Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-28
She Had Her Gun
Got Burns Money

Chicago. H.. Macrn 1G,-"I want tho
money you owe me. owen Burns. I
have tried by peaceful means for three
years TO get what belongs to me. Now,
If you do not give me something bet.
ter than promises you will have to OK.
CLAIM why"
Owen Burns, a prominent CONNER
Cial and club man. sitting In his pri-
vate Office at 20 La Sale street today,
looked into barrel of a revolver as
this demand was made upon him.
please put that thing down and sit
down, | think we can come to some
agreement" he said.
Then he called one Of his clerks and
whispered something In his ear. Tho
clerk went out hurriedly.
The woman who made demand Is
Mrs. Juliette cornelia Morris Smith, a
young widow of Lynchburg, Va. Her
FIRST meeting with Burns was In the
Hotel Cecil in London four years ago.
She was then the popular heiress 10
the Garland and Morris estates AT
Lynchburg and Richmond, Va, and
was surrounded by scores OF admirers.
Mrs. Smith accepted Burns sugges-
ton that She sit down and discuss the
question OF the money she said he
owed her. While they were in the
midst Of discussion Detective Qualley,
who had been summoned by the book.
keeper, entered tho room
who is that mani" demanded Mrs,
Smith,
Il am q police officer, madam" vol
unteered Quallsy I'm here TO keep
the peace understand you have been
displaying firearms in this office"
Mrs. Smith ignored the detective and
went on with her talk with Burns.
What Mrs. Smith said must have
had some effect. because after Burns
had called into the conversation his at
torney she became the possessor Of
check for $1,000. This check she had
cashed before the close of banking
hours.
Burns is n bachelor about G5 years
old. He goes into society great deal.
his circle of acquaintance In Chicago
being extremely large. His father was
Martin Burns OF Maryland. His moth
er Is living In New York. Mrs. Smith
is authority for the statement that the
history OF the Burns family is one of
many romances.
owens brother Walter. married
Gladys Downs, whose case is famous
one" said Mrs. Smith. "She posed as
a cousin OF Miss Castleman of Ken
lucky. the great beauty whom Aston
crowned as the Goddess of Love and
Beauty In New York. Later a man.
, who met Walter and his wife in hotel
| in New York, claimed he was the hus-
| band of the woman. The affair caused
q great scandal in the East at that
time. Walter has since been married.
He lives In a beautiful home in New
York.
Another brother. Rollo, married ons
uof the daughters Of Along, the million
aire Chinese of Honolulu. He divorced
his first wife in San Francisco In order
TO do this. Still another brother was
divorced and remarked. think, twice.
owen himself had an affair with an
actress named Myrtle Maurice He was
In San Francisco Mt the time and his
mother had him taken TO Europe In
order that the affair might be broken
Off. 49,
THE loss of the money that Owen
borrowed from me In London was a
serious matter with me. 1t meant
more than the mere face OF the sum.
because had laid 1t aside Tor taxes
on my property In Virginia, some OF
which was sold on tax deeds because
Of my failure TO pay. Since that time
have had many serious losses But
none of them have cut me so deeply
as this one"
Mrs. Smith is a strikingiy beautiful
woman OF the blonde type.
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