The Washington times., 1905-01-10

FINANCIAL MIDDLE
FOLLOWS MARRIAGE
CHICAGO, Jan. 10-An exposition.
which may rival the Chadwick expose
in some respects. is promised in the
case of Mrs. Alice Webb Duke. wife OF
Brodie l. Duke, who has been incarce-
rated in a private asylum on Long Island
within three months after his marriage
to the Chicago woman.
Alice Webb, as she is known in bust
ness way, was, and is yet, associated
with Charles F. Taylor in business in
the Continental Bank Building. The
firm Is known as Taylor. Webb & Co..
the Texas-Cuba Tobacco Company. and
the Nacogdoches Tobacco Company, of
Nacogdoches, Texas
Alice l. Webb is the president, and
Taylor Is the secretary and treasurer
The partnership was formed for the pur-
pose of forming, promoting, and assist
ing financially or otherwise. companies
syndlcates, partnerships. and assocta-
tons of all kinds commercially under
taken by contractors, capitalists, hnan-
cierS, exc.
Firms Notes Questioned.
just how far Taylor. Webb & Co.
business has progressed since it's birth.
April s, 1903, Is probably only known to
the two partners; but developments are
gradually coming to light which may
place Alice L. Webb and Charles f
Taylor and the companies they repre-
sent on the defensive
It is said the tobacco company has
foated thousands and thousands of dol
! lars worth of stock, and that two notes
| uttered by them, each for IS, 900, have
come to the surface
These are now in the hands of Samuel
packard. of the Law firm of Packham
Smith, Packard & Apmadoc Attorney
Packard represents the German National
Bank, of Little Rock, Ark
The notes. each. for 5000, were made
out to the Pritchard Lumber Company
| of Little Rock, and discounted by that
concern at the German National Bank.
Wedding GAGE Clue.
II have been after Alice L. Webb
since last July to get service on those
notes. and did not succeed until she
| bobbed up in New York and became the
bride Of Brodie L. Duke .aid Attor-
ney Packard. II then sent the notes
and papers on to New York, and she
| was served there am inclined to be-
heve that they are absolutely worth
less"
Mr.. Packard said that one of the pro-
fessors Of the University of Chicago
| also held note against Alice Webb and
| that he was in his Office several times,
| but Mr.. Packard declined to give his
name.
! Detective Charles F. Hass. who has
| Offices just across the hall from the
| WebD-Taylor Company, and who says
| he has been employed by Alice L. Webb
owes hin. $780, and that he took a bill
of sale on her household and Office fur
niture TO satisfy his claim.
Grocers, butchers. real estate firms;
| comeStics, Hveries and others hold
| claims against the woman.
Enter Chadwick Ghost.
when the real explosion comes 1t will
| involve some prominent men IN Chicago,
Texas. New York, Pittsburg Cleveland,
and a score of other cities and small
towns throughout the country" said a
man who has kept track of Miss Webb
| Dukes affairs.
"Alice L. Webb is thirty-five years of
age, and Duke, the man she married,
| is sixty-one. She is the daughter OF w.
II. Webb. who died about ten years ago.
and who was wealthy corporation
lawyer in New York city, and who left
| her considera BILE money
..She married E. II. Powell. of Pitts
| burg, who formerly owned the Seventh
Avenue Hotel, and in this. / am inform
| ed. Alice invested $50, coo and lost
Then she was divorced from Powell
who now lives in Allegheny Pa
Il know she has a wealthy uncle liv-
| ing near Titusville. Pa, with whom she
was constantly in correspondence, and
| her father was also great friend of
| Holden. owner of the Hotel Hollenden
| and the Cleveland Plain Dealer and
he has always taken a great interest in
| the woman.
Taylor Laughs at Story.
Charles T. Taylor at his Office. in the
| Continental Bank Building. laughed at
any idea that the firm was lsot all that
| 1t was represented 10 be. He said:
Mrs. Duke is an extraordinary won-
an and attends strictly to business
Anybody who goes against her will meet
his match. 1 have known her fourteen
years, and have been in business with
her for two years.
There is no truth in the story that
/ ran away with Miss Webb and left
my family. | frequently was compelled
10 take business trips with Miss Webb,
and WAS absent sometimes for weeks,
but nothing Was thought Of IL, because
we were In business together"