Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-01-08
MRS. HAZELRIGG
HAS DOUBLEIN
SOCIETY WOMAN.
"lreane Monselle" Matrimonial Fraud
Mystifi.s Authorities.

deVe lOpmentS In the 1leane mOu
selle" matrimonial fraud are start
ling and mystifying today. The po'
lice have established the fact that
Mrs. DO. Hazelrigg, the Williams.
town, w, Va, woman has double
living In Marietta, who Is almost
an exact picture of the beautiful
brunette who Is charged with swim
ding men by the wholesale all over
the country. Postmaster Elmer
Brown, of Belpre, visited Marietta
late this afternoon to identity, If
possible, Mrs. Hazelrtsg as the
handsome brunette who received
love letters from many men at the
Belpre postofce under the name Of
laura Miller" He thought that
Mrs. Hazelrigg was not the wo-
man, but when taken to view her
double stated that he believed the
latter to be the recipient Of the
Laura Miller" epistles. The
double Is said to be society wo-
man of this city. The police are
guarding her name with the most
jealous care.
PostoGce Inspector Old6eld will
arrive In Marietta Wednesday
morning to take charge of the case.
Mr.. Hazslrigg stales that his wife
Is innocent and he will freely ex-
pend his money to prove her so.
Monday evening Postmaster Rose
and Assistant Postmaster A. D Nc.
Coy and Marshal Dye questioned
Mrs. Hszelrigg. They asked her
t. spell the name "Ireane Mon
selle." She unhestitatingly spelled
the name Irene as "Ireane." This
is considered good evidence against
her. kilograms by the score came
TO Marietta tor "Ireane Monselle."
The Western Union was unable to
deliver them and mailed them to
the mysterious woman. They
were all received. The question IS
by whom-Mrs. Hazelrigg or her
double? The case bids fair to
eclipse the Ellis Glenn sensation.
MARIETTA. O., Ian. 7.-The
mystery of the identity of the wo'
man who secured various sums OF
money from men In different parts
of the country under the pretext
that she wished to go to their ad-
dresses and marry them was cleared
up today when Mrs Frank Stack
house, wife of teamster, made a
confession after her arrest, complete
ly exhonerating Mrs. Hazelrigg.
The woman Is from New York
City, her maiden name having neen
Laurene Paynor, and she was mar
ried to Frank Stackhouse here, No.
vember nth. The woman was
sent to jail after her arrest to await
an examination by a postofice In
spector, who will probably arrive
tomorrow from Cincinnati.
There is close resemblance be-
tween the guilty woman and Mrs.
Hazelrigg, who Is the wife of an oil
man at Williamstown, on the Wiz
ginia side of the river, and as Mrs.
Hazelrigg made frequent visits to
the Marietta postofice, she was
very naturally suspected by the
postofice authorities, partic.
ularly after she had been
seen to take mail from
the box leased In the name Of Irene
Monselle. This led to her being en-
ticed to this city and then subjected
to an examination by Postmaster
Rose and City Marshall Dye. She
firmly maintained her innocense, al
though she was identified by AS.
sistant Postmaster Mccoy as the
woman who rented the box under
the name of Irene Monselle. It ap.
pears to have been a case of mis-
taken identity, however.
Frank Stackhouse, lie husband
OF the woman under arrest, has
served tern In the Ohio p:uiten-
tiary for grand larceny.
Late In the day Mrs. Stackhouse
gave Marshal Dye an order on
Postmaster Rose to deliver all let
tiers iu the box of Irene Monselle
to Marshal Dye. A search was
made OF her room at the Albion
hotel and scores of ardent love let
ters and a number of photographs
were found. Among the letters In
the collection are epistles from
Quincy, Mich, Ada. Indian Terri.
tory, Durango, Col, Tekanna,
Neb., Buffalo, Mo-, Bridge House,