The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-25
ROMANCE REVEALED
BY WOMAN'S DEATH
Self-Styled Lady Scott, II Now
Appears, Had Seventeen
Other Aliases.
MOTIVE REMAINS A MYSTERY.
Solicitors in London Discover
Identity Only After Two
Years Careful Inquiry
Into Strange Case.

SpETaL BT CABi.r; 20 THE 81. LOUIS Re-
PUBLIC AND TIE NEW YORK HERALD.
London. Sept. el-tCoPyriSht. ia,i-l-A
strange. romantic story lies behind a Ie-
gal notice issued by N wc,l-knoWn firm o;
collectors. which il appearing in the adj
vsEt!semcnt columns CO the LONDON papers
this week. asking persons having Claims
against the estate OF Ellen Frances scott.
with numerous other aliases. TO send them
particulars.
About five years ago woman some
times styling herself Lady Scott presented
herself at the West Eri Offices Of the
solicitors referred 20 ard produced GER
tain French bonds from which the cou-
pons payable TO bearer had been cut OF.
course. yaiueless-
She alleged the coupons IA! Gee? stolen
Ti:ey were extensively advertised for. ard
with view 10 their recovery the matter
.as pct into til. hands q: the police. but
nothing Came OF all this publicity. and
leaving thr coupcries- bonds In the pos-
session OF the solicitors the woman her
self Disappeared from her hotel. and. not
! ~lthstsnding that every effor; was made
10 trace her whereabouts. sho could not
be founI
Three years passed. and then one day
nicated with wrote that the missing eou-
pors had been presented for payment
This fact led 10 the discovery that the
that the French authoritie- had stepped
in and taken possession OF her elects N
the absence Of any claimant
The death cscurred June I. isac- and the
French authorities appointed a trustee to
.latc. who represented that the de-
ceased Was French subject; He de,
by tho London collectors. the missing cou-
pons of which their owner had alleged
10 have been stolen. as being among her
The English solicitors. however. would
not. without inquiry. accept statement
tina, the woman vas French subject.
FAMILY DISCOVERED.
As the result, Of an advertisement they
came into touch with her family and final
ly discovered the re1t o; kin. niece
living at Melbourne. In the course OF
these inquiries into tbs pedigree It was
proved tina, the Widow Scott who died
az Nice was actually Ellen Frances Nc.
sha was Identical with the person who
had from time 70 time adopted as Tnsny
as eighteen names. which she used In.
stead OF her own With the exception OF
that OF Mrs. McKenna. widow. none OF
tho aliases appeared In the family tree
OF the deceased WOMAN
Size did not. II seems, CcNsiop !t'l ca
traordinary partiaii'y tor fictitious names
until the death Of her husband. and what
the precise object may nave been tEe,.
is n mystery sui. hut she certainly USED
different names wherever she went ana
made Investments III various names
II is this fact which renders it POSSIBLE
that asats have still TO be dicove-ed- In
stock Exchange transactions -hc n.se,
used her right name. IL her object had
been solely that of the ccEcealu.ert OF
I'll. possession OF property. one alias
would have S;sice3. Why. then. 80 many
1t has been assumed in one quarter that
the deceased had oihe: mean, than those
left by her husband
People who came into contact with her
failed to understand this highly educated
woman. She never gave any account OF
herself, seemed never to be In want OF
money. and lived at the best hotels and
the impression VAS formed that she was
IN the secret service or pay OF some for
eign country
Commenting on this Fart OF the case
she had was Inherited from her husband.
The Made. name Of the deceased IS
conclusiyeiy proved to have been Ellen
Frances Eieran. thu sscoad daughter OF
Mr. Herman OF Manchester and Dundalk
she MAS born In Ireland In 1915. and
therefore VAS IS years OF age when she
ccpt by an ignorant old Irish woman who
had been her housskeeper and with whom
the French authorities APPEAR to have ar
ranged. She soon disappeared from Nice:
Eiien Kieran married. in 1854. Colonel
Hugh Francis Mck.nna. who had consid-
owed Ia isss Before her marriage she
seems to have cut herself adrift from her
family. who sought To hamper her III a
way sio did not approve OF.