The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-18
SAYS LIE MAR
is AN IMP0ST0R
Her Former Attorney Declares
She is Not Heir,
REPUDlATES OLD CLIENT
WOMAN WELL KNOWN IN SALT
LAKE CITY.
REPUDlATES OLD CLIENT

Miss Bonnie lie Mar formerly of Salt
Lake but more recently of Butte. Mont.
who IL IS reported has started on a
search through Colorado for her kid
MAPPED boy alleged 20 have fallen heir
10 the millions of the DuusmOra FAM
llJ. Br0CEmOre. England. is denounced
D} her former attorney. r.. Van Nor
man. formerly of Denver, Colo. as am
impost0r. When Miss lie Mar first
gained newspaper u0t0riety iu this CITY
her attorney was her most ardent sup
porter claiming that she was am
abused individual Vow he takes the
prosecution side, and cannot condemn
The woman iu severe enough language.
At that time he said Miss lie Mar
was above the average of beauty and
used graphic language in describing
Ho# the humane officers of Denver
ruined her life by taking her child from
her. Attorney Van Norman used many
superlatiVes I'm describing how the
mother arose fla court admitted her
sins, said she had reformed, with tears
in her eyes and asked for the custody
of her child. and left the presence of
the judge a broken hearted woman
when the request was denied her. From
Denver Miss lie Mar drifteG To Salt
Lake City
According to advices from the east
Miss lie Mar. who has. started on
search through Colorado for her kid
mapped hoy, alleged TO have fallen heir
10 the millions of the Duusmore family
or BFockmore, England, is denounced
hy her former attorney as an impOstOr
According TO the story the missing
hoy was kidnapped from his mother
seven years ago, while Roy DuusmOre
Ipf divorce. DunsnOTe, according 90
the wOman's story, was the son OF
noble English family. He met Bonnie
Ii Mar while on ii search for health
in the mining camps i'm Colorado Al
though the woman was a member of
The half-wOrld5 the Young nOblemau is
said to have fallen i'm love with her
and married her, Then his family dis
owned him.
A child was born TO the union That
child is the missing boy. Seven years
arteFWard DunsmOre sued for divorce
and secured b.. Later he died. His
last request was that his parents pro-
vide for his son. Recently these par
ents died, and it is alleged by the
mother Of the hoy that their entire es-
tate is left TO him.
Woman Severely Condemned.
Attorney Van Norman. who is now
lowing account OF the EOman's claim
10 the DunsmoTe millions;
Beautiful she never has been. and "a
scar across one Of her cheeks, undOubt-
edly made by a stlettO. has always
marred her personal appearance. She
ls rather petite i'm stature and build,
with a piercing eye and pleasant
though treacherous, Couuteuance. 1t
is amusing I'm view of the Butte story,
that the correspondent should dub her
not only the most notorious, but one of
the most beautiful women OF the demi-
monde of the mining camps of the
northwest and recognized as a queen
by her associates of the half-WOrld.
More ridiculous vet is the story that
she is on a journey TO Colorado where
she proposes TO search every city for
her L-year-old son, Francis lie Mar.
who, she declares, has fallen heir TO
the estate and wealth of the DUuSmOre
family of BrOckmore. England worth
several million dollars
THE facts are that about a year aft
or her divorce from O'Brien and when
matters were getting pretty warm for
her in Denver, she went TO Cripple
Creek TO exercise her wiles on the UNI
wary, and it is said she luVelgled a {
man named Roy lie Mar into marrying
her, but the story of the marriage has
never been confirmed. While iu Cripple
O.
palmed on as the child of lie Mar who
left her, and she returned with DO 20
Denver where she again engaged I'm
her notorious practices
Cruel to Her Child.
"Her extreme cruelty TO the child
led the ueighb0rs TO intervene au1 cali .
who took the Waif away from her She .
then Instituted proceedings i'm the f.
courts to recover possession Of the
child. but could neither prove Its ma .
teruity nor that she was a proper per-
son 10 have mis- custody. and Judgment .
E-as rendered I'm favor of the Humane .
society. which succeeded i'm having the .
child adopted by some reputable fam
iIy.
In 1889 or 1890 Bonnie. OF Boueyieve 4
lie Mar as she now calls herself at .
that time known as Bonnie O'Brien. /
procured a divorce from her husband
of four months. William O'Brien. a day
clerk i'm Charplots hotel one of the .
cld-Jlme noted hOsteiTies of Colorado.
Before this she had been divorced from
g previous husband had been behind
the 1Oouights in a minor part and was
notorious as the mistress of q former
governor OF the state. who threw her
aside because of her blackmailing pro-
pensities, The name Of Boueyieye was
an assumed one, a stage name
About this time she was arrested
by "a paTam0ur whom she had victim
lied. Through the efforts of her cOuu-
sci she was released on bail by jus
rice OF the peace, who was called up
az 4 o'clock in the morning The case
was dropped for want OF prosecution,
the complaining witness not wishing
lo have the occurrence made public.
Life a Kaleidoscope One.
After her divorce from O'Bfien her
life became a Kaleidoscope one Her
habit was TO catch by her tricks some
wealthy victim whom she could work
easily. Usually her victims were lured
no her own apartments, where she sep
8rated them from their cash.
Al about this period she used the
matrimonial columns of the Denver pa
1ers TO advantage. describing herself
not by name but IS rich widow de-
string TO marry. when any one called
she would nrst draw them out skill
fully and then unfold the fact that she
herself was the charmer. III the appli-
can't had no money she made short
work OF him.
Finally she became So well known
and so thoroughly TeViled that she dis
appeared. and her Fhereab0 re-
naiued a mystery until the publication
~ the recent sensational report doubt
essly inspired by herself recalling the +
fact that she has been living iu the
mining camp of Dillon. Mont, where &