wilson. Marie OK Nine:
OFT, Marie Cicotte, NINE. wilson anu
her niece. The younger one OF the TWO
supposed to have been ut one tlne
married to detroit man named Eu-
ward Clcotte. bnt Peter M. Burroughs,
y diamond broker OF Slheinnau anu anu
r. 3mOnt whose Wlie the younger one
claims to be. but which he repudiates.
says ne mas pest OF proof that the
young woman aid not marry Clcotte,
but that She Infatuated MIN atteI ne
had fallen heir to $IOeG, got most OF the
money. then shook him. so ne was
Obliged to take job breaking on a
freight train.
Marie has brother named John
Wilson. OF Indianapolis. and an aunt
named Mrs. Joseph Stake. Marie Is
said to have left Indianapolis about NJ
teen years ago. after her first sensa-
tional adventure.
Peter Burroughs. who now lives with
his wife and mother at Fremont. Ohio,
100 ha 81 MI
take his life In San Francisco Marie
set up claim that she had married
Burroughs on February 4, 1884: but on
August % of the following year she
brought suit against him for $4,000 for
breach OF promise. This suit was
brought at Los Angeles, Cal, when
Burroughs was auctioning on diamonds
appeared before the superior court in
California, and finding Burroughs there
in person declared he was not Bur
roughs but a man who looked like
him.
At Omaha. in February, 1896. she was
arrested for entering the jewalry store
OF C. W. Reynolds. where Burroughs
was selling goods, and taken before the
court on charge OF being n profession
nj blackmniler; also for assault and
battery; the mother was Included In
these charges. Before the Judge she
displayed a wonderful knowledge OF
law, but was not permitted to handle
her own case. An Injunction was af-
forwards served on tie egomen, pre-
venting them from entering Reynolds
place Of business. but they paid no heed
10 the injunction. and were rearrested.
They were let go for day on their own
Tecognizance, and they Immediately
locked themselves UP in the Hotel
Trextel for two days. and an officer was