Amador ledger., 1905-12-29
MISS ADELAIDE G. RUSSELL


which have made her life a success
sion of incidents well calculated to
weave themselves into a score of melo-
dramas if she would only relate them.
Miss Russell is still in her twenties
but during the six years she has been
detective; she has been. all around
the world and has adopted many diff
ferent DISCUSSES. She never works
through her own personality, but adopts
the various DISCUSSES as the occasion
warrants. Further than this she has
the remarkable record of never having
known failure. Of the hundreds OF
cases on which she has worked she has
obtained the results for which she
started and to-day her record is one
of continual successes.
Has Figured in Famous Cases.
If one were given a thousand chances
to name Miss Russell's profession, that
of detective would never figure on the
list. One might take her for singer,
probably for an actress, maybe for a
newspaper woman, but never class her
as a clever sleuth who has figured in
some of the most famous cases in this
country and Europe.
During the Paris Exposition Miss
Russell worked on several forgery
cases which had their locale in Paris.
In order to gain knowledge to be used
as evidence in these cases Miss Rus
sell, who is talented musician and
plays the harp skillfully, dressed as a
street musician, again as a newSboy
and still again as hotel waitress.
One of the most celebrated divorce
cases this country has ever known was
brought to a climax through evidence
secured by Miss Russell. The husband
was the offender and went to Mexico
Miss Russell followed him there, hired
herself as a maid and Travelled with
the people all over Europe. She was
gone eight months and when the case
finally came to trial and the man found
that he had been paying the expenses
of detective for nearly year he at
tempted to kill Miss Russell. Her
ready use of a small pistol which she
always carried saved her life. Miss
Russell admits that for once her heart
was in her mouth, although the fright
was only momentary.
Disguised as Newsboy.
In New York Miss Russell has sold
dozens of newspapers among the crowd
of "newsies" about Wall street.
She acknowledges that in nearly all
the divorce cases which fall to her
share her sympathy is with the wife.
Recently she had such a case to follow
up and having located her people in
the outskirts of certain large city
Miss Russell visited the house nearly
every day, but always in different
disguise. First she went as a man,
wearing little light mustache; again
she went as little old German woman
selling herbs. Her accent was so
broken that she could hardly be IN
derstood and she put up such story
of hard luck that she was invited to
come again, which of course, she did.
The lady has particularly charm
ing personality. Her voice is soft and
cultivated, but can be made to change
almost instantly. She is handsome and
has most striking individuality. She
speaks half dozen languages 1uently,
is a gifted musician, and has keen
sense of clue which would do honor
to the best men detectives in the busi-
ness.
On one occasion when she was on
the scent of forger in New York, she
was obliged to follow him from the
house in which they were both STOP
ping to a railroad station. He took
the train for Philadelphia, and al