Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1900-03-09
A WOMAN FRAUD
careerof Notor1ety Checked at Corvallis
Arrested for Larceny.

careerof Notor1cty Checked at Corvallis
Arrested for Larceny.
j A young woman who has succeeded ii
achieving sudden notoriety in the North
west by a series OF petty frauds, paiC
Corvallis a visit Sunday and came tt
grief. Her name is any old thing tina
occurs TO her adventurous mind. In
Portland aud Spokane she sometimes
called herself Hilda Hobson and claimed
that she was sister of Lieutenant Hob
son, the kissing hero of Santiago bay
In other moods she was Louise David
which is probably her true name. Here
she wasLouis Davis.
F. Miss David arrived in this city on the
boat Sunday morning and didn't waste
much time in visiting Elgin's livery
stable where she engaged a horse and
buggy and drove away and stayed until
Sheriff Rickaid brought her back
charged with larceny of horse and
buggy. She will appear to answer this
charge in Justice Holgate's court. She
was apprehended at Coburg and the rig
was found at Harrisburg.
Miss David is lame and uses crutches.
She has many explanations to account
for her lameness. Her most dramatic
version is that she was wounded in the
battle of Santiago. An INDICATED rail
way wreck also does service in account
ing for her condition. But the following
letter addressed to her and found by
the Portland police infers that she told
San Francisco gentleman friend a
still more dramatic tale The letter is as
follows:
"San Francisco, January 22.-My Dear
est Friend--The details of Your accident
were quite surprising to me, as did not
suppose you were so seriously injured.
l am certainly very sorry, and hope you
will isoon be well again. wish l was
there with you to take care of you, but
as you say there is no chance for work
there. Whatever possessed you to go
away with any one like that? I think
you gave me quite throw-down by do
ing so, but your accident has prevented
me from having any hard feelings to-.
ward you on that account. I always
tried to give you square deal while you
were here, and won't believe that you
meant to treat ME as meanly as your
actions suggest until you tell me all the
particulars.
Sweetheart, youiknow what I thought
of you here and, had you stayed here or
gone somewhere where could get work
you would be better off now, but it looks
as if you preferred someone else to me,
and feel very lonely and discouraged.
My work is no better, but may get
job on the bulletin in week or so if l
can manage to live that long. / have
just enough coming to pay my Dom rent,
but 1 will not tell you my troubles when
you have SO many of your own.
"If they caught that fellow SO soon
after he shot you, it seems strange that
they did not recover your money for he
certainly must have had it with him.
tsLet me know how you are getting,
and consiaer me your true and loyal
friend. tJack,""
Another letter from San Francisco
signed ED" abounds with pet names
and shows that 'Hulda or Louise has
more than one admirer among the male
population of Americas Paris.
Spokane, Portland, Astoria, Baker
City, and other cities have reported the
presence of the woman and in each she
was successful in making small hauls
from good hearted people.