The evening world., 1902-12-03
authorship of Anonymous Let
tiers Which Have Separated
Husbands and Wives and
Broken Many Engagements.
AND RICH LUNATIC.
It Is Believed In Chicago that the
Letters All Came from a Woman
Of High Social Position in that
City.

CHICAGO, Dec. $40 a woman Of
high social position and excellent char
acter. who is the victim of a morbid
mental ma:ldy, is ascribed the plague
Of anonymous letters which. for nearly
four years. has caused grievous annoy
to many persons of prominence In
this city.
The venom and craft Of the letter
writer has wrecked many homes. A
person of wide acquaintance and inti-
mate knowledge OF the personal habits
and friendships Of her victims, she mas
been able by use OF the most shocking
~-ssniilication to effectually besmirch the
characters Of those she selects for at
tack.
Watched society Columns.
The writer has kept close watch on
the society columns of the city papers
Announcements Of engagements and
weddings have been followed by venom
Gus letters addressed to the bride or
bridegroom, or members u their respec-
tive. families.
The writer has never scrupled to make
the most revolving charges OF immoral
ity against her victims. and this she has
done with an insane cunning and cir
eumspectton that has often carried con-
viction. Wives and husbands have been
e~stranged, friendships ended. engage
ments broken, weddings deferred and
homes made unhappy ecaus the re-
cipients OF the letters have allowed
themselves to be influenced by the
charges OF the anonymous writer.
In rare instances her charges have hit
mark, but In the majority Of cases
after long months of suffering and ST.
lence, her victims have realised the base
iessness OF her charges.
Mayor Harrison n Victim.
Mayor Harrison was n of her CARL
est Victims. and his vigorous investiga-
ton brought him to suspect one OF his
iife-Iong friends. Others who have been
victims of her attacks are ex-Mayor
Hampstead washburn. Graeme Stewart.
Graham Dufield. A. N. Pence. Mr.. Ho-
ratio n. May. Mrs. Fannie Mcintyre
Dudley Ruter. Vincent Walsh. Kinney
smith and Or. Groesbeck Walsh.
DR.. Fernand Henrotln received one OF
the letters two years ago and at once
made vigorous complaint to the postal
authorities. Inspector James K. Stew
art went to work on the case. Other
victims were interested. and they paid
for the employment OF private detec-
lives. Ahey established hat the letters
were mailed within a limited district in
the fashionable section OF the north
J side.
This woman enjoys the best social
position and Is mentally sound on all
other questions.
One whose family has been the victim
of the letter writer, but who declines to
allow the use OF his name. said to-day:
All but Proved Guilty.
"A woman of apparent refinement,
whose mental pecullarities have never
occasioned more than the passing re-
mark that she was queer has been all
but proved guilty Of this charge. The
proof could nave been secured were we
able to get the hearty support OF the
postal authorities in prosecuting our in
vestlgation. but this has been lacking.
We have found a striking similarity in
writing that has led experts, detectives
and novices ankle to point to the same
source as responsible for the authorship
Of the Objectionable missives.
I'VE have been able to show that these
letters were mailed from the same boxes
and at the same time the suspected
was seen to mail letters. Our
detectives Swallowed her to the post
boxes, but there they were baked and
gould go nc further"
A local paper prints an interview with
DIR. Fernand Henrotin. in which the
physician gives in detail circumstance
which convinced him of the Identity OF
the woman who wrote the letters thai
attacked his family. He says the as.
FUSED woman came to his office seyeral
times. n discussed the letter writing
episode so dramatically and excited :
ak TO prove beyond a doubt that sht
WA not only guilty but mentally al,
fected.
DIR. Henrotin is quoted az saying h,
sought members of her family to urg,
upon them the necessity of placing hel
Hnndar treatment His a1Virp mag -