Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1904-12-30
and hired detectives to Investigate her

and hired detectives TO Investigate hef
stories concerning herself, and learned
for the first time that she had q si5-
ter In the city and the story OF her
difficulties with the money lenders.
He also learned of her birth in East
wood, Ont, In 1857, and her trial for
forgery at Woodstock In 1879, Of which
charge she escaped conviction on the
plea of insanity. Soon after the d.
vorce was granted, which was asked
for on the grounds OF innuelity, DR..
Springsteen received a letter from a
Buffalo attorney informing him that
Mrs. Springstecn was stopping at one
of the best hotels there, and that she
had empowered him (the attorney to
draw $4,000 on DR.. Springsteen on the
grounds that she had submitted to a
separation. The doctor Immediately
denounced her as an impostor.
Known as Nine. Rosa.
After her divorce from DR.. Wallace
S~pringsteen Elizabeth Blgley lived in
a boarding house in Cleveland. This
boarding house was kept by a Mrs.
Hoover. Elizabeth Bigley was there
known az Nine. Rosa, and also as Mrs.
Scott. In 1884 this strange woman was
at Erie, Pa. stopping at a hotel. She
was seized with what seemed to be a
hemorrhage of the lungS-a clever
counterfeit, howevcr-but she succeed
cd in cnlisting the sympathy OF a
number of people. She explained hat
she was n wealthy returning
"a, hnr lA,rr Il, II,,,1ap, IsJ I,T,pnp
Unexpectedly embarrassed, and was
successful in obtaining a number of
small loans. when the Erie people
wrote for the return Of the money
they received a qucerly written note
that the woman who had imposed
upon them was dead. In 1885 Eliza
beth Blgley appeared again in Cleve-
land, under the name Of Nine. La
Rose. She had a sign In her window
advertising herself as a c~lairvoyant.
Again she disappeared and It was
learned she had married a farmer
named J. X. Scott in Trumbull cOun-
ty. She was divorced from Scott in
a few months and Scott was minus his
farm. In 1886 she returned to Clcvc-
cav " . 'Ati'H - 'tSD an NhlS y 'li
that the boy now with Mrs, Chadwick
and known as Emil Hoover was born,
Her Career in Toledo.
There is a break Of two years in The
history, during which the woman left
Cleveland. In 1890 she turned mp at
Toledo as Nine. Devere. At Toledo
her career was as dramatic as it was
spectacular. Fifteen years ago she
was a familiar figure. She could be
seen In the finest Of carriages driving
about the city, and her entertainments
were known as elaborate, tho cost of
flowers alone being high. Her past
history was Kept secret, yet by de-
srecS IT. developed mat she was born
in Woodstock, Can, and was the
daughter OF Mrs, Mary Anu BiRley.
She began to secure large sums Of
money from various men. It Is assert
ed that IA prominent doctor gave up all
and was completely under her control.
He Is to-day a physical wreck, A
bank president, since dead, was dc.
ceivcd, and how much he loaned her
Will never be learned. Two express
o~iiiclalS and a grain merchant are said
TO ave been caught for large sums,
One Of the stories told BY NINE. Devere
in Toledo was that Of her marriage
to a wealthy gentleman near Manches-
ter, England, who was killed shortly
after in n runaway, and from whose
estate she received an annual income
Of 81 1000.